Exclude certain virtual machines of rules.

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• Way to hide certain virtual machines on a common host networks?

  I hope it's one of those moments "duh" and there is an easy solution.

  Let says I have two clusters.  One of the piles is a lab with a copy of Active Directory environment used for testing purposes.  This cluster is now in a cycle of life, and I want to merge with the production cluster and remove former hosts of ESXi lab.  We add laboratory for the cluster of production networks and all is well for the laboratory of virtual machines that are not migrated on him.

  However, we do not want someone to accidentally assign a production VM to a network of laboratories and vice versa.  So when you go into edit a virtual machine, and then select the NETWORK card, there is a drop-down list that displays all the networks, including new laboratory that were just added networks.  I want to hide the network of laboratories of our production domain controllers and hide our production networks where the laboratory domain controllers.  But because they are all on the same cluster, it seems to me that all subnets are fair game for select in the drop-down list.  Or am I wrong?  Is there a way to lock the network to only certain virtual machines so that they do not show up for other virtual machines to choose?

  Thank you and sorry if there is an obvious solution to what I am about.

  SB

  Hey SB,.

  Not sure if this is possible, to be honest, as a virtual machine are all port groups, that it has the right. Now that I think of it, maybe create two different groups of seggregating production and test/lab put in place might work because you would not be able to connect to a virtual computer on a cluster to a portgroup on a host.

  Names must be different, but otherwise you could see similar across clusters names if the port groups may be two different entities altogether. Other than that, can't really invent any scenerios in which a portgroup wouldn't appear on a virtual machine if it is present on a host

  Concerning

  one

• Filter certain virtual machines of notification of UNIFIED messaging?

  We have usage screen v3.3.3. By default, it reports on all the virtual machines managed by the vCenter on which it is installed. I want to filter according to the report, the following types of virtual machines:

  -Models

  -Turning off VMs

  -To test virtual machines

  To facilitate this, I moved all the virtual machines that match in one of the above categories in a folder called "non-production". But after reading the user's guide, I don't see how to exclude this folder from notification of UNIFIED Messaging.

  Is this possible? Furthermore, if this method is not possible, is there another method by which I can achieve this?

  Thanks in advance.

  So let's see how we can go about this...

  First of all, virtual computers that are turned off and models (always off) are not being measured in the unit of vCLUM if you do not have to worry about them.

  Regarding testing of virtual machines, what business reason do you exclude those of vCLUM reports? Basically, as long you have licensed vCAN applied to an ESXi host and each virtual machine running on the host of such should be dosed in vCLUM and reported on.

  If you have a test environment, you need to be perpetual or demo licenses applied to the ESXi hosts supporting the test environment. Then you can go into your web portal of vCLUM at the location indicated below (categories of licenses/billing) and change the category of billing for license key demo / perpetual listed accordingly. With this method, you will be able to prevent the virtual machines, you want to be included in your monthly usage reports.

  

  I hope this helps!

• Configure HA to exclude Virtual Machines

  I wonder if you can configure HA to exclude specific virtual machines. When you set up the HA, I get a message about lack of resources. I have a red triangle on the icon of the cluster but not the icon of the host server. I don't need all my Virtual Machines to failover so I was hoping to preserve resources, I can configure certain VM to simply close? Is this possible?

  Thank you

  Scott

  Please Ref this thread

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/967891;JSESSIONID=0C8C2215FE1BF1EF1A23681AFCF37085

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/185256

  Shan

  If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '. Thank you!!!

• Windows 7 a vmdk file not found, cannot open the file '... Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7. VMDK

  Could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open. I joined the collection of support...

  Thank you very much!

  B

  it2webber wrote: could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open.

  How the Virtual Machine has been backed up and restored?  If Time Machine then...

  It is a known fact that Time Machine is not 100% reliable backing up/restoring VMS in all circumstances/conditions.  Also back up Virtual Machines via Time Machine of disk/time intensive and wastes a lot of space for something that may be corrupted and worthless time to restore it.  At least I would exclude the Virtual Machines with virtual machines and Time Machine shutdown, not suspended and VMware Fusion closed and then manually copy the VMS to another location, preferably on a different physical hard drive.  So keep the user data stored in the virtual machine saved out of the Virtual Machine on a regular basis in order to always have a backup of the current user data.  If you need to restore a properly saved by VM is not as common at least you will have a virtual working Machine and data user to go forward with when you find out your Time Machine backup of the virtual machine fails.  Also take a look at: best practices for backup of virtual machine (programs and data) in VMware Fusion (1013628)

  That said, if you don't have a copy of the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk" and then to try to retrieve the data from the user, you can try the following:

  Download then unzip it (double-click on) the joint "Windows_7 - f004.vmdk.zip" file that contains the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk ' an empty logical binary measure that has been created on the metric of the existing drive and add to the Package of the Virtual Machine.  This should allow the VHD to be considered as a virtual hard drive, assuming that there is no damage to the extent of the binary left headers.  Take a look on: work with Virtual Machine packages

  At this point, that the VHD has the scope necessary to show as a full disk, assuming that it is not corrupt the header in other binary extensions and can now attempt to access for the recovery of user data.

  There are several ways to try to retrieve user data.  The easy, although not necessarily work properly according to what now lack us due to replace the missing binary extensions with a logical empty measure, is trying to start the VM normally.  If the virtual machine starts up on the desk and VMware Tools load properly you should be able to copy your data to user off on a USB or slip and fall on the side of Mac or if you have a configured VMware folder then copy the files through it.

  Other methods involve starting the Virtual Machine with a Live OS ISO Image and copy files from a USB key or temporarily assemble the VHD to another Virtual Machine work.

  With the right tools installed the virtual hard disk could also be mounted as another accessible Volume through Finder.

• How to set up the generic dashboard for the specified virtual machines

  I have two question about "generic dashboard":

  1. I use the tag to classify certain virtual machines by role QA, DEV or PRD. If I select "Kind of resources", and then select all VM under a label, window "metrics selector" will be watch only "vCenter generated Operation Manager", it does not show metric VM. How can I see it?

  2. If I select the 'Resources' mode, then I'll be able to see the VM metrics on the window "metrics selector", but I must key in each VM name "Label to the area", it takes a lot of time if I have a lot of VM, is there no matter what symbol I can use to match this field with name column "resource"?

  Mode 'Resources like' or 'Resource', both ok for me, I want to just install a widget to display using the specified CPU VM real fast.

  Any information is appreciated!

  You will see that vC generated Ops metric because you are looking at the tag, which is a resourcekind. This switch of resources is "not" a filter label, these are the actual resources. If you want to see all the virtual machines, select the resourcekind 'virtual machine '.

  Generic dashboard is rarely used to show - all - kinds of resources, it is generally used for static selection for specific purposes. If you want to display all types of a resource type and apply a tag filter, you can select a different widget to display this information.

  There is no symbols that can act as wildcards, as you suggest. When you are 'kind of resources' mode, you need not fill out a label for the box.

• Protection group virtual machines do not have consistent snapshop point in time using vSphere replication

  As the title, we feel when capturing instant timestamp for virtual machines in a protection group.

  Which means a group of database servers, applications, and others, when drill us test to start the virtual machines in the recovering site files timestamp in the virtual machines are varied.

  Snapshot work is executed simultaneously for all virtual machines in the group when planning replication hit? Or is it because certain virtual machines (like DB) speak more time to complete the snapshot so than others like apps VM completed early?

  Anyone hit this problem? We use vSphere replication instead of array based replication.

  Thanks /.

  Dylan

  Hello

  It is a behavior expected with current versions of vSphere replication - replication source host Scheduler is not aware of any grouping of virtual machines and starts the replica instance to meet the RPO requirements. The decision when to start a new instance is based on the time of loading and transfer to some of the previous instances.

  Multi-vm coherence is on the roadmap for a future release and will describe what exactly you address issues.

  If you use VR 5.5, you may use multiple points depending on the time (JEREMIAH) and after switching some of the old machines instances (represented by VM snapshots) to match the State of the other machines.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• Stop virtual machines with or without VMware tools installed

  So after a power failure major where I work has taken place where the batteries of the UPS only ran about 10 minutes and the emergency generator didn't kick in, I was put in charge of writing a script that starts to stop the virtual machines and servers in a given cluster. Now that I am relatively new to the environment here, so I don't know if all the virtual machines have the tools are installed. I want to cover all bases and the virtual machines that do not have the tools installed. My script done now is it initiates closing the comments on all the virtual machines and check every 10 seconds to 120 seconds for virtual machines go offline if after 120 seconds, there are even virtual machines online, it issues a shutdown command on all servers that have not stopped. Now, he'll catch all the virtual machines, but I don't want the machine have to wait 2 minutes before totality if it can be avoided (remember that this script will be executed when the data center goes to the power of the UPS for every watt account to keep critical systems online). the script throws an error when it cannot stop because no tool is installed, so I thought I could use a try/catch block to catch the error and send just a detroit of turning control of these VMs off. I tried to do, but without success.

  Is it possible that I can either catch the error, or a stop all virtual machines that do not have the tools installed?

  Attached is my code, maybe you can spot what can I do to stop the virtual machines without tools within the do / while loop when errors occur first.

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
  $server = $args [0]
  $cluster = $args [1]
  SE connect-VIServer-Server $server
  $counter = 0
  {}
  If (Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq 'receiving'}) {}
  If ($counter - eq 0) {}
  Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"} | stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false
  }
  Write-Host "VMs are on waiting" (120-$counter)"seconds"
  $counter = $counter + 10
  Sleep 10
  }
  }
  While ($counter - 110)-or ((Get-VMHost |)) Get - VM | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"}) .count)-No 0
  If ($counter = 120) {}
  Write-Host "certain virtual machines did not not stop properly, tension now.
  Get-Cluster-name $cluster | get - vm | where {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"} | Stop-VM-confirm: $false
  }
  Write-Host "Putting servers into maintenance mode."
  Get-cluster-name $cluster | Get-vmhost | where {$_.state - eq 'connected'} | Game-VMHost-State "Maintenance".
  Sleep 10
  Write-Host "stop servers."
  Get-cluster-name $cluster | Get-vmhost | where {$_.state - eq 'Maintenance'} | Stop-VMHost-confirm: $false
  Disconnect-VIServer-confirm: $false

  Try something like this

  $vm = Get-VM
  $vm | where {$_.Guest.State -eq "Running"} | Shutdown-VMGuest -Confirm:$false $vm | where {$_.Guest.State -eq "NotRunning"} | Stop-VM -Confirm:$false
  

  Virtual machines running VMware tools will get a judgment of comments, while the virtual machines that do not have the VMware tools running, will get a poweroff.

• Is there a way to force out XP in a virtual machine?

  I bought a new iMac last week and Apple Store people transferred my files from the old machine, except for the Boot Camp partition. I decided to give up Boot Camp and install Windows XP in Fusion that I did successfully but has no transfer or re - install my programs or data because Apple has informed me that I had a bad hard drive Seagate, which was recalled. The tech came today and swapped out and I restored from a backup time machine, with the intention of re - install XP. Thought that I had excluded the virtual machine from the Time Machine backup so I was a bit surprised when he showed up after the restoration. I was able to reboot the virtual machine VMWare Fusion in XP and installed Norton AV and Quicken however when I tried to install MS Works (while legacy software) Windows froze and don't re - start, does not close and I have this strange little window that does not close.

  

  Any ideas?

  In case you want to force shut down a virtual machine, you can use this methord:

  Go to menu Fusion, Virtual Machine, and then you will see "Shut Down" (it's soft closing down like stopping a virtual machine safely). Then hold down the option key, you will see changed in "Force shutdown", it's a power off of closing down. Use this when your VM is hang.

• How to obtain the list of virtual machines in a cluster with the specific name

  Get-Cluster "Group 1" | Get - VM | where {$_.name - eq "owp *"} | Select name

  I've tried to filter the virtual machines with a specific name of a cluster by using a single command line but I am not going do anything...?

  I get results if I just Get-Cluster "Cluster 1' | Get - VM, but I want excluded other virtual machines to help to be enjoyed.

  Use - as instead of-eq

  Get-Cluster 'Cluster 1' | Get-VM | where {$_.name -like "owp*"} | select name
  

• Help please... Replaced the hard drive of MBP, restored from TM, but the Windows XP virtual machine does not start

  I replaced the 250 GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro early 2009 with a 500 GB drive, it the Mac OS extended (journaled) format and restored from my Time Machine backup.

  Now when I try to start my Windows XP virtual machine (using Fusion 2.0.6... planning upgrade to 3.1.2 but wanted to validate all was well first), I get BSOD, even in safe mode.

  I have my vm separately saved on a network drive data files based on things that I had read before, I do not think that TM backup of virtual machines. However, a friend with a similar setup with more knowledge I think because I could see my Windows XP vm VMWare listed under 'Documents' in Time Machine showing its full size, it has actually saved and there restore it. Apparently he has done this successfully before.

  Should I have partitioned the hard drive? I don't think that my previous drive has been partitioned. Don't know what to do now.

  TIA!

  Katie

  To be clear: you have restored VMs from the disk or network time Machine?  And if the network drive, what backup method you use?  (i.e.: have you just copied engine off the computer virtual package or not?)  Can you copy/restore the virtual machine to the network again drive?  What is a virtual machine that has the error, or other virtual machines have problems?

  Time Machine backup correctly a virtual power off machine. But since Time Machine works automatically, you often will get not a consistent backup unless you do some tricks to make sure Time Machine backup only when you use a virtual machine.  (i.e.: turn on Time Machine only when you're done with the virtual machine.)  Thus, it is normally recommended to exclude the virtual machines from Time Machine and use another method to back up virtual machines.  Your friend is lucky or is only backup virtual machines powered off.

  Should I have partitioned the hard drive? I don't think that my previous drive has been partitioned. Don't know what to do now.

  The Mac player Paritioning is unnecessary unless you use Boot Camp or have required another for the partition.

• Please - need help changing the rules to exclude certain hosts/guests

  I need to find a way to exclude certain hosts and invited only a few rules, and I can't seem to understand.  Here is my example.

  I have a guest who I want to disable monitoring of the 'Memory of Virtual Machine of VMW Swapping' State.  The guest I want to exclude the rule is called "ucapmil1 (QAUCL).

  So I in the field field of application of this particular rule rule:

  "VMWVirtualMachineMemory where virtualMachine.name does not correspond to ' ucapmil1 (QAUCL)"

  I also tried

  VMWVirtualMachineMemory where monitoredHost.name! = 'ucapmil1 (QAUCL).

  Neither seems to make a difference.  Can someone point me in the right direction?  Thanks in advance.

  Try using esxServer.name

• Manual backup Parallels virtual machine - how to exclude folders?

  Can't find an answer.

  I want to exclude certain folders when you do a manual Virtual Machine backup Parallels.

  There are thousands of responses but all backups on Mr. time.

  And since I had a crash when restoring a virtual of TM machine I won't use.

  I have no problem with manual backups.

  But since my photo file is about 100 GB and I don't change anything

  often, in this case, I want to exclude from the backup of file that records everything.

  Greateful for any suspicion.

  Can you clarify, you try to back up only via Parallels

  or try you backup via Time Machine and want to exclude a folder?

  If this last, go preferences of Time Machine and choose your folders to exclude

  

  If you only back up Parallels see here

  http://KB.parallels.com/en/4859

  or here

  http://KB.parallels.com/en/8827

  - - - -

  Your mileage may vary.   All advice is based on my experience.   I bought a shareware/commercial software in any given notice and have no financial interest in all of the mentioned products.

• Create an alert only rule on the virtual machines in a Service

  I'm under vFoglight 6.7.1. I set of services including virtual machines. I want to change the rules, such as disk space, to pull it from the virtual machines in this alert service. This would allow me to define groups for different email alerts. Someone has an idea how to do this?

  Hello Chris,

  Hope this helps https://support.quest.com/SolutionDetail.aspx?id=SOL88998

  Sincerely,

  Prasad Gadgil

• Rule "separate virtual machines" do not work?

  ESXi 5.0

  Hello

  I have created a rule for the two VM:s that they must run on separate computers (I have rules that work, but they are "run on specific hosts"). But when testing this again can I put them on the same ESXi.

  All seen this?

  Concerning

  NBV

  Do not forget the rules of affinity VM - VM are mild by its design and for example, if you create a rule to separate virtual machines, you will always be able to vMotion VMs to the same host.

  To keep the virtual machine running on different hosts, you can try creating a VM host rule and select "Needs" rule that will make the rules.