Find vCenter in a virtual machine is

Similar Questions

• vCenter shows all virtual machines and the host is disconnected

  Hello

  I have a two nodes in the cluster ESXi6 U2 (recently updated to 5.5) running on hp dl380p gen8. For some reason all the virtual machines are running on host A (HA and DRS are enabled).  vCenter shows all virtual machines and host A is disconnected. Cannot connect to A host using vSphere client or web client. Cannot vMotion the VMs. Impossible to activate SSH. Connection DCUI works very well. Cannot perform any action VM

  All virtual machines are in place are running at this point. I don't want to restart the virtual machines. Can you help me please?

  Thank you

  AJ

  Frozen screen DCUI came back to life. The active SSH access, killed the running process. The host of running backs.

  See you soon,.

  AJ

• You can install vCenter as a virtual machine with fault tolerance

  The benefits of having vCenter as a virtual machine are features such as HA and snapshots, is there a problem with having a fault tolerance enabled on a virtual machine that is the vCenter server to manage fault tolerance?

  He couldn't see in the documentation for fault tolerance limits

  Well...

  vCenter lists 2 CPUs as required and FT only works with one...

  -Matt

  VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

• Where to find the folder to virtual machines discovered?

  Hi all

  I have a current ESX environment running with ESX server 2 and I do backup with VCB and Symatnec START agent. I noticed sometimes when I look in the list of the VM VC popluates for me all by making backups some of the fall of the virtual machine in the discovered Virutal machine. Most of the virtual machine that are in this folder are virtual machines that have been restored from backups, but he is blind. Some end up in the folder, others do not?  How do you find this folder so you can move the machine virtual autour and why would some restored end of the Vm by here and not others?

  If you change your view of the inventory in vCenter hosts & cluster and models and virtual computers, this is where you will find the default folder called discovered virtual machines.  To create new folders just, you right-click and choose new folder, where you can drag and drop folder VM you want them to be.

  In addition, during the P2V process, I think that you can select the folder.  I know that you can when you deploy the new vm.

• VCenter as a virtual machine with a switch of vDistributed running

  Someone at-it no contribution, experience or thoughts about vCenter running as a virtual machine on UCS/vSphere 5, where the instance of vCenter is used as the point of integration of UCSM and the VM on vCenter is running is connected to the vDistributed switch (h/l VN-link) who is Manager of UCSM and vCenter?

  It sounds risky, but is it plausible? I have to use a regular for connectivity vSwitch if I want to virtualize vCenter?   Currently, we run vCenter standalone host outside of the virtual environment, that it manages.

  My personal preference is to place the VM vNIC on a standard vSwitch vCenter. The reasoning is while is no matter what going side with the distributed switch (vmware, ucsm or N1KV). vCenter connectivity would not be affected and you would be able to solve the problem more efficiently.

  We usually put SQL on the vCenter VM as well.

  Out the standard configuration is the following, and it worked very well with zero problems.

  2 for management and vCenter VM vNIC UCS - these 2 are sent to standard vSwitch0

  2 UCS vNIC for vMotion - these 2 are transmitted in standard vSwitch1 but configure the NIC teaming/failover so that vMotion traffic remains on 1 interconnection fabric or the other.

  2 for traffic VM vNIC UCS - these 2 are transmitted to a distributed switch VMware or UCSM (VM - FEX) or N1KV.

• Find a property-based Virtual Machines

  Hello

  What I want to do is to find a set of system VMs in vCAC and based on the value of the property I want to perform an action on them so far that's what I have, but keep o get an error.  Any help would be great!

  If (host == null) {}
  System.log ("no host has been defined");
  }
  get host Virtual Machines
  var virtualMachines = Server.findAllForType ("vCAC:VirtualMachine");

  for each {(virtualMachine var in virtualMachines)
  If (virtualMachine.isManaged == true) System.log ("found Virtual Machine" + "" + virtualMachine);
  Var properties = new Properties ();
  Properties.put ("VirtualMachineID", virtualMachine.virtualMachineID);
  var virtualMachineEntity = vCACEntityManager.readModelEntity (host.id, "ManagementModelEntities.svc", "VirtualMachines", properties, null);

  var virtualMachinePropertiesEntities = virtualMachineEntity.getLink (host, "VirtualMachineProperties");
  for each {(var virtualMachinePropertiesEntity in virtualMachinePropertiesEntities)
  If (virtualMachinePropertiesEntity.getProperty ("PropertyName") == propertyName) {}
  }
  }

  }

  Instead of trying to find machines find properties, you can find the properties to find the machine.  VCAC custom properties are themselves entities like Virtual Machines:

  vmPropsProperties = new Properties ();

  vmPropsProperties.put ("PropertyName", property_name);

  modelName = "ManagementModelEntities.svc"; var

  entitySetName var = "VirtualMachineProperties";

  var propertyEntities = vCACEntityManager.readModelEntitiesByCustomFilter (vcacHost.id, modelName, entitySetName, vmPropsProperties, null);

  var virtualMachineEntities = new Array();

  for each {(var propertyEntity in propertyEntities)

  var propertyEntity.getProperty ("PropertyValue") = propertyValue;

  If (propertyValue == desiredValue) {}

  virtualMachineEntities.push (propertyEntity.getLink (vcacHost, "VirtualMachine") [0]);

  }

  }

• How to get the moref vCenter for a virtual machine

  I use with the vCloud orchestrator plugin.  I would like to understand how I can access the moref for a virtual machine identifier (as see vcenter) that is contained in a vCloud VAPP.

  Thank you

  Here is something I wrote to do. It uses the query service.

  Note that to be able to do, you need your plugin vCD to be connected to the org of system and use the administrator credentials.

  var vcdHost = vm.getHost();
  var vApp = vm.parent;
  
  var vms = new Array();
  var queryService = vcdHost.getQueryService();
  
  expression = new VclExpression(VclQueryAdminVMField.CONTAINER, vApp.getReference().href, VclExpressionType.EQUALS);
  filter = new VclFilter(expression);
  params = new VclQueryParams();
  params.setFilter(filter);
  
  var resultSet = queryService.queryRecords(VclQueryRecordType.ADMINVM, params);
  while (resultSet != null) {
      var records = resultSet.getRecords(new VclQueryResultAdminVMRecord());
      System.log(records.length + " VM records found");
      for each (var record in records) {
          if (record.name == vm.name) {
              return record.moref;
              }
  
      }
      resultSet = resultSet.getNextPage();
  }
  return null;
  

  Christophe.

• How to upgrade v4.1 when vCenter is a virtual machine?

  Hello

  
  We have ESXi 4.1 on our host (only 1) and want to update to the latest version.  Our vCenter server is a 64-bit VM.  Prior to v4.1, we used the host update utility, but it can not be used today.  Can someone please tell me how we can put our host firmware update and other critical updates when vCenter is on a virtual machine?  It seems that the host must be placed in Maintenance Mode, and all the virtual machines in this regard must be stopped, so I have a problem before the hen's egg.  We do not have another host that we can migrate virtual machines to when the update...

  
  Thank you for your help,

  
  Mike

  You will have to establish a direct connection to your host with the vSphere client, close the VMs and placing the host in maintenance mode.  You can then use the vihostupdate of the vCLI or InstallVMHostUpdate of PowerCLI for updating your host.  With the vCLI or PowerCLI you can also script the closure of VMs and placing the host in maintenance mode. http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41U1/HTML/install-VMHostPatch.html

• VCenter as a virtual machine

  I have two hosts Vspehere 4.0 with local storage using 500 GB each, I replicate virtual machines between host Veeam backup and vCenter

  Can I virtualize vcenter or it is better to use a physical host?

  Thanks in advance.

  It is certainly a valid choice to run as a virtual machine vCenter.  Here is a PDF file that explains that - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_vc_in_vm.pdf.  I would keep a host serial / license file very convenient if you have ever run into the situation where you can start the VM vCenter.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

  Now available - vSphere Quick Start Guide

  You have a system or a PCI with VMDirectPath?  Submit your specifications to Officieux VMDirectPath HCL.

• VCenter can create virtual machines Windows 7 x 64?

  After creating a new virtual machine and then loading an ISO file on the cd to start it appears as if the operating system loads correctly until you get to the point of restart the machine. Im hoping just to confirm that vCenter Server takes in charge the creation of Win7 machines currently.

  I was able to do a P2V of a Win7 x 86 box conversion but it is the first attempt, I did build a x 64 VM from scratch in the new agent of vSphere. Do you mean that the ESX hosts must be upgraded before it works?

  Guests must be upgraded, to ESX 4.0 U1 until you have a supported configuration.  32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 to work on ESX 3.5 hosts is possible, you will just not supported with it.  It really comes down to whether or not you need a client supported OS.

• vCenter Orchestrator - Clone virtual machine with a name like VM_Date

  Hello

  I have try the Workflow "Clone virtual machine, no customization. It works very well but I would like to change settings (cloned virtual machine name), but I don't know how I could do this.

  I would put the cloned vm name: vm_date like this CHDCVSCT0001_31_08_2011.

  Is someone can help me?

  Thanks in advance

  Good day

  Best regards

  Christophe Simond

  No prob. Scripting Self is always the best way to learn

• Return of the datacenter of vCenter that a virtual machine is the child of?

  Hi all

  I'm always hacking my way through learning vCO. I need to return the name of the vCenter data center that an existing VM is the child of a workflow I'm trying. Is there an easy way to do this in vCO?

  Thank you

  Jake

  System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vc.basic").getDatacenterForVimObject (vm);

  I suggest you take a skim through all the actions and workflows in the vCenter plugin.  Look at the code in this action.  It's really not a lot, but it will give you an idea about how the work of the vSphere api.  Also, I think you will find that the output of the stuff of the box gets you about 75% of the way.  I found myself often copy the workflow or action can change.  For example recently I found myself changing the action that connects to a virtual computer to a dvPortgroup.  The action makes the connection but does not define the network card that is connected or connect at startup.  I changed to include this option.

  Also, get familiar with the api Explorer.  It will soon be your best friend.  I also found the cli really great vCO for poking around and explore things.  Take a look at the VMware flings for her.

  Good luck and have fun!

• Find out how many virtual machines you create a month

  I've been messing around with this script which was published on the vSphere PowerCLI blog but I can't do what I want it. I try to get the output to an html Web page results. Here is the code of the blog:

  Function Get-VMCreationReport {}

  Get - VM | {Group

  If ($_.) CustomFields-as -not $null) {}

  "{0:Y}" -f $_. CustomFields

  } else {}

  'Unknown'}}

  }

  I modified it as follows:

  #I have location set because I'm only pulling the VM to a specific host in a folder.

  $VMs = @(get-VM-emplacement "TEST")

  "$html = @".

  
  
  "@
  
  $html = ""test ' "

  $VMs | {Group

  if($_.) CustomFields-as -no $null)

  {$html = « {0:Y} » -f $_. CustomFields}

  else {}

  $html = 'Unknown'}

  }

  $html = "< / HTML >".

  $html > Test_run.html

  The problem is that the output is not posting on the html page. I can see when debug that code runs through the if loop to the right. Any ideas?

  SELECT is in fact an alias for Select-Object.

  Allways try (in this case to select)

  Get-Alias Select
  

  When you run a cmdlet you do not recognize.

  The dismantled line:

  -) put all the contents of $result in the pipeline

  -) of each object, select the following

  (-) the Name property. After a group object, the Name property contains the grouping field, in this case the date

  (-) A hash literal to calculate the following property. In this case, the number of elements in the array of the group, which is the number of guests

  (-) all resulting objects to the Select-Object are placed in the pipeline and converted by the ConvertTo-Html cmdlet to HTML

  -) add the result (the ConvertTo-Html cmdlet output) the existing contents of the variable $html

  ____________

  Blog: LucD notes

  Twitter: lucd22

• Using filters and Get - view to find virtual machines with a specific guest operating system.

  I have the following code snippet to find all virtual machines with the updated OS to ' Red Hat Enterprise Linux * "prompt. It does not work. If the filter is left out, I find myself with all virtual machines.

  The immediate question is the specs for the game ' Red Hat Enterprise Linux. " Originally from the "Performance Difference between GET - VM and GET-VIEW")

  http://www.batchworks.de/performance-difference-between-get-VM-and-get-view/ ).

  $ClusterFilter = Get-View -ViewType ClusterComputeResource -Property Name -Filter @{“Name” = $ClusterName } | select -ExpandProperty MoRef

  $VirtualMachines = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Property Config -SearchRoot $ClusterFilter

  
  The biggest problem for me is to understand for Get-View filter. I was capable of a bit of insight to gleen from the URL below, but I think what Miss me is the reference (Microsoft) for what is happening to the right of the equal sign. What is the correct terminology for this type of query expression / where the syntax is 'left' = 'straight' and keywords such as "-match" are not allowed.

  http://purple-screen.com/?Cat=3

  VMware vSphere 5.1

  http://Wannemacher.us/?p=259

  Regular expressions with Windows PowerShell

  Right in the filter expression is an RegEx expression, please allow for characters before and after the word Linux.

  And the name of the OS is Config.GuestFullName.

  I corrected the entries more early as well.

  $ClusterName = "^MyCluster$"$ClusterFilter = get-view -ViewType ClusterComputeResource -Property Name -Filter @{"Name" = $ClusterName } | select -ExpandProperty MoRefWrite-Host $ClusterFilter
  
  $VirtualMachinesNoFilter   = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Property Name,Config -SearchRoot $ClusterFilter $VirtualMachinesWithFilter = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Property Name,Config -SearchRoot $ClusterFilter -Filter @{"Config.GuestFullName"=".*Linux.*"}
  

• vCenter Server is a virtual machine, how can I update the host

  I have 2 guests in our environment, I have updated the host of the 2nd, but may not know how to upgrade the 1 host because vcenter server runs as a virtual machine on it. This has me thinking that I don't have the installation program as best as possible.

  Basically, we have 2 Guest boxes and a small box of DC. I don't really want to run vcenter on the dc area. What would be the best soltuong for our environment? Can I keep vcenter as a virtual machine? If Yes, how can I update the host it will run on?

  Thanks in advance everyone... Chris

  I was afraid of that say you that

  Well in this case you may need to update the host manually (see for example http://communities.vmware.com/people/vmroyale/blog/2011/09/15/updating-esxi-5--single-use-esxcli-how-to) even with the need to manually update the host on which vCenter Server is running, I would always run as a virtual machine. There is usually not that many updates.

  André

  Post edited by: a.p..