Get a list of available hosts to run a virtual machine?

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• How to get a list of the DRS rules and their virtual machines.

  If I try the following, I get no output. (PowerShell 2, vCenter & ESXi 5.1, PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1)

  
  ()get-cluster ). ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group |? {$_.vm}

  or

  ()get-cluster ). ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group

  I know that I have a DRS rule because when I try the following I am able to see it in Object Explorer in PowerGUI and I created it just in the Web Client.

  $Clusters = Get-Cluster

  The problem is that you have DRS groups who do not have vms - possibly accommodate groups of DRS.  If you want only vms something like this should work and does not give the error:

  foreach ($cluster (get-cluster)) {}

  write-host "$($cluster.name)".

  foreach ($drsGroup in $cluster. ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group) {}

  write-host "$($drsGroup.name)".

  {foreach ($vm to $drsGroup.vm)}

  If {($vm)

  $vmname = (get-vm-id $vm) .name

  write-host "$vmname".

  }

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

  If you want to get the VMhosts and the VirtualMachines then try this:

  foreach ($cluster (get-cluster)) {}

  write-host "$($cluster.name)".

  foreach ($drsGroup in $cluster. ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group) {}

  write-host "$($drsGroup.name)".

  write-host "VMHosts".

  {foreach ($vmhost to $drsGroup.host)}

  If {($vmhost)

  $esx = (get-vmhost-id $vmhost) .name

  write-host "$esx".

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  write-host "Virtual Machines".

  {foreach ($vm to $drsGroup.vm)}

  If {($vm)

  $vmname = (get-vm-id $vm) .name

  write-host "$vmname".

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

• determine which host is running a virtual machine

  We can go in the computer virtual guest operating system, directly determine which host running the VM?

  # Only way is to connect to vCenter from inside the virtual machine and see it with vSphere client or powershell.

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• VMware Workstation 6.5 - not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine

  My host is a processor Intel Core i5 (active VT) and 8 GB of RAM Windows 7 64 bit running with hardware virtualization enabled.
  
  Apart from McAfee Antivirus and the usual Windows updates, no other software has been installed on the host machine.
  
  I am running Vmware Workstation 6.5 and I installed 3 popular VM with below guest OS, s/w and memory:
  
  VMware ESX 4-2 GB
  Server 2003 (DC and DNS) - 1 GB

  Server 2003 (vCenter Server) - 1 GB
  
  However, it is not possible for me to all 3 virtual machines run simultaneously. If I turn on Vmware ESX 4 and try to start Windows 2003 VM, it displays the following message:

  Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings.

  To resolve this problem, set the parameters in additional memory to allow for more virtual memory machine to swap.

  If you were able to on this Windows virtual machine on that host computer in the past, try restarting the host computer. Reboot may allow you to use a little more memory host to run virtual machines.

  Can you get it someone please let me know where are the rest of the memory is busy? Size of total memory of 3 virtual machines are only 4 GB and I have to be able to run all the VMs set 3, but in this case I can't even run two virtual machines simultaneously.

  Please help what should I do?

  With 8 GB of RAM on the host allowing why only 1 GB to be reserved for all you run virtual machines?

• How can I transfer a file from the operating system to a backup of the production running VM virtual machine?

  Problem:  After I do a backup one using ghettoVCB on a local VMFS volume, I have a virtual machine that I can start something happened to that running.  However, sometimes I just need a file from the OS level, which means that I would need to start to get them, but then I have an IP address conflict.  I can't imagine a way to have the NICs turned off and still be able to move the file.  If I change the IP addresses, the software that I need to create the file that I need to transfer no longer works because, although there no need of constant connectivity to the seller, it is locked to the public IP address.

  Material:  I have two 4 ESXi hosts to work, each with local VMFS volumes.  They share a private vlan common and a vlan common public.  They each ssh, ftp, wput, wget, and rsync available.  I have a Windows 2003 Server VM which also hosts a NFS and the VI client and other VMWare tools.  It also has private and public interfaces as do virtual machines that would be to make and receive the OS files.

  Question:  How can I transfer a file from the operating system to a backup of the production running VM virtual machine?

  Thank you!

  Yes Mr President, make sure you set the network on this virtual machine to be connected to the 'Internal' vswitch, you set up before turning the power on to the virtual machine.

  -

• Run a virtual machine or vAppliance on a VMPlayer installed on a virtual machine

  Hello

  I had to install VMPlayer 2.5.2 build-156735 on a virtual machine in the Back/restore solution. I was initially not able to install theVMplayer on a virtual machine, but I got the time this as a result of article

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/61041

  Now, after the successful installation, I'm not able to run a virtual machine on this VMPlayer, I get an error message

  "You can't power on a virtual machine with in a virtual machine.

  I tried to run a test applainc called My NMAP.

  I will attach the vmware.log file and the vmx file.

  I don't know there must be something in the vmx file to work around this problem.

  VM host is a Windows 2003 VM with sufficient resources.

  Any ideas how to get around this problem?

  Ah.

  ESX 3.0. * does not support monitor_control.restrict_backdoor.

  ESX 3.5. * does not support monitor_control.vt32.

  ESX 4.0. * takes in charge monitor_control.restrict_backdoor, but instead of monitor_control.vt32, you must use "monitor.virtual_exec = material."

  On ESX 3.*, you should still be able to execute the nested virtual machine by adding the following configuration option to the configuration file for the internal VM:

  vmx.allowNested = TRUE
  

• I need to run a virtual machine, hyper v on my windows machine 8 with workstation 10

  I know that I can run a virtual machine in hyper v in v hyper customer, my question is if I turn the functionality hyper v on this will affect my 10 workstation install?

  As far as I know, that you can no longer start the vmx86 kernel driver once the HyperV role is activated.
  In previous HyperV versions that you could use a special startup parameter to disable the HyperV role for the next boot - so that you can run Workstation - but I don't know if it still works.

  So to summarize: HyperV and workstation cannot co-exist and be used one after the other - at the very least a reboot is required

• Definition of reserves on the running JAVA Virtual machines

  I recently came across an overview of VMware performance that had a page essentially recommending reservations memory setting for the running Java virtual machines (see table). We have Java environments and did not have performance problems or complaints so, I doubt that I would implement any changes. However, I am curious to know if it's even a better practical recommendation, I could not put the date on the document so I wanted to see if someone had updated or current information for vSphere 4.X, 5.X environments.

  In General, we only use reservations memory to avoid the overhead administrative and operational increased. If we have never not a necessity, I prefer to use reservations to pool resources rather than granular level VM reservations.

  In my opinion, if you use the reservations are a regularity no exception in your environment, then you can use these rules.  That said, if you don't have no problem, I wouldn't change anything.  I've also linked a new document below.

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/Techpaper/Enterprise-Java-applications-on-VMware-best-practices-guide.PDF

• How to set vm-description/notes and get the name of the data store, where the virtual machine

  Hello guys,.
  I have vCenter Orchestrator 4.1.1 build 733 installed and it works fine, but I need your help for the following two issues:
  (1) I want to put the description/notes of a virtual machine using a workflow. But I have not found any API useful to create this workflow (I don't want custom attributes, see attachment for details).

  (2) how can I get the name of the data store, where the virtual machine? I need this name for a workflow.
  I need your help.
  Thanks in advance!

  With regard to the notes of the VM, the following code (see enclosed package) can do this:

  var oldNotes = vm.summary.config.annotation;
  If (oldNotes == null) {oldNotes = ' ' ;}}
  System.log ("Notes of VM current:" + oldNotes);
  Now put the new notes:
  Start by creating a context
  Context of var = new VcVirtualMachineConfigSpec();
  Update the annotation with the new value property
  configSpec.annotation = notes;
  launch the task to reconfigure the virtual machine with the new context
  NOTE: This is sure to apply with a virtual machine under tension
  var task = vm.reconfigVM_Task (configSpec);

  And, in what concerns the VM information, take a look at the workflow of the library: \Library\vCenter\Virtual Machine management\Others\Extract virtual machine information

• Please, I beg you! Need a c# example on how to get the list of all host ESX via SDK... I can connect... etc...

  Hello

  I am train to figure this out for a few hours now... and all I find is some examples related to the properties of the VM or something else.

  Now I am able to connect to the server and retrieve things like: Server date and time, version of the API etc...

  I would like to get a code example that would give me the list of ESX servers include within a Virtual Center Server... the last thing I used I got something like: If. Content.searchIndex.ToMo & lt; Indexderecherche & gt; (so). FindEntities & lt; HostSystem & gt; (null, null);...

  This well liked not... Maybe it was too easy...; (o)

  And if you also have a quick way to let me know how to retrieve a simple thing as a host network adapter config... as if I want to know if it is a static address or dhcp etc...

  PS. I have created also a ref to the service instance and service content.

  Here's an example to get the version of the API: (I want that same thing as host nic for setting... but have not yet found the correct syntax)

  var test = SERVICE_CONTENT.about.apiVersion.ToString ();

  MessageBox.Show ("test");

  Also... YES, I'm looking at the SDK prog. Guide... but all of the examples in which are in java... and a little far, the syntax is the same as c#

  Jon

  Thank you and I will award points to a significant response...

  consoleVnic is an array of HostVirtualNic. Therefore, you must print a specific item from the array and not the array itself. It seems that this is the problem.

• Run a virtual machine with a graphical interface on a host without GUI

  Hallo

  I want to install a simple Windows 7 for some tasks bit where I need Windows on my server Ubuntu 14.04. This server has no GUI (no X) and should have any.

  Already, I've installed the virtual Windows machine on my workstation to 12, so I would just copy the vmdk on my linux server and run it, maybe put something in the vmx file.

  But I do not know is that it's all means possible.

  Is it?

  Is there any player or any application for ubuntu VMware when there is no X system (on ubuntu), where I can run virtual machines with GUI inside?

  Maybe another virtualization tool, vmware not?

  I think that this exact question already somewhere, but I haven't found much question where comments lacking a GUI, but not the host.

  I need a guest-gui on a host without gui (where I have only the terminal).

  So maybe it's not possible at all, so please tell me a 'no', so I won't expect more

  Thank you to

  Frank

  EDIT: oh, this seems to be another question unanswered it is too difficult or too stupid?

  Hi Frank,.

  Now that would be stupid, having a text Installer, and then not allow the virtual machine to run. I think it should work, but you must pass the nogui option.

  Vmrun help:

  beginning

  (Supported only on teams

  Workstation.)

  Starts a virtual machine (.vmx file) or team (file .vmtm).

  The default graphical user interface option starts the machine in an interactive way,

  What is necessary to display a user interface of VMware.

  Nogui option suppresses the user interface,

  including start-up, to allow dialog box not interactive

  writing scripts.

  [gui | nogui]

  refer to the manual of vmrun: VIX API Documentation

  Edit: hmm... Now, I see that you have already tried the nogui option. You might be able to install the package libxinerama, but he could hang out in a lot of dependencies.

  FWIW, vSphere is pretty much what you describe a system not GUI to run GUI invited, so it shouldn't be a problem at all.

  Unfortunately, I don't have a host linux without X installed handy here, so can't test here without the implementation of a server without head myself.

  You can also try to run the client via the command vmware:

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro Documentation Center

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  Wil

• Host search for any virtual machine is slow.

  Community

  I want to improve performance on the following code. Takes more than 2 hours to run. I think that the reason for which its so slow is due to Get - VM. Once, I saw a Get - view on how to improve the performance of Get - VM but don't know exactly how to use it. The script search the whole army to the virtual Center and produces a list of host with no virtual machine. I'd like to remove the flags of CPU as each host returned so I can match as processors if possible.

  Thank you

  $vcs = @)

  $vcs += viserver-connect server01

  $vcs += viserver connect server02

  $vcs += viserver connect server03

  $vcs += viserver connect server04

  $allhost = Get-VMHost -Server $vcs

  {foreach ($virtualhost in $allhost)

  If (-not (get-vmhost -Server $vcs $virtualhost |)) Get-VM {( -Serveur $vcs)) {echo "$virtualhost"}}

  Disconnect-VIServer -confirm: $false

  You have more than 1 Virtual Center in your environment?

  If so, you can provide them at the same time as input to the cmdlet Connect-VIServer tabular.

  With the following code, you should be able to list all the ESX servers that have no guests set on them as well as CPU masks for each ESX Server.

  $vcs = Connect-VIServer -Server ,,...,
  
  $allhost = Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -Server $vcs
  foreach($virtualhost in $allhost){
       Write-Host $virtualhost.Name
       if($virtualhost.vm.count -eq 0){
            Write-Host "==> No guest defined" -foregroundcolor red
       }
       foreach($cpuInfo in $virtualhost.Hardware.CpuFeature){
            Write-Host "CPU Level" ("{0:x}" -f $cpuInfo.Level)
            Write-Host "`tEax:" $cpuInfo.Eax
            Write-Host "`tEbx:" $cpuInfo.Ebx
            Write-Host "`tEcx:" $cpuInfo.Ecx
            Write-Host "`tEdx:" $cpuInfo.Edx
       }
  }
  

• Edit "Sync time with host comments" on several virtual machines by PowerCLI

  Hi people,

  In my vSphere Cluster (Version 5.1), I have about 70 virtual machines in a resource pool named 'RP_nonProd '.

  Now, I need activate 'Time of Sync with host comments' on all these VM in the pool of resources mentioned.

  I figured out, that with the following command:

  Get-ResourcePool | Where {$_.} Name - only 'resources'} | Select Name, @{N = "NumVM"; E={($_ | Get - VM). County}} | Name sort

  I am able to get a list of coma separated from all virtual machines in the resource pool. Unfortunately, I do not know what command allows me to change "Time of comments with the sync host" above PowerCLI.

  I know, that there is an object called "$spec.tools.syncTimeWithHost = $true" that you can configure for real, but I don't know, how to write a simple script with this function.

  So any help will be accepted with gratitude.

  Greetings

  Marc

  Try something like this

  $VMS = Get-VM -Location (Get-ResourcePool YourResourcePool)
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec $spec.Tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo $spec.Tools.syncTimeWithHost = $true
  $VMS | %{
    $_.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)
  }
  

• List of parameters of configuration of a virtual machine

  I would like to be able to retrieve the list of the configuration of a virtual machine settings, specifically those under Options > advanced > General > Configuration settings when you go to change the settings of a virtual machine.  I found this article in the powershell community - http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-18653 (parameters to retrieve and set Advanced Configuration (VMX) VM).  I run the script according to the example of the first connection to vCenter with vSphere PowerCLI and then execution of Get - VM vm - name | Get-VMAdvancedConfiguration.  It seems to be working and gives no errors, but returns nothing.  I know that this virtual machine parameters according to the Configuration settings also so I know it's not the script I'm looking for, or I am doing something wrong.  Is there a way to retrieve this information through powershell.  I would like to provide this information to the Auditors.

  Which is caused by the Select-Object, you used on the first line.

  I'm not sure how you want to display the results, but it's just a way to do

  $vms = Get-VM -Location Clusternameforeach ($vm in $vms){
    $vm.ExtensionData.Config.ExtraConfig |  Select @{N="VM";E={$vm.Name}},Key,Value}
  

• All of a sudden can only run a virtual machine on a workstation to 12G, used to be able to run at least three

  After years of use of my computer, I have a problem suddenly as the likes of which I've never seen elsewhere.  On a machine that was able to run three virtual computers, I now get error messages when I try to run more than one.

  The message I get is displayed as an attachment.  It indicates only 1192 MB is available for the second virtual machine, I try to run.  See error message when you try to run a second virtual machine.png

  The preferences that I set myself for VMWare Workstation show until 9210 MB should be available for virtual machines.  See the preferences.png workstation.

  Who is running when I try to launch a second is set to use 2 GB.  See machine running virtual preferences.png

  Resource monitor shows also that it should be 5376 available MB.

  I'm puzzled.  What could happen?  How can I solve this?

  I am running 8.0.1 build-528992.

  find your config.ini file
  Win7: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini
  XP and 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini

  and change or add these 2 lines
  prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "FALSE".
  prefvmx.minVmMemPct = '0 '.

  These settings should allow you to assign 12 GB of RAM or more for your virtual machines
  If this is not the case - I would switch to 7.1.4