Grouping of NICs in a virtual machine

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• Configure 2 NICs for a virtual machine

  Hello

  How can I connect two physical network interface cards in a virtual machine?

  Each NIC is configured on a separate network - but on the same machine.

  is it possible...

  Thank you

  Hello

  Just create 2 vSwitches on the host, allocate the host's physical network cards to the separate vSwitches, then create the Group of ports by vSwitch, in the comments adds another nic and assign it to the Group of ports that you need.

• File groups - relationship of files to virtual machines

  Good afternoon

  I have a small question on the mappings of file-to-vm. It seems that the mapping is not recursive (in other words, if I select a folder, I only see relations for the direct descendants of this folder). It was a design decision, or I'm looking in the wrong place? I would get reports for planning of Operations Manager vCenter capacity, my machines are grouped into folders and subfolders according to their activity, for example:

  • Sales VMS
    • Servers
      • VM1
      • VM2
    • Desktop computers
      • VM3
      • VM4
  • VMs marketing
    • Servers
      • VM5
      • VM6
    • Desktop computers
      • VM7
      • VM8

  Report on the 'virtual computers sales' will give no virtual machine in the report "list of Virtual Machines. Reports on the 'sales VMs\Servers' will show VM1 and VM2. What happens if I want a report for sales, including the "Servers" and "desktop"? I can confirm that this relationship does not perform at the level of the "Environment/Overview".

  It is certainly not intuitive.

  Thanks for your suggestions,

  I am mistaken, I thought the tag filtering behavior. Relationships get built for 5.8 records.

  The problem you have is you run a report in a folder (Group), but it runs only a report on the immediate members if the Group and not recursively digging groups of children. To remedy this, you can run a new group dynamic in the advanced user interface that has the criteria "descendants of" the name of the parent folder...  AND the object type = VM. Then the group will fill the virtual machines of all groups under this group of parents recursively.

• Remove a NIC vCloud several virtual machines

  Hello

  I am a vCO and extremely raw newbie with JavaScript (a great combination).  My production environment consist of vCenter 5.0, 5.1 and 5.1 vCO vCD. I have the plugin installed vCD and running with Orchestrator.  I am trying to build a workflow that removes NIC1 (NIC 1) of a series of vCloud VMs.  I took a copy of the vCloud Director Library Workflow (remove a NETWORK adapter) and edited the virtual machines of an input parameter to be an array / vCloud:VM.  I modified the taks script so that it loops through the virtual machines in the array and returns their network adapters.  It seems that the network cards are returned as a UID (I have this return to the screen via a System.Log).  This UID is obviously not with that I entered to the workflow runtime - I said "NIC 1" and my workflow will fail with an error "no primary network connection exists; majorErrorCode = 400; minorErrorCode = BAD_REQUEST; vendorSpecificErrorCode = null; (Workflow: remove a NIC 1 / remove the NIC (item0) #22) " Here is the code I use: .

  If (vm. Status! = VclVMStatus.POWERED_OFF.value) {}
  throw "VM is not off."
  }
  var found = false;
  var len = vms.length;
  for (var i = 0; i < len; i ++)
  {
  var VM = vms [i];
  network var cards = VM.getNetworkCards ();
  System.log (NICS);
  var newNics = new Array();
  for (i = 0; i < nics.length; i ++) {}
  If (. itemResource.elementName.value NIC [i]! = nicName) {}
  newNics.push (nics [i]);
  } else {}
  found = true;
  }
  }
  If (! found) {}
  throw 'Invalid NIC name';
  }
  task = VM.updateNetworkCards (newNics);
  }

  As I mentioned earlier, I am a complete newb to vCO\JavaScript and would be really grateful for some input\advice.  If there is a better method to remove the NIC 1 to a litany of vCloud VMs, or if someone has already developed a workflow for this, I would be very grateful for your help.

  Thank you

  
  

  Try this:

  var section = vm.getNetworkConnectionSection();
  System.log("Primary card was NIC : " + section.primaryNetworkConnectionIndex);
  section.primaryNetworkConnectionIndex = 1;
  task = vm.updateSection(section);
  

  He's worked here.

• Remove the NIC of the virtual machine running?

  Im trying to remove one NIC from a script and the machine has to be on. I am trying:

  Get-NetworkAdapter $vmname | where {$_.NetworkName - eq "Network 10"} | Remove-NIC

  Remove-NetworkAdapter: 2011-09-28 15:59:24 the VM Remove-network card must be in the following State: PoweredOff.
  At line: 1 char: 101
  + Get NetworkAdapter W7-AutoPrv003 | where {$_.NetworkName - eq "Network 10"} | Remove-NIC < < < <
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidOperation: (PoweredOn:PowerState) [Remove-NetworkAdapter], ViError
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Common_SharedParameterHelper_VerifyVmIsInState_VmNotInState, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.RemoveNetworkAdapter

  Would I really thing that there is a way to remove the NETWORK card when the virtual machine is turned on?

  There with the ReconfigVM_Task method.

  $vm = Get-VM MyVM $nic = $vm.ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.DeviceInfo.Label -eq "Network adapter 2"}
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec $dev = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec $dev.operation = "remove" $dev.Device = $nic
  $spec.DeviceChange += $dev
  
   $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)
  

  Don't know what the risk is, however.

• create a dynamic group for all virtual machines

  I would like to create separate dynamic groups for all my Windows virtual machines and physical machines of my Windows.  Is it possible to do it via regular expressions?  It is not granular enough to create something like this.  We have vROps that collects a large number of settings of virtual machines as its CPU usage, use of memory and use of the network to name a few.  If I install Hyperic on those virtual machines it will collect the same measures and I'll have to duplicate the data in vROps.  So I would like to have a separate profiles for Win32, CPU, physical disk on file server, etc., for virtual machines and physical machines.  I was going to try using dynamic groups, but I don't think that Hyperic will be able to handle this.  If you have any suggestions or knowledge on this operation through dynamic groups that would be great.

  Thank you.

  In UI Hyperic access the platform in platform type choose Win32 and press the green icon. You will see all the windows.

  Now select all platforms and press the 'Group' button > add to the new group

  Good luck

• NIC goes away on a Windows virtual machine

  Someone on my team ran into this problem on the two virtual machines.

  1020718 Ko tire

  ESX 4.x introduced a new feature called HotPlug. In some deployments cards virtual network may appear as removable devices on the system tray in Windows operating systems. Problems can occur if you confuse this device for one that you can safely remove. This is especially true in the VMware View environments, where there is a constant interaction with the desktop. Do not remove the virtual network adapters in the Windows system tray.
  There is a demand for change identified in the KB resolution for our models of windows. I have never seen this before and is reluctant to make changes to the basic models. Does anyone know what specific deployment scenerio causes this anamoly of system tray?

  Hello

  the Connect feature is not an anomaly, and it occurs not only with specific deployment scenarios. It introduces the possibility of adding hot and hot / deletion of certain devices of harware (such as the network interface cards) and to a virtual machine (if the guest operating system also supports) regardless of the manner in which it was deployed.

  An often undesirable side effect is that a user accidentally unplug NIC of the virtual machine by using the tray icon "safely remove hardware...» ».

  You can avoid this by setting the advanced VM configuration which is explained in http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012225option.

  Make this change to a virtual computer model will result in all virtual machines deployed from this model to have disabled HotPlug.

  It has no negative side effects, so I think only that a certain measure and I would recommend it even.

  I hope this helps...

  -Andreas

  

• virtual machines without port group

  You can manage the virtual machine without having to configure the virtual machine port group?

  The virtual machine port group, it's how the virtual machine connects to a network then Yes, that it is necessary if you want to have your VM to communicate on your network computers tother / with who in minde not you won't be able to manage the virtual machine through the VLAN withour groups of ports VM

• How to modify a Virtual Machine DRS existing group?

  Hello

  I use DRS-rules to place virtual machines to a host selected in a Cluster group.

  The poblem is that I did not find methods to change (add new virtual machines) to an existing group of DRS 'Virtual Machine '.

  As far as I know, the configuration is stored in $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.Group

  Any ideas?

  Thank you!

  Hi Willibald,

  I did some research in the VMware vSphere SDK and made two functions Get-DrsGroup and VmToDrsGroup Add to add one or more virtual machines to a ClusterVmGroup. Some examples of how to use these function exists in the code. If you have added these features to your PowerCLI session, you can use Get-Help to get information about these functions. And also for the examples. For example Get-Help add-VmToDrsGroup-full.

  Function Get-DrsGroup {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Retrieves DRS groups from a cluster.
  
  .DESCRIPTION
  Retrieves DRS groups from a cluster.
  
  .PARAMETER Cluster
  Specify the cluster for which you want to retrieve the DRS groups
  
  .PARAMETER Name
  Specify the name of the DRS group you want to retrieve.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-DrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -Name "VMs DRS Group"
  Retrieves the DRS group "Vms DRS Group" from cluster $Cluster.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-Cluster | Get-DrsGroup
  Retrieves all the DRS groups for all clusters.
  
  .INPUTS
  ClusterImpl
  
  .OUTPUTS
  ClusterVmGroup
  ClusterHostGroup
  
  .COMPONENT
  VMware vSphere PowerCLI
  #>
  
    param([parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$Cluster,
          [string] $Name="*")
  
    process {
      $Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster
      if($Cluster) {
        $Cluster.ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.Group | `
        Where-Object {$_.Name -like $Name}
      }
    }
  }
  
  Function Add-VMToDrsGroup {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Adds a virtual machine to a cluster VM DRS group.
  
  .DESCRIPTION
  Adds a virtual machine to a cluster VM DRS group.
  
  .PARAMETER Cluster
  Specify the cluster for which you want to retrieve the DRS groups
  
  .PARAMETER DrsGroup
  Specify the DRS group you want to retrieve.
  
  .PARAMETER VM
  Specify the virtual machine you want to add to the DRS Group.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Add-VMToDrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -DrsGroup "VM DRS Group" -VM $VM
  Adds virtual machine $VM to the DRS group "VM DRS Group" of cluster $Cluster.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-Cluster MyCluster | Get-VM "A*" | Add-VMToDrsGroup -Cluster MyCluster -DrsGroup $DrsGroup
  Adds all virtual machines with a name starting with "A" in cluster MyCluster to the DRS group $DrsGroup of cluster MyCluster.
  
  .INPUTS
  VirtualMachineImpl
  
  .OUTPUTS
  Task
  
  .COMPONENT
  VMware vSphere PowerCLI
  #>
  
    param([parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $Cluster,
          [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $DrsGroup,
          [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] $VM)
  
    begin {
      $Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster
    }
  
    process {
      if ($Cluster) {
        if ($DrsGroup.GetType().Name -eq "string") {
          $DrsGroupName = $DrsGroup
          $DrsGroup = Get-DrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -Name $DrsGroup
        }
        if (-not $DrsGroup) {
          Write-Error "The DrsGroup $DrsGroupName was not found on cluster $($Cluster.name)."
        }
        else {
          if ($DrsGroup.GetType().Name -ne "ClusterVmGroup") {
            Write-Error "The DrsGroup $DrsGroupName on cluster $($Cluster.Name) doesn't have the required type ClusterVmGroup."
          }
          else {
            $VM = $Cluster | Get-VM -Name $VM
            If ($VM) {
              $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx
              $spec.groupSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterGroupSpec[] (1)
              $spec.groupSpec[0] = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterGroupSpec
              $spec.groupSpec[0].operation = "edit"
              $spec.groupSpec[0].info = $DrsGroup
              $spec.groupSpec[0].info.vm += $VM.ExtensionData.MoRef
  
              $Cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec, $true)
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  

  Best regards, Robert

  I changed the error handling logic in the Add-VMToDrsGroup function.

  Post edited by: RvdNieuwendijk

• I'm not sure how to make it work. 2 guests, 2 virtual machines, trying to keep the traffic on the Server Blade.

  I have two blades on the same chassis running ESXi 4.1, each has an Exchange Server on it. Im trying to keep the traffic between the two Exchange boxes contained between the two. I thought that I could put in the same vSwtich, but looks like I need vDS for this. I don't have this license level.

  Now, I found myself with two separate vSwitches with the same label. network, it shows them on the same vSwitch so they don't transmit traffic. because they are separate switches... my vSphere networking missing a bit... need to study more.

  Since you have virtual machines on different blades that the traffic between the two will have to cross a physical network card.   If you need to segment this traffic, you can configure a VLAN in your network, add a new group of port on each host to ESXi virtual machine and then set up a NIC in the virtual machines to use this group of VIRTUAL LAN port.

  Though the virtual machines on the same host (always) you can configure a single vSwitch.   In this case the traffic between virtual machines would not hit the physical network and you wouldn't need even a physical NETWORK adapter, attached to the vSwitch.

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• Start the virtual machine and wait for WF, does not connect to the computer virtual for Vds (Windows 2008 R2)

  Hello

  See a strange problem with only a Windows 2008 R2 model. When you use the built-in function "Start VM and wait" workflow to start a virtual machine (after conversion from a template either manually, or through workflow) NIC of the virtual machine (I tried VMXNET3 and e1000 times) does not connect to the problem. Vds can be replicated in a different VCenter, so spreading the vds. I also created several models of Windows 2008 r2 and all have this problem.

  If the model is converted and started outside VRO, it gets an IP from and is connected to the VDS immediately

  Tried add/remove the NIC of the model

  Tried to move the comments on different hosts

  Tried to create a new template from scratch

  NOTE: Windows 2012 R2 doesn't have this problem in the same circles, the only constant is the Windows 2008 R2 being started by VRO.

  Anyone seen this before?

  I found this article and it fixed my problem VMware KB: registration or the deployment of a virtual computer model fails apparently a fix a problem in ESX 5.1, 5.5 (I used the option to get around and things are good)

• Clone a Linux virtual machine

  Hi team,

  I created a clone for Linux vm, before you turn on the virtual machine what are the steps be taken to avoid conflicts. ?

  these steps won't work

  Click with the right button on vm - change sett - nic - remove.

  power on

  change ip and hostname through command - vi sysconfig /.

  Finally add nic to the virtual machine

  correct me I'm wrong.

  Thank you

  regarding remove vNIC, you don't have to do it.

  Just modify the virtual machine settings and deselect the checkbox 'Connect to food' (Hope you use automatic MAC generation, not manual)

  turn it on, change the host name, network settings etc... should be enough.

  If you cloned VM using vCenter server, then consider using the specification for customizing Manager automate for you.

• Need a script to list all virtual machines on specific data warehouses

  I am trying to find a way to list all virtual computers on specific data warehouses. I use vSphere 5.1 and so far I got this:

  Get-Datastore. where {$_ .name - like ' * XXX * ""} | Get - VM | Select name, @{N = "Datastore"; {E = {Get-Datastore - VM $_}} | Sort name | FT - one

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  Any help appreciated.

  I relied on the fact that the first in the list would be the data store that holds the VMX, which apparently is a misconception.

  Try like this

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  Get - VM | Select the name,

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  Format-Table - AutoSize

• New virtual machine on a VLAN different from existing virtual machines

  Hello

  I am trying to replace one of our physical servers with a virtual machine which must be on its own VIRTUAL local network.  This virtual machine will get channelled through our network to a router belonged to the client who resides with us.  I created a new group of VM ports for the new virtual machine on the standard vSwitch as the rest of our virtual machines are on with id VLAN by default of 0.  I was unable to create an id VLAN for the port group.  I have the virtual machine is set to the tag on all ports of the physical switch that the host is connected to the VLAN.  With this configuration I still can't even ping to the IP address of the physical switch for this vlan.  I feel that I'm missing something simple, but I'm pretty new to networks on vSphere.  If any information let me know.

  Hello

  Have you tried directly to type the VLAN ID in the drop-down list box. This is how to specify the VLAN ID for the virtual machines in a group of ports in the case of Virtual Switch Tagging (VST). By design, you can select a predefined VLAN ID or directly start typing the code.

  Best regards

  Iliana

• Setting permissions on a virtual machine

  We run a VM hosting service. I wrote scripts to create, delete, and update virtual machines. The problem I have is setting permissions on a virtual machine. We have groups Active Directory (AD) for the management of the permissions on the virtual machines. I am able to manually add these ad groups tab permissions on a virtual machine using the vCenter console, but I could not describe the process. We run 5.0 vCenter. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Hi B

  Assuming that you do not have many ads with replication issues Sites / ore something latency... maybe this could be a problem:

  In my script I user QAD Cmdlets... as I wrote this powershell script was without value 'default' - module

  It might be the QAD Cmdlets to return the other default strings them from Microsoft.

  I suggest you play with this line in order to get a response... I'm not able to test this now... excuse... :

  $perm.principal = $mrdgrp

  # Does 'primary' eventualy implies PrincipalName? Something like:

  $perm.principal = ' VMCA_group_name@C***. EDU'

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