How to migrate pools with view to a new data store?

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• How to migrate Office persistent link clones of workstations for the new data store

  Hello. We have clones of persistent link to view running in the environment from our view. We need to migrate these desktops to new storage. Rebalancing is out as this will include a refresh operation - destroy anything and everything installed in c:\ of the user. Is there a method to migrate Desktop clone link persistent to a new data store, while keeping the office in the same exact state (i.e. c:\ is not updated).

  Thank you

  Never say impossible. I came across the solution when I read the article by Duncan Epping:

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/03/15/Dr-of-view-persistent-linked-clone-desktops/

  I have that for my situation. Basically, replicate data from view in the new storage warehouses. Set up data warehouses replicated without re-signing with the cluster of ESXi. Turn the power off and unsubscribe the vCenter view workstations. Save the workstations from the data store replicated/mounted to vCenter and power over desktop computers.

  VCenter, nothing dramatic has happened if she sees just as vm being unregistered and re-recorded activity from the same exact data store (the same UUID). View Admin is happy because he sees just the events as desktop computers that have been turned off and then subsequently in reverse. Nothing has changed regarding the database to view ADAM, we still use the same data warehouses.

  I have already tested before for a scenario of View DR, and he succeeded. Between remembering who and Duncan's article helped me to adapt the same process for this. Nothing is impossible

• Change migrated VM, vmdk disk file name / reference data store

  Hi all

  I'm trying to migrate a large number of virtual machines between physical datacenters (using SAN as the migration of mirroring method).

  The problem I encountered is that the operating system and data vmdk is localized on different data for each virtual computer warehouses. When break us the mirror and enter the VMX to the new location, the VMX file is a reference to the old path to the VMDK files (ie: the old data store in the center of source data). Only the VMDK files located in the same folder as the VMX file appear correctly in the vSphere - other client appears with the size of '0 GB' - as vSphere can't find referenced vmdk files.

  I don't want to update the VMX files manually, of course that's why I'm here. :-) But I struggled to find a way to update the hard drive using PowerCLI vmdk file name.

  I have to resort to pure PowerShell and update the file vmx in this way?

  I read all the blogs on the updating of the vmx files - but they have all shown to day extension data "extraconfig". for example:

  http://blogs.VMware.com/vipowershell/2008/09/changing-VMX-fi.html

  This extraconfig does not include the lines in the VMX file that specify the vmdk file name. for example:

  scsi0:1.filename = ' / vmfs/volumes/abcdefgh-503544b2-e46c-d41234567890/myVmName/myVmName_1.vmdk '.

  Ideally, I would have liked to use the command set-hard drive - unfortunately this is actually trying to move the non-existent vmdk to the new data store that I specify - rather than just update the baseline data store.

  I hope someone here can tell me an effective solution - without having to read in the vmx files and edit them using PowerShell.

  Oh, and I wrote a script to print the list of VMDK files attached to each virtual machine (in the datacenter from source before you remove migrated VMs)- so I have my CSV entry ready for use with a viable solution.

  Any help much appreciated!

  Thank you

  FaTony

  If you have the list with the VMDK from the source, and you know how to translate those paths to the new location, you should be able to use the Remove-hard drive and the hard drive New cmdlets.

  Have you tried that?

• How do divide you a virtual machine between two data stores?

  We just installed a new SAN ICSI and created an ISCSI target on it. We have created a new data store on our server ESXi 4.0 and reminded our Iscsi target. Our virtual machines have two logical drives, for the system partition C: and E: for data. At present, all virtual machines are residing on the 1 data store, which is located on the local hard drives of the esxi server. How pass readers E: of the virtual machine to the SAN and let C: readers where they are?

  Hello

  Or if you don't have a Vmotion, you can use stand-alone Vcenter converter to migrate your VM on the same ESXi host. and during this process on the Advanced tab, you can divide your virtual disks in the desired data store. You can keep the C: drive as it is on the same data store and add new vmdk and select its data store that you want, and then can move E: or D: drive until the new vmdk.

  In this way, you can split your C: and other disks on different vmware disks on different data warehouses.

  Let me know if it helps.

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• Migrated virtual machine appears in the two data stores

  Hi all

  A bit of background on our installation first. servers ESX 3.5 vcenter 4.0 (just improved 2.5) + 2 + 2 data warehouses configured in 1 box of MSA.

  Here is what happened. I've migrated a VM from A to B data store using "Migrate" in vSphere client on vCenter.

  On the vSphere client, virtual machine displays now two data warehouses. In the browser data store, the vme even appears in the two data stores. Datastore shows 20 GB to 20 GB provisioned and 0 GB to 20 GB used. B displays 20 of 20 put into service and used 20 20 GB.

  Migration seems to have succeeded. I migrated about 10 other vm and they reside only on a data store. All virtual machines are working properly. I tried to migrate the computer back to A virtual. He showed only a data store. But the problem appeared again when I migrated the vm to B. I tried to move the virtual machine back and forth between servers ESX, no difference.

  Any ideas? The virtual machine is working well, and it is not necessarily a critical problem. But it's annoying, because I intend to reorganize the data store has and the fear it could cause a problem.

  Thank you so much in advance!

  anything mounted on the CD/DVD drive, as an ISO which can be on A Datastore?

• Different VM 1 with 3 vmdk in the data store: Migration of data to rename store

  Hello

  I'm here today to ask for your help please.

  In our Organization, we have 1 large VM

  1 vmdk = > The BONES in lun, SAS performance

  1 vmdka = > 1 Tera SATA MON only of DATA

  Another 1 vmdka = > 1 Tera SATA MON only of DATA

  This virtual machine is being tested and we need to rename it to the name of the production.

  When you rename in vcenter you do a data store migration to correct all files with the new name.

  In this case, how can we specify each VMDK to go to the data store specified during migration?

  Because we could all think in the same data store due to the limitation of 2Tera by a data store

  Thanks for your help

  When you "migrate" a virtual machine and choose 'Change Datastore' use the advanced option. This will allow you to specify multiple destinations of data store. Use the drop-down arrow in the current [location].

• Problems with views. When no data I have to delete and recreate it

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• How to disable "signed with the certificate from the certificate store.

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• How to migrate from Fireworks CS3 to a new computer laptop when the key to the series is lost?

  I'm migrating from Fireworks CS3 to a new computer laptop. I lost the serial key number so I can't install it again. Instead, I copied the program and export/import the relevant part of the registry. And also copied FLEXnet. However, the program comes the spirit the message "licensing for this product has stopped working". I used the ADOBE recovery tool, but nothing helped. Thanks for any ideas or help them.

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  If it's a Windows machine, and then try running Belarc Advisor

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• How can I move virtual machines from a local data store for a new iSCSI SAN?

  Hello guys,.

  Now that we have a new iSCSI SAN market how can I tranfer all the virtual machine to a local data store for a new SAN? Can I stop the VM in the host, and then copy the DataStore files with all the info on the new volume?

  Thank you

  Pesinet

  Alternatively, you can use VMware converter or cold Migration / Storage VMotion if you have the appropriate licenses.

  Duncan

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• Help with the details of the data store

  Hi all

  Get the error for the name of the VM data store, below is the script

  $report = @)

  $vms = get - VM rpt01 | Get-View

  foreach ($vm to $vms)

  {

  foreach ($dev in $vm. Config.Hardware.Device) {}

  If (($dev.)) GetType()). {Name - eq "VirtualDisk")}

  If (($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode-eq "physicalMode") - or ($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode - eq 'virtualMode')) {}

  $row = "" | Select the Cluster folder VMHost, VMName, IP, Powerstate, HDMode, HDName, HDsize, MON, HDDisplayName, VMDataS

  #$row = "" | Select VMHost VMName, HDName, MON, HDsize, HDMode, HDDisplayName, IP, Cluster, file

  $row. VMName = $vm. Name

  $esx is get-view $vm. Runtime.Host

  $row. VMHost = ($esx). Name

  $row. PowerState = $vm. Runtime.PowerState

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  $row. HDName = $dev. DeviceInfo.Label

  $row. HDMode = $dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode

  $row. HDSize = [system.math]: Round ($ dev.) CapacityInKB / 1048576)

  $row. HDDisplayName = ($esx. Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where {$_.} UUID - eq $dev. Backing.LunUuid}). CanonicalName

  $lun = get-ScsiLun - VmHost $row. VMHost - CanonicalName $row. HDDisplayName

  $row. LUN = $lun. RuntimeName.SubString ($lun. RuntimeName.LastIndexof ("L") + 1)

  $row. IP = $vm.guest.IpAddress

  $row. Cluster = (get - view - ViewType clustercomputeresource |?) {} $_ .moref-match $esx.parent.value}) .name

  $row. Folder = (get - view - ViewType record |?) {} $_ .moref-match $vm.parent.value}) .name

  $report += $row

  }

  }

  }

  }

  get error below

  Get-Datastore: cannot bind parameter 'RelatedObject. Could not convert the value of 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' of type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' to type

  'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.RelatedObject.DatastoreRelatedObjectBase '.

  C:\VM_RDM_Info.ps1:16 tank: 39

  +                 $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  +                                                   ~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [Get-Datastore], ParameterBindingException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore

  Get-Datastore: cannot bind parameter 'RelatedObject. Could not convert the value of 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' of type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' to type

  'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.RelatedObject.DatastoreRelatedObjectBase '.

  C:\VM_RDM_Info.ps1:16 tank: 39

  +                 $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  +                                                   ~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [Get-Datastore], ParameterBindingException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore

  Try to replace this:

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  with this:

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore-Id $vm. Data store | Select - 1 last) .name

  The problem is that Get-Datastore - vm expects the parameter - VM to be a type of virtual machine rather than the display type of the virtual machines that is referenced because the = get - vm rpt01 $vms | Get - view.

• How to move a virtual machine to a different data store, preserving its ID

  I would like to move a virtual machine to a different data store.

  Because I use 3rd party software that identifies a virtual machine by its ID of VirtualCenter, I'd like to preserve the ID, and I also want to preserve the name of the virtual computer.

  If I clone the virtual machine, I lose the ID and name.

  I can clone a second time to restore the name, but the ID is always false.

  I know that I can use vmkfstools-i to copy the entire disk.

  Is it possible to copy the entire VM?

  I am currently on ESX 3.0.2/VC 2.0.2

  The operation that I describe is available in 3.5.x/VC ESX 2.5.x

  TIA,

  -Magister

  Don't use EVER of CP to copy a VM, VMDK move/copy should be used in conjunction with vmkfstools as best practice.

  OP,

  You can manually make a copy using the CLI interface or use the VI Client and browse the data store and to copy and paste in the appropriate data and as suggested Andre store, when you switch on for the first time, you should say 'keep' when asked if you want to update the virtual machine UUID.

  Another thing, you could do, is if you've enabled for vMotion, you can actually use Storage vMotion which will migrate directly from your virtual machine to a different data store, it's less effort on your side and you can count on Andrew Kutz sVMotion plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip-svmotion/

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• Need help with a Citadel of DIAdem data store opening.

  Hello

  I was wondering if someone can help me to connect to a Citadel of DIAdem data store. I've read all the online help and cannot operate.

  On my PC, I use DIAdem v11.1 and v6.1 Lookout installed as a plugin. I am trying to connect to a data of Citadel store 5 on a server visible in the image below, specifically the default database on HPSERVER1. The installation of MAX on HPSERVER1 tells me that there are 2 versions of LabVIEW Run-Time installed, 8.2.1 and 9.0.1 (I don't know if this is relevant).

  

  When I select \\hpserver1\default_database, I then set the properties as follows:

  

  In the Advanced section, I'm the deadline set to 90 seconds. When I hit OK, then I get the following message, which then brings back me to the previous screen.

  

  Any help is very appreciated,

  David.

  Hi David,

  6.2 Lookout CLIENT is for people who do not have installed Lookout but still want to connect to a database of Citadel with DIAdem.  This works for databases Citadel created by Lookout as long as those created by LabVIEW DCS, is said by the way.

  In your case, you have already installed Lookout, you don't need this additional client software.  There is no improvement in functionality in this interface between 6.1 and 6.2, so you do not miss anything, and youre data import is already working.

  I don't know about lookout not appearing is not in the License Manager, etc.  I'm sorry.

  Brad Turpin

  Tiara Product Support Engineer

  National Instruments

• V2V conversion with no space on the data store.

  Hi all -

  I need to resize/shrink a disc of comments (disc Win2008r2 800 GB to 300 GB) and I read that there is some reasonable success using a conversion, v2v (with vCenter Standalone Converter), but my concern is that I have only 50 GB free on the host data store.

  I would be able to download and drop the virtual machine folder and files on my local machine and convert from my local to the esxi host?  If not, what other options are there?

  Thanks in advance

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  Yes, you can use the VMware Converter to convert the machine virtual VMware Workstation/Player format and save the files on your PC.

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• How to span multiple LUNS on one (or less) data store (s) in Vmware ESXi 4.1 vSphere environment?

  Hey guys -.

  I currently have 2 hosts ESXi (version 4.1u3), 1 vCenter Server and 1 EMC VNXe3300 SAN (20 to via iSCSI) that make my virtual environment.

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  Due to the limit of 2 TB (both on the CEM, Version of VMware and VMFS3) on data warehouses, I find myself with having several data warehouses being created on the side of the EMC and VMware (see photo) appearance.  I know that's not rectifiable via CEM level, but I was wondering if there was any way for me to bring together all these data stores on the side of things VMware.  This way rather than navigate to Configuration > storage > data warehouses and separate iSCSI indicator 6 data warehouses, it would just be a (or more, but less than the existing) data store; It would then extend in all actual data stores that I would.

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  Thanks for the help.

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