Manage snapshots with vMA

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• [SOLVED] Help: Snapshot showing is not in Manager snapshots, but 0000002.vmdk always in the vicinity

  Hello community,

  Here's the problem: one of our most important servers (Windows 2008 R2, Exchange 2010) got a software update, so we used clichés, which removed right after the update went smothly.

  Now, some time later, I saw that the 000002.vmdk file is always there and always referenced when I check the properties of the virtual machine.

  So this happened not recognized for some time now, the server has 3 virtual drives, two of which have these snapshotfiles, 25GB and 50GB the other short.

  I've been digging around the internet for some time now, and so far the only solution I found was to create a new snapshot and then select "Remove all" since the Snapshot Manager. Thus engage all snapshot of the files at once.

  Fortunately, we have still some 700 GB of space on the volumes, but I'm not sure about this procedure. With snapshots of this size, there will be a delay (I think that's what happened the first time) or something else. When this server going boom, we have a problem. (of course, there is a backup, but I'm not Admin Exchange and this guy is on vacation, murphy...)

  You think it's a good idea? Any other ideas?

  Oh, our environment:

  vCenter 4.1 345043

  ESXi 4.1 582267

  Sincere greetings,

  Thomas

  Welcome to the community,

  with ESXi 4.1 in place, you should have any problems with delays, so I would go ahead and follow the snapshot create-> delete all routes.

  Two thought but since I do not know the workload. Think to delete snapshots after the opening hours (depending on the speed of storage) and be absolutely sure, there is no backup (or something else) who tries to create another snapshot when the consolidation is on!

  I would go ahead and delete the snapshots with the virtual machine. IMO it is not necessary to do with the virtual machine off.

  André

• How to use the resxtop feature NFS/power of 4.0 U2 with vMA?

  Hi guys,.

  We have been migrated to the use of ESXi in our environment vSphere and the VMAs lets do a little of the day-to-day management of the environment. Now that U2 is out, we are interested in access to the new functionality of NFS/power of esxtop metrics, however the version of the vCLI which comes with VMA have currently access to these settings. So far the only way to see console should be and esxtop running, that I regard as quite friendly.

  Because we do not have to enable SSH on our ESXi hosts, we are looking for something we can run through the vMA. I did a scan of vima-updated quick of the unit and nothing appears, which makes sense since I have seen security RPMs runoff through it so far. So should I just try to dig out a new version of the vCLI and layer it on or is there a more elegant approach?

  Thanks for the comments!

  Hello

  The current version of vMA 4.0 is based on the GA of vCLI release 4.0, was not a refreshed in bits of vMA for Update1 who had a few minor vCLI corrected or improved from the last update 2 which includes resxtop, VMware does not a good job of keeping these things up to date. However, simply download the latest version of vCLI 4.0 Update 2 install on vMA, which will provide you with the version the most recent. I hope that VMware does a better job of providing these via vima-updated, because it is a good method of keeping the virtual appliance to update without having to re - deploy.

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• Snapshot Manager, snapshot merging to parent disk tree

  Hi all

  first post here, so I hope that I have the right format.

  I use vmware player v3.1 to play a virtual machine created by a work of contract on workstation v6 +.

  Unfortunately, it was created with the settings as there seems to be multiple vmdk files, and snapshot files. I want to merge snapshots to the parent disk so that I can use vdisk Manager (downloaded vdisk dev kit) to manipulate the disk. After Google search, it seems that I need something called Manager snapshots. I don't think that reader has this tool. where can I get this snapshot Manager? or is there another to do what I need?

  TIA!

  VMware-vdiskmanager - r "disc - 000001.vmdk" t 0 "consolidated.vmdk".

  use full paths - it would create a new drive that is the result of the current snapshot merged parent

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• Can make snapshots with FREE VMWare Player 6.0.3 VM?

  Free VMWare Player 6.0.3-> upgrade to 6.0.4 necessary upgrade and VMWare tools for Ubuntu 14.04 or win 8.0?

  Also a snapshot of a VM Ubuntu 14.04 35GB how much space should take? Can make snapshots with VMWare Player 6.0.3? If this isn't the case - which required ver for Win 7 Pro Player...?

  Yes, copy the folder of the virtual machine is a way to clone a virtual machine.

  André

• Delete all SNAPSHOTS with script

  I'm trying to set up a workflow for my colleagues to easily adjust color, brightness and so on by simply clicking on a SNAPSHOT that easily shows them the result. The snapshot is generated by a macro master calling alarge number of macros. But my clever :-) solution fails because I want to give them the opportunity to run the macro master twice (for example the brightness) and they are then asked with a dialog box that asks them if they would like to replace the snapshot that already exist wit the same name. Simply, I don't know an easy way to delete snapshots. Historic range is easy to remove. If it was just a bunch of macros I could find a way to fix it manually, but I have like 80-100 macros in different groups.

  I thought of this solution:

  MASTER MACRO 1

  -SELECT ALL. COPY.

  -DELETE ALL THE SNAPSHOTS (with the script)

  -PASTE THE IMAGE

  -MACRO RUNS APPLE (Apple instant recording)

  -MACRO RUNS TOMATO (tomato instant recording)

  -CONTINUES DURING SEVERAL OTHER...

  The user chooses instant TOMATO , also wants to run snapshot APPLE. Click again on the MACRO 1.

  Someone out there who can think of a solution or another idea?

  (Photoshop CS6 on a Mac)

  Here is the solution:

  var doc = app.activeDocument;

  HS var = doc.historyStates;

  for (var a = hs.length - 1; a > = 0;--a) {})

  {if(HS[a].) Snapshot)}

  doc.activeHistoryState = [a] hs;

  delHist();

  }

  }

  function delHist() {}

  var desc20 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var ref23 = new ActionReference();

  ref23.putProperty (charIDToTypeID ('HstS'), charIDToTypeID ('Indonésia'));

  desc20.putReference (charIDToTypeID ('null'), ref23);

  executeAction (charIDToTypeID ('Dlt'), desc20, DialogModes.NO);

  };

• Power on VM with VMA

  I'm trying to poweron the vm with vma and I want to respond to this that I copied it. allmethod to do this?

  You must first PowerOn the using VM under cmd

  VMware-cmd start

  It will be hung at the prompt the question, press Ctrl + C and the entry of order below

  
  

  VMware-cmd answer

  I checked it and it worked.

• Tasks with vMA only

  Hey guys,.

  Does anyone know of all the tasks that can be performed only with vMA and not the actual client?

  If Yes please list them.

  Thank you

  RJ

  Main those specific to the vMA...

  VI-fastpass

  VI logger

  sessionfiles

  and also resxtop (except if you install vSphereCLI on a Linux machine).

  When you say the 'client', if you meant the vSphere client, there are still a few configuration items that are not exposed and you use vMA/vSphereCLI or PowerCLI.

  binding of iSCSI (with esxcli swiscsi)

  Claimrules and masking (using esxcli corestorage claimrule)

• Managing servers with virtual IPs / hostnames does not start

  Hi all
  
  I installed a cluster of OSB in load balancing and a load-balanced SOA (10.3.6) on two separate servers.
  
  -Server Admin SOA (runs on the server #1).
  -Server Admin OSB (runs on the server #2)
  
  I am using virtual hostnames for my managed servers of SOA and OSB, as follows:
  
  -Server of OSB managed #1: OSBHOST1VHN - ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (runs on the server #1)
  -Server of OSB managed #2: OSBHOST2VHN - ip: .yyy (runs on the server #2)
  
  -Server SOA managed #1: SOAHOST1VHN - ip: www.www.www.www (runs on the server #1)
  -Server SOA managed #2: SOAHOST2VHN - ip: zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz (runs on the server #2)
  
  -The BAM server managed #1: BAMHOST1VHN - ip: nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn (runs on the server #1)
  -The BAM server managed #2: ip: zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz - no name virtual IP here (runs on the server #2)
  
  I was able to start/stop the admin server managed nodes on each server so far Manager.
  Everything works great until we decided to stop the machines to add more memory.
  After the reboot, the servers admin started but not servers managed.
  Well, all the managed servers with vIPs failed, but the BAM #2 server started without any problems.
  
  For other servers managed, I get the following errors in the log files.
  
  # < 20 nov. 2012 15: 56 GMT > < error > < statistical ALSB Manager > < svlvsoa08.vlv.arvato.fr > < ms_prd_osb2 > < ExecuteThread [ASSET]: '0' for the queue: '(self-adjusting) weblogic.kernel.Default' > < < anonymous > > <>< 9583013bf964d764:32a0a378:13b1e86ef73 :-8000-0000000000000010 > < 1353426960019 > < BEA-473003 > < server of ' Agra delegation not available. Cannot get the aggregator distance
  java.rmi.UnknownHostException: could not find URL for the server 'ms_prd_osb1 '.
  at weblogic.protocol.URLManager.findURL(URLManager.java:145)
  at com.bea.alsb.platform.weblogic.topology.WlsRemoteServerImpl.getInitialContext(WlsRemoteServerImpl.java:120)
  at com.bea.alsb.platform.weblogic.topology.WlsRemoteServerImpl.lookupJNDI(WlsRemoteServerImpl.java:76)
  at com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.ALSBStatisticsManager.getRemoteAggregator(ALSBStatisticsManager.java:291)
  to com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.ALSBStatisticsManager.access$ 000 (ALSBStatisticsManager.java:38)
  to com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.ALSBStatisticsManager$ RemoteAggregatorProxy.send (ALSBStatisticsManager.java:55)
  at com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.collection.Collector.sendRawSnaphotToAggregator(Collector.java:284)
  at com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.collection.Collector.doCheckpoint(Collector.java:243)
  to com.bea.wli.monitoring.statistics.collection.Collector$ CheckpointThread.doWork (Collector.java:68)
  at com.bea.wli.monitoring.utils.Schedulable.timerExpired(Schedulable.java:68)
  to com.bea.wli.timer.ClusterTimerImpl$ InternalTimerListener.timerExpired (ClusterTimerImpl.java:254)
  at weblogic.timers.internal.TimerImpl.run(TimerImpl.java:273)
  to weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$ WorkAdapterImpl.run (SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:531)
  at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:252)
  at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221)
  
  # < 20 nov. 2012 15: 56 GMT > < emergency > < security > < svlvsoa08.vlv.arvato.fr > < ms_prd_osb2 > < ExecuteThread [ASSET]: '0' for the queue: '(self-adjusting) weblogic.kernel.Default' > < < WLS Kernel > > <>< 9583013bf964d764:32a0a378:13b1e86ef73: - 8000-0000000000000015 > < 1353426963376 > < BEA-090087 > < bind to the configured Admin port the server failed. The port may already be in use by another process. >
  # < 20 nov. 2012 15: 56 GMT > < error > < Server > < svlvsoa08.vlv.arvato.fr > < ms_prd_osb2 > < DynamicListenThread [Default] > < < WLS Kernel > > <>< 9583013bf964d764:32a0a378:13b1e86ef73: - 8000-0000000000000016 > < 1353426963376 > < BEA-002606 > * < cannot create a server socket to listen on the channel "Default". The 172.17.241.93 address may be incorrect, or another process is using port 7000: exception java.net.BindException: cannot assign requested address. > # < 20 nov. 2012 15: 56 GMT > < critical > < WebLogicServer > < svlvsoa08.vlv.arvato.fr > < ms_prd_osb2 > < < > main > < < WLS Kernel > > < 9583013bf964d764:32a0a378:13b1e86ef73: - 8000-0000000000000012 > < 1353426963377 > < BEA-000362 > < server failed. Reason: The server doesn't have to bind to any port can be used. See the log for details message. > # < 20 nov. 2012 15: 56 GMT > < error > < WebLogicServer > < svlvsoa08.vlv.arvato.fr > < ms_prd_osb2 > < < > main > < < WLS Kernel > > < 9583013bf964d764:32a0a378:13b1e86ef73: - 8000-0000000000000012 > < 1353426963387 > < BEA-000383 > < is not an essential service. The server will shut down >
  
  I tried to ping my vHOSTS:

  ping OSBHOST2VHN

  I managed to fix my VIP, so I guess they work properly.
  I checked the etc/hosts, and everything is set up correctly.
  I also checked config.xml (which I have not modified) and everything seems correctly (host, servers, IP, ports,...).
  
  The only one that has changed since the rebooted server is the setDomainEnv.sh in which I modified Xms and Xms values to increase the heap size.
  I only changed it on a single server to check if the settings we correctly applied.
  
  Can someone help me with this?
  
  Edited by: user13619168 Nov. 21. 2012 08:09
  
  Edited by: user13619168 Nov. 21. 2012 08:10
  
  Edited by: user13619168 Nov. 21. 2012 08:16
  
  Edited by: user13619168 Nov. 21. 2012 08:17

  seems you use duplicate port numbers, would you please change the port and make sure that it is not in use by any other process. hope this will help.

  -Negi Mukesh
  http://weblogicserveradministration.blogspot.in

• Snapshot with large RDM

  Hello

  I have a virtual machine with 2 virtual disks and 2 RDM. The 2 virtual drives are each about 20-30GB. The RDM is 2 TB each. Can I make a snapshot with just the 2 virtual drives? What is the best way to save before making changes

  other than the backup.

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hello

  If the RDM are in mode physical then instant does not apply to the RDM. If your RDBMS is in virtual mode, then you can make snapshots of the RDM, but to do this, I'll make sure you have PLENTY of space, up to 2 tablespoons available just in case you do something touches all the blocks of the RDM.

  Personally, I keep large RDMs like physics and save them within the virtual machine to an external source. Mitigate the need a lot of disk space.

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• snapshot with db link.

  Hi all

  I'm alittle puzzle as to why with a s/n privs,

  I am able to create this summer with instant success with my dba account.

  in db A

  create the snapshot DGF. TBL_GHB_HOME REFRESH QUICKLY START WITH SYSDATE NEXT trunc (SYSDATE + 1) + 2.5/24 with the primary key AS SELECT * FROM DGF. TBL_GHB_HOME@B;

  the strange thing is, I'm able to do for some schemas, there is little, I open a session specifically as this drawing to create the snapshot.

  I don't know, when I do this in DB-> SELECT * FROM DGF. TBL_GHB_HOME@B;

  I couldn't make the selection with the error as "remote database does not exist"

  but has managed to create instant success.

  Hi Paul M

  This is the point!

  SQL > conn / as sysdba

  Connected.

  SQL > create materialized view scott.test11_mv

  full 2 refresh with rowid

  3 select * from test.test@test11;

  Materialized view created.

  SQL > select count (*) in the test.test@test11;

  Select count (*) in test.test@test11

  *

  ERROR on line 1:

  ORA-02019: description of the connection to the remote database not found

  Why are you able to create the mv even when you can not-> select count (*) in the test.test@test11;

  strange, isn't it? I guess that is because of the materialized... create statement which means simply run the script to create materialzie and to ignore what else is in the rest of the statement, was it access the data from a different database. Laughing out loud

• HP System Management Homepage at VMAs

  Hello!

  I read that it is possible to install equipment in vMA agents. I would need to HP System Management Homepage and the utility of Compaq Array Configuration. Can I use the Linux versions, or those for ESX 4/4.1?

  While they interact directly with the hardware, do I need to have a vMA on each ESXi?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  I agree, ACU being available as an offline version is really annoying... I also hope that HP will improve this.

  If you are using HP System Insight Manager (it's free by the way) to monitor the host, you will be able to see more details than in the vSphere Client.

  In addition you get surveillance and warning. In enterprise environments that use hardware HP HP SIM is a must.

• Authentication with VMA AD

  Environment: We are in transition to ESXi 4.1 and I work through the differences regarding how the hosts will be managed. I am in charge of outlining the process for the rest of my group. We have been using the Service Console and currently share the root account. We prefer to not have any account shared (AD or other) to allow changes to the system to be monitored and linked to a specfic user. I was hoping that this would allow the passage at the VMAS.

  I understand vSphere CLI is an option, but for our environment, the VMA is the most logical choice for the day-to-day management day. I have the latest version of deployed VMA, I added to the AD, have added my AD and suceessfully ESXi hosts those targets added to VMA using different authentication options.

  Goal: Track changes to individual users. Ideal to daily management would go like this:

  (1) all my hosts are already added to VMA.

  (2) Engineer connects to the VMA. I guess it has tio be "vi admin", but in this case I could live with it if necessary.

  (3) now when they try to set a target host, he was invited to the credentials of the AD.

  ... I think I checked this present... Here I'm fuzzy...

  (4) now once on the host, if they need root access on the same elevated level, I think that they still need to su - and provide the root password. I'd rather be able to give at the root of credentials AD level permissions but I don't think it's possible?

  If I have to use the root, I could live with that as long as I follow the AD user who initiated the su - to this host (again, the goal is to be able to track changes made to the individual user rather than just the root).

  This can easily be accomplished by setting the appropriate permissions to AD in vCenter and settign by users in the right-wing groups. From there, they will login to vMA using their AD credentials if vMA is related to your AD. From there, if they have the right permissions, they will be able to run the esxcfg-* commands, they shouldn't run any operation as root. I have that they will also apply authenciate hand vCenter versus goes directly to the host, it allows centralized management of users and transactions can be saved via syslog in vMA.

  Here are a few posts on vMA that may be useful:

  http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/11/how-to-configure-and-use-VMAs-VI.html

  http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/07/VMA-41-Active-Directory-intergration.html

  http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/08/why-you-should-upgrade-from-VMA-40-to.html

• BlackBerry Desktop Manager incompatible with BT stack?

  I was wondering if last battery installation of BT from Toshiba on a laptop Dell Latitude running stack version 4.00.22 (D) will solve a problem that I found with Blackberry Desktop Manager (6.0) - this Signals that my computer does not support the feature of BT.

  I've read elsewhere that the solution is to replace the battery from Toshiba with the Microsoft drivers, but in doing so, I will lose the other aspects of the BT feature that work well today (such as the audio as connections one headset Skype).
  Update stack of 4.x to 7.x will make a difference? Appreciate any feedback - thank you!

  If you are using the model of Toshiba laptop not for each manufacturer of portable touch software upgrade. Hey should provide updates.
  Toshiba BT stack can be used on laptops Toshiba-no, but you need a valid license.

  Have you contacted the manufacturer of your laptop?

  BTW: you can try to install the latest version and test.

• Low cost intelligent or managed switch with the console interface

  Could someone recommend more low switch cost smart or managed with the interface of the console?

  I only need 4 ports but need to control CLI, telnet, or SSH.

  no downtime