Manipulate the vmdk is attached to a virtual machine

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• Try copying the VMDK operating system of a virtual machine

  I m trying to copy the OS vmdk to a VM with 2 also with the cmd - left hard drive copy.

  When Itry to the following syntax:

  copy-hard drive - HDD "[RZ1_FG34_Infrastruktur_B] uxms0005/uxms0005.vmdk"-DestinationPath "Klon/uxms0005klon.vmdk [RZ1_FG34_Infrastruktur_B] '.

  I get an error:

  CategoryInfo

  : InvalidArgument: (:)) [copy-hard drive], ParameterBindingException)

  Thank you.

  Hi, Lutz, Yes, you must use the get-hard way it returns only one of the discs you want: Get - hard - drive vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets reference

  Like this for example:

  Get - VM uxms0005 |  Get-Harddisk? | { $_. Filename-match "uxms0005.vmdk"}

  It must return a drive and you can run in your hard drive copy.

  Tim

• How can I get the number of disks for a virtual machine and PAHO are / s of a disc?

  Hi all

  I would like to know if there is a command that returns the number of disks having a virtual machine.

  and also if there is no command to obtain and change the number of the IOPS / disk s.

  Thanks in advance

  Carlos

  It will give you hard drives attached

  Get - VM | Hard drive

  
  

  It will give you count
  

  Get - vm | Select name, @{N = "TotalHDD"; E={($_ | (Get-harddisk).count}}

  
  

  It is possible to retrieve the number of the IOPS / disk s, but what do you mean by editing.
  

• What is the best way to backup of virtual machines on a standalone ESX with the data store local

  Hello

  I want to save the virtual machines on a host ESX autonomous. and all of these virtual machines is the local data store.  What is the best way to save these virtual machines in this situation?

  And probably we don't provision VTL on the local data center, so it is possible to use VCB to backup? And VCB is a good choice compared to the traditional method that installs the backup client in each virtual machine?   Because I think that in this situation with the data store local, it cannot not reduced the load on ESX hosts and network overhead can be avoided.

  Thank you!

  LAN

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  VCB is completely unrelated to the tape library, it is a framework, not a backup solution. If your standard backup software can work with the remote tape library you can try it to ungrateful with VCB.

  > 2. what the difference bwteen hot - added NBD and modes if there is that an ESX host with store data local and want to use a virtual machine like VCB proxy? I think that they are the same: the VCB proxy read data through the I/O of the ESX host stack in this situation.

  NBD works on network and the backup traffic goes through the service console connection. Hot add uses special machine for assistance to connect vmdk to and uses of e/s disk stack instead of e/s network.

  > 3. Veeam Backup is free software?

  No, it isn't.

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  All those who have an option to change the 'default' options for new virtual machines?

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  is vmware tools script to run when windows is running

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  VMware Fusion (menu bar) > help > VMware Fusion help > running VMware Fusion and Virtual Machines > orders of switching power supply from the default Options

  ==========

  Note: It's like pulling the plug of the wall on a physical computer. Whatever this is not saved will be lost and there is always the possibility of corrupting the file system where preforming a hard stop! (Even if you have no choice but to do.)

  VMware Fusion menu bar > VM > press the option key and select Power Off

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  Note: It also changes orders of "Suspend comments" and "Restart Guest' too.

  Or if this does not work then...

  On the library Virtual Machine ctrl - click on the target of the Virtual Machine and select Show in Finder and delete the .vmss file, the ctrl + click the target package of Virtual Machine, and then after the merger closed. Note: All that was not justified for the suspended state will be lost by deleting the .vmss file. Note: However: you have no other choice if the Virtual Machine does not suspend/resume/stop/start correctly.

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  Hi people,

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  in advance.

  Paul

  You could use Powershell and make a request to Virtual Center, if they are available:

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  mg.machine_group_name,

  mg.machine_group_desc,

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  JOIN dbo.ecm_fn_machines_valid_t (vm)

  ON mgx.machine_id = vm.machine_id

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  1 = 1

• What is the best method to transfer a virtual machine from one PC to another?

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  Coltrane.

  Coltrane,

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  Rapici

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