Migration - change data store

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• migration of data store has failed - now there are two vm - one power off?

  I was migrating a vm fw at different stores of data when a failure has occurred. They may have been cancelled or it may have been the fact that our vcenter server has restarted. I don't know if this would have caused this problem.

  In any case, now, two of the VM series two - power and the other copies are turned off. One that is off is the data store b and the virtual machine is the one data store. The strange thing is, shows of b (power off vm) data store which is where the files are located while the virtual machine is on a. When I browse a datastore I cannot find all files... It just hangs. I googled but am stuck.

  See the screenshots for more details. Thanks in advance!

  Edit: finally to load two data warehouses. They both show identical files: vmdk, vmfx, vmsd etc. for the two virtual machines on two data stores. It's weird!

  Edit 2: or vm, on or off, power to the high/off or migrate or remove from the inventory. Both are 'ping' and one that is good though.

  I figured this out. I have ssh was the host of the virtual machine is on (the two virtual machines were on the same hosts). Down to power, I ran the following command "esxcli vm kill process - type = soft - world id = xxxxx."

  That he got the vm to stop. The virtual machine of the same name already powered off then showed as "orphans". I removed the orphan vm of the inventory, the other vm started automatically acknowledgement of receipt, then I deleted the orphan vm of the 2nd data store.

• Limited to 2 'task' - Migration of data store

  SAN engineer asked that no more than 2 SVMotions during opening hours.  I have a script to migrate the entire data store, but want to limit 2 SVMotions.

  You can use the parameter - RunAsync and then use the cmdlet Get-task to check how many migrations are "running".

  If less than 2, start a new migration.

  Something along these lines

  $OldDS1 = "OLD_DS01" $NewDS1 = "NEW_DS01" $running = 0
  
   foreach ($OldDS in $OldDS1) {
       $VMs = Get-VM -Datastore $OldDS     foreach ($VM in $VMs)
       {
          $running = Get-Task -Status Running | Measure-Object | select -ExpandProperty Count        while($running -gt 2){
            sleep 5          $running = Get-Task -Status Running | Measure-Object | select -ExpandProperty Count        }
          $VM | Move-VM -Datastore $NewDS1 -DiskStorageFormat Thin     }
  }
  

  If you have other tasks running outside the vMotions in your vCenter, you may need to add a Where clause after the cmdlet Get-task

• Host virtual computer and Migration of data store

  I'm curious. I have an environment with Cisco UCS UC servers without them. Due to they are C-Series all storage is local for UC virtual machines run. I'll add some of the UCS C-Series servers and you want to move two of my current C-Series server CPU virtual machines to the new. I have the license Enterprise Plus 4.1 for all servers and execution of vCenter. The migration will be basicall move local data store to store local data as well under the name from host to host. My plan is to turn off the virtual machines and migrate both host and the data store at the same time. I have groups of ports built as follows:

  Port of VMKernerl groups:

  -Storage (for future shared storage)

  -vMotion

  -PI

  -ESXi Mgmt

  Virtual machine:

  -CPU VMS

  -Machines virtual server

  My overall question is during this migration takes place this network (or a group of Port) will be the traffic go anywhere for the move? My guess is because it is the local storage, it will use the Mgmt. ESXi

  Thank you!

  If the virtual machine will be moved to store Local data to store common data shared through 2 esxi host, then the storage shared for local storage.

  So this will be the case through network vMotion and not via the management network.

  But you can enable vmotion on management network itself. If you have configured like this then yes communication will be via the management via vmotion network IPkerenel active network.

• Move the VM of ESXi 3.5 to Vsphere 4.0 (host chang & data store)

  I have a server ESXi 3.5 with 1.6 to with 20 VM local storage.

  Now, I want to continue to set up a cluster with a fiber channel storage. I want to know if this procedure is correct:

  Can I migrate the computer virtual host that esxi 3.5 for the new Vsphere 4.0 host connected to the SAN fiber channel?

  Are compatible vm ESXi3.5 to vspehere 4.0?

  once migrated all the VM I want format host ESXi 3.5, install Vsphere 4.0 and set the two servers in HA.

  ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 vsphere host must have the same processor?

  THANK YOU TOO MUCH.

  Hello

  You can move vms from 3,5 to 4, first of all, look at that if you move virtual machines in an othe data store, you must use svmotion or take off your virtual computer.

  You can run 3.5 vms in an esx 4 without problem. So if you want to enjoy the v4, you must first upgrade vmware tools, and the last step is to upgrade the virtual machine virtual material.

  Move all the VMS to the v4, and then reinstall the other server with esx4.

  Check the vmotion compatibility matrix and evc cluster parameters, you can mix processors intel, but not mix between amd and intel.

  hope find it you useful.

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• Move VM - change data store

  Hello

  It is a matter of mutliplart, but I hope that simple to follow. I need to move my VM's to another store of data from my ESXi host / node, so I can upgrade the host harware. Quick background; We have a Dell T605 ESXi server with 1 RAID 5 array. We're going to upgrade the current RAID and add another RAID 1, using RAID 1 for the console and RAID 5 for our database. We now have another ESXi host online, and the main quaestion is what is the best way to move the virtual machine to the host 'temporary', while we improve the primary host. The virtual machine need not run, what is the best way to copy them from one host to another? Once copied to the host 'main', how ca we add these VM in our inventory? We have researchd, moving the virtual machine using SCP fast and tested, works well, but we can't understand how to add to our inventory VM in the VI Client cousole. Currtenlty we test using Vcenter converter. Not sure that the best and fastest is to make our copy of data / backup.

  Thanks for your help and your thoughts...

  There are many options availible to do what you want. You can:

  (1) CPC (as you already have)

  (2) to clone the VMDK (vmkfstools - i, in your case, you will need to use rcli)

  (3) storage Vmotion

  Once you get it on the new data store, (if you are on the same HOST) you want to remove the virtual machine (you moved) inventory, and then access the *.vmx on the new data store and (right click) add to the inventory.

  Alto.

• SVMotion server to multiple data stores

  Hello

  I couldn't find anything in search, but I think the CLI has this ability: I have a 3 4.1U2 cluster to a HP P2000 with 6 volumes configured and mapped to each host ESXi ESXi.  It is a development environment and to maximize the value for the database e / s, I want to put OS logs on a controller/vdisk and map the data to the other controller/vdisk.

  I wanted to say, in the future, I need to move the location.  Is there a way to multiple svmotion VMDK on a virtual machine to separate data warehouses?  It does not appear vSphere includes this feature.

  Thank you

  using the graphical interface (vSphere Client) when you choose to migrate - change data store, click on the Advanced button.

• Migration of data without interruption VM store

  Hi all

  I have a vCenter with several hundred VM. They are stored in 4 different NFS data warehouses. Is it possible to pass without interruption (1 after another, and 1 at a time) of their current data store to the newly created by command line?

  Thank you.

  Hi mofr,.

  Thanks to your tip, I did some additional research and found the solution to my problem. In order to limit the vCenter to do one (and only one) live migration of data store at a time, you should configure vpxd.cfg in your vCenter machine and add the following under :

  2

  16

  4

  I hope this helps others as well.

  Thank you once again.

• Orphan data store

  Howdy! We have a very minor problem with the removal of a data store ancient and inaccessible. The pleasure is gone, it appears same for one of our admins. It was a local storage on one of our 3 old hosts. Since then, we have moved to a SAN implementation with 4 new hosts. The data store is as inaccessible, which makes sense since the host used store is no longer in production.

  Disassemble is greyed out, and there is no host associated with the Bank. There is an old VM that has since been moved to a new SAN data stores. I double checked by starting a migration of data store = > advanced on the virtual machine and verified that the files of the virtual machine are not pointing to the old store.

  I have two questions. One, how in the world I have remove this entry in my list of data warehouses. Two, why would he appear for me and another admin, but not the 3rd admin?

  
  Thank you
  Brenden

  I have it! I had to delete the associated virtual machine to inventory and re-register again.

• How can I move a data store a single virtual disk shape in a different data store?

  I have a host running vSphere 4 enterprise that belongs to a cluster of Foundation vCenter 5.5.  I need to move all the guests off the coast of this host to be updated. This host has a client that is using the local hard disk as a data store.  This customer has six 6 hard drive with only using the local hard disk as a data store.  How can I move the hard drive to a different data store?

  When I try to use 'Move' or 'Migrate' with vCenter (client or web interface), it seems that I can move only data not store a single entity, each database individually.  Can we move a data store single someway with the guest always under tension, or do I have to power off and manually move the "vmdk" they reattach the hard drive?

  
  

  Thank you

  
  

  Bruce

  When you click on migrate, the data store, click on the Advanced button.  It will give you the option to select a disc.  You can migrate it while it is running.

• Empty data store will not be in Maintenance mode

  I have an empty data store, which is not in maintenance mode.

  It hangs on 'Waiting for all the virtual machine files be migrated from data store'... which is an expression that is not even appear in Google.

  

  Here are the contents of the data store

  

  I've migrated all guests who have been on it.  Disconnected the ISOs of the hosts that use and deleted all ISOs.

  The related strange thing is that some of the guests who were on the data store are still showing as being connected to it.

  

  Many assume that it is because she is always connected to an ISO image, but as you can see there is no ISO disk images and there is nothing to hide in these files.  I have not had no problem in removing the ISO images, and Yes, I have unplugged ISO images before fast vMotioning of customers.

  Why they always think that they are connected to something I don't understand, but I suspect that it is one of the reasons for my data store does not in maintenance mode.

  I'm under ESXi 5.1.0 799733 (custom build of IBM) on the BladeCenter HS22V blades.  Storage is connected by zFCP to a midsize v7000 IBM.

  I assume that this is a bug in the system.  Please let me know if I'm wrong.

  One of your virtual machines have the pictures that have been taken so that something (ISO, for example) was mounted on this data store?

• How long does take to dismantle and re-scan a single data store

  Hi all

  I am currently using vSphere 5.0 to manage 3 x 5 ESXi hosts. I am trying to use the host VM 2 for surebackup data store and virtual laboratory of Veeam. I had already used the same data store and removed. Now try when I set up again on the same data store, it generates the error Create NAS Datastore - specified key, the name or the identifier already exists.

  After reading about the issue, I've seen the way to solve this must dismantle and Reanalyze the data store that produces the error. As I've never done this before that I was wondering if someone could share their own experiences? I need to move the exisitng s VM from the data store before I have to dismount and perform a new analysis or any point throughout this process?

  Some details on the data store:

  Composed of disks SAS 4 x 300 GB in RAID 5 with a total of 831,50 Gb. There are 8 VM running on this server using 400 GB on the Go 831,50. 4 virtual machine are essential and must be operational during the time leading to opening (9 - 5.30 pm). These total 222 + 39 + 33 + 69 = 363 GB. The data store is not shared between hosts.

  The migration of virtual machine for the other guests, I'm able to estimate (if necessary). What I'm really interested in is the length of time that it will dismantle and Reanalyze the data in question store.

  Any help would be much appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards

  Haydn

  You must move the virtual machines before you take it apart

  or close the virtual machine and to unsubscribe to esxi.

  given that the data store is not shared, you must do the migration of data store for virtual machines such as migration cold.

  Disassemble and analyze new shouldn't take more time, let's say less than 2 minutes if each works fine.

• Storage VMotion for several data stores

  I'm looking for some advice and assistance with the help of the vSphere PowerCLI to SVMotions.

  I found that I can use virtual vmname Get-machine | Move-VM - datastore (Get-Datastore datastorename) that has worked very well and I was ready to roll. However, it occurred to me that I can only refer to a data store in the cmdlet and some of our virtual machines have their drives located on different data warehouses.

  So I set up a test VM with two disks of different data warehouses and began a SVMotion. The result was that it has migrated all disks in their separate data warehouses in a single folder on the target.

  What I need to be able to do is to migrate a disk and leave the other in its original location, or migrate two disks of different locations in two different places again. As you can do if you switch the machine virtual and migrate through the graphical interface, moving storage with advanced options (and probably what you can do via the graphical interface with the virtual machine in vSphere).

  I've got ESX 3.5 Update 5 with vCenter 2.5 update 6 If no GUI in VirtualCenter and the free snap option not taken in charge is not an option.

  Is there a way to do it with the PowerCLI or am I limited to migration the data store's unique virtual machine?

  Thank you very much.

  This can be achieved using the. RelocateVM_Task() method of the VirtualMachine SDK object

  See the code below:

  $configDatastoreName = "DataStore_01"
  $HardDisk1DatastoreName = "DataStore_02"
  $HardDisk2DatastoreName = "Datastore_03"
  
  $vm = Get-VM VM001
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
  #Get MoRef for Destination datastore for Config files
  $spec.Datastore = (Get-Datastore $configDatastoreName | Get-View).MoRef
  
  #for each disk specify where the vmdk files should be placed.
  #If a vmdk should NOT be moved, enter its CURRENT datastore
  #If you forget to specify a disks location, it will be moved to the datastore
  #specified in $spec.Datastore
  
  #HardDisk 1
  $objDisk = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator
  $objDisk.DiskID = $vm.HardDisks[0].Id.Split('/')[1]
  $objDisk.DataStore = (Get-Datastore $HardDisk1DatastoreName | Get-View).MoRef
  $spec.Disk += $objDisk
  
  #HardDisk 2
  $objDisk = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator
  $objDisk.DiskID = $vm.HardDisks[1].Id.Split('/')[1]
  $objDisk.DataStore = (Get-Datastore $HardDisk2DatastoreName | Get-View).MoRef
  $spec.Disk += $objDisk
  
  #When all harddisks are specified call the RelocateVM_task()
  $vm.ExtensionData.RelocateVM_Task($spec, "defaultPriority")
  

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• 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 to change the vmdk in another data store

  for my vm four disks are there I want to increase disk capacity but there is no space on the data store

  Hello

  Solution is that you must change the drive to another data store and increase space.

  First findout in spatial data store is avaialble.

  Select the virtual machine and migration - migration datastore - Advanced - click the drive on which you want to increase space - browse - choose data store where space is available - finishing

  After migration - more space.