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• Migration of storage in vSphere essential Plus

  I have to migrate my VM (12 machines - for a total of 70 GB) out of an AIRLOCK SAN to a new iSCSI SAN and I vSphere 4.0 more essential. At the same time, I have to upgrade to vSphere 4.1 most essential and so I was wondering if it was possible that after upgrade, I have again a period of trial license complete migration of VM perfom. Is it possible?

  If not, what you are suggesting to perfom this migration (a sudden - storage vmotion does not serve me in the future)? I have to re - install host?

  If you perform a clean installation of ESX (i) do not assign a license to it immediately, then it CAN work.   In any case, you can close the virtual machine and copy it in where it should be then once it is upgrade each host.  Try and them at the same time is not if there are questions, you will know that you have made.

• VMs migration 3.5 ESX vSphere cluster cluster

  We need migrate approximately 100 virtual machines of the old cluster of ESX 3.5 to a cluster running vSphere. Separate environments of vCenter. What is the best way to do this? Servers in both groups use the same SAN storage. His favorite make migration as quickly as possible with downtime to do online for a longer time. As I see the options are either to present the LUN 3.5 to 4.0 servers and browse the data store and select Add to the inventory or to use the Vmware Converter and do a v2v conversion.

  Is this a correct observation? What happens when you use the option Add to the inventory? Do you need to do a lot of configuration later? I have no ESX environment to test this right now. I guess we can do a Storage Vmotion to "correct" LUNS after virtual machines, we added to the cluster 4.0?

  Converter will probably take a lot of time because the data must be copied.

  Yes is good (remember to answer I_moved the first time you turn on the computer, virtual).

  But you wrote "LUNS are not shared between guests today.

  If new guests can see the LUNS from the old host, that a simple solution (VMS must be turned off and on again after adding it to the inventory).

  André

• VRTX Shared storage and vSphere 6.0

  I installed ESXI 6 with ISO next

  VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A00

  www.dell.com/.../DriversDetails

  When I go to 'Add storage' in the vSphere client it shows not available drives.

  -J' created virtual disks on the VRTX

  -J' associated 2 blades with one GOING on all disks

  -The VD is in multiple connection mode

  -J' rebooted the host

  Can I get confirmation that the ISO should have all necessary drivers for the VRTX system, using blades M520?

  Did I miss something?

  Thanks in advance

  Eric

  "Can I get confirmation that the ISO should have all necessary drivers for the VRTX system, using blades M520?

  EricNylen,

  You can, ISO custom does not contain the necessary drivers, but the version you download is that permitting the M1000e, not that of the VRTX M520 (as "PowerEdge M520 (for EP VRTX)" line in the compatible systems would be listed "). The version you need is right here though. In addition, you can find a walk detailed on the configuration of the storage shared in the VRTX here.

  Let me know how it goes.

• Sequence of migration for storage vMotion?

  Hello

  I'm moving a couple of virtual machine data to another store.

  I noticed that different virtual machines get different status, such as:

  Copy of the files of virtual machines

  The active state of VM migration

  Resources currently used by other operations... Pending

  I know that it should migrate the active state of VM and then copy the files from the virtual machine.  However, for a machine virtual, it is already 67% current but status is always "the active state of the Virtual Machine migration."

  Is there that an article mentions the details of Storage vMotion?

  See you soon

  Resources currently used by other operations... Pending

  This is because for each host, we have 2 simultaneous storage vMotion migration limits, so if you raise more, system will be queued.

  about the documents, please see suite PDF, this technical white paper concerns the performance and best practices, but it has rather nice, explanations on memory storage Migration and VM migration.

  https://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/Techpaper/VMware-vSphere51-VMotion-perf.PDF

• vSphere crash dump collector in vCenter 6 device

  Hello

  I am looking for the collector of crash dump in market unit of vCenter in version 6.  Looking at the configuration steps following it does not appear that they have been updated for vCenter 6:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2002954

  Specifically, I'm not able to navigate to the device of vcenter configuration options using the port 5480, for example:

  https://myvcenter6.mydomain.ca:5480

  Just in case anyone else is looking for the configuration I found it in the web client of vsphere standard (9443) administration-> system configuration-> services-> VMware vsphere, ESXi core dump collector.

  From there, the value of the service to start automatically and started the service.

  It looks OK on the collector side, I don't then PuTTY would host ESXi6 and ran the commands here:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2002955

  This seems to complete successfully, however when I test the configuration it times.  Anyone know of any additional measure?  Will there be a port to the firewall that I need to open?

  Thank you

  Duncan.

  I have deployed the virtual appliance of vRealize insight journal for that purpose instead.  VCenter not sure whether the device is intended to be used as a collector of crash dump.

• vCLoud Director isn't picking up profiles of newly defined storage in vSphere.

  Hello

  I created the different profiles of storage with warehouses of data in vSphere, but after the weekend and several updates to profiles of storage via the new profiles are still not appearing in the management console of Director.

  Thank you

  Please do not forget to do all the steps... and it must conform to the version (5.1 = client heavy, 5.5 customer web)

  1. create the affected user / tag attribute in vSphere

  2. create the storage policy/profile and associate it with the attribute tag.

  3 activate the profiles of storage on hosts

  4 associate the attribute tag / the data store

  5. connect to vCD as a system administrator

  6. go in storage vCenter list and updating profiles

  7. go to the list of providers vDC

  8. double click on the provider

  9. go to the storage profile tab

  10. click on the + and add the storage profile

  11. go to the list of Org vDC and double-click the org VDC

  12 go to the storage profile tab

  13. click on the + and add the storage profile and set the value of award/unlimited

• Need help in the Migration of storage.

  Grateful if you can help me with this.

  One of our clients have 2 x 4.0 with standard edition license VMware ESX hosts. Currently, the virtual computer files are resided in local hard drive in the respective host. The customer will buy an iSCSI storage and will be attached to the ESX host.

  The VM/VM files must be moved to storage. What is the best way to do this given the fact that the customer is having only the standard license. There's a Vcenter server standard is in place to manage these hosts.

  It's legal, but for the version that you mention, I'm guessing it won't work any more, unless you upgraded recently from assessment slot license... After the first start of the host ESX 4.0 can't stop the countdown.

  Search for "evaluation" in the documentation online here: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esxi-installable-vcenter/index.jsp

  You'll see in the first few hits:

  Assessment period counts down

  The 60-day evaluation period ESX/ESXi begins to count down immediately after that the first time you turn on the machine in ESX/ESXi.

  The 60-day trial countdown begins even if the host is fired and you do not use the evaluation mode. For example, suppose you decide 10 days after the first market to switch mode allowed for the evaluation mode. Only 50 days remain of the evaluation period. Sixty days after the first market, it's too late to switch to a mode of assessment being zero days remain of the evaluation period. During the evaluation period, if you put the machine in a mode, ESX/ESXi AdHocPolicyEvaluationMode timer of assessment does not countdown.

  To avoid losing the availability of evaluation mode, VMware recommends that before (or shortly after) power on your ESX/ESXi machine for the first time, you decide if you want to use the evaluation mode. One of the advantages of the usingevaluation mode are that it offers lots of features, allowing you to try out the features you're not still without paying additional license fees.

  and

  Convert an ESXi host in evaluation mode

  If ESXi has a license, you can switch in trial mode in order to explore all the features of ESXi.

  Procedure

  1	In the vSphere Client, select the host in the inventory.
  2	Click the Configuration tab.
  3	Under software, click licensed features.
  4	Click on Edit next to ESX License Type.
  5	Click on the product assessment.
  6	Click OK to save your changes.

• Differences between the ISCSI connections to the storage in vSphere 4.1 and 5.0.

  I'm in trouble of setting up the connections of storage in a new VSphere 5.0 test environment. In our environment VSphere 4.1, it was possible to create a virtual switch add two Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 NIC. Set assets. IP Hash value as load balancing. (LACP Etherchannel on physical switches) This configuration uses a grain port and a single IP address. Then add our NetApp NFS storage and ISCSI Equillogic storage. In VSphere 5.0, I can't create this same configuration. I have to create separate with separate IP addresses vmkernal ports? The idea was to have redundant connections to the storage and flow of these two NETWORK cards. Possibly adding additional if necessary to the futuer NETWORK cards. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

  How can I work around this:

  "VMkernel network adapter must have an active link exactly and no waiting rising to be eligible for the iSCSI HBA connection."

  I can certainly say that the way which allows you to configure the iSCSI Multipathing is incorrect.

  The main idea is to let Native Multipathing Plugin to decide what network path to choose, not the vSwitch.

  At the level of the network layer, you must have 1 VMK by a physical NIC.

  This technique applies as well for vSphere 4.1 and 5.0, but with the 5.0 it is configured easier and more quickly.

  Here's a very brief consequence of steps

  1. get 2 VMK interfaces and assign an IP by each VMK.

  2. set each VMK to use only one physical NETWORK adapter

  3 GB with storage iSCSI software adapter, turn it on and bind your VMKs 2.

  4 connect to your iSCSI storage space

  5 rescan devices, create the VMFS datastore

  6. set the desired load balancing VMFS method or just set up a prior default create new VMFS

  and it is strongly recommended to read this guide - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf

• cloneVMTask with storage DRS - vSphere SDK 5

  I am trying to find a way to specify a group of data store (storage module) when you create a new virtual machine using cloneVMTask.  Before vSphere 5, we will have to specify a data using the VirtualMachineRelocateSpec store.  Now, we want to specify a data cluster store, but if I put the storagePod MOR in the VirtualMachineRelocateSpec I get an invalid parameter error.  Perhaps with vSphere 5, there is a new way to do this?  Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

  BTW, I looked at using a StoragePlacementResult of recommendDatastores, but I don't know how to use to create a cloned virtual machine.

  Thanks for any help!

  -Paul

  RecommendDatastores() http://Vijava.sourceforge.NET/vSphereAPIDoc/Ver5/ReferenceGuide/Vim.storageDrs.StoragePlacementResult.html is the new API method to create a VM on a store of data cluster, you cannot use the CreateVM_Task() method. If you take a look at storageSpec , it accepts properties very similar to CreateVM_Task() and there is a podSelectionSpec that will allow you to specify the Cluster specific data store. The result of the method is StoragePlacementResult , which can include tasks, the drsFault or the recommendations in the case where your DTS configuration is not set to automatic.

  I'll try to find something this weekend if I get the chance to show you how it works.

• Migration of VM to vSphere 5, 'Connected' checkbox remains clear

  Hello

  the VMs just migration started to vSphere 5, seems to work very well, you wait for a question.

  Computers virtual startup and boot, but vNIC checkbox 'Connected' is clear. Of course, I try to check it, tried running and turns off the virtual machine.

  A virtual machine with W2008R2 and vmxnet3 (upgrade tools and hw did not help), another CentOS with E1000.

  Addition of new vNIC solves the problem, but his pain with a lot of virtual machines and Network Setup is OS.

  Someone at - he resolved the probem?

  I came across a similar problem also. In my case was linked to one of the vShield which has been poorly uninstalled components. The virtual machine configuration (.vmx) files had a line indicating that a "dvFilter" should be used but... vShield had already been removed... Modification of the .vmx file and adding a # before the line/s dvfilter solved my problem.

• Migration of storage with RDM

  I images migration towards a new framework for storage. Things work really well, but I hit came across a few images which have been implemented several there are many moons with RDM. The kicker is that they are in physical compatibility mode, so I can't just migrate and convert them to a vmdk. Any thoughts on an approach to migrate? Only the approach that comes to mind is to use VMconverter. This would require a little time to stop, so I'll have to postpone this possibility. I have a lot more flexibility on when I can migrate images if I could use the motion of storage because it requires downtime for images. At least there are only a small number who fall into this category but are images that are among the largest disc attached to like 500G - 1 TB...

  Buck

  Buck - I realize this post is old, but I came across it and thought I would fill you in on how to migrate LUNS RDM in physical compatibility mode.  I read so many messages saying it's impossible, but it's actually much easier than you think, but the virtual machine must be turned off.  Here's how:

  (1) log into the ESX console as root

  2) go to your virtual machine folder: / vmfs/volumes/vmfs-volume-freindlyname/vm-folder.

  (3) locate the pointer to your disk file, this isn't the file - vocation, it's the servername_1.vmdk, it's only a few KBs, inside he does nothing but point to the real disk file, which in this case will be servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk.  It is the file servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk maps of the e/s to the real lun which is still represented by ESX as something like vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and can be found in/vmfs/devices/drives.

  The source that you want to migrate (with this method, it is in fact a copy which is good, because the source is always left intact) can be a virtual disk, virtual rdm or physical rrdm, it is not «question, you will always use servername_x.vmdk as source file in the command string, you're about to see...»

  but before I continune, if you want to migrate LUNs compatibility mode physical to a new lun to physical compatibility mode, be sure to have configured the lun so that ESX can see.  If you convert virtual RDM of RDM physical mode, the same applies.  If you convert it to a virtual drive, just be sure to have a volume of vmfs with enough space to accommodate the new drive.

  (4) it is here:

  To migrate and convert physical RDM in virtual disk:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/vm record/name of the server - newdisk_1.vmdk

  To migrate and convert physica RDM virtual RDM, there are two methods

  -in vi edit customer of VM VM settings, remove the drive mapped to vocation, off voltage then re - add a new hard drive by selecting the same disk make sure you only select virtual fashion, connect you and see all your data and mount points are the same.

  -from the ESX prompt in the folder of the virtual machine on the VMFS volume:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk d rdm:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/vmfs/volumes/vm record/servername_1 - rdm.vmdk

  To migrate a new physical RDM physica RDM:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk d rdmp:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/vmfs/volumes/vm record/servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk

  EXPLAINED command strings:

  vmkfstools-i is import-command clone

  the servername_x.vmdk is the source, the x will be held for the command of the unit, in my example I use this 1 which means that it is the second disc on the virtual computer.  the first disc file is servername.vmdk, it is generally always the system disk.

  the-d is the disc type for the destination you are converting to

  the rdm (p) is part of the type of drive saying the destination disk is gross, virtual or physical disk mode (the p stands for physics course)

  folder/servername_1 - rdm.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/vm tells us where to store the raw disk mapping file, I chose to put it in the folder of the virtual machine as you can see, you can put it on any vmfs filesystem, I like to keep things neat and clean.

  Hope you find this useful, don't let anyone tell you that you cannot migrate a physical RDM.  His false information.  This is how its done.

• Help to configure storage for vSphere 4

  Hi all

  I am designing the datstores for our new vSphere installation.  The virtual machine will be Windows servers with a default configuration of a logical drive C and D.  Some servers will have additional logical drives.  Some of the team think that it will be better to place the virtual disks for the C drive in a single VMFS volume, while placing the D virtual disk drive in another.

  Are there performance problems or advantages with this configuration, or is it better to store all of the virtual disks associated with a virtual machine in the same data store?

  If we divided the VMDK in different datstores could this affect pagaing if the pagefile is stored on the logical drive that D?

  Storage is a HP EVA 4400 with SAN disks (which is currently proposed to store the virtual disks of drive C) and a 1500 (SATA) MSA (currently proposed to store the virtual disks for drive D).

  Thanks for your help

  Yes there is check this post that hold Andre.

  http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-10990

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

  vExpert 2009

• Remove the inactive storage for vSphere

  Hi all

  I need to delete some idle of my installation of vSphere storage. I removed before storage, right-click on the storage and choosing Delete but I don't have this option either available, I guess because the storage is inactive.

  There is no chance of this more active storage yet, but for administrative reasons, I want to remove it.

  For the registration of all hosts are the ESXi.

  Thanks for the pointers,

  Dan

  Hello

  Usually, it is a model or an iso image on the store preventing his abduction.

  Kind regards

  Mike

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

  vExpert 2009

• Output of storage for vSphere (devices + paths) adapters

  Hello

  I have a little problem ;(

  theire where many changes for vSphere.

  http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/VC-SDK/visdk400pubs/vsdk400behaviorchanges.html

  normally for 3.5, we saw a device like this: (raw + nonrawdisk)

  ESX 3.x: vmhba1:0:1

  While it was possible for me to make an exit for all LUNs in decimal, Ids which where zoned by the Admins of storage. (storage administrators have the Hex Code).

  We have a DR Solution including 2 warehouses where synchronized together.

  So I made a documentary to describe which 2 decimal Id which if synchronized

  but now I don't know how to handle the HostMultipathInfoLogicalUnit.id and HostMultipathInfoPath.name.

  It is not 100% clear to me ;(

  with 3.5, it was well arranged.

  I tried now make a new script and I am searching for rare items that I can't find in the SDK ;(

  theire has 2 tabs on the gui of storage adapters

  Paths:

  The Runtime name: vmhbaN:Cx:Tx:Lx

  Target: San identifier

  LUN: Decimal ID

  Status

  So what are entered in the GUI, multi-channel (paths) so I looked in [HostMultipathInfoPath].

  but I can't find this titles. only

  adapter
  dynamicProperty
  dynamicType
  isWorkingPath
  me?
  LUN
  name
  pathState
  State
  transport	H

  for devices:

  (Name of drive Fibre Channel)

  The Runtime name: vmhbaN:Cx:Tx:Lx

  LUN: Decimal Lun Id

  Type: Disc Type

  Transport:

  Capacity:

  Owner:

  -

  ---

  Can someone knows how to query the "Runtime name, LUN ID dec.

  THX

  Max

  The key in ESX 4 object that shows the disposition of all LUNS, adapters, paths... is the object of HostPlugStoreTopology .

  With the keys that you will find in there, it is relatively easy to find other properties of the lun, devices, roads...

  As far as I know, the name of Runtime, you see in the vSphere client is not available in the format displayed in each of the objects.

  But it's pretty easy to dial in a script.

  In the following example script I list ID (or canonical name) and the name of Runtime for all 'disc' lun.

  $esxName = 
  
  $esx = Get-VMHost $esxName | Get-View
  $esx.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where {$_.LunType -eq "disk"} | %{
       $ScsiLun = $_
       $CanonicalName = $SCSIlun.CanonicalName
       $esx.Config.StorageDevice.PlugStoreTopology.Device | where{$_.Lun -eq $ScsiLun.Key} | %{
            $PSTdevice = $_
            $esx.Config.StorageDevice.PlugStoreTopology.Path | where {$_.Device -eq $PSTdevice.Key} | %{
                 $PSTpath = $_
                 $PSTadapter = $esx.Config.StorageDevice.PlugStoreTopology.Adapter | where{$_.Key -eq $PSTpath.Adapter}
                 $adapter = $esx.Config.StorageDevice.HostBusAdapter | where {$_.Key -eq $PSTadapter.adapter}
                 $hba = $adapter.Device
                 $channel = $PSTpath.ChannelNumber
                 $target = $PSTpath.TargetNumber
                 $lun = $PSTpath.LunNumber
                 $RuntimeName = $hba + ":C" + $channel + ":T" + $target + ":L" + $lun
                 Write-Host $CanonicalName $RuntimeName
            }
       }
  }
  

  It produces something like this

  Note that the decimal LUN id is in the name of runtime.

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