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• Browse Snapshots Via CLI

  Is it possible to browse snapshots via CLI as you can through the vSphere Snapshot Manager?

  I know I can create a new snapshot and I can go back to the last snapshot easily, but I would like to be able to take a snapshot of a pool, if necessary. It is a virtual machine that developers use and are they screw something up but do not notice until the last good image has 3 snapshots, then go back to the LAST snapshot is not good. And unfortunately my Department can not afford licenses vSphere until the next fiscal year.

  Thanks in advance.

  Yes, you can do various of snapshot using the vCLI: snapshotmanager.pl : http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl40/doc/snapshotmanager.html

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• Where to find the IaaS __Clone_SnapshotId used on plans related clone in the vRA?

  Hi guys,.

  When you create linked clone plans IaaS that iaas will create an entity of VirtualMachineTemplateProperties with the __Clone_SnapshotId PropertyName and PropertyValue of let's say 6.

  This id is used to identify what snapshot to use for the linked clone one can be found in the database of IaaS. However: I can't say this number (6) where in vSphere.

  If the id of the snapshot in vCenter looking then it is, for example, snapshot-7380. Is there a kind of happening of mapping in vRA IaaS between vSphere snapshot ID and the ID snapshot of IaaS? How to get the instant correct ID for IaaS?

  Good so I finally tracked. It looks vRA IAAS using the id of snapshotTree for the clone-related references. If you have access to the VC:VirtualMachineSnapshot you can find the id like this:

  //snap is the provided VC:VirtualMachineSnapshot you want to use as linked clone reference
  var vm = snap.vm;
  var id = snap.id;
  function findSnap(snapTrees, snapId)
  {
    System.log("Searching SnapshotTree for id '" + snapId + "'...");
    for each(snapTree in snapTrees)
    {
    System.log("Checking snapTree '" + snapTree.id + "' with id '" + snapTree.snapshot.id + "'...");
    if(snapTree.snapshot.id == snapId)
    {
    System.log("Found matching snapshot! SnapTree id is: '" + snapTree.id + "'.")
    return snapTree.id;
    }
    else
    {
    var childSnaps = snapTree.childSnapshotList;
    if(childSnaps.length > 0)
    {
    System.log("Checking children...");
    return findSnap(childSnaps, snapId);
    }
    }
    }
    return null;
  }
  
  // Get the id like this
  var snapTreeId = findSnap(vm.snapshot.rootSnapshotList, id);
  

  Hope someone saves some time.

• vSphere delete VM Snapshot

  Hi all

  I have a client with VMware ESXi 4.1.0 and vSphere Client 4.1.0 and there is a virtual machine, which is the domain controller that has a snapshot taken, as you can see in the following screenshot:

  

  I don't see the snapshot in the Snapshot Manager:

  

  I need to remove this snapshot, and I really don't know how, I tried to open only the vmx to this virtual machine in VMware Workstation to see if the Snapshot Manager detects any cliché, but from what I can see, is not.

  Any idea on how to solve this problem?

  Thank you all!

  Hello

  This is what worked for me.

  Open putty and connect you to your ESXi server. Navigate to the VM data store, and run the following commands.

  -i 'vmNamevmx' filename grep | grep-i vmdk //gives name of the vmdk in use for the virtual machine

  less "vmName - 000001.vmdk' | egrep-i" cid | parentcid | VMDK" //check the CID and CID parent for each snapshot the parentCID of the first snapshot must match the CID of the base vmdk. If you have a second snapshot of the parentCID must match the CID of the first snapshot and so on. There it do not match, use vi snapshotName.vmdk and change.

  Create a directory to recover with enough free space.

  -i 'vmName - 000001.vmdk' vmkfstools /vmfs/volumes/4d395e37-36b73cfa-17f4-00199997b746/recover/vmName_new.vmdk //Refer to the snapshot in the use that you got from above, this clone the machine virtual vmdk and consolidate all the snapshots in a single.

  Thank you!

• How to stop vSphere to make snapshots?

  Hello!

  I have a big problem (for me it's a big - it's probably a little for you guys). One of my former colleagues had configured our VMS to take a snapshot of one of our virtual machines each week. Unfortunately, snapshots are really big and the process is really slow machines.

  Now my problem: I tried to stop the snapshot job. Unfortunately I can not find where he started the task to generate.

  I already looked at the virtual machine, but the Snapshot Manager showed old clichés and all I could do is delete. Could you please help me? Where can I remove task that forces the generation of snapshots

  We use vSphere 5.0.

  Thank you very much!

  With sincere friendships.

  Steffi

  You can use the snapshot.maxSnapshots on a virtual machine setting to disable snapshots up to find the source of regular snapshots.

  http://michlstechblog.info/blog/VMware-limit-the-maximum-number-of-snapshots/

  To deactivate the snapshot, the value of snapshot.maxSnapshots to 0.

• snapshots RDM vSphere 5

  Well, I find it difficult to get a clear answer to this question of existing posts so here goes:

  We have to vSphere5 of virtual machines with virtual attached RDM compatibility;

  What happens to the ROW when a snapshot of such a machine is deleted?

  Are snapshot data is returned on a RDM LUN, or the entire ROW is copied into a vmdk?

  If I remember well in previous versions of VI/vSphere if such a snapshot has been deleted it would indeed be copy the ROW to a vmdk?

  Obviously, I want to assure you that if I have a machine with 1 TB virtual compatilibity RDM he won't end up like a 1 to VMDK after snapshot snapshot is deleted.

  Thank you

  Exactly how to remove the snapshot?
  -If you do it via Snapshotmanager the contents of the file named snapshot name-00000 * hard is merged into the RDM
  -If you do it via Datastorebrowser you will lose the contents of the snapshot and you will need to edit the vmx file to resolve the reference broken vmdk

  In any case the result will be a 1 TB vmdk file

• Snapshot does not appear in vSphere Client

  I received a message from the backup software which snapshots exist for one virtual machines.  I went in vSphere Client and do not see, so I thought it was a fluke.  The next day, same thing.  So I looked in the virtual machine.  Then I thought that maybe they are being left behind and they are not in the VMX.  Not the case.  They are in the .vmx.  I've never had a situation where he showed no snapshots in the vSphere Client.  How can I get to show them so I can merge them delete?

  Thank you!

  .vmx

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  config.version = '8 '.

  virtualHW.version = "7".

  pciBridge0.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge4.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge4.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge5.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge5.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge6.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge6.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge7.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge7.functions = '8 '.

  vmci0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  NVRAM = "findlocw.nvram."

  deploymentPlatform = "windows".

  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".

  unity.customColor = ' | ' 23C0C0C0 ".

  Tools.Upgrade.Policy = "useGlobal".

  powerType.powerOff = "default".

  powerType.powerOn = "default".

  powerType.suspend = "default".

  powerType.reset = "default".

  displayName = "findlocw."

  extendedConfigFile = "findlocw.vmxf".

  floppy0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  numvcpus = '2 '.

  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0.sharedBus = 'none '.

  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".

  memsize = "2048".

  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0:0. FileName = "findlocw - 000002.vmdk".

  scsi0:0. DeviceType = "scsi-disk" hard

  IDE1:0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  IDE1:0.clientDevice = 'TRUE '.

  IDE1:0. DeviceType = "atapi cdrom.

  IDE1:0.startConnected = "FALSE".

  floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE".

  floppy0.clientDevice = 'TRUE '.

  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".

  ethernet0.networkName = 'private network '.

  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.

  Ethernet1. Present = 'TRUE '.

  Ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000".

  Ethernet1.networkName = 'Public network'

  Ethernet1. AddressType = 'generated '.

  chipset.onlineStandby = "FALSE".

  guestOSAltName = "FreeBSD (64-bit).

  guestOS = "freebsd-64.

  UUID. Location = "56 4 d 6 c a7 b2 6 c 6 d - 0d 97 fa 2 c b5 e5 4 d af 5 b.

  UUID. BIOS = "56 4 d 6 c a7 b2 6 c 6 d - 0d 97 fa 2 c b5 e5 4 d af 5 b.

  VC. UUID = "52 e3 77 2 b 37 35 - ef fd 80 4f ba ef 8 1 d 65 a0.

  Snapshot.action = 'keep '.

  SCHED. CPU.min = '0 '.

  SCHED. CPU. Units = "mhz".

  SCHED. CPU.shares = 'normal '.

  sched.mem.MinSize = "1467.

  SCHED.mem.shares = 'normal '.

  ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: d 29:4: af:5 b.

  Ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: d 29:4: af:65.

  cleanShutdown = "FALSE".

  Replay.Supported = "FALSE".

  sched.swap.derivedName = ' / vmfs/volumes/4a3b3b00-eb43a1f1-9a7a-003048d937e7/findlocw/findlocw-d6bb059f.vswp '.

  scsi0:0. Redo = «»

  vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304".

  pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17".

  pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21".

  pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22".

  pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23".

  pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24".

  scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16".

  ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32".

  Ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "33".

  vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "34".

  ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = '0 '.

  Ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10".

  vmci0.ID = "-447893669".

  hostCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69".

  guestCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69".

  userCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69".

  hostCPUID.1 = "000106a510100800009ce3bdbfebfbff".

  guestCPUID.1 = "000106a500010800809822010febfbff".

  userCPUID.1 = "000106a510100800009822010febfbff".

  hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800".

  guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800".

  userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800".

  evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE".

  tools.remindInstall = "FALSE".

  floppy0. FileName = ' / dev/fd0.

  ethernet0.startConnected = 'TRUE '.

  Ethernet1.startConnected = 'TRUE '.

  tools.syncTime = "FALSE".

  IDE1:0. FileName = "".

  checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE".

  checkpoint.vmState = «»

  create a new snapshot in your snapshot Manager and then 'remove' all that should work.

• SRM 5.5 - vSphere replication - error: impossible to reverse the replication for the Virtual Machine. A snapshot operation cannot be performed

  Hi all, we have just run a test DR failover of a couple of virtual machines in our protected our failover site and all site swung perfectly, two virtual machines came online and all applications work well. However when we cam to r-eprotect machines virtual, we get some errors.

  One of the virtual machines seems to have lived the reprotect end process, it is still running, but has not moved to 89% for some time. The virtual machine has a couple of grand (a little less than 2 TB) VMDK. slow progress is just a consequence of the large VMDK?

  More worrisome is the virtual machine which don't reprotect at all. It generates an error whenever I click on the "Restore" button (error: impossible to reverse the replication for the Virtual Machine.) A snapshot operation can not be performed).

  
  Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause?

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Andy

  Finally got to the bottom of this. The issue was that reprotect SRM work was trying to dispel any snapshots that were taken on the computer object virtual destination in VMWare, but could not clean snapshots.

  The reason why snapshots would not consolidate was because it was snapshots of temporary VEEAM who in fact any snapshot file listed in the VSAN data store. So when we looked through the browser data store, no snapshot file existed in the virtual computers folder. Trying a manual removal also failed.

  To fix this, we created a snapshot of the virtual machine in the original data center (note is the engine to the bottom of the virtual machine), this effect was to get rid of the 'fade' snapshot that was visible in the Snapshot Manager that VEEAM backup had left behind. Once this had disappeared, the reprotect back to DCA worked perfectly.

• import from vSphere in LabManager with snapshots

  Hello

  I have several machines with lots of snapshots in them. I want to import these machines of vCenter Lab Manager. I can do it. but the problem is that I see not instant. I learned that the Lab Manager only allows a single snapshots.

  So is it possible to import machines of vCenter to take their shots.

  If you import a virtual machine as a 'model' inside Lab Manager.

  When you want to turn on a copy of this virtual machine:

  1 - Go to your workspace (like the hand)

  2 create a new configuration

  3 - Select this model (and other necessary)

  4 deploy the configuration

  Any number of users can do the same thing and have copies that do not affect each other.

  the whole process of 'cloning' is done in the background of Lab Manager and not really meant to be seen.

  Kind regards

  Jonathan

  B.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009

  NOTE: If your question or problem has been resolved, please mark this thread as answered and awarded points accordingly.

• Virtual Storage Manager - can't change instant planning time interval with vSphere Web Client

  Hello

  I try to activate Virtual Storage Manager schedules-model for a data store using vSphere Web Client. Everything works fine, but I can't change the time interval of planning of the snapshot. He remains at 12:00 midnight to 12:00 midnight. I can't change it manually or by dragging the bar.

  I tried with IE9, IE11, newer Chrome browsers. And with Flash versions 15 and 13-. Same mistake.

  I've added the URL of Sites you trust with weaker security settings - no help.

  Y at - it a bug or something else I can try?

  I just talked to Dell support on my problem and this is apparently a known issue with local Europe\UK.  The similarity of our problems might be useful - workaround for me was to settle the Locale\Regional from my PC, where I'm doing it in the United States.  Not the time zone or other settings, to control panel, then "Region and language", then on the first tab, 'Format' box should be set to "English (United States).  Close browsers, start again and it worked for me.

  Might be worth a try if you're not already in US format. (mine was in the United Kingdom).

• take a snapshot of the virtual machine on ucs c220 m35?

  can any that list the steps of taking a snapshot of a vm that I understand is a backup of the target virtual machine, as I have three solarwinds vm on esxi 5.5?

  General information:

  https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.VMware.vSphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-64B866EF-7636-401c-A8FF-2B4584D9CA72.html

  How to take a snapshot in the web client.

  https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-55/index.jsp#com.VMware.vSphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-9720B104-9875-4C2C-A878-F1C351A4F3D8.html

• Empty object of inventory vm when I try to restore from snapshot

  I see the snapshot was created successfully, but I see no purpose of vm inventory when I try to restore it from smart copy

  

  Porvided there is actual data in the data store selected, i.e., VM s/users/Templates etc. managed objects should appear in the section below (you do not indicate what is in the data store).

  You can try to clear the cache in Java (using the java Control Panel), and then see if that helps.

  Also, make sure that you have installed Java in the 6.x (do) not install java 7 on the system, you run the vSphere Client of.

  -joe

• VMWare - Virtual Eve Snapshots

  Is there sort AppAssure export to virtual waiting so that I can chose to start a snapshot before?  AppAssure seems to add each new point recovery in the VMDK is not that I can return to a prior backup, unless I did manually in Vsphere - but can only start from the most recent export to virtual pending.

  It's fine if I was recovering from equipment failure, but if I get a virus that may have existed before this did not help much.

  Hi Kenazo,

  AppAssure currently does not have features to allow the selection of a specific snapshot as part of the virtual intelligence process.  Virtual Eve is intended to provide a loan from an instance of a server to the bottom of the last recovery point exported successfully.  More information on the object and the purpose of virtual standby can be found here: software.dell.com/.../virtual-standby-in-the-real-world-with-appassure-technicalbrief-29891.pdf

  In order to work with your needs and requirements in a virtus events, you will need to run once the point of recovering a specific server virtual export and create the virtual machine with the Export Wizard.

  You can also provide your feature request in this thread for inclusion in a future release of the product: en.community.dell.com/.../19596918

  Derek

• vSphere replication with suspension of guest OS

  Hello

  We are setting up vSphere 6 replication. For some VM (Windows 2012) we want to use the guest OS standby to be sure the application/database is not corrupted after a disaster. I noticed that whenever a replication begins and ends, the VM freezes for a few seconds. When I start a ping during a replication, I also see a couple (two or three) waiting times. I wonder if it is a behavior normal and if not, what can be done to improve it?

  
  

  Thank you

  It is the normal or expected behavior. This is caused by VSS sleep and the VM snapshot she needs.

  If your application does not require the VSS suspension I would not recommend using it. Most modern operating systems and applications manage crash consistency very well (think of what happens to your application if the host the virtual computer runs on crashes or bluescreens BONES, the end of your application upwards with corrupted data?).

• Overview in vSphere Web Client?

  Hi community

  In vSphere Client c# , I had the chance to see an overview of all virtual machines and their snapshot spaces: home - inventory - warehouses and store data from cluster - storage tab views.

  By selecting my data center on the left, I had a glimpse of all the VMs on a data center and size of snapshot (on all data warehouses). See my attached screenshot.

  I just upgraded my vCenter to 6.0U2, so I did not tab views storage more.

  Does anyone know how to proceed with the Web Client vSphere? I don't want to check every vm or each data store but would like to have a similar overview of instant spaces of all the virtual machines on all data warehouses.

  Best regards

  Roland

  Version 6 does not offer this view more, see this KB article: VMware KB: The Storage Monitoring Service plug-in installs in VMware vCenter Server 6.0

  In VMware vCenter Server 6.0:

  • The selection of storage reports tab monitor an object is no longer available in the Web Client vSphere 6.0.
  • Tab views storage is no longer available in the vSphere Client 6.0.

  As I said before, you have the possibility to use RVTools or something like PowerCLI and vRealize Operations Manager, see this thread another talking about the same thing: the storage vsphere6 reports

  We were using display of storage reports to audit for forgotten shots. So far, there are some alternatives to see the snapshot size

  Use of Ops 1 Manager) and a heatmap personalized, note the Foundation (for some free version) does not have the feature. As we use Foundation, it is not an option.

  (2) RVTools - GUI based (easier for some) but pretty basic

  (3) PowerCLI - yup, get used to it. (get - vm | get-snapshot |) FT VM, SizeGB, created, name, Description)