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• What best practices to remove a host server data store without emptying the contents of the data store

  Hi all

  This question was probably asked a million times. the best practice to remove a host server data store without emptying the contents of the data store?

  I have two clusters and I moved host group A to group B. host A is now to see data from Cluster Both A store and Group B datastore. We want that host A to store data in Cluster B. The Cluster a data store is not and can not be empty coz VM A Cluster using data warehouses. So I just unpreset the data LUN to host A store and Reanalyze the data store? Or there is a better way to do it?

  Thank you all

  Yes that's what I meant - should have specified where virtual machines are running.

• Download a file from a local data store

  Hi all

  I was wondering if it is possible to generate scripts downloading a file from a local data store on a Windows Server? Also, there are scripts available to perform such a task?

  Thank you

  Hello

  Just guessed myself using the cmdlet copy-datastoreitem - good KB article here

  After the connection to your vCenter server, connect to the data store and mount the source as a PSdrive data store, and then use the cmdlet.  It also works well download a data store and the downloading of a data store: just spent around objects in - point and - Destination.

  At first glance, it seems that you need to know the source path of the data store.

  $dstore = get-datastore "YourDatastoreName"
  
  New-PSDrive -location $dstore -name dStore -psprovider vimdatastore -root '\'
  
  copy-datastoreitem -item dStore:\VMFolder\VMConfig.vmx -Destination c:\SomeFolder\vmconfig.vmx
  

• How to remove an extension of data store (while keeping the files)?

  Hello world

  I am looking for a way to move/delete an extension of my single data store. My data store consists of 2 extends from ~ 150 GB each. The data on this subject would be inserted in the Go ~ 150 remaining.

  Is this possible? If yes how? ESXi automatically rearrange the data to avoid losing data while dropping an extension?
  
  

  Thank you

  Robert

  It is not possible to remove a measure and keep the original data store.  You must move your data, delete the data store and then re-create.

• How can I remove snapshots when the data store is full?

  Hello

  With the help of ESXi 4.0.0 build 171294

  I have a virtual machine with a number of snapshots that became very large (rookie mistake I know). Finally, missed data store.

  Delete all the snapshots of the apparently successful Snapshot Manager but has not not any space free, and watching the VM directory via ssh show the delta files always there.

  I tried following the instructions in http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & externalId = 1007849

  but the I am always left with a complete and all data store the remaining delta files.

  I also tried renaming the file .vmsd and create another snapshot as suggest in this slideshow:

  http://communities.VMware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/978799-10548/200704231611490.TSX2007-Top_Support_Issues_-_part2.ppt

  After remove it all the snapshots returned instantly, of course, not doing any consolidation.

  1. Is there an any hope of consolidating these shots?
  2. If this is not possible, there is a way to roll back all the way to the original disk file?
  3. Update the firmware of ESXi at this stage would help?

  Thank you very much

  Alex

  According to the vmdk files, the virtual disk of 250 GB is thin provisioned. Please take a look in the browser of data store to see the current size of the virtual disk. Commit a snapshot to a thin provisioned disk can consume additional disk space (which you do not have).

  André

• Import my own device from the host data store

  This is my first post so Hello all who read this.

  I am currently runing ESX 3.5i directly on the hardware of a test done home server (tests, the fonstionality before rolling it into production) here is my problem

  I could create and install an a virtual machine (windows 2K 3 R2 server) and once all the basic configuration were made I exported the virtual machine as a unit. now, the comand export will only export file on the computer of gest. I was able to download the 2 files (hard and .ovf) on the host's data center. Now, I would like to deploy a new instance of the VM on the server. But when I drop & gt; virtual appliance & gt; I have only the option import from the hard drive of gest. I want to do it directly from the data store, so I did not download the file whenever I ride on a new virtual machine.

  Just a note I will administer the trought host VPN exclusively in production so it'll take fo never download the entire server every time.

  I hope that I was clear enough, if not feel free to ask questions.

  Thank you!

  Edit: spelling mistake little

  Hello

  So if I get this right I would create a virtual (windows XP for example) machine i would be VPN on this machine open a remote destop window there and then open the VMware console in this environment and then use it to make my new server deployment. Did I get it all?

  That is right. The reason is mainly the latency. You will not have much and if the VPN interrupts the action you take also WITHOUT giving up and continue until you reconnect.

  Can you tell me if there is a more easier way to do it?

  It's the simplest way.

  Best regards

  Edward L. Haletky

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• How to UN Manual/Auto-Clenup, use the data store

  There are so many records in the data store that do not connect to any model, but still there is anyway that I have ran manul clenup?

  I check the datasotre and no doubt that the "length of the string' are '0' (I consolidate them) and no matter what clone a link on that particulat data store. When I log on to the server and check the data store, I see more than 50 files in 6VMs here and only in LM.

  Upon consolidation, I found that the LM has lost contact to esxhost very often, I have to manually restart the agent to get the connection works, is - what the cause of reason left old metadata in the esxhost and do not delete not come out correctly?

  The United Nations use forder delete directly in the vCenter?

  Yes.  Cut out the documentation:

  Garbage collection is automatic detection and release images that are no longer in use. Lab Manager does not immediately remove the files associated with a virtual machine.

  Lab Manager stores the virtual machine files in a tree of related related clones. Each pass of the garbage collector involves an attempt to delete the nodes that have no dependencies. Several passes over time may be required to free space associated with a virtual machine.

• Disconnect from the storage data store

  We have two datacenters (Server Vcenter linked mode) - A & B

  Site servers A and B are replicated via san (at the end of storage no SRM)

  Note - what is the known issue in environmental - issues of SAN - every day there are stores in the event of disconnection from the storage data. (Question is 4 months old now). in the Windows Server performance issues.

  For the recommended HP fix update the firmwares of controller on both sites (3 HP EVA controllers) which has been successfully complete however problem has not been resolved.

  There are a lot of outages caused by the problem of storage in the environment. As an example under Server is unresponsive due to the store being disconnected from data storage.

  

  Vmkernal newspapers indicates that it will fail on the physical path

  

  Note storage array - is active active and political path for host ESX is alternating

  What measures can be taken to correct the problem?

  Thank you

  Deepak Negi

  VCP4, VCP5

  What about port enc on connected to EVA in SAN switches? You have CRC errors and if so, whether the counter has increased? Reset the counter if necessary so that you can monitor it.

  What, EVA connect? Any excessive number of links and housing check the errors of State?

• Find the property of device a data store

  In the VI client when you view storage information, you see the Identification of the store of data and in the peripheral next column.

  This property of the unit is not available when you use Get-data store, is there a way to dig a little deeper and find? I need to list all my data warehouses and the information contained in this column of the device.

  Thank you

  Have a look at the script I gave in Get-datastore and ID LUN information.

  If you only want the name of DS and the device, you can use the below condensed version.

  function Get-DSDevice($dsImpl)
  {
            $ds = Get-View -Id $dsImpl.Id
            $esx = Get-View $ds.Host[0].Key
            $hss = Get-View $esx.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
  
            foreach($mount in $hss.FileSystemVolumeInfo.MountInfo){
                if($mount.volume.name -eq $ds.Info.Name){
                 switch($mount.Volume.Type){
                 "VMFS" {
                      foreach($ext in $mount.Volume.Extent){
                           if($mount.volume.name -eq $ds.Info.Name){
                                $device =$ext.DiskName + ":" + $ext.Partition
                           }
                      }
                   }
                 "NFS" {
                     $device = $mount.Volume.RemoteHost + ":" + $mount.Volume.RemotePath
                   }
                 }
              }
            }
       $device
  }
  
  $report = @()
  Get-Datastore | %{
       $row = "" | Select dsName, dsDevice
       $row.dsName = $_.Name
       $row.dsDevice = Get-DSDevice $_
       $report += $row
  }
  $report
  

• Getting property of type 'Date' from a PDO data store

  It is therefore a question of both parties.  Part A: when I search for data in a data store, to find data by using the object Navigator returns the correct number of results, using the object. GetElementList does not work.  I'm looking in the data store for steps created between a certain date (using the iStartTime property).  It seems that they must return the same results.  Please see part A of my code pasted below.  Any suggestions?  Perhaps it is - that it is related to part B of my question.

  Part b: iStartTime property is the data type 30, or of type Date.  When I try to access the value of the property of iStartTime I got an error stating that ' the object does not support this property or method ".  Is there a special way to get the value of a property when the property is a date?

  Any suggestion would be appreciated!

  -Russ

  Option Explicit  ' force explicit declaration of all variables in a script.
  
    Dim MyElementList, oMyDataStore, StartDate, EndDate, MySearchString
  
  MyDataStorePlugin Sun: myDataStorePlugin = 'PDO '.
  
  	MyDataStoreParam Sun: myDataStoreParam = "AVL7D667E7B1EBFBAB6736F66010CCAB1AC8CB28FD2ROCMSAPP01600000000YESYESYESauto"
  
  	Set oMyDataStore = Navigator.ConnectDataStoreByParameter (myDataStorePlugin, myDataStoreParam)
  StartDate = Cdate (DateAdd("d",-3,Date)) + TimeSerial (0,0,0)
  
    EndDate = Cdate (DateAdd("d",0,Date)) + TimeSerial (23,59,59)
  '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
    ' PROBLEM A:  THESE TWO SEARCH SHOULD BE THE SAME, BUT THEY RETURN DIFFERENT results.
  
    "This returns zero search results."
  
    Set MyElementList = oMyDataStore.GetElementList ("Action", "iStartTime > =" & StartDate & ") iStartTime<=" &="">
  
    MsgBox ("GetElementList count:" & MyElementList.Count)
  «That returns 18 results»
  
    Dial the navigator. Display.CurrDataStore.Browser.refreshALL
  
  	Call Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.QueryForm.Clear
  
  	Call Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.QueryForm.Conditions.Add("Measurement","iStartTime",">=",Startdate)  ' here is where I add a new condition.
  
  	Call Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.QueryForm.Conditions.Add ("action", "iStartTime" "<=",EndDate) 'here's="" where="" i'm="" adding="" a="" new="">
  
  	Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.QueryForm.Conditions.Logic = "C1 AND C2.
  
  	Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.MaxCount = 10000
  
  	Call Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.QueryForm.Search ()  ' and that triggers the search according to my requirements and the data store I went.
  
    MsgBox ("browser search count:"& Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.Count ")
  '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
    «PROBLEM B:  iStartTime IS DATA TYPE 30 OR DATE TYPE.» HOW TO ACCESS THE VALUE?
  MsgBox ("identification data type:" & Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.Item (1).) Properties.Item ("Id"). DataType)   "Message:" data type Id: 3 ""
  
    MsgBox ("Id value:" & Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.Item (1).) Properties.Item ("Id"). Value)   "Message:" Id value: 266888 ""
  MsgBox ("iStartTime data type:" & Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.Item (1).) Properties.Item ("iStartTime"). DataType)   "Message:" type of identification data: 30 ""
  
    MsgBox ("iStartTime value:" & Navigator.Display.CurrDataStore.ResultsList.Elements.Item (1).) Properties.Item ("iStartTime"). Value)   ' results in error, the object does not support this property or method

  Sorry, I've replaced iStartTime by measurement_begin to make it work on my local database :-)

  The point is that the syntax of GetElementList is the following

  "iStartTime > = 20121201033; iStartTime<>

  When converting a CDate to str it cause string locale-dependent.

  But the suggestion would be to use the

  Dim query: query = oMyDataStore.CreateQuery set

  instead of the query string. Because he avoid conversion errors. Be aware that even a double value to a string in Germany for example will convert a written decimal number while the stringquery expects at this point notation.

  Set MyElementList = oMyDataStore.GetElementList ("Action", "measurement_begin > =" & RTT (StartDate, "#YYYYMMDDhhnnss") & ") measurement_begin<=" &="">

  must provide correct results.

• Possible to deploy the OVF model directly from the local data store?

  Hey all,.

  I'm trying to optimize the consumption of resources and the speed of deployment of models of the FVO in ESXi 4.  Of course, the fastest and most effective way to do so would be to have the models of the FVO in a data store and deploy them directly to another (two stores on the same host).  That's what I'm trying to accomplish.

  Problem seems to be that when you use the vSphere client to deploy templates of the FVO, even when you point to the URL of the model on the same host (via http to the data store access) system, the vSphere client again retrieves the ESXi host files, then transfer their return.  So using twice the bandwidth on the host and the client system necessary.

  Does anyone know if it is possible to perform the deployment of a model of the FVO keeping all internal transfer to the ESXi host?  If anyone knows another method more effective than what I'm trying to achieve, I'm open to suggestions.

  All advice is appreciated.

  Thank you!

  -Ben

  The only way I can see that you can keep the internal traffic to the ESX host would be to have the vSphere client in a virtual machine running on the host computer, and configure your internal network Ms keep all traffic to the host

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• How can I move virtual machines from a local data store for a new iSCSI SAN?

  Hello guys,.

  Now that we have a new iSCSI SAN market how can I tranfer all the virtual machine to a local data store for a new SAN? Can I stop the VM in the host, and then copy the DataStore files with all the info on the new volume?

  Thank you

  Pesinet

  Alternatively, you can use VMware converter or cold Migration / Storage VMotion if you have the appropriate licenses.

  Duncan

  VMware communities user moderator | VCP | VCDX

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• Remove objects from the AD when a virtual machine is removed from the vCenter with vCO

  All,

  I am new to vCenter Orchestrator and have bad getting started with him.  I'm trying to figure out how to automatically remove the Active Directory from the computer object when it is deleted in vCenter.  My idea is when the virtual machine is removed, it starts a workflow that deletes the object.  I don't know how to call that or if it is still possible.

  The problem I am trying to solve, is that our developers are self provisioning of servers Windows and Linux through vCAC in the realm of 50 + per day.  They also remove most of them in 5 or 6 days causing much left on objects cluttering up AD.   So I try to find a way to have the deleted object when they destroy their vCAC provisioned machines.  My original idea was to make based on the GUID and UUID but I not figure out how to actually call with vRO.  I'm open to other ideas that can adapt to this task better, no need to force this idea of the solution to the problem if someone already knows a way to do that.

  Little background information is that I'm under vCenter 5.5 Update 2, 6.1 and vCO 5.5.2 vCAC.  The objects being deleted are Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 R2 and CentOS 6.5 servers.

  Thank you in advance, I think that once I get more of an idea on how it works, I'll be able to deploy more ideas.

  This can be achieved by simply adding following some custom properties in your Machine Blueprint or group of companies in VCAC.

  Plugin.AdMachineCleanup.UserName-

  Plugin.AdMachineCleanup.Password-

  Plugin.AdMachineCleanup.Execute

  Plugin.AdMachineCleanup.Delete

  Otherwise, create a profile to build using above set of custom properties, this way it will be easy for you to add in several plans in your environment vCAC.

• remove the Cluster data store data store

  I have an infrastructure with vCenter and ESXi 4 5.5 I have a data cluster store in SAN with 8 Mon, I need to remove 3 Lun (to be used for other purposes) what is the appropriate procedure

  to remove the Lun (end then to destroy)? Thank you

  Do you want the LUN to use for purpose of non-vSphere? If so, you can just storage vMotion virtual machines since associated LUN data warehouses that you want to decommission (or simply putting the data store in maintenance mode, in this way, that the virtual machines will automatically be migrated). Cleaning after the data store, move the data store from the cluster data store, and then delete the VMware environment data store as described here: best practices: how to properly remove a unit number logic of a host ESX - VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• WMP11 Sync - articles removed from the device

  I'm having a problem with Windows Media Player 11 attempt to synchronize files on my MP3... after that I have sync a song I want, Windows Media Player deletes 25 other songs that I've previously synchronized before synchronizing this song... and these 25 are listed under "Items removed from device" and Windows Media Player cannot synchronize these files on the device When I say what it do! It's embarrassing the * me and I need this fixed a problem!

  Hello

  See this link:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/set-up-a-device-to-sync-in-Windows-Media-Player

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Windows-Media-Player-sync-frequently-asked-questionshttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-information-does-Windows-Media-Player-exchange-or-store-during-sync