Rename a virtual computer in the data store

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• Cannot download the files of the virtual machine for the data store

  Hello

  I get an error message "connection to the server timed out" while I'm trying to download the files from the virtual computer from the data store.

  Although the ESX and my laptop are on the same network, I get this error message.

  Please let me know if I need to take care of something.

  Thank you.

  I think that hard & .vsmp be used & locked is why you are unable to download it. Try to download the file, whereas the VMs system is turned off

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• Script to list all the warehouses of data in a cluster, the virtual machines on the data store and the host of the virtual machine is on

  We have warehouses of data which are seen by more than one cluster. I need a script that will display:

  all stores of data seen by a cluster

  the virtual machines on the data store

  the host of the virtual machine is on

  the cluster the host is in

  The output I want is

  name of the store of data, the VM name, host name, the name of the Cluster

  any help would be appreciated

  Pretty sure this will do what you need:

  $report = @()
  Foreach($cluster in Get-Cluster){
      $datastores = $cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-Datastore
      foreach($datastore in $datastores){
      $vms = $datastore | Get-VM
      If ($vms.count -ge 1){
          foreach($VM in $vms){
          $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                Datastore = $datastore.Name
                VM = $VM.Name
                HostName = $VM.VMhost
                Cluster = $cluster
              }
          $report += $object
          }
  
      }
      }
  }
  $report | Export-Csv C:\Temp\VMs.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

  If you only want to shared data warehouses you can then use

  $datastores = $cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-Datastore | Where {$_.Extensiondata.Summary.MultipleHostAccess -eq $True}
  

  Hope this helps

• Recovery of a virtual computer from the data after removing inventory store

  Hello

  I am new to VMware, so I apologize if this is a stupid question.

  I am running ESXi 3.5.0 and to manage the server using Vsphere Client 4.0. I tried to move a virtual machine from a to another data store, and by playing, I decided to try 'remove inventory' on the virtual machine, I was trying to move. Given the files of all the VM are still in the data store, I thought that it should not be difficult to re - add to the inventory. However, I can't figure out how to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

  In the second part of the question, why past a VM to a local data store on the server to another local data store on the same server seem to be so difficult as well? I think that I finally understand how using the VMware Vcenter Converter Standalone to clone the virtual machine for the 2nd data store, and then I guess I'll remove the original after the clone is done? This is the right way to do it, or there at - it an easier way?

  It seems to me all these things are basic operations that should be fairly straightforward to achieve, because it is expected to just move the files from one disk to another, but they are revealed to be a real pain in the butt. Am I missing something?

  Thanks in advance!

  1. In the Client, select your ESX Server host computer.

  2. Click the summary tab.

  3. Look for the icon of the data store, inside the resources box.

  4. Right-click on the data store, and then select Browse the data store.

  5. Browse the directory for your virtual machine structure.

  6. When you find the folder where your VMis, locate the file with a .vmx extension.

  7. Right click on this file and select Add to the inventory.

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• How to remove the virtual computer on a data store

  I'm moving VM (by the data store) to my new cluster data store and as I release a DS I have delete and create new with VMFS5.  I just emptied a data store but when I run the following command it shows again two VM on the same DS so when I navigate on the DS it is empty.

  Get-datastore-name "DS_NAME | Get - vm | FT name

  How to see where/how/why these two VMs are on the DS when it seems to be empty, and I'm assuming that PowerCLI is my best result. Of course, I don't want to just delete the DS as possible casue a problem with these virtual machines.  When I look at the settings them of each virtual machine they show that they are on a store of separate data and not that I'm trying to delete.

  Any help is appreciated

  Thank you

  Sean

  You can do:

  Notice-EEG-Id | Get-VIObjectByVIView

  or:

  Get - VM | Get-Datastore

• List of virtual machines in the data store that is not in stock

  Hi guys

  PowerCLI rookie here, sorry for the stupid questions.

  I'm trying to clean up a bunch of singehost with local data warehouses. So I need a script that can display a list of files of virtual machine on a data store that is not used by VMs in the inventory. One of the problems is that the files on the data store, isn't every means, named exactly the same as the virtual machine in the inventory.

  Summer watching this, but I think the term "orphan" is "sent, in my view, it is:

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/266913

  Also it is - this one, I think that I should be able to change it to do what I want:

  http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/08/11/adding-VMX-files-to-vCenter-inventory-with-PowerCLI-gets-even-easier/

  Any tips or hints to push me in the right direction would be appreciated.

  Please try:

  $AllFilesLocalDatastore = get-data store 'localdatastorename ' | Get-fileindatastore

  $FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs = get-FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs

  #The two functions above are available here http://thecrazyconsultant.com/find-orphaned-vmdk-files-workflow/

  Check the contents of the two variables for example with VGO or export-csv

  $AllFilesInESX01LocalDatastore | OGV

  Try:

  $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM = $AllFilesLocalDatastore | {foreach-object

  $FullPath = $_. FullPath

  If ($FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs.FileName - notcontains $FullPath) {}

  Return $_

  }

  }

  $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM | OGV

  #The over a will contain all the files that are not identified as associated with any virtual computer

  $ProbablyOrphanedFiles = $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM | where {$_.} FileTypeFullName-match "VMware.Vim.Vm *"-GOLD ($_.) FileTypeFullName - eq "VMware.Vim.FileInfo" - AND ($_.) FullPath-match ".vmsd" - or $_. FullPath-match ".vmxf" - or $_. FullPath-match "aux.xml" - or $_. FullPath-match ".vswp" - GOLD ($_.) FullPath-match "hard" - AND $_. FullPath - notmatch 'ctk.vmdk') - GOLD ($_.) FullPath-match ".vmx" - AND $_. FullPath - notmatch ".vmx ~"- AND $_. FullPath - notmatch "." VMX.lck")))}

  $ProbablyOrphanedFiles | OGV

  Edit:

  Changed the name of the data store, it seems that he was not supposed to be in the first screenshot.

  Edit2:
  The first command control switch, more details in the last post in this thread

• Method to move the virtual machines in the data store temporary so I can rebuild pool recommended NFS

  Our current data store is a mounting NFS on Nexenta (zfs), which has a pool, I need to rebuild (migration of raidz2 to mirror striped for performance). Initially, I was relying on the judgment of all virtual machines, create a new pool, copy (cp - r) of the Nexenta console all virtual machines to the new pool, recreating the pool mirror and then copy (cp - r) all the data back.

  I have seen several discussions on this topic and seems like the simplest method would be to use the feature to "Migrate" so that the virtual machines are not fragmented. However in some of my pre-test when I copy a virtual machine between the basins of the Nexenta console it appears (from the data store Explorer) to initially create the vmdk provisioned and then once completed it copy looks too thin.

  I hope that I can simply copy the Nexenta console, using the option "Migrate" in vCenter on each of my 40 MV looks like it would be * quite * tedious compared to the simple issuance of an order of 'cp - r' and leave all the copies of VMs (1.5 to) during the night and then adding them to each host.

  Does anyone have experience with this? Or maybe a way to generate scripts easily (?) the option "migrate" in vCenter?

  Thank you all!

  You can select multiple VMs in vCenter regularly using CTRL + click or shift + click and both migrate them as long as they have the same storage destination.  You can also schedule it as a task.    Add manually each computer virtual back in hand is not less painful than migrating individually, anyway.

• Move a data store virtual computer in another data store

  I need to switch two VM of exisiting data store to a new store of data within a cluster.  What is the best way to do it? I have to stop the virtual computer in order to move the data store? Thank you

  ESX 3.02

  When you right-click on the customer, choose migrate.  The third screen will give you two options, one is to keep the other move, click on move, then next and finish.

  I think the "passage to the option" are you referring about doing the same thing... I am testing now.  But I know with certainty, that the cold migration will work.

• List of virtual machines in the data store but is not registered in the inventory

  I have a perl script that can list all the virtual machines in a datasore given by using the HostDatastoreBrowser object.

  However this only back vms who are registered. I want to be able to find images that have 'removed from the inventory' users but not destroyed on the data store.

  I even reach this may by using the HostDatastorBrowser? If this is not the case, how can I achieve my goal?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can, but you may need to put the data in a different format. It is actually more a matter of perl a matter of VI Toolkit.

  You must create the appropriate list, then use the PERL map function to evaluate an expr on the entire list. Personally I just use a foreach example statement.

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• Notice-EEG - ViewType VM list only the virtual computer in a data store

  All, it seems to be confused about something that should be easy.  I guess it stems from a lack of understanding of Get - view.

  I'm changing the script of v3 vCheck virtu-al.  In it, he uses the line below to obtain the views of the virtual machine.  I want only the views of the virtual machine in a specific data store.  I was able to change the rest of the code, but I'm stuck here.

  $FullVM = get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine. Where {-not $_.} Config.Template}

  I tried: $FullVM = Get-Data Center & lt; Data CENTER & gt; Notice-EEG - ViewType VirtualMachine. Where {-not $_.} Config.Template} without success. Following error:

  Get-view: the input object cannot be bound to all the parameters of the command either because the command does not

  input pipeline or entry and its properties do not match any parameters that accept entries of pipeline.

  On line: 1 char: 25

  + $FullVM = $DC | Get-View & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt;  -ViewType VirtualMachine. Where {-not $_.} Config.Template}

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (Server Management Denver: PSObject) , ParameterBindingExcepti

  on

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: InputObjectNotBound, VMware.VimAutomation.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

  Any help would be appreciated, Josh

  Try this

  Get-View -Viewtype VirtualMachine -Searchroot (Get-Datacenter  | Get-View).MoRef
  

• Find unused virtual machines in the data store

  I am interested if anyone has a powershell script list virtual machines in a store of data that does not currently exist in vCenter inventory? Basically, I have a problem when users often delete the vCenter inventory virtual computer but leave the VM disk. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

  Do not know what position you found, but may also take a look at my post of Raiders of the lost VMX

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• Graphing calculator virtual machine by the data store size?

  Hello

  I am interested in creating a dashboard to illustrate the growth of space on a data store but by VM as apposed to the entire data store.

  I try to help track down when the space used on a datastore jump illustrating changes in the size of the virtual machine, e.g. VM is responsible.

  Ideally what I was looking for a graph with all the VM from the store of data that are selected, but I went through a variety of different dashboards and nothing seems to provide the data I'm after.

  Is there an easy way to display this type of data?

  Thank you

  Paul

  The example I gave was dynamic. You would be populating the graph of a widget of virtual machines. This widget of VMs would be filled by selecting a data store.

  You would have 2 resource widgets and widget 1 graph. The free provider, data warehouses, will be simple a list of filters RK DSs. The following resource will receive the DS resource widget interaction and display the 'parent' and also filter by VM RK. When you select the virtual machines, select multiple interaction and it will fill on the chart widget. Then just manipulate it from there.

  If you want to get fancy, you don't have to bother with a resource interaction file and throw a metric selector between the VM resource widget and the graphic metric, then you will spend multi select multiple selection interaction and so to the graphic metric... this way you are not stuck to display only a few types of attribute in the GIR.

• Copy of the file of the virtual machine to the data store

  Hello

  I downloaded 10 GB of ISO my VM 2003 SRV. Now I want to move these files to my data store, so I can mount them when necessary. So far, the only way I see is to move the files to my XP pre-installed and choose Download via the browser of data store. I use ESXI and manage via Vcenter. I have the essentials package.

  I don't know that there is a smarter way?

  TIA

  If you need copy (ISO, vmdk) files in your data warehouse, using the client data via vSphere store browser works. You could also SCP your connection to your ESXi Server files and selecting data warehouses with software like FastSCP or WinSCP.

  If this post was useful/solved your problem, please mark the points of wire and price as seem you. Thank you!

• Comparing the use of the data store for the use of the disk on the server virtual computer: Match is not

  I'm a bit confused and could use clarification of a person.

  I'm looking to a virtual machine through the vSphere Client and it has an alert telling me that my free space data store is low. 17.55 free GB of 134,75 GB total capacity. I'm running ESX 4.0 for the host and my VM running Server 2008.

  I'm confused because when I connect to the virtual computer and check the use of disk in my computer, it does not reflect what vSphere tells me. This particlular VM is little used and the use of the disk under windows is very very low. About 20 GB.

  Can someone tell me why these numbers are not matching? I have other virtual machines that are in the same situation.

  Thank you

  Blake

  I think that you may be mixing two things up, the vSphere client will only warn about the data store, the VMFS volume, you have created and presented to ESX. You then create a VMDK file for your Virtual Machine to use. If you assign more than 80% of your data store to a VMDK or several VMDK then the customer will report a warning on its use. WARNING 80% 90% critical even if inside each VMDK file you may be using only a couple of GB.

  If you give a little more detail on the virtual machine and the data store, we should be able to get out.

  Hope this helps,

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• Rename the virtaul machine in the data store

  Hello

  I would like to rename a Virtual Machine folder and the files in the data store of the old name to the new name.

  The virtual machine is named as new virtual machine in the data store I would rename to the real server name.

  It is a Standalone ESX (ESX 3.5 build 110268)

  Thank you

  Aravind

  Hello

  Shut down the virtual, use vmkfstools to change the name of the disk

  vmkfstools EI

  other files & the virtual computer name can be changed in GUI vi cleint.

  I hope this helps!