RENAME vmdk files

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• disorders rename vmdk file using cli

  Hello

  Im trying to use the perl script to rename a vmdk, since vmware file

  not allow me to use the vi for that client.

  Its a 3.5i host ESX

  VI Perl Toolkit version: 1.6

  'Vmkfstools.pl' script version: 3.5 Update 2

  Command line: perl vmkfstools.pl - Server SERVER1 EI

  "/ vmfs/DATASTORE/server/disk_2.vmdk".

  "/ vmfs/DATASTORE/server/disk_x.vmdk".

  After you enter the user name and password for the esx host, I get the

  following error msg

  Can't call method "fault_string" without a package or object reference

  vmkfstools.pl line 551, & lt; STDIN & gt; line 2.

  This line 551 reads: VIExt::fail ("cannot move the virtual disk:".)

  ($@-& gt; fault_string)) ;

  So I really have no idea why it doesn't work, it's just a script error,

  or is this a problem with the change to real name. If the latter

  is what problem?

  Any help is appreciated.

  Andy

  You do not use the right syntax, when using the vCLI reference VM vmdk, it is not the traditional:

  /vmfs/volumes//vm/vm.vmdk
  

  The syntax is the following:

  VM/vm.vmdk \[datastore\]

  If your entry should look like:

  Perl vmkfstools.pl - Server SERVER1 EI ' \[DATASTORE\] server/disk_2.vmdk "" server/disk_x.vmdk \[DATASTORE\].

  It is also documented in perldoc for vmkfstools and specified in the vCLI documentation. Always good to go through the docs

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• Rename a vmdk file and move it

  situation: a guest VM o/s is corrupt.  The virtual machine has a second VMDK file that contains the data.   Need to build a new virtual machine with the same naming convention.   Power off the VM origin with disk virtual corrupt system.  Removed from the inventory.   Then I recreated another virtual machine with a good guest o/s.   Now, I need set the data disk, but the label for this VMDK is exactly the same as the original system disk.   So the question is: can I rename the original data VMDK file and move it to the virtual machine created as a second virtual disk without problems?   Thank you.

  Each virtual disk consists of two files, the file hard small header/descriptor and the file data (flat file or delta). For the rename command, you provide the name of file descriptor only.

  André

• Rename the vmdk file?

  Is it possible to rename a VMDK file?

  Ive traveled to the data store and can see the vmdk file and also the - file ctk.vmdk but when I right click the option rename is gray.

  So, how do rename you?

  Thank you

  Stewart

  You can rename the vmdk and not rename the object itself, but the vmx file needs to point the the renamed disk files.  It is in this article, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002491, which I pointed out above.

  in the .vmx file, you will see something like

  scsi0:0.fileName = "OpenSUSE.vmdk"
  

  .

• renaming of files in ESX4i vmdk

  Hello

  I use a stand-alone ESX4i server and I installed VMware CLI tools.

  I copied a basic construction VMDK file that has the operating system installed and configured, and I need to rename the vmdk file to reflect the name of the server. I try to use the CLI tools and uses esxcli.exe.

  I've specified ESX4i host's IP address to connect to, but it is a failure. How can I rename the vmdk file using esxcli.exe tools. I need to use the vmfkstools.pl but it connects to the ESX4i host.

  I use something along the lines of

  C:\Program vshpere clie\bin\esxcli.exe--serveur = 10.2.2.2 VMware vmfkstools.pl

  TIA

  Oli

  The CLI tools do not work to write data in the free version of ESXi. You can use the Console not supported to use the vmkfstools directly on the host computer command.

• Flat VMDK files after trying to delete files from data store

  I tried to delete a VMDK file in a data store, because I thought that it was not in use, and I need space. I couldn't get the VM you are looking for the name of the VMDK file, so I thought that the VM has disappeared. Turns out that someone had renamed the virtual machine, when it was actually being used, so I could not remove the VMDK file.

  I searched for the files with Powershell in a data store, and that's how I found this mysterious file in the first place.

  After giving me the error that it couldn't be deleted, the file does not appear in the search more and the name of the file has been replaced by *-dish. VMDK, I think, and the column by specifying the Type just said file, instead of virtual disk. In addition, files not included in the research more.

  Today, a day after, everything is back to normal. Everyone knows this behavior before and could tell me what happened?

  Each virtual disk is actually 2 files: VMname.vmdk and VMname - flat hard

  Unfortunately, the data store browser displays only the VMname... VMDK, but it gives the properties of VMname - flat hard. Use PuTTY, connect to the ESXi host via ssh, navigate to the folder of the virtual machine and use: the - lahtr to list the contents of an authoritarian way. You can also run: - ch to check actual use.

• How do I rename VMDK

  When deploying a new server from a template, the name has been set on the name of the server of your choice, but with a - test at the end.

  Unfortunately the vmdk file and the file still has the - test after him.

  What are the steps to rename it to a proper name?

  The best way to rename files from a virtual computer (including virtual disks) is a Storage vMotion in another data store, see: VMware KB: rename a virtual machine and VMware ESXi and ESX records

• Check orphaned vmdk files are not used before deleting

  Hi all

  I'm working on a site and after looking through the vSphere platform, it came to light that there are THOUSANDS (well more than 10,000) of orphaned VMDK files, it seems that there is a bug in the backup solution (you think).

  In any case I was hoping someone could help me please do you know if there is a way to confirm that a vmdk is certainly not necessary, the tools I've used to identify the orphaned VMDK are the script here practically Jason: orphaned VMDK files and RV tools (health tab).

  What I need to do now is to automate the removal of the VMDK if possible, but I need to run a test of consistency first to ensure that the files are actually orphans.

  Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  I can give you only a few rough concepts and advice because I do not know the details.

  First, he yells for PowerCLI, below, you will get a few commands. If you are not familiar with PowerCLI/Powershell I highly recommend to get a grip on it.

  Second, I'll assume that orphaned files = unused files. If this isn't the case, you can rename/move file instead of delete and wait as these phone calls / tickets

  Thirdly, since we will work on files on data warehouses, we will use "vmstores" PSDrive. Get-PSdrive cmdlet will give you all the readers, that you, one of them is vmstores

  C:\Windows\system32> Get-PSDrive
  
  Name           Used (GB)     Free (GB) Provider      Root                                                                                                                   CurrentLocation
  ----           ---------     --------- --------      ----                                                                                                                   ---------------
  Alias                                  Alias
  C                  52,39         44,97 FileSystem    C:\                                                                                                                   Windows\system32
  Cert                                   Certificate   \
  D                 218,60        149,80 FileSystem    D:\
  E                                      FileSystem    E:\
  Env                                    Environment
  Function                               Function
  HKCU                                   Registry      HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  HKLM                                   Registry      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  Variable                               Variable
  vi                                     VimInventory  \LastConnectedVCenterServer
  vis                                    VimInventory  \
  vmstore                                VimDatastore  \LastConnectedVCenterServer
  vmstores                               VimDatastore  \
  WSMan                                  WSMan
  

  To get your typical data warehouse 'cd ":

  CD vmstores:\your_vcenter\your_cluster

  On each level, you can do 'ls' or 'cmd '. Tab completion works on everything in order to use it

  From now on, all depends on what you already have and what it looks like. These files have a naming pattern names containing the name of the virtual machine or other information ("backup", "tmp" etc.)? You have these names stored somewhere? In text or csv file?

  I guess you have the list of files in the text file. So much more simple method would be to be scan all data warehouses and all files. As you can imagine it is very time and resource consumption, so not recommended to all

  #we're importing filenames to variable
  $oldfiles = Get-Content your_text_file.txt
  cd vmstores:\your_vcenter\your_cluster
  $oldfiles | ForEach-Object {
  #we're recursivly looking for file stored in $_ special variable (current object)
  $deleteme = Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse
  #deleting the file
  Remove-Item $deleteme.PSPath
  }
  

  If the file names that you already can somehow correspond directly to the VM, then we could use a more intelligent approach.

  Let's say we have the testVM001 - bak003.vmdk and VMname file is testVM001. We can remove all characters after the 9th tank and then work on it:

  #we're importing filenames to variable
  $oldfiles = Get-Content your_text_file.txt
  
  $oldfiles | ForEach-Object {
      #getting VM name
      $vmname = $_.Remove(9)
      #getting VM path
      $vmpath = (Get-VM -Name $vmname |Get-Datastore).DatastoreBrowserPath
      #combining full path
      $fullpath = $vmpath + "\" + $vmname
      cd $fullpath
      #deleting the file
      Remove-Item ./$_
  }
  

  These are simple ideas, it could be useful.

• svMotion is not rename VMDK disk to the new VM?

  People,

  With 5.1 vSphere update 1

  I've renamed just a newly deployed VM of vSphere Console say oldVMName to the newVMName.

  my understanding is that, after running Storage vMotion, all the components of the virtual machine will be renamed in the newVMname, but somehow, just rename the VMFS directory only?

  svMotion front: oldVMName/oldVMName.vmdk [VMFS_vol_15]

  After svMotion: newVMName/oldVMName.vmdk [VMFS_vol_15]

  
  

  How to rename the VMDK match server display name without causing downtime?

  That's what I want to achieve:

  NewVMName/newVMName.vmdk [VMFS_vol_15]

  Yes, you will need a different Storage VMotion to rename the files.

• My vmdk files not visible from vpshere but visible from ssh console

  Hello

  I would use my dataontap virtual appliance of Netapp communities tar file.

  Their installation guide, they show just to put this on the data store tar file.

  This tar file contains the following files:

  DataONTAP.vmdk

  DataONTAP.vmx

  DataONTAP - flat hard

  DataONTAP - nvram.vmdk

  DataONTAP-nvram - flat hard

  DataONTAP - s001.vmdk by DataONTAP - s126.vmdk (126 disk files)

  DataONTAP - sim.vmdk

  DataONTAP - var.vmdk

  DataONTAP-var - flat hard

  I put this vsphere on the data store file and extract it to ssh connection on esxi with the command "tar".

  All files are now visible to PuTTY connection on esxi

  1 / but when I browse datastore, I see not all vmdk files. (missing 126 files on disk)

  2 / when I turn, this virtual machine, I have this error "DataONTAP - sim.vmdk file not found on /vmfs/volumes.../.

  But this file exist on the path specified error.

  Configuration:

  ESXi 5.1, NFS datastore.

  Stand-alone node (without cluster)

  No vcenter

  Spatial data store are free and available.

  Checksum for this tar file are OK.

  Thank you very much

  Concerning

  The files in the archive are the data files, and not the descriptor. I guess DataONTAP - sim.vmdk is the file descriptor for these files DataONTAP - sXXX.vmdk . To ensure that this is the case, please attach the DataONTAP - sim.vmdk.

  If this is the case, here are the steps that should make the usable virtual machine:

  1. load the muliextent module
     vmkload_mod multiextent
  2. Rename the virtual disk file to a temporary file name
     vmkfstools EI DataONTAP - sim.vmdk DataONTAP-sim - old.vmdk
  3. clone the virtual disk in a format supported the original file name
     vmkfstools-i DataONTAP-sim - old.vmdk DataONTAP - sim.vmdk - d thin - an ide
  4. unload the module multiextent
     multiextent vmkload_mod-u

  At this point, you should be able to turn on the virtual machine. If everything works as expected, you can delete all the temporary files of DataONTAP-sim-old * hard .

  André

• Problem with vmdk file based in Win7 - missing lost cause?

  Hello

  I have used VMWare for a good years now without incident, until today.

  I have a VM that today seems to have lost its base vmdk file.

  I think that the disk storage ran out of room when the pc has been closed for the last, but it seems odd this missing file.

  It is worth noting that the virtual machine was actually suspended rather close.

  Here's a screenshot of what looks like the directory.

  There was no 7.vmdk Windows' file and I could not recover despite some drive train recovery tools.

  So my question is, is it a lost cause?

  The file that is there now, I copied from one of the other virtual machines and renamed it (not that it works) in the hope that I could continue somehow.

  I have read that these files are linked and the parent / child ID must be defined, but all discussions talk about modifying the files and I don't seem to be able to do this in windows. Is there a tool for this or I'm wasting my time?

  I did a lot of research and reading without result, so thought I'd come and ask the experts

  I'm a little confused on the different vmdk files.

  Given the dates, I suppose it works actually in the file-000002, since the others do not appear to have been changed in a while.

  If this is the case, why I need another and somehow I can come back by using only a single file and release a load of disk space?

  It also means that the 000002 file displays the current status of the disk in it?

  None of the other virtual machines has more than a vmdk file.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you very much

  John.

  

  replaced basedisk has done a good job - John is to copy its files to a second vmdk now - can't say anything about their status at the present time.

  The fact that the partition was visible and could not repair the partitiontable or bootsectors makes it look promising

  Ulli

• VMDK file not found - but it's there!

  I have a client who has problems with a virtual machine.

  Running Windows 7 Home 64 bit.

  VMWorkstation 6.5.1

  VM is supposed to be running Windows XP Professional, but I get the message

  "File not found: Windows XP Professional.vmdk.

  This file is required to power on this virtual machine.  If this file has been moved, please provide its new location. »

  This hard file is 0KB.

  What is corrupt and how to fix it?

  See attached the results of support.vbs.

  First of all, you said it was 0 KB and existing in the screenshot is the same size and the date and time as the .vmem file, so I suspect that you copied the .vmem file and renamed him so it's really not a hard file.  You can not just arbitrarily copy and rename the files from one type to another type to solve this problem!   Even if it was a hard file, it is corrupted by the entries in the .log file and at this size, there is nothing to fix even if it was the original hard that the guest operating system has been installed has him toast now.

• VMDK file name

  one of our virtual machines has been renamed, but the label in the data store for the vmdk file is always the old name.  I know that I can VM V2V and rename it but was told that if I sVmotion the disk to another location of data store that it renames automatically.  is that correct?

  That is right.  A storage vMotion will solve your problem as well.

• Rename VMDK by PowerCLI - new

  Then... I was checking PowerCLI 5.0 these days and cmdlet Set-hard drive has not yet obtained one - Name parameter. How can we change the name of a file with PowerCLI VMDK again regularly? I need this because this is one of the steps required in the persistent migration / data user disks of VMware View 4.0 to 4.5 / 4.6.

  As I can see, there are new support ESXCLI. Can be used to rename a hard and how? It only works on 5.0 ESX hosts?

  
  Kind regards
  Gregor

  You are correct in your interpretation of the vSphere doc 5, this method cannot be used to rename a file in place hard.

• Unused Datastore VMDK files...

  Good afternoon-

  I have several unused VMDK files in my environment who are sucking upward space.  I would like to delete out of data warehouses.  My question is, can I just move these files out of the data store to a temporary (aka my office) and location if a problem appears, can I just add the file back to the data store and all should be well?  I lean toward the side of caution when you delete anything.

  I have to run any command to regain space that I release in the data store?

  Thank you for your help.

  First I rename the disks or move them to another folder. If you have any questions you can move them out of the data store. If you move out of the data store and you should not have it's easier / faster to rename or move back to the appropriate folder.