Resizing of the memory allocated to the virtual machine

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• Is reset or restart the virtual machine should all expanding vmdk size?

  Hi all

  While extending the size of 20 to 28 GB GB vmdk I can extend when the VM is in poweron State, but he didn't think inside the virtual machine. The disc is resized when the virtual machine won reset or reboot.  I would like to know if the reset or restart that virtual computer is must have for resizing vmdk. If it is then what is the use of expansion of disk while the VM is in poweron State?

  Thank you

  Vijaya

  Yes with windows 2008, you can extend the OS disk to create a new drive letter instead.

  Here is a tutorial: http://www.petri.co.il/extend-disk-partition-vista-windows-server-2008.htm

• Limitation of the Virtual Machine's CPU/memory resources.

  Hello

  My question on the tab "resources" with VMachine settings (I hope I picked the right branch here)

  In this tab I put a booking/Limit for CPU/memory for current VMachine.

  I have a cluster about 6 ESX servers with resource by default and a VMachine inside pool. VMachine have 1 CPU. Each ESX have 2 plugs with 4 core per socket. Each base equal to 2, 83GHz. Def.

  In this case, which by default configuration for an average CPU for this VMachine limitaion - 132582 MHz? Because in practice ESX server can give only 1 CPU for this VMachine and this CPU will have 2, 83GHz only...

  Also, I put 100% of CPU - 132582 MHz booking here... But in true VMachine will never receive this resource...

  Same question about limitation of memory...

  When this limitation will work? For what porpose such booking/limitaion here?

  Re: But, if I'm going to make a mistake and this CPU for VM value reserve, which is more physical limitation - it reduces resources processor for other VMs on a value that is more than the physical limitation of the virtual computer?

  No, the reservation only guarantees that if a virtual machine wants to take a large part of the resource at a given time VMware should give him.  If there is ever going to be a situation where the virtual machine is in fact to consider that much so it never gets allocated to this virtual machine and the amount of the resource remains available for other virtual machines to use.  Similarly, if the virtual machine just does not use the amount of the booking to a point in time, he let this resource can be used by other virtual machines.

  If a virtual computer uses only 1 GHz on a core 3 GHz system, at a given time but thereservation is 2.5 GHz, 1.5 GHz between its use and booking that is not used at this time is available for other VMS to use.  That is only if there is a period of contention between VM and VM CPU wishing to use mean 2.8 GHz it would be guaranteed to get 2.5 GHz independently of the parameters of the actions on the VM from other virtual machines.

  It is essentially the same thing with memory except that the memory usage is not as CPU flunctuate and VMware must also use more complex methods to reallocate the memory, but the leaders of the way in which it is shared using actions, reservations and limit is the same.

• Settings of CPU and memory of reserve on the virtual machine running...

  Hello.

  I have two virtual machines in production with CPU and memory settings of reservation applied as shown below. I want to adjust these settings of reservation to "zero" for the CPU and memory on both virtual machines.

  I can make these adjustments while VMS are running, or do I need to power their first?

  Any advice would be appreciated.

  Thank you!

  

  

  Welcome to the community,

  Booking of resources being completely transparent for the customer, i.e. a host function, there is no need to turn off the virtual machines. Basically all settings in are available to be changed in the editable GUI generally without interruption of service comments.

  André

• Cannot resize the virtual disk, the virtual machine by using a «child» vmdk file

  Release: VMWare workstation 9

  SE host: Windows 7 64-bit

  Screenshots below.

  I want to resize my VM from 50 GB to 100 GB.

  It seems that VMware workstation 9 uses a child for my VM vmdk.  In my case, using its "Windows Server 2008 R2 x 64 - 000001.vmdk" for its virtual disk file.  The correct file should be "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk", I think.

  There are currently no snapshots registered for this virtual machine, I see.

  The virtual machine works well as is, but I can't resize the disk without the VMWare gui, saying I should be perform the operation on the parent vmdk file.

  It seems that I do run a snapshot that is not really a snapshot?  How to merge with the older files - Sxx.vmdk to 0000xx - Sxxx.vmdk

  I also tried to use the command line tool to manually resize the vmdk parent, but I get permission "access denied" errors.

  Kind regards

  Matt

  -------------------------------------------

  Parameters of the HARD disk:

  

  Error:

  

  Files:

  

  He no snapshots are displayed in the Manager of snapshot with the check box 'Show AutoProtect snapshots' verified then the snapshot is an orphan and the best way I use normally to fix this if I want the contents of the snapshot of orphan to be among the basic disk is with tab of the virtual machine in VMware Workstation GUI closed I simply delete the .vmsd file and then open the virtual machine tab in the VMware Workstation GUI and cover and immediately remove a snapshot in the Snapshot Manager.  This will force the orphan snapshot to merge with the parent disk.  Then to clean I still remove the .vmsd file and orphans, .vmsn and .vmem file.

  Note: Before the procedure you have a good backup of the virtual machine in case you accidentally mess something up.

• Could not start the virtual machine after you use vmkfstools to resize - HELP!

  I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not...

  I tried to increase the size of a VM over 36 GB drive and now I can not start the server. Here's the change front of directory list:

  -rw - 1 root root 16781312 Sep 20 19:46 PJAEast-DL01-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 325 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01 - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 4096 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01-000002 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 277 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01 - 000002.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 28201 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01 - Snapshot1.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 28267 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01 - Snapshot2.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 131604480 26 August at 08:04 PJAEast-DL01 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8684 25 August at 21:03 PJAEast - DL01.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 589 25 August at 15:18 PJAEast - DL01.vmdk

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 1042 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast - DL01.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2779 Feb 9 15:10 PJAEast - DL01.vmx

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 267 Feb 9 15:10 PJAEast - DL01.vmxf

  -rw - 1 root root 9898631168 9 February 14:54 PJAEast-DL01_1-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 331 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01_1 - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 73728 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01_1-000002 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 283 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01_1 - 000002.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 36322836480 28 August at 01:41 PJAEast-DL01_1 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 597 25 August at 15:18 PJAEast - DL01_1.vmdk

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 78710 25 August at 16:06 vmware - 1.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 68108 25 August at 20:43 2.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 122302 28 August at 01:41 vmware - 3.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 90557 Sep 20 19:54 4.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 69453 9 February 14:54 vmware.log

  Then, I run the command:

  vmkfstools x 256g PJAEast - DL01_1.vmdk

  And now the virtual machine does not start, return an error: "the virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created."

  The directory listing is now ("BOLD" indicates the change of information post-vmkfstools):

  -rw - 1 root root 16781312 Sep 20 19:46 PJAEast-DL01-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 325 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01 - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 4096 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast-DL01-000003 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 277 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast-DL01 - 000003.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 28201 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01 - Snapshot1.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 28267 9 February 14:55 PJAEast-DL01 - Snapshot2.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 131604480 26 August at 08:04 PJAEast-DL01 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8684 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast - DL01.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 589 25 August at 15:18 PJAEast - DL01.vmdk

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 1015 28 August 01:52 PJAEast - DL01.vmsd

  -rwx - 1 root root 2779 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast - DL01.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 267 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast - DL01.vmxf

  -rw - 1 root root 9898631168 9 February 14:54 PJAEast-DL01_1-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 331 28 August to 01:52 PJAEast-DL01_1 - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 73728 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast-DL01_1-000003 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 283 Feb 9 16:12 PJAEast-DL01_1 - 000003.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 274877906944 28 August 01:41 PJAEast-DL01_1 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 599 9 Feb 16:11 PJAEast - DL01_1.vmdk

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 68108 25 August at 20:43 2.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 122302 28 August at 01:41 vmware - 3.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 90557 Sep 20 19:54 4.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 69453 9 February 14:54 5.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 39510 Feb 9 16:12 6.log - vmware

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 39411 Feb 9 16:12 vmware - 7.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 39410 Feb 9 16:14 vmware.log

  I can't do anything else until I get comments. Can anyone recommend a way to solve this problem?

  I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not...

  I agree

  Two a problem with the new drive.

  1. You get the error message comes from the basic disk with a different size than the disks of the snapshot.
  2. With a size of 256 GB, you will not be able to create snapshots of the disk (on ESXi prior to 5.0 with a block size of 1 MB)

  What you can try to do is to edit the file PJAEast - DL01_1.vmdk :

  • 536870912 VMFS 'PJAEast-DL01_1 - flat hard' RW--> RW 70943040 VMFS 'PJAEast-DL01_1 - flat hard. "
  • DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "33418'-> ddb.geometry.cylinders = '4416.

  After that, I would recommend to clone the virtual disk to a new one, replace the virtual disk in the virtual machine settings and resize it to a maximum of 254GB (see "calculates the time system required by the snapshot files" at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012384)

  • vmkfstools-i PJAEast-DL01_1 - 000003.vmdk PJAEast - DL01_1a.vmdk

  André

• Memory of the virtual machine in Windows 2008 32-bit Aignesberger.Software.website.Watcher.2010.busines

  Dear all,

  I installed the virtual machine with Windows 2008 32 Bit Standard Edition. Compact, his oar was 2 GB at this time there, everything was fine, I increased the ram to 4 GB. Now my Easerver 6.3.1 got crashed and pursuant to the original agreement we also reinstalled/reconfigured EA server, but it is always showing 2048 MB of memory instead of 4 GB.

  
  

  2554-11-08 13:09:17.733 INFO wire-34 after USER ID = Adeelme:cms
  Type of Message 2554-11-08 13:09:17.733 INFO wire-34 = Debug
  Virtual memory use Java ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] INFO-2554-11-08 13:10:00.046: 19% (94/264/494 MB)
  Virtual memory use 2554-11-08 13:10:00.046 process of ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] INFO: 98% (2016/2047 MB)
  Virtual memory use Java ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] 13:11:00.051 INFO-2554-11-08: 21% (104/264/494 MB)
  Virtual memory use 2554-11-08 13:11:00.051 process of ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] INFO: 98% (2016/2047 MB)
  2554-11-08 13:11:15.000 INFO component/method name Thread-34 [JaguarServer] = n_app_controler/of_getapplication

  Type of Message 2554-11-08 13:11:18.631 INFO wire-34 = Debug
  Virtual memory use Java ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] INFO-2554-11-08 13:12:00.052: 14% (74/264/494 MB)
  Virtual memory use 2554-11-08 13:12:00.052 process of ScheduledTask:Dump60SecondMemoryUsage [CheckMemoryUsageTask] INFO: 98% (2016/2047 MB)
  

  Thank you

  Adeel Imtiaz

  Yes - you can
  but that will make your VM very slow

  set
  prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "50".

  or less - allowing you to approve the RAM
  Set this parameter in your config.ini file

• resize the disk space on the virtual machine

  Hello!

  I have a small problem, when I converted a virtual machine on my esx server so I chose 14FR for the virtual machine.

  But I now realize that I need more space on the virtual machine. but the problem is that I stop the virtual machine and

  give more space but the does not get more space than any alcolated in diskmgmt. and there I have to

  make a new partition.

  Can I add a disc more on C: by do not format the drive? or can I add more disk space to a new partition

  (if I add 20 GB now and want to add 20 extra GB to the same partition in 2 months or something like that?) ??

  Thank you

  / R

  http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-resize-Windows-2003-Server-virtual-disk-on-VMware-ESX/

  Here is the guide. Hope is useful.

  Craig

  vExpert 2009

  Malaysia, VMware communities - http://www.malaysiavm.com

• First construction of DEFAULT DOMAIN for "Integrated Weblogic Server" in jDeveloper 12 c gave ERROR: wlst > error occurred during initialization of the virtual machine;

  Hi my community developers estimated!

  I just installed Oracle jDeveloper 12 c as part of the new version BPM Suite 12 c successfully on my LAPTOP.

  However, when I try to create the first integrated default for the weblogic Server domain to run by using the database of embedded JAVA (do NOT use an external Oracle DB) - I get the following error in the log below:

  QUESTION - how/where can I change the ' USER_MEM_ARGS = - Xms32m -Xmx1024m' specification in jDeveloper, to allow a smaller 'MAX MEMORY setting, instead of Xmx1024m"since I DO NOT have enough memory (virtual) on my laptop to create the default domain.

  Thank you very much!

  Please see from the log of the errors below:

  Add the environment variable to WLST script = - Xms32m USER_MEM_ARGS - Xmx1024m - XX: MaxPermSize = 384 m
  Log file: D:\data\859442303\Application Data\JDeveloper\system12.1.3.0.41.140521.1008\o.j2ee.adrs\BuildDefaultDomain.log
  Label: JDEVADF_12.1.3.0.0_GENERIC_140521.1008.S
  Home product: C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\jdeveloper\jdev\
  Area: D:\data\859442303\Application Data\JDeveloper\system12.1.3.0.41.140521.1008\DefaultDomain

  2014 BuildDefaultDomain2.py - 07-04 18:00:03

  cmd.exe /c "" C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\common\bin\wlst.cmd""D:\data\859442303\Application Data\JDeveloper\system12.1.3.0.41.140521.1008\o.j2ee.adrs\BuildDefaultDomain2.py""
  Process began
  WLST > error occurred during initialization of VM
  WLST > could not reserve enough space for lots of things
  WLST > error: could not create the Virtual Machine Java.
  WLST > error: a fatal error has occurred. Program ends.
  Elapsed time: 437 ms

  Thanks James, I changed the memory allocation in the WLST script and I no longer get the VM error

• Guest member - % in the tab of the virtual machine is meaningless?

  HI - so I haven't read hot air balloon, shared, private and everthing on the vmware RAM allocation.

  However I still do not get the 'mem % comments' column in the tab of the virtual machine for a given cluster.

  For example, I have a machine that shows:

  -in windows Task Manager, total physical: 4 GB, available: 1 GB. Incur costs: 7 GB

  -in the "allocation of resources" tab vmware: private: 3.9 GB, ball 0, 5 MB compress, shared 95 MB. Consumption: 4 GB.

  BUT in the tab of the virtual machine to the host, I see: host mem 4 GB (ok) and guest mem %: 18%

  IT makes no sense as a guest mem % is supposed to represent the percent of GUEST memory usage - which in this case should be 75% or 100% depending on how you look at it, but certainly not 18 percent.

  As I understood the mem % calculated using something comments are called "active memory". Active memory is memory that has been actively used "currently" (I don't know what "currently" means in time quantified tho). What you see inside windows, in the Task Manager, is allocated in memory from the point of view of windows, but windows is seen only (depending on the setting of mem comments) using 18% of 4 GB or 720 MB. A nice information to have if you plan to make a reservation for this virtual machine and that you really want to know what to set the reserve at since the rest of the memory could be balooned (toggled) without any noticeable decrease in performance of the virtual machine.

  / R

• Generate the CSV file to the virtual machine by using get-stat statistics

  Hi all

  I put my VC for taking samples every 5 minutes for 3 days.

  I would create a PowerCLI script that I can then run on an ad hoc basis to connect to my VC and to get the details for ALL of the virtual machines that are managed by this CR and fill in a CSV (c:\foo.csv):

  • Name of the virtual machine

  • The ESX VM host is currently sitting

  • total number of virtual processors assigned to VM

  • total memory allocated to the VM

  • memory active average used by the virtual machine in the 3 days using samples of 5 minutes

  • average mhz CPU used by VM spent 3 days using samples of 5 minutes

  I have attached a sample file XLS of CSV output should look like.

  If anyone can give me a code to achieve or get on well on my way, I would appreciate it a lot.

  Kind regards

  Alex

  OK, so what you want is something like this then?

  Get-VM | Where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} |
   Select Name, Host, NumCpu, MemoryMB,
             @{N="Cpu.UsageMhz.Average";E={[Math]::Round((($_ | Get-Stat -Stat cpu.usagemhz.average -Start (Get-Date).AddHours(-72) -IntervalMins 5 -MaxSamples (12) | Measure-Object Value -Average).Average),2)}},
             @{N="Mem.Usage.Average";E={[Math]::Round((($_ | Get-Stat -Stat mem.usage.average -Start (Get-Date).AddHours(-72) -IntervalMins 5 -MaxSamples (12) | Measure-Object Value -Average).Average),2)}}
  

  I think that the issue that you have with the missing stat might be to do with your logging levels in VC, if these are not set correctly it will not save these stats for this period of time.

  What do you get if you do a simple:

  get-vm "SingleVM" | Get-Stat -Stat cpu.usagemhz.average
  

  If you found this information useful, please consider the allocation of points for correct or helpful.

  Alan Renouf

  http://Virtu-al.NET

• VMWare Fusion makes a break from the virtual machine because the disk is almost full.

  Is I myself am sitting at my computer this morning, I saw a message that says the guest system Windows XP Pro on my Mac Mini has been suspended.  Here is the message:

  "VMware Fusion has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full."

  I can't find a way to shut down Windows to resize hard disk space allocation.  I tried the Virtual Machine menu, but all the shut down/put off the power points are grayed out.

  Any ideas out there?

  You must read the message!

  BTW if force you the VM to the bottom you may corrupt the virtual system hard disk and or the VHD file and you need to just do as the message says and free up space on the OS X hard disk even if you temporarily move a few things on an external hard drive so that you can then reactivate the Virtual Machine and continue on the it.

• Could not power on VM: no space is available on the device: cannot power on the virtual machine.

  VMware esx ei, 3.5.0 123629

  Physical memory: 64 GB

  Hard drive: 1.63 TB

  7 virtual machines. 5 of them are configured with 4 GB memory and 2 of them with 2 GB of memory. I am able to power on 3 virtual machines with 4 GB of memory.

  When I try to turn on 4th VM with 2 GB of memory, I get this error message "could not power on VM: no space is available on the device: cannot power on VM.»

  I would like to know if this is the limitation of the ESX Server? How should I size the memory for VMS if I want to run every 7 virtual machines to the

  Moreover, given that I have 64 GB of physical memory. Is there documentation that provides a report of the maximum allowed memory configurable

  compared to the virtual memory?

  Thank you

  Ganesh.

  Ganesh,

  Memory reservations are defined based on VM by VM.

  You can allocate more memory to the virtual machines you have in your host (it's not really a good idea to go crazy with the overcommitment of memory, but some level of excessive pressure is used in general).  Memory applied to your VM resources are shares, bookings and VMkernel Swap limits.

  Just to illustrate:

  You allocate 8 GB memory to a virtual computer.  If you take all the parameters by default, ESX will allot a 8 GB VMkernel Swap file in the base directory of your VM (it will have the extension ".vswp") this VMkernel Swap file is a safety net.  Your virtual machine, at this stage, can consume up to 8 GB of memory If physics is available from the host.  If the memory of your host is overcommitted, some of the available memory 8 GB could be allocated on 8 GB VMkernel Swap file.

  If you set a reserve of memory - 2 GB - this means that the vmkernel will still award the first 2 GB of memory used by the virtual machine to the physical memory.  This is not means that the 2 GB of memory reserved is carved off the coast and completely dedicated to the virtual machine.  This means that the vmkernel offers up to 2 GB of RAM to the VM when and if she needs to use it.  It is a guarantee that the memory will be available upon request.  Because of this guarantee of the VMkernel, VMkernel swap file only has to make sure that the 6 GB memory is satisfied (4 GB total less the 2 GB reserved), so the VMkernel Swap file is only 6 GB in size.

  Actions are a mechanism for prioritization and limits are a cap on physical memory ever allocated to the VM.

  You can set up any number of memory for the virtual machines that you want - frankly, overcommitment of memory for ESX is a very good thing, but you must be vigilant about watching your systems if approve you.  If you have 64 GB of RAM, and you only configure your virtual machines to use total 32G, then you lose 32 GB of RAM.  If you allocate, say, 96 GB of RAM (total) to your virtual machines, then you look at a 50% overcommitment.  What to watch in overcommitting memory is application performance (and more importantly - perception of the user of this performance) and also the memory ballooning and VMkernel Swapping activity.  Those who can both will be in graphics performance in VirtualCenter.  I would recommend reading the Guide to management resources for more details.

  Hope that provides an overview.

  Thank you

  -jk

• If the virtual machine can be harmful?

  VPC may be dangerous for my pc anyway. I have average can do something wrong?

  A virtual pc will create a virtual environment within its program. It runs as a program in your computer and request data to be processed by your processor. Depending on the type of virtual software you use, most of the time things happening inside the virtual machine will not in any way to communicate with your computer. To use the resources he will communicate the virtual pc program and then the program will ask you to windows resources.

  Therefore, the virtual pc will be not harmful. It will use the same amount of resources (CPU, memory), such that a normal computer would be nice. I advise to use windows xp.

  -Alex

• whenever I have to connect to the virtual machine asks me to enter login and password I can't save the credentials

  Hi, I used Windows Virtual PC XP mode for awhile and I just do a fresh install, and I'm having a problem that I seem not to be able to solve.

  After you enable the integration features, I got to the Windows Security login screen. I typed in the login and the password, but I accidentally made a mistake and could not connect. I clicked on cancel and was then in the XP login screen, where I entered then the right login and password and it me connected to the virtual machine XP without problem.

  Now, the problem I have is every time I connect to computer virtual it asks me the login and the password on the login screen of XP and I don't have the option to connect using the login Windows Security screen, so it do not give me an option to save my password and login information. So, to make things worse is that moment every time I have to resize the virtual pc it then asks me to log in again.

  Is it possible to return me to the Windows security login screen where can I put my login instead of the XP login screen when it is not an option?

  Hi Richard,

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet Forums.

  TechNet Forum

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itpronetworking/threads

   

  Hope this information helps.