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• Storage vMotion with Syncrep on Equallogic San

  Hello

  We recently bought 2 San Equallogic (PS6510ES) and turned on synchronous replication between them.

  We use ESXi 5.5 and followed the best practices guide to disable TCP ack and 60 logintimeout value.

  Everything seems to work fine until we tried Storage vMotion/migration and cloning VMS on the San.

  When we did the migration of 2 volumes on the EQL SAN storage (the target volume has active syncrep), the target volume will be out-of-sync and then the storage vMotion will hang sometimes.

  The worst is when such a problem has occurred, all other volumes on the EQL constantly to respond also. All volumes will not respond until we rebooted the corresponding ESXi host (NOTE: simple shut down/power outside the host won't help.) The San EQL will only return to normal after a reboot of the ESXi host).

  If we pause / off the syncrep before Storage vMotion, the problem will not happen.

  Is this normal or not?

  In addition, whenever the problem occurred, the latency of writing the corresponding volume will be dry and we will receive alerts similar to the following:

  connection iSCSI target ' xx.xx.xx.xx:3260, iqn.2001 - 05.com.equallogic:xxxxx - test-volume ' initiator 'xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxxx, eqlinitiatorsyncrep' failed for the following reason:

  Initiator, disconnected from the target when connecting.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hi Joerg,

  What is a #SR? I opened a record of support to 24 June and still waiting for Dell to contact me.

  Ryan

• question of vMotion and storage vMotion

  I have everything set, UCS 5108, ESXi host, VMs, I don't have a SAN connection yet... My question is if I can enable vMotion? Let's say I have a cluster in vCenter, within this group, I have attached two ESXi host, win2008 VM in an ESXi and running, I can migrate (using vMotion) as win2008 VM to an another ESXi without connection SAN?

  How storage vMotion to an ESXi host hardrive to an another ESXi host hardrive? Is this possible?

  Note: I have not connection SAN in this configuration

  One of the requirements for vMotion is shared storage that would allow visibility between source and destination ESXi hosts. (SAN, iSCSI or NFS).

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.PDF

  pages 210 to 215

  You can use OpenFiler as an iSCSI for lab tests SAN

  http://www.Openfiler.com/community/download/

  Thank you

  Zouheir

• Question of Storage vMotion

  Hi all

  Newbie VMware admin here, I hope it's an easy question. I have several boxes of Microsoft SQL I need to move the drive on which the operating system is installed on, they have all RDM attached when I try a storage vmotion, it looks like her wanting to move all the drives instead of one, i have never attempted to move a system with RDM attached to it, but I need to get away from this former storage we have urged. All tips are appreciated thank you!

  Thank you

  You can migrate both at the same time, even if you choose a different destination.

  You're welcome and don't forget brand useful and/or correct answers.

• Storage vmotion esxi 5.5 to 6.0 does not not for some vm

  In a test cluster with 2 nodes with no storage storage shared (local only), host vmotion 5.5 to 6.0 host does not work.

  before the upgrade, I moved all the vm to a host.

  Then I upgraded to 6.0 host and tried to move all the VMS to the host 6.0 updated (moving host + storage).

  20 VM, 5 have been moved to the new host.

  Everyone always get error below.

  The VM Client are all the vm version 10 (but some of them improved 8 or 9).

  ClientOS Windows 2008, 2012 r2 and linux. Some with vmx3, some with e1000.

  The machines can be moved when turned off.

  After the off-vmotion, storage vmotion from 6 to 5.5 and return of 5.5 to 6 works again.

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  Failed to copy one or more of the disks in the virtual machine. See the journal of the virtual machine for more details.

  Impossible to implement disks on the destination host computer.

  vMotion-Migration [-1408040447:1427943699552189] konnte nicht den Stream-Keepalive read: Connection closed by remote host, probably due to timeout

  Beim Warten auf Daten Fehlgeschlagen. Fehler 195887167. Connection closed by remote host, probably due to delay.

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  VM - log:

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  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.299Z | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb_SetMigrationHostLogState: transits State hostlog of immigration to migrate "at source" mid 1427943699552189

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.307Z | VMX | I120: MigratePlatformInitMigration: file DiskOp set to /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-diskOp.tmp

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.311Z | VMX | A115: ConfigDB: parameter migration.vmxDisabled = 'TRUE '.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.326Z | VMX | I120: MigrateWaitForData: waiting for data.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.326Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 8 to 9.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.467Z | VMX | I120: MigrateRPC_RetrieveMessages: was informed of a new message to the user, but cannot process messages from State 4.  Leaving the message in queue.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.467Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 9 to 10.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.468Z | VMX | I120: MigrateShouldPrepareDestination: remote host does not support an explicit step to prepare migration destination.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.469Z | VMX | I120: MigrateBusMemPrealloc: BusMem complete pre-allocating.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.469Z | Worker #0 | I120: SVMotion_RemoteInitRPC: completed.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: SVMotion_DiskSetupRPC: related disc expected but not found for the file: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-ctk.vmdk

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: MigrateRPCHandleRPCWork: callback RPC DiskSetup returned UN-successful State 4. RPC fault.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.493Z | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb_SetMigrationHostLogState: hostlog transits of State to fail to migrate 'from' 1427943699552189 environment

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetStateFinished: type = 2 new State = 12

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 10 to 12.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: list cached migration error message:

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: [msg.migrate.waitdata.platform] failed waiting for data.  Error bad003f. Connection closed by remote host, probably due to delay.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: migration of vMotion [vob.vmotion.stream.keepalive.read.fail] [ac130201:1427943699552189] failed to read streams keepalive: Connection closed by remote host, probably due to timeout

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: cleaning of the migration status.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: SVMotion_Cleanup: cleaning of XvMotion State.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Closing all disks in the virtual machine.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.504Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: Final status, who reported the force.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.504Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of the State 12-0.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: Final status, which reported VMDB.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: Migrate Module switch has failed.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: SVMotion_PowerOff: does not not Storage vMotion. Nothing to do

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | A115: ConfigDB: parameter replay.filename = «»

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:1188]: VMAutomationPowerOff: power off the power.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | W110: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1.vmx: cannot remove a link symbolic/var/run/vmware/root_0/1427943694053879_291569/configFile: no such file or directory

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | I120: WORKER: asyncOps = 4 maxActiveOps = 1 maxPending = 0 maxCompleted = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 1, newAppState = 1873, success = 1 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Past vmx/execState/val of poweredOff

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 0 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4331]: error VIX_E_FAIL in VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished(): unknown error

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0

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  Any idea to solve this problem? Maybe it's a bug with vsphere 6.0

  Given that some machines were functioning and vmotion later in both directions from 6.0 to 5.5 works, I think that is no configuration error.

  Hello

  It seems that there could be a bug or that guests have difficulties to negotiate the transfer of drive on a network. VMotions storage are carried out via the management network (limitation of hard due to the codification)-are you sure that management networks are not overloaded or that they operate at the desired speed? This also happens with machines that have actually disabled followed block? It seems that this could be a problem.

  In addition, you use the 'old' client or Web client? It is possible that some features in vSphere 6.0 may have been omitted in the old thick client.

  Below are the errors:

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.468Z | VMX | I120: MigrateShouldPrepareDestination: remote host does not support an explicit step to prepare migration destination.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: SVMotion_DiskSetupRPC: related disc expected but not found for the file: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-ctk.vmdk

  Thanks for the answers in advance and good luck!

• Storage vMotion

  virtual machines from one storage to another does that 2 simultaneous connections. If I understand well ESXi5,.0 should support up to 8 with 10 GB. Will be setup here to twist?

  Thank you

  The maximum Storage vMotion simultaneous operations by host is 2... You may think that the maximum number of vMotion (not Storage vMotion) which is really 8.

  

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vsphere5/R50/vSphere-50-configuration-maximums.PDF

• Where can I download Storage vMotion Plugin?

  Hello guys,.

  I'm looking to download Storage vMotion Plugin in vmware.com but I can't find...

  I have the vCenter Server version 5.1 Build 1235232... Is there something I missed?

  Thanks in advance for your answer

  Best regards

  
  

  Storage vMotion to migrate a virtual machine to another data store.  VMotion allows you to migrate a virtual machine to another host.  If you want to migrate a virtual machine to another host and store data at the same time, the virtual machine must be stopped.

  Also, please do not forget to mark answers useful and accurate.

  Thank you

• Storage vmotion, between data warehouses when the block size is different

  Hi all

  I would like to know, is it possible to do a vmotion of storage between two data warehouses, when they have different block sizes. The case is as a former vmfs data store 3 which has been upgraded direct to vmfs5 there, but since it has been updated it maintains its own block size. While the newly created vmfs datastore 5 a block size of 1 MB.

  Thus, storage Vmotion will work in this case? It will fail OR will be with degraded performance?

  Finally, storage vmotion is possible even if you do not have a cluster DRS for storage?

  Thank you

  Yes you can!

  Check some info on the effects of block size: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/

• County of vMotion and Storage vMotion over the last 24 hours

  I am under the below a line to count the number of vMotion and Storage vMotion, which happened in the past 24 hours in the middle and it not give me the required result, but when I combine them in the script that I use to collect additional information, it's just returns 0 (zero) as the County.

  Rely on Storage vMotion and vMotion

  Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) |

  Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.relocate" - or $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "StorageResourceManager.applyRecommendation"} |

  Measure-object | Select-Object - ExpandProperty County

  Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) |

  Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.migrate"} |

  Measure-object | Select-Object - ExpandProperty County

  Combined script

  Get-Cluster |

  {ForEach-Object

  $Cluster = $_

  $VMHost = $Cluster | Get-VMHost

  $CpuUsageMhz = $VMHost | Measure-object-property CpuUsageMhz-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $CpuTotalMhz = $VMHost | Measure-object-property CpuTotalMhz-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $MemoryUsageGB = $VMHost | Measure-object-property MemoryUsageGB-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $MemoryTotalGB = $VMHost | Measure-object-property MemoryTotalGB-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $Cluster | Select-Object - property @{Name = "ClusterName"; Expression = {$_.} Name}},

  @{Name = 'vSphere HA'; Expression = {$_.} HAEnabled}},

  @{Name = 'Analysis HA-Host'; Expression = {$_.} ExtensionData.Configuration.DasConfig.HostMonitoring}},

  @{Name = 'HA-Failover capacity'; Expression = {$_.} ExtensionData.Summary.CurrentFailoverLevel}},

  @{Name = 'HA-Admission Control'; Expression = {$_.} HAAdmissionControlEnabled}},

  @{Name = 'Configuration problem'; Expression = {[string]: join (",", ($_.))} ExtensionData.ConfigIssue | {{(Select-ExpandProperty FullFormattedMessage))}}.

  @{Name = 'vSphere DRS'; Expression = {$_.} DrsEnabled}},

  @{Name = "The DRS automation level"; Expression = {$_.} DrsAutomationLevel}},

  @{Name = "Use of the CPU (Mhz)"; Expression is {$CpuUsageMhz}},

  @{Name = "Cpu (Mhz) Total"; Expression is {$CpuTotalMhz}},

  @{Name = 'Cpu use (%) » ; {Expression = {[Math]: Round(100*$CpuUsageMhz/$CpuTotalMhz)}},

  @{Name = "use (GB) of memory"; Expression is {$MemoryUsageGB}},

  @{Name = "Total (GB) of memory"; Expression is {$MemoryTotalGB}},

  @{Name = 'use of memory (%) » ; {Expression = {[Math]: Round(100*$MemoryUsageGB/$MemoryTotalGB)}},

  @{Name = 'VMS NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get - VM | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'Virtual machines without VMXNET3 NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get - VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | WHERE-object {$_.} Type - not "Vmxnet3"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'VMotions NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) | Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.migrate"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'SvMotions NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) | Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.relocate" - or $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "StorageResourceManager.applyRecommendation"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}}

  } |

  Export-Csv "C:\Script\Clusters.csv" - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  Could you please someone check the script above and let me know if there is something wrong

  Thank you!!

  But wait a minute, you mean that the "Num vMotions" and "Num of SvMotions" properties have a value of 0?

  This is normal, since you ask for events for the entity of the group, while you should do it for all the virtual machines in the cluster.

  Try the attached version.

• Storage vmotion of storage facilities to storage San in ESXi 5.0

  Hello

  I have the host couple ESXi 5.0 with license free of all is vmdk are located in storage facilities. Moving all the vm for local to the SAN storage data store, but the local data store attached failed to attend several ESX host as storage shared, is there a way that allow me to use the method of storage vmotion to migrate all the vmdk to centralize SAN without interruption?

  I have a vcenter to manage whole army but only for normal administrative task. How can I set the local data store storage shared storage and able to present multiple hosts?

  Hello

  Do you have the vSphere licenses?
  If so, you can add the vCenter ESXi hosts, present SAN storage for ESXi hosts and perform Storage vMotion (migrate the data store) local storage to SAN storage.

  You will need because the function of storage vMotion (migrate) is a feature of vCenter vCenter, this option is not available in standalone ESXi.

  See the documentation here - migration of Virtual Machines with svmotion: vSphere Documentation Center

  If you can accept interruptions of service, you can use the migration cold: vSphere Documentation Center

  Thank you

  Bayu

• Storage vMotion - Shadow created VM!

  Hello

  I cancelled a task of storage for a virtual machine vMotion and now I have two virtual machines with the same name. I understand Storage vMotion creates a shadow VM as part of the migration.

  The cancellation has not been cleaned so I now a VM THAT under tension and work and a VM turned off with 0MB of data warehouses.

  Is it OK to goahead and remove this 'Shadow' VM?

  I look forward to hear from anyone with help.

  Thank you

  Peter.

  I guess, there is no problem.

  Just remove the inventory and then delete the folder.

• Rules of affinity that automatically triggers the Storage vMotion

  Hi all

  Is it possible to set up a rule of affinity or something similar that automatically triggers a Storage vMotion, if a virtual machine is a vMotion on another host.

  For example, suppose we have 2 sites, 1 ESXi host at each site.

  If the DRS triggers a vMotion for a virtual machine on site A to site B, I want to automatically change the data at site B store. So vSphere must trigger Storage vMotion to the data on site B store.

  Is this possible?

  Thanks for the replies

  Dario

  It is not possible out of the box.

  You would need to script a PowerCLI logic or another language that monitors events or periodically checks the location of the execution of virtual machines and their data store location, trigger svMotions if necessary.

• Storage vMotion + vmdk files in different folders

  Hello

  Storage vMotion will spend the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same data store for the moment] in the same folder while that migrated to the different data store?

  Why the vmdk files are in 2 different folders:

  Windows 2008r2 was misconfigured evil so anything by rebooting, it went to the system recovery. Was not able to recover the system.

  The system was rebuilt, and 2 D: and E: drives were attached ["use an existing virtual disk"] as of the existing vmdk disks to the new virtual machine.

  So drive C: [rebuilt VM] vmdk file is located in files vmdk D: & E new-vm-folder & readers are old-vm-folder.

  So "storage vMotion will pass the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same data store for the moment] in the same folder while that migrated to the different data store? I know that storage vMotion and change of name of the files/folders works well.

  If this is not the case, what would be the best practice to get is sorted?

  Thank you very much

  Pawel

  Welcome to the community - Yes it will be. The other option would be to turn off the cold and virtual machine migrate the virtual machine to the correct data store.

• Storage vMotion-Direct between ESXi hosts

  Hi all

  It is my first time on the boards, I hope it's the right way to go on this subject.

  I have problems with Storage vMotion, it's not a set up us would use normally, rather than by necessity with the current scenario.

  We have a desktop which has 2 x 5.1 ESXi hosts. They do not have a budget for SAN with the installation of HBA, and it is only a single requirement. I have to migrate virtual machines from one to the other, but with no external storage. I wait with Storage vMotion directly from a local data store to another.

  I activated the software iSCSI on both ESXi hosts

  Created a vSwitch separated with a VMkernal on two physical hosts

  The two VMkernals are on a separate subnet * 172.16.1 and production vSwitch is 192.168.5. *.

  The NIC allocated for the 172.16.1 network. * is both connected to the same physical switch.

  I ping the VMkernal and the vmkping the VMkernal

  Scan for storage again and nothing shows up.

  I used software iSCSI before, for a long time so I'm probably rusty. Dynamic discovery is normally indicated in the SAN to pick up storage, and finds it just local storage on each host itself.

  In this scenario, I told the IP address of the ESX2 VMkernal on 172.16.1 ESX1. * since I have no external storage. I think it is, I'm wrong, but I don't know what else to do to recover local data warehouses.

  Any ideas to try would be very appreciated.

  Thank you

  Sorted by using 5.1 feature Shared-Nothing vMotion

• Cannot Storage Vmotion between EMC Celerra NFS and NFS VNX

  Recently we have improved our infrastructure VMware 3.5 to 5.0. Managed to migrate all virtual machines to the Esxi5.0 without any problems. More recently, we bought new storage EMC VNX 5300, set up and configured the NFS storage for the early. All the warehouses of new data related to blades and all storage pools, old and new can be found under vCenter.

  Problem we have is that we can not Storage vMotion virtual machines of the old Celerra NFS for new NFS VNX stores. It comes back with the error "cannot access file VM VNX {datastore} filename '. We got a similar message appears when you try to create a new virtual machine or import an OVF on VNX new data warehouses.

  We have the license of the company, with Dell M600 blades with EMC storage as mentioned above.

  Pointers would be appreciated

  Kem

  Thanks for your contributions, but I solved it. A bit of a 'schoolboy error', but although I had added to the VMKernel IP in the host root and read-write in the NFS export properties, I also need to add the IP address of the hosts/blades. Storage vMotion successfully in new stores VNX. THX Kem