Several ESXi hosts and need to share virtual machines

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• go esxi hosts and virtual machines in one vCenter to another

  I built a new vCenter (Windows vCenter), I intend to move on ESXi hosts the old vCenter (Virtual appliance vCenter) to the new vCenter. I don't know if it's feasible, please notify my step is correct or not: 1) build a new vcenter 2) create a cluster with two esxi hosts first 3) Mount data (NetApp Filer Storage) to the new vCenter warehouses 4) add an empty host for the new vCenter VMs) 5 download then upload to the host in new vcenter

  Hi friend

  Its doable without any problem.

  Please follow the procedure below.

  1 build a new vCenter (your first step is correct)

  2 creating a cluster (because it is new vCenter there will not be any available host.) That is why cluster creation wizard will not get to add in the new cluster host). While initially empty cluster would be created.

  3. once the cluster is created, immediately do a right-click on the cluster and add your hosts one by one. Not necessary to cancel the registration and the VM. Virtual machines will automatically be added who were there on the data store available with all guests.

  Don't forget,

  1. we do not mount any store data in vCenter, we assemble the data store on the host.

  2. If you mount the new data store (which did not exist before), you can mount once the new hosts are added to the new cluster. (Your SAN admin help)

  3. If you want to move your virtual machines from data store before the newly added/mounted data store, please SVMotion these virtual machines (by right-clicking on the VM > migrate > data store > select the data store that is new)... Please follow the same procedure for all virtual machines.

  4. you don't need to add empty hosts to the new cluster, add just as soon as all guests without you register VMs. Later, you can migrate to other store of data according to the requirement. NO need to download or download the VM.

  5. Please make sure that your ESXi hosts will be compatible with the new vCenter. Old version of ESXi always compatible with the new version of vCenter. Just check if you have all valid licenses.

  Please let me know if you need any clarification

• Need to move virtual machines and power over the other ESXi HA and issues of Configuration of power

  Dears

  Need to move virtual machines and power on ESXi others using the HA and Power Options

  So what are the Options I need activate and deactivate:

  Turn on Vsphere HA

  Activate the tracking host

  Admission control (disabled)

  VM Machine Options

  VM restart priority (medium)

  Response from the host of off the power isolation

  VM monitoring (people with disabilities)

  Monitoring of (high) sensitivity

  Heartbeat of data store (select one of cluster data warehouses taking into account my preferences) of the data store is checked

  On each:

  Start/stop of the virtual machine is turned off

  Please indicate the required Options and on virtual machines, we are not turning on?

  Just to be clear, that VMware HA will only restart the VMS if ESXi hosts fails - or surveillance of the VM is turned on which will be monitors VMs will they crash or suspend and restart the virtual machine affected.

  and just to be clear, that the response of insulation parameter has nothing to do whther THAT HA will work or not - it does come into play if the ESXi host is isolated of the HA - Cluster

  xMotion works only between active ESXi hosts that can communicate with the server vCenter - and if the ESXi host broke down or became isolated and vMotion may not work.

  vMotion is automated with DRS that vMotion will a VM who need more resources to an ESXi host with enough reosurces.

• Access the SMB storage using esxi host and manage with MS server 2008

  Hi there, I know the subject line can be confusing, but I didn't know how to explain what I need in the line object in such a short sentence.

  in any case, I have a storage device SMB, a Promise VTrak M610P, which is attached to a blade server 1U HP through interface channels double Ultra 320 SCSI host. I can't configure the VTrak as a NFS, the only way to access logical drives is connected to a server via the scsi channels and using the operating system to share the drive and the shared disks.

  I would use a server blade with dual ultra 320 SCSI host interface channels and connect the VTrak to this server blade. Then I would install ESXI hypervisor OS 5.5 to this server blade. I want to know is if the ESXI operating system will recognize the logical drives and if I create a virtual machine with MS server 2008 and see if the virtual machine detects logical drives, so that I can share the drives? I hope that I'm supposed to and if I'm not, please let me know what makes no sense, I will do the best to explain it better.

  Thank you

  Andy

  So it turns out that there seems to be something wrong with vClient when you add a hard disk (virtual disk) to a virtual machine of size greater than 4 TB. Article VMware KB: value of range error message when you add more than 4 TB capacity discs in vSphere Client describes this if you encounter this problem, add the hard drive via vSphere CLI, CLI power or vmkfstools. So this seems to be a known issue on vClient. What I ended up doing was using vClient, creation of hard disk, adding to the virtual machine (size of the hard drive is to 5.45) and when I would get the error message on the DiskCapControl out of reach, I would just click OK and then finalize the creation of the hard drive on the virtual machine. Once the process is complete, I selected the virtual machine and noticed that he indeed added a new HDD size 5.45 TB even if he's complained about it. I pulled to the top of the virtual machine with windows server 2008 R2 installed and was able to create a new disk under windows and set it up as a shared drive on the network. Looks like vClient must be updated by VMware and correct this bug, if it's a bug that I think. Thank you for the help vervoort!

• How to configure the agent to monitor performance only the vcenter vmware and esx, not need to monitor virtual machines

  How to configure the agent to monitor performance only the vcenter vmware and esx, not need to monitor virtual machines

  This is not possible with the way in which we collect information.

• ESXI free Version host failure - how to recover virtual machines?

  Hi all

  I ran a VMWare lab at home with a free version of ESXI 4.1.

  My server does not and I have to reset all the settings management of ESXI and I lost my virtual machines.

  I solved the problem, but I lost the virtual machine.

  When I navigate through the data store I can see the virtual hard disk for my servers.

  Is there a way to recover these virtual machines?

  I guess that I'm not the first to ask this question, so if you could point me to any page with some instruction, it would be great.

  Thanks in advance,

  Fabio

  Welcome to the VMware forums communities.  In each folder of the virtual machine, you should see a VMX file for the virtual machine.  This is the configuration file.  Right-click on it and select Add to the inventory.  Then follow the instructions of the wizard and after the virtual machine market.  If your network configuration is the same as previously, then you should be good to go.

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• How access host files to virtual machine, host is Windows Vista and Red Hat Linux virtual machine?

  Please can you let me know them below, thanks, really appreciate your help on this.

  How access host files to virtual machine, host is Windows Vista and Red Hat Linux virtual machine?

  Thank you and best regards,

  Sam

  The RPM of samba must exist in the CD of RHEL itself. in any case, you can use winSCP tool to your windows host.

• Invited 3.5u4 swap ESXi host and memory size

  Hi all!

  I have VM (Debian Linux), graphs of performance on this subject shows swap use about 250 MB, real vswp file size is 1.6 G, but he came out of the guest operating system:

  Linux: ~ # vmstat

  procs-

  ---

  memory-

  ---

  -swap .

  ---

  IO- system -

  ---

  CPU-

  free buff cache r-b-swpd TR so bi bo in cs us sy id wa

  1 0 0 739896 135300 208828 0 0 2 42 20 68 1 1 98 0

  As seen, no swap no used. Why VI customer counters and swap file size differs so much use of guest operating system counters.

  Hello

  You are looking at two different levels of memory usage. VI customer, you can read information about the actual use of memory and swap ESX. It differs generally you can read from within the guest for example OS Linux. VM swap file (not asked) if used by VMkernel in situation when the assertion of memory occurs. Lack of memory is mapped in the Exchange. It is the last resort and causes significant performance degradation.

  Guest os swap is "high" this VM swap. It is entirely managed by the guest operating system. It size is based on the memory configured for VM and guest OS configuration. Only the situation when VMkernel can affect the exchange of comments is the balloon pilot. It is a breakthrough of technical recording memory that allows ESX to "say" the guest OS some free memory and use more swap file (Exchange of comments!). Freed memory can be reclaimed by VMkernel and used by other virtual machines. This driver is available for the guests with VM Tools installed.

  concerning

  Martin

• vCenter roles and privileges to migrate virtual machines

  I created a custom role named 'Build VMs' that I have assigned to an ad group.  This role is assigned in the data centers, all spread and no. folder where elsewhere.  The role was designed to allow a specific group of users to manage virtual machines (create, move, delete, but not clone, etc.).

  For the most part, it works fine, but I have a problem: they cannot migrate powered off VMs.  vMotion is available and works, but I need to move a cluster virtual machines to a different (more old hw & 3.5 to new hw & 4.1).

  The role has the following privileges:

  Name                                Id
  ----                                --
  Anonymous System.Anonymous
  View System.View
  Read System.Read
  Create the folder Folder.Create
  Allocate space Datastore.AllocateSpace
  Update of virtual machine files Datastore.UpdateVirtualMachineFiles
  Configure Network.Config
  Affect the Network.Assign network
  Change DVSwitch.Modify
  Operation of DVSwitch.PortConfig port configuration
  Setting of port DVSwitch.PortSetting operation
  Change DVPortgroup.Modify
  Create the virtual machine Host.Local.CreateVM
  Reconfigure the virtual machine Host.Local.ReconfigVM
  Create new VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create
  Create existing VirtualMachine.Inventory.CreateF...
  Register VirtualMachine.Inventory.Register
  Delete VirtualMachine.Inventory.Delete
  Unregister VirtualMachine.Inventory.Unregister
  Move VirtualMachine.Inventory.Move
  Power VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn
  VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOff power off
  Suspension VirtualMachine.Interact.Suspend
  Discount to zero VirtualMachine.Interact.Reset
  Question answer VirtualMachine.Interact.AnswerQu...
  Console interaction VirtualMachine.Interact.ConsoleI...
  Device connection VirtualMachine.Interact.DeviceCo...
  Configure support CD VirtualMachine.Interact.SetCDMedia
  Configure floppy media VirtualMachine.Interact.SetFlopp...
  VMware Tools install VirtualMachine.Interact.ToolsIns...
  Buy tickets to control comments VirtualMachine.Interact.GuestCon...
  Defragmentation of disks all VirtualMachine.Interact.Defragme...
  Turn on the VirtualMachine.Interact.CreateSe of fault tolerance...
  Disable VirtualMachine.Interact.TurnOffF of fault tolerance...
  Test failover VirtualMachine.Interact.MakePrimary
  Restarting the VM VirtualMachine.Interact.Terminat secondary...
  Disable VirtualMachine.Interact.DisableS of fault tolerance...
  Enable fault tolerance VirtualMachine.Interact.EnableSe...
  Record session on Machine virtual VirtualMachine.Interact.Record
  Review the session on virtual computer VirtualMachine.Interact.Replay
  Backup operation on a virtual machine VirtualMachine.Interact.Backup
  Create a screenshot VirtualMachine.Interact.CreateSc...
  Rename VirtualMachine.Config.Rename
  Add a disk existing VirtualMachine.Config.AddExistin...
  Add the new disk VirtualMachine.Config.AddNewDisk
  Remove the VirtualMachine.Config.RemoveDisk disc
  Raw device VirtualMachine.Config.RawDevice
  Host VirtualMachine.Config.HostUSBDevice USB device
  Change the number of CPU VirtualMachine.Config.CPUCount
  Memory VirtualMachine.Config.Memory
  Add or remove devices VirtualMachine.Config.AddRemoveD...
  Change the settings of the device VirtualMachine.Config.EditDevice
  Parameters VirtualMachine.Config.Settings
  Change resources VirtualMachine.Config.Resource
  Updating of the virtual hardware VirtualMachine.Config.UpgradeVir...
  Reset the VirtualMachine.Config.ResetGuest customer information...
  Advanced VirtualMachine.Config.AdvancedCo...
  Lease of disk VirtualMachine.Config.DiskLease
  Swapfile placement VirtualMachine.Config.SwapPlacement
  Extend the virtual disk VirtualMachine.Config.DiskExtend
  Change disk monitoring VirtualMachine.Config.ChangeTrac...
  Unlock the virtual machine VirtualMachine.Config.Unlock
  Queries files without owner VirtualMachine.Config.QueryUnown...
  Reloading the way VirtualMachine.Config.ReloadFrom...
  Compatibility VirtualMachine.Config.QueryFTCom of the fault tolerance of queries...
  Customize the VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Cust...
  Promote records VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Prom...
  Deploy the model of VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Depl...
  Clone model VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Clon...
  Mark as virtual machine VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Mark...
  Read about the customization VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Read...
  Edit the VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Modi customization specifications...
  Allow access to the disk VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Disk...
  Allow access to the read-only disc VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Disk...
  Assign the virtual machine resources... Resource.AssignVMToPool
  Migrate from Resource.HotMigrate
  Query vMotion Resource.QueryVMotion

  It is the main thing I thought it would take to a simple move of a virtual machine while it is turned off:

  Name                                Id
  ----                                --
  Move VirtualMachine.Inventory.Move

  I gave to create a folder because some of the permissions were not yet allowing the creation of virtual machines, even though it probably isn't necessary.

  Any ideas?

  ~ Luc
  http://thephuck.com

  What happens if you add resources > permission to move?

• Unable to choose the host when you deploy a virtual machine template

  Good Morning-

  I feel that the answer to this is with myself; However, I would ask - I try to deploy a virtual machine model for test purposes and I want the virtual machine must be created on a specific host.  When I start the Wizard "deploy the virtual machine of model", I am only able to select the cluster and not a specific host.   Is it possible for me to be able to select the host to which the virtual machine will be deployed without disabling DRS?

  Thank you very much in advance for the help.

  Steve

  What happens if you right click on the host that you want to deploy on the virtual machine to and select deploy from model - but don't forget if you have a DRS activated with anything other that Manuel DRS will select the host on which the virtual machine starts on and it would not be that you deply to--

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• Cannot convert a virtual machine while it is powere on or suspended. Shut down and power off the virtual machine before the conversion.

  Hi all

  I am currently using preinstalled VMware 7.1 and I try to import a virtual machine, I used to work on my windows XP. Recently, I am using windows VISTA and I am trying to import my VM (.vmx) and I get this error "cannot convert a virtual machine, although it is powere on or suspended. "Shut down and power off the virtual machine before the conversion.

  This virtual machine worked very well under windows XP and VMware 6.5, but now I am not able to import it. Please suggest how I can make this virtual machine running in my VISTA and vmware 7.1.

  I am also attaching the converter file logs and .vmx vmware.

  Thank you...

  Is there a problem with this backup?

  It is possible. How big is she?

  Right-click on the vmdk file in Solution Explorer, then select «Map virtual disk...» "Does it work?

  André

• Power and turn off the virtual machine

  I write some scripts to turn off a virtual computer and power on the virtual machine.  Can someone please tell me what commands that I use to power on a virtual machine and a virtual computer power off, if this is possible.

  Thank you

  Depends on if you have the VMware tools running.

  (1) without tools

  Get-VM  | Stop-VM
  

  (2) with tools

  Get-VM  | Shutdown-VMGuest
  

  The 2nd method let the OS do stop.

  The first method is the power Cup.

  For power on you can use

  Get-VM  | Start-VM
  

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• Attempt vSwitch configuration change and now the ESXi host and virtual machines offline

  So I have no doubt, I have myself to blame for this one. I was trying to change my vSwitch from 100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps when an 'operation timed' error out jumps-to the top and my vCenter Server lost connection with my ESXi host. I tried to restart the host manually, but that did not help. The host is not the ping requests and all the virtual machines on that host are offline; None of them vMotion off to my other ESX Server.

  I tried to reconnect the host computer in vCenter, but it is obviously does not connect because it can't ping it. I logged the ESXi console and all the network settings appear to be correct. I'm used to connect to the ESX console where you can execute commands, but it's my first ESXi host, so I don't know what I can do.

  Any help is greatly appreciated!

  -D.

  If you had your management port and VMs on different vSwitches / NIC leave on framework would eliminate a false positive. As in your case the management port reportedly follows the cable / about speed, but the virtual machine network would be intact (and I'm assuming that your storage space as well).  In this case the VMs system would have worked very well even if the management port did not work.

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• RAID 1 hardware and ESXi - host not to see the virtual volume

  Please bear with me as I try to explain this issue in detail.

  I have an ESXi server.  He has a number of virtual machines and works.  This server has a LSI RAID controller and had a single hard drive connected to this controller.  I'm allergic to non redundant drives, so I added a second drive and, from BIOS boot from the RAID controller (before initialization of the server itself), I created the mirror and had the controller 'rebuild' the second disc, copy of an image of the first record on.  The controller did and displays a virtual (in BIOS) volume in a RAID 1 volume consisting of two physical disks.

  At this point, I expect from any server OS to see the single volume.  However, ESXi, at startup, see both drives hard physical (apparently without taking into account the supposed configuration of the controller, which is strange for me), and because they contain all the two identical copies of the ESXi installation, it purple-screens to complain about two identical UUID.  When I work around this error with the start command line option 'overrideDuplicateImageDetection', ESXi starts on one of the two disks.  vSphere shows the two disks and physical disks, mounted in the system.

  I'm relatively certain that the RAID card maintains the mirror.  The second disc is not part of a data store.  I would prefer ESXi see the mirror as the only logical volume so-called offer the RAID card, but I'll settle for ESXi, ignoring the second unit of disk in total.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks in advance for your help,

  H.

  Hello

  Some RAID controllers operating in RAID or RAID configuration. If no RAID is created, it will work like the generic SCSI cards and when a RAID is created then it will become an appropriate raid controllers. When you installed the ESXi map was probably operating in non RAID and later converted to a RAID controller mode. Please check the drivers loaded in the kernel of ESXi and if necessary, please include the RAID controller module and re build the boot image.

  Is it possible to give me the model number of the LSI RAID you use and the output of the inscription of the kernel module. I think that these dual-mode controllers were possible on older models of server, not sure that they are always available. I used to see this kind of problems with Linux in ancient times.

• Connection usb to esxi host and copy vmdk

  Hello

  I'm trying to migrate a vSphere cluster to another machines.  There is no network connectivity between the 2, so I intend to copy the files vmdk and vmx more via USB directly connected to the host for thoroughput max.  Anyone tried this?  I looked in the documentation and online, and I see that the only supported file systems FAT32 and ext3.  For a 40 GB virtual computer, can I use an ext3 formatted USB key, copy locally and then USB attach themselves to a host on the new cluster and copy?  Anyone see any problems with this?  We are doing this process via a USB port connected to a position of the user and SCPing between the host and the USB port on the network.  I think that cutting the transfer network will speed up the process, currently a 40-50 GB VM takes about 3 hours

  Hello

  I understand that you can read in what she argued, however...

  If there is a KB article while this does not mean that it is supported, it simply means that it is possible and you might be able to use it if the need is high enough. For example, in case of problems you can risk some stability/performance and fix the most urgent problem at hand, as a critical VM that was on a LUN which disappeared earlier that day there so that you only restore backup on a USB drive.

  Also note the supplement "additional note" at the bottom of the KB that you are facing

  Quote (my highlighting):

  More information

  The USB key must be a minimum of 4 GB in size. This procedure is not recommended for basic file transfers.

  This procedure includes steps on disabling the intercom USB host function. Then earlier in the article that they use the same feature to connect the USB drive to the guest.

  If this isn't everything, they use the DCUI for mode of tech support that their link in an article KB1017910 to using the console is already a bit dodgy on a production host. About using the console for day-to-day operations is a no No

  Another quote, this time from this KB article, underscores once again with me.

  Tech Support Mode

  Tech Support Mode (TSM) provides a command line interface that can be used by the Administrator to troubleshoot and correct abnormal conditionson hosts VMware ESXi. TSM is accessible in two ways:

  • Connecting directly to the ESXi Server console.
  • Remote SSH connection.

  Further down in this article, it is pointed out again that it is for support only, I would say is something different as 'supported environment.

  It does not mean that you can not and never use should the DCUI, but be careful.

  Back on the focus to what you're trying to do.

  If your USB drive is broken, you now have a hypervisor that attempts to mount it to the level of the hypervisor, which, in itself, can cause downtime at the level of the hypervisor risks of release for ALL your guests. USB transfer at least maintains these problems located in the virtual machine, it is attached to.

  Besides that... the only system files that you can mount is VFAT, so you can't even put files there that are larger than 2 GB (or 4 GB) in size.

  File systems ext2/ext3/ext4 that none of those who are supported, VFAT only for your external USB drive.

  Yes there are ways around the VFAT file size limit too, but you're just jumping through the next pole, and if something's not going then your users is satisfied by the retoric "but backups are faster".

  --

  Wil