Several same size hard disks on a virtual computer

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• Increase the size of virtual hard disk to a virtual computer with snapshots

  Is it possible to increase the size of a virtual hard disk on a virtual machine that has snapshots on this subject?  I can use VMware converter to increase the size of the disk, but who commits snapshots during the conversion-

  Thank you

  As everybody said that it is not a good idea to increase the space for a VM with a snapshot.   The snapshot files are all related originally vmdk and when you change this vmdk he breaks the link.

  A particular reason that you cannot commit the snapshot before adding the space.

• Script to get the capacity of HARD disks on a virtual computer

  I need to add a line to the script below which will get the additional HARD disks on the virtual machine. At the present time, its just by pulling the primary OS info.

  $VmInfo = ForEach ($Datacenter in (Get-Datacenter | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
    ForEach ($Cluster in ($Datacenter | Get-Cluster | Sort-Object -Property Name)) { 
      ForEach ($VM in ($Cluster | Get-VM | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
        ForEach ($HardDisk in ($VM | Get-HardDisk | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
          "" | Select-Object -Property @{N="VM";E={$VM.Name}},
            @{N="Datacenter";E={$Datacenter.name}},
            @{N="Cluster";E={$Cluster.Name}},
            @{N="Hard Disk";E={$HardDisk.Name}},
            @{N="Disk Size MB";E={$HardDisk.CapacityKB/1024}},
            @{N="Datastore";E={$HardDisk.FileName.Split("]")[0].TrimStart("[")}},
            @{N="VMConfigFile";E={$VM.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName}},
            @{N="VMDKpath";E={$HardDisk.FileName}}
        }
      }
    }
  }
  $VmInfo | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture -Path "N:\Excel_Reports\VmInfo.csv"
  

  The RED line is the line that pulls a HARD drive, but I'm looking for enter all HARD DRIVES and the release info... I'm sure it's something simple, but I can't find the command

  Just realized that I pasted the script in plain text format, so no formatting was held...

  sound this good line

  @{N="Disk Size MB";E={$HardDisk.CapacityKB/1024}},
  

  There was a typing error in the code, I've corrected the above code.

  Please try again.

• How to find out really currently used physical memory and swap space of hard disk to the virtual computer running?

  Suppose that I'm leaving WinXP hostOS a guestOS. Then a part of this guestOS remain in physical memory and another part is deployed on hard drive in the swap file resp swap partition.

  First question: the complete *.vmdk loaded into memory/swap space or only the part that is currently required?

  Perhaps only a *.vmdk 800 MB / 3GB is really responsible. But these 800 MB could be extended to 2 GB, because the content of these 800 MB is not compressed during load or guestOS drivers allocate additional memory.

  *. VMDK size seems so NO indicator for the actual amount of used memory / swap.

  How will I know how much physical (a) memory and (b) the hard disk swap space EXACTLY is currently occupied by a certain virtual machine running?

  Matt

  mattad wrote:

  First question: the complete *.vmdk loaded into memory/swap space or only the part that is currently required?

  The vmdk is not loaded into memory, because it is the drive of the virtual machine.

  *. VMDK size seems so NO indicator for the actual amount of used memory / swap.

  Yes, of course not. The memory used by the client is not related to the size of hard but the RAM assigned in the options of hardware reviews.

  How will I know how much physical (a) memory and (b) the hard disk swap space EXACTLY is currently occupied by a certain virtual machine running?

  Open the Task Manager and find a task vmware - vmx.exe or vmware-vmx - debug.exe.

  The swap file should be used if you have chosen to allow that VMware Workstation is authorized to Exchange. The file where swaps to door expansion .vmem Workstation. Search folder of comments.

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• Expand the size of the hard disk to the virtual computer

  My current VM HD size is 8 GB.

  I tried to to 12 GB, but got the message: these settings cannot be changed wile has a virtual machine snapshot.  To make these changes, first delete all snapshots.

  With Windows turned off, I went Virtual Machine in the menu bar, chose Snapshots in the menu drop down and deleted the Snapshot, I had.

  When I went again to increase to 12 GB, I got the same message again: these settings cannot be changed wile has a virtual machine snapshot.  To make these changes, first delete all snapshots.

  Return to snapshots; No Snapshots in the list, only the button to take a snapshot, but I can't always change the size of the disk.

  I'm missing something here.  How can I increase the size of the HD 12 GB VM?

  Thank you very much

  
  
  Biker Bob

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  Meanwhile, I reason to assume that the text listing the string you gave me can be used in the terminal?

  Yes.

  LS - lAF Users/jiruifu/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows XP Home Edition.vmwarevm

  Spaces are used to separate arguments (then ls thought you to put it on a number of different files, which none exist). Or the other of the following should work:

  ls -lAF "/Users/jiruifu/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows XP Home Edition.vmwarevm"
  ls -lAF /Users/jiruifu/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ XP\ Home\ Edition.vmwarevm
  

  The two methods to escape spaces for ls include the path. A practical thing to remember is that if you drag and drop a file into a Terminal window, it will automatically enter the path with escape sequence for you.

• Run a virtual hard disk file in Virtual PC

  Hello

  I recently got a Windows 7 PC to replace a Windows XP machine. However, while I still have access to anything whatsoever on the old PC that I maybe need even once, I did a .vhd on the old hard drive file.

  I can't open this vhd file, because I can't find a way to create a new virtual PC with which use this virtual hard disk.

  Is anyway to do this?

  Thank you
  Richard

  Windows 7 can read files in VHD(Virtual Hard Disk) without VPC (Virtual PC).  You can make the VHD file be seen as a hard drive on the new PC. Here's how to do it.

  Attach the VHD file:
  1. right click on 'My Computer' and click on 'manage '.
  2. go in "Disk management" under "Storage" on the left side.
  3. click on the 'Action' menu on the top and click on "attach VHD.
  4 locate the hard drive file virtual you want to open, you can also make the drive read only just in case you accidentally change something.  Then click on 'OK '.
  5. you should see your virtual hard drive in "My Computer"
  Detach the VHD file:
  1. go in disk management as described in steps 1 and 2 as I explained earlier.
  2. on the bottom half of the window, find the hard drive virtual you want to detach.
  3 click on the "disk #" and click on "remove VHD.
  Good luck. God bless you. :)

• How to make a visible USB hard disk for a virtual machine on ESXI 4.1?

  Hi all

  As I am new to the world of vmware ESXI, I always make mistakes or I don't undertand all therefore be complete :-).

  So I have a HP Proliant ML 350 G6 Server installed with ESXI 4.1 and I want to connect a USB hard disk to a virtual machine (SBS 2K 8). Currently, the virtual machine is not able to see the hard drive.

  I already add a USB controller to the virtual machine, but my USB HARD drive is still not visible to my virtual machine.

  Can you help on that?

  Thank you

  Michael

  Next, add a USB device to the virtual computer (in the change settings tab), there are different things, USB controller and USB devices. Sometimes, you may have to restart the virtual machine.

  Greetings

• Remove a hard drive from a virtual computer running

  Hello everyone. Is there a way to remove a hard drive from a virtual computer running? Of course we can add a disk to a computer that is incredibly convenient, but there are times that we blow an as well. When clicked on the drive in the VI Client button is grayed out delete. I would have thought that other people would want to do that as well, but looking around the net and forums I find nothing!

  Its not feasible in 3.5 and below.

  Haven't tried yet in 4...

  -Matt

  VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

• Get the size of the disk of the virtual computer

  Hello!

  As I learned to extend a drive partition, I note that when you run the cmdlet, the total size of the disk is necessary.

  Is it possible to give only the difference between the actual size and the size future? IF I want to extend a 40 GB drive, I have to give, at the request of the cmdlet 45 GB info if I want to expand to 5 GB. Is there a way to only put the information in a way to hide the value 45 GB or 5 GB?

  I'll post more information later. pls ask if there is any doubt. TKS

  Why should you spend CMD PowerCLI?

  You can run the CMD of PowerCLI commands.

  Something like this should work

  function Increase-HarddiskBy{
    param(
      [PSObject]$Harddisk,    [int]$IncreaseGB  )
  
    Set-HardDisk -HardDisk $Harddisk -CapacityKB ($harddisk.CapacityKB + ($IncreaseGB*1MB)) -Confirm:$false}
  
  $extraSpace = 10 
  
  $vmName = Read-Host "Enter the name of the VM" $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName 
  
  $hd = Get-HardDisk -VM $vm | where {$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 2"}
  Increase-HarddiskBy -Harddisk $hd -IncreaseGB $extraSpace
  "\\pacotes\software$\vdi\Scripts\extdisk_.bat $vmName $extraSpace"
  

• Connect physical hard disks to the virtual machine (and leave the data intact)

  Hello

  I'm looking to virtualize a SOHO headless server, that I use mainly for secure file storage.

  Currently, the system runs Linux installed on a small disc and has two drives 1.5 TB, used exclusively for data, in a cluster of ZFS mirroring. (I use the ZFS-fuse Linux-based application).

  I want virtualization for two reasons. One is to make administration easier and safer - avoid having to connect a keyboard and the physical monitor to the box from time to time. The other is that the machine is a bit more powerful to handle the load, and I'm hoping to make it work on other, more challenging tasks.

  Now, there is a catch. These discs are as highly important. I mean the data on them. What I need is to convert the current Linux system to a virtual machine, or re - install Linux on a virtual machine (don't like that), then connect the physical disks to the virtual machine as if they were actually connected.

  I certainly don't want to vmware touches those disks somehow.

  I've read the documentation, but I'm a noob when it comes to server virtualization and system engineering and don't quite understand if this is possible or not. These discs are not a SAN, they are physically connected to the server, I want to install vSphere on. (Of course, I'll log out when I run the setup of vSphere. But I need plug them again later, and they need to be sure that vmware will leave them alone and pass them to the virtual machine transparent.)

  Sigmoid wrote:

  Oh yes, the cluster mirrored ZFS. It is essentially a software RAID type thingie.

  http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS

  A material, or the point of view of virtualization, it appears two hard drives with a single huge partition on each that is not transparent to anyone, except the implementation of ZFS.

  OK, means that you can break the RAID, connect the drives to different host and configure RAID once again, right?

  Let's do it this way

  1. We will need a disc player more for VM, cause on flash, we install ESXi
  2. I will share ZFS :-), all you need to do with that before you install ESXi
  3. make the BACKUP!
  4. Disconnect the data host drives
  5. install ESXi 4.1 U1 free version on flash
  6. Download the site VMware vSphere client
  7. Connect the VM disk to ESXi
  8. customer help create the virtual machine and install the OS on it
  9. stop the virtual machine and esxi
  10. connect DATA drives to the ESXi host
  11. begin to ESXi
  12. See how to add RDM on youtube, after client use, change first hardware VM--> add a new hard disk--> choose Raw Device Mapping--> (physical or virtual) mode--> store it with folder VM - FACT
  13. Start the virtual machine, now your VM should see both drives, with good data course :-)

  I have just made this procedure (add ROW with data in Linux VM) on ubuntu VM, works well

  See you soon
  Artur
  

  Please, do not forget the points of call of the "useful" or "correct" answers

• An Ext + 2 = same PC hard disk catalog. HOW?

  HAVE: Two PC (Mobile Office) and an external hardrive, LR 2.6 running.

  WANT: To move the hard drive to one PC to another and to open and see the same catalog, I had on the other PC.  I keep the photos and the same lrcat together hard disk the same for transportability.

  At the present time, when I do, I get an error opening to the other PC that says the catalog in not accessible and I need permissions or repair.  The other PC does not have permissions on the files, so I guess that Lightroom has a way to not let that happen.

  How can I make it simple. I would like to avoid cutting and pasting a large number of permissions and lrcat orders take-out every time, when they are already on the ext hardrive.

  Thank you.

  Reference:

  I would, of course, that adobe would make this simple.  She is asked for 3 years.  Someone please make a Plugin if Adobe is not.

  It's really very simple. Assume that you have already in your catalog, previews and images on your external drive.

  1. you will need to assign a fixed drive on the disk (Win) or name (Mac) letter. In windows, this is done in the computer management console, in the control panel. You will need to do this on BOTH computers. Make sure you use the same drive letter. On Mac, I believe you just remame player, but I'm not 100%.

  2. you will need to you have presets stored with your catalog. Otherwise, you will not be able to save a develop preset, for example, and then use it on the other machine. To do this, opern LR and it's in the preferences of catalog. You will then need to copy any existing presets to use at this place.

  3. open LR while holding the SHIFT key. This will give you the option to select a catalog to open it. Navigate to the one you want and make sure you select this option to open by default. Do this on both computers.

  4. no plug-ins must be installed on both computers. You also need to copy the path of the external module on the portable player as it appears in the menu of LR. I won't explain it unless you really need.

  LR should then, open the catalog even on both machines quite happy.

  Gordon

• can what size hard disk I mount in a computer hp Pavilion ze4410ea laptop?

  What size of disk can be mounted in a HP Pavilion ze4410ea?

  Hello:

  You'd be safe with a 80 GB IDE HDD to 5 400 rpm.

  Definitely, do no more than 120 GB.

  Paul

• Problem with ESXi 4.0 with Allocation of disk on a virtual computer

  Hello Experts

  Physical server:

  HP DL 380 2 proc Intel Xeon 4 GB RAM

  6 x 146 GB HDD (with RAID5) = > total available capacity 650 GB

  Problem:

  I am creating a VM with OS = DEBIAN6

  When I allocate 300 GB HARD drive for the virtual machine, it gives me just 256GB.

  I don't understand the reason.

  I read that this could be linked to the BLOCK SIZE.

  What is your opinion? If so, how can I change the block size?

  Thanks in advance

  Options of your choice after.

  Block size of 1 MB = Max VMDK 256 GB

  2MB block size = Max VMDK 512 GB

  4MB block size = Max VMDK 1024 GB

  Block size of 8MB = Max VMDK 2048 GB

  First calculation of disk space when set up 2 MB to 512 GB.

• Unable to see the number of files on the hard disk on Windows 7 computer after the hard drive crashed windows xp system

  Original title: unable to see many folders on separate conputer

  I was using windows xp with service pack 3 and windows 7 on a separate booklets. Suddenly the laptop with XP crashed... The hard drive was Ok - cased with a USB port, but now on the connection with the computer laptop windows7 I saw no many records there - pls help

  the system crashed in fact as I was reading the (visualization of the pictures - JPEG, bmp and also some books .pdf) & suddenly.  In the Xp laptop NVIDIA graphics card was there.  He lacked RECENT documents, I see

  Hello

  Try the methods provided below and check if the problem persists.

  Method 1:

  You can make the disk check to make sure that the hard disk is not damaged.

  See the link below for more information on disk error checking in Windows XP.

  How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265

  Note:

  Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data may be lost

  Method 2:

  This issue could also be linked to the virus/malware on the hard drive that may have caused the crash of the system.

  Click on the link below to download and run a full scan of the system using the Microsoft Safety Scanner.

  Microsoft safety scanner

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note:

  The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

• How to resize hard disks of a virtual machine?

  Here's the scenario, we virtualized just a physical machine.

  The (c) is 20 GB, and (d) is 190 GB.  We had to maintain these sizes during the P2V, then re-run the P2V and resizing is not an option (the physical machine is in production and should maintain the current States of its disk).

  From what I can tell, these two (c) and (d) are on a virtual disk (vmdk), which is to ~ 210 GB in size.

  Now that we have virtualized, I could clean the disks and delete unnecessary data.  Now I need to change the (c) for 30 GB and I need to change the (d) to be 50 GB

  Can someone please advice of office?  How to cultivate the (c) and shrink (d) while they are both on a virtual disk (vmdk)?

  In which case it is important, we use a SAN with the left hand.  Our esx-data store is 1 TB, with plenty of room.

  Thanks in advance,

  Chris

  Highlight the host you want to convert to (could be the cluster), then right click and select "import machine".  It will then launch converter.  You can do it on by selecting 'Powered on machine' or if feed you first, you can import it as a virtual one by specifying the host / virtual center.