Slow startup and performance of the virtual machine

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  Hi all

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

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  It is possible. How big is she?

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

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• 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.

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• VMX and newspapers for the Virtual Machine

  Hi guys

  I had a virtual machine that is running but view vcenter is inaccessible

  

  take a look at the data store that I see the Virtual Machine lack .vmx file and saves the files, so I already schedule maintenance for my client windows, but I just want to be sure about:

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  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1002294

  Or should I be worried about the consistency of VMDK?

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• Poor performance of the virtual machine

  I used VMware Server for a few years and thought I would give an ESXi, but I have problems.

  Here's the story backwards.

  One of my friends has a server which is used as its SMB company's intranet.

  This server is on its last breath and ready to die.

  He has no access to code custom or even how to reinstall this application to a new server.

  So I thought that ESXi would be a good fit.

  I had an older server (2.7 ghz Xeon dual processor HyperThreading 3 GB of RAM) laying around.

  I know that is not the latest and the greatest, but it uses a double 500 mhz with 1 GB of RAM now.

  I set up ESXi and then used VMware Converter to virtualize the system.

  Everything went well and the conversion worked as expected.

  The application worked.

  Now a serveral people hit the virtual machine, it works like a dog.

  The old dual 500 mhz Server works best.  Although on the surface, it is 5 x more speed and 3 x more RAM.

  Ping on the virtual computer will range from 1ms to 1000 + ms not very regularly.

  However, the ip address of managing pings under 1ms and is on the same physical adapter.

  Any suggestions for what to look for?

  Am I missing something?

  I thought my configuration to the top was pretty basic.

  How many virtual processors did give the virtual machine? If I would try a simple vCPU - double the amount of memory is affected and how much the server have?

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• List of IP address and name of the virtual machine in a virtual

  Hello world

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• get data on the performance of the virtual machine

  Hello community,

  I am trying to obtain performance data from a virtual machine using the following code:

  //create start & stop time 
  var end = new Date(); // now
  var start = new Date();
  start.setTime(end.getTime() - 3600000); // 1h before end
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  PM.instance = "";
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  System.log (CSV.value);
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  The workflow is valid and functional. But there is no data. Here's the log produced by the workflow:

  [2010-11-12 12:12:53.742] [I] DynamicWrapper (Instance) : [VcPerfEntityMetricCSV]-[http://class com.vmware.vim.vi4.PerfEntityMetricCSV|http://class com.vmware.vim.vi4.PerfEntityMetricCSV] -- VALUE : com.vmware.vim.vi4.PerfEntityMetricCSV@beb35d25
  [2010-11-12 12:12:53.742] [I] undefined
  [2010-11-12 12:12:53.742] [I] undefined
  [2010-11-12 12:12:53.742] [I] undefined
  [2010-11-12 12:12:53.742] [I] undefined
  

  I also tried .format querySpec [0] = 'normal '; -same result.

  Where is my fault? I'm on the right track?

  Pls support me in obtaining data on performance, Thx.

  -

  ---

  Kind regards, Andreas Diemer

  visit http://www.vcoteam.info & http://mighty-virtualization.blogspot.com/

  SERVUS Andreas!

  I think I got to the next step:

  perfManager.queryPerf (...) returns a table, not the CSV values itself. Therefore, pop() data in the result table.

  A change in your code that returns a large amount of data in my lab:

  var CSVArr = VM.sdkConnection.perfManager.queryPerf (querySpec);  query PerformanceManager

  System.log (CSVArr) ;// show if the type is OK

  view properties

  var CSV = CSVArr.pop ();

  System.log (CSV.entity);

  System.log (CSV.value);

  System.log (CSV.sampleInfoCSV);

  System.log (CSV.dynamicProperty);

  But I do not know why the System.log (CSVArr) does not show the array as a type... (maybe because there is only one item!)

  Edit: found the answer:

  ... - VALUE: com.vmware.vim.vi4.PerfEntityMetricCSV@229650a8 versus

  ..... VALUE: com.vmware.vim.vi4.PerfMetricSeriesCSV@5d7f26

  "Once again learned!"

  BTW: I found the idea with the table on the slide 59 of this presentation:

  http://communities.VMware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1371233-29453/vSphereAPI_PerfMonitoring.PDF

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  See you soon,.

  Joerg

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