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• OnThick space provisioned disks?

  I have configured my VM thick, but most of them show space put into service between 20% and 60% more than the space used. The data store is 200 GB pledged.  My understanding is that space put into service comes into play with thin provisioned disks, not thick. Can someone explain to me why it took so much space in service?  We are on the latest version of VMware.

  Thank you!

  Take it back storage provisioned the VMDK for the disk, the file etc vswap isn't just the disc.

  For example, if we have a virtual machine with a hard disk of 4 GB space of the thick put in service and windows 2008 R2 with 4 GB of RAM then the disc put into service will be around 8,11 GB

  Used storage will show 4.00 GB as this is the file to disk. The rest of the space put into service is mainly the vswap 4 GB file.

  Start the virtual machine and changes in storage provisioned to 8.05 as does the storage used such that it created vswap files.

  It off again and changes in storage provisioned to 8.12 GB and used (s) back up to 4 GB

  Set size in service has increased to 100% not sure de.01 why but could be the journal file, or something.

  But your space is higher than the discs it's file of vswap RAM the virtual machine it is either in the total of 20 to 60%.

  FYI, changing limits or action does not affect the space put into service, because it is for physical memory, not the size of the file vswap.

  The only way to reduce the space put into service is either to reduce hard drive size VMDK or reduce RAM assigned to the virtual machine.

  fall virtual machine up to 2 GB and put into service space is now 6.05 when the virtual machine is running.

• LUN showing sufficient free space but VMware showing low on space!

  Hello

  I have a very strange problem on a loan SAN, I don't have on hand the model number for the moment, but it's a PS6000 with NL - SAS drives.

  When I look in VMware to the DRLUN01 it seems that there is only 149 GB of free. When I look at the same SAN logical unit number, he says he has 985 GB free!

  

  

  The SAN is running the latest firmware and is connected to a server ESXi 4.1.0 through iSCSI. The LUN contains replicas of Veeam my production systems. When I talked to Veeam they notify that they have seen this twice but only know that Dell has solved the problems.

  As I'm not offered no support, even if I'm likely to spend August 20 k with Dell and have the Support Pro on my production SAN, I was wondering if someone can get ideas?

  Thank you

  Greg

  If you have allocated (from the point of view ESX) all your space so it is a different matter.  ESX needs free space to work properly.  Temp files, the swapfiles, newspapers and snapshots of VMware.   For example, I usually create volumes of 600GO (in general), I leave at least 100 GB free.  If that gets close, I create a new data store and move the virtual machines or simply create the new on the new data store.

  Re: ESX knows.   Basics of basic/SCSI disk.  At the level of the storage disk, there is no "files" there are only blocks.   Each block has an address, called a LBA, logical block addressing.  Each volume (disk) reports so that its ability to the controller.

  The volume (disk) starts at LBA 0 and goes to the LBA The ESX server keeps a table of total blocks and when you make an entry, it selects and for use LBA.   LBA (and data) are written in the volume (disk).

  The table knows also how each volume is great, so he knows how many blocks there.   ESX server sends that data with the LBA ESX choose to use, at the same time, it will update the allocation table which is on this VMFS volume...  The table can then locate LBA (X) and write the data here.

  So, since you gave us (X) MB, we can infer that from the free space of the total volume.   Works fine as long as you never delete anything.   A removal of ESX is a WRITING on the VMFS allocation table.  We record this writing as others.   There is nothing to say the array, AMLA (X) is no longer used, so return to the Member's area.   This is where the new command comes in cancel the MAPPING.  Now the server can send a command that tells unallocate (free) LBA (X).   Use space will go down and free space on this member will go up.

  Re: Re-use of Array.   So since it's the ESX Server that determines the LBA to use, it will be re - write down as needed.

  Re: Free to the declaration space.  # Important indicator is what the operating system said, not the table.  Finally when SCSI UNMAP is indeed those two will be much closer together.   If a VMFS volume goes to 100%, you're in trouble.   ESX will no longer be a LBA list to choose from.  Entries will fail and VMs will go down.

  The table in use is assistance to make sure that you attach no more space than you did.

  That is if you had a table of 2 TB, you can create a volume thin MUCH bigger than available.  But up to what you actually write more than 2 TB, of a data value, you're fine.  If you do, then the table runs out of space and volumes to disconnect and all virtual machines would stop.  This gauge to judge when to buy more storage.

  If w/o UNMAP, finally the EQL GUI does NOT reflect the free space for a volume.

  Bottom line, follow what ESX (or any server) said being used and free space on a volume.

  Best?

• rule on a machine swap space virtual vmware.

  Hello

  There is a rule to monitor swap space in memory to a virtual machine using the vmware performance agent. ?

  Thank you!!!

  data on logical disk space total, used, free available, and there are rules already in place that you can use as examples.

  VMW Virtual Machine logical drive fill estimated time is not exactly what you want, but it shows similar data.

  scope rule for "VMWVirtualMachineLogicalDisk" (the object behind VMWVirtualMachine.storage.logicalDisks)

  totalSpace = #totalSpace of $scope.hostLogicalDisk #.

  usedSpace = #spaceUsed of $scope.hostLogicalDisk #.

  availSpace = #spaceAvailable a $scope.hostLogicalDisk #.

  Unfortunately, there is no property that indicates which logical disk contains the file at this time.

  It would be a good thing to ask as an idea, although it actually maybe not available through VirtualCenter at all.

  The Infrastructure (which you are permitted to use) cartridge can have more capabilities in this area.

• You can dial space provisioned end back to a virtual machine after the fact in vCenter

  I know you the converter stand-alone to get there, but I can't seem to do this in vCenter himself. Basically I have a model of Windows operating system that has a vDisk containing the boot partition thin value 100 GB provisioned. It is in fact only using a little less 15GB and I want to do this cut in half and make it thin 50 GB provisioned. What is the best way to do that is clean?

  Alternatively, you can use vmware to the fret converter

  Frank

• DISK space of VMware Fusion

  Hello, I have VMware Fusion 2.0.5 and use in on Leopard. I put it in place for a virtual hard disk of 40 GB and use Windows XP. Windows says that its using about 8 GB of space, I just use it for office and some small applications. However, on the side of the things mac, it takes a little more than 23 GB. I copied some files of the virtual machine from mac, but any suggestions? Thank you.

  Check if you have Snapshots to your virtual machine. Snapshot will thus have space. When you check in, make sure that you remove the check mark to display only photos in case you autoprotect. If you have some snapshots, see if you can reduce the disk throug VmWare tools.

• Means 'reduction to zero' work of 'free space' in VMware Fusion?

  I run Windows XP in VMware Fusion.

  I had installed a program that included personal information of the people.

  I have now uninstalled the program.

  I'd do it on a normal installation of Windows XP, and then run a program to "zero in on the free space" in order to ensure that the program is gone, or less much harder to recover.

  Running a similar program would work in VMware, or is it necessary at all?

  The virtual disk has a fixed size.

  I would like to transfer the file vmware to another user, but do not want the previously installed program to be compensable.

  Thanks for the ideas. I was not able to find information about it.

  Yes you can do it and it does not work and as your vHDD is fixed it is not a problem to do so as if you were using a sparse disk you could reduce just the disk afterwards to reduce the size.

• Space no VM

  

  Hello, when I check the storage view tab, I find "no VM Space.

  I can't find this 'VM no space' anywhere, vmware docutments nor internet.

  Well, I have the following questions:

  (1) I want to know what this 'space of VM not'? How can they be marked?

  (2) could I know what they were and make them disappear?

  (3) the last column, which is the meaning of '-1483120000.00 B '?

  Thanks for asking!

  Does that help? https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.VMware.vSphere.monitoring.doc%2FGUID-57CCF86A-54CD-4FAF-B23C-D95D9AC16423.html

• Report of thin provision

  I'm looking for a script powercli and I guess someone already wrote that.

  I would like to a total of our ability to store data, a total of all the space provided to the VMs and a total of what virtual machines are actually using on the data store.

  I am a noob to powershell and this is currently beyond my skills.

  Natasha

  Hello, LeaV97-

  You're right, there are a few scripts out there that datastore info like you asked for it.  I took the opportunity to write a new one, with speed in mind:

  ## get the sums of the given properties for all datastores$arrSums = Get-View -ViewType Datastore -Property Summary | %{$_.Summary} | Measure-Object -Property Capacity, FreeSpace, Uncommitted -Sum## separate out the sums to separate variables for calculations later$fltCapacityGB = ($arrSums | ?{$_.Property -eq "Capacity"}).Sum / 1GB$fltFreeGB = ($arrSums | ?{$_.Property -eq "FreeSpace"}).Sum / 1GB$fltUncommittedGB = ($arrSums | ?{$_.Property -eq "Uncommitted"}).Sum / 1GB
  
  New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{    ## the total capacity of the datastores    CapacityGB = [Math]::round($fltCapacityGB, 1)    ## the amount of space used by VMs    UsedGB = [Math]::round(($fltCapacityGB - $fltFreeGB), 1)    ## the amount of space provisioned to VMs    ProvisionedGB = [Math]::round(($fltCapacityGB - $fltFreeGB + $fltUncommittedGB), 1)} ## end new-object
  

  It uses the Get-View and Measure-Object cmdlets for the info and returns an object with the three parts of the info you requested.

• Disk space allocation

  I'm new to Ubuntu Server and new VMware server.  I want to use Ubuntu Server as my host and vmware server operating system to manage multiple virtual servers.  I have a fundamental question about the allocation of disk and how vmware server allocates disk to virtual servers.  I have a 500 GB drive, should I allow all of the 500 GB for ubuntu server host for vmware can subsequently he cut up or should I allocate a small part to the host so that the unallocated space and then to assign the created virtual methods later?  If I allocate space how vmware server know that it can consume?  If I leave unallocated space, how will be vmware server knows what is available?

  With the question... should I use the guided - use entire disk and configure LVM or what I need to do a manual install?

  Thank you

  Welcome to the forums!

  Generally depends on the use of the host how much disk space you allocate to VMware Server. The host is only used as a virtualization host? However, the disk space used by VMware is not entirely 'lost' for the host. Most of the time, you create virtual disks as a file stored on a system partition and the host file. You can create the virtual disk so that only the space used is allocated (thin configured) to save space on the host computer. As well as the size of the ramdisks is lost to the host, as it would with any other file.

  Only, you should be aware that you keep "/" and "/ var" separate so "/" will not fill. You can also give the space remaining after taking Ubuntu and VMware installation to a partition dedicated to VMware. But if you need more space, you can still use this partition for your Ubuntu host later.

  It's different ESX (i) that uses its own file system and partition (VMFS) to store virtual machines and which cannot be used by the host (but for what you would like to use on an ESX host...?).

  AWo

• Increase in the size of the number disc scratch thick eager

  As I increased the size of the disk of thickness eager to zero, and after that he changed to lazy thickness to zero. Why is it changed. Anyone who knows this problem.

  This problem occurs if the values are not updated in vCenter Server, this article talks about it: VMware KB: space Provisioned may seem incorrect in vSphere client view of the inventory of Virtual Machines and the solution to this KB, that's what you already have.

  BUT, you can reload the .vmx withou delete the virtual machine inventory, take a look here: VMware KB: reload a vmx file without removing the virtual machine to inventory

• Help move my datastore on external USB drive to reformat with correct block size

  Hello

  I use a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with a 550 GB disks configured in RAID 5 with ESX 3.5i

  When I installed ESX I didn't pay attention to the size of the block. This is the default 1 MB and so I reached the maximum extends. Which means that I can receive only 260 GB on my 550 GB.

  I need to change the parameter to a block size of 4 MB in order to access the entire table.

  But for this I need to move my existing data store that contains a lot of important files for me.

  I have not any currenty server with 260/300 GB of free space.

  I'll try the following:

  1. connect an external USB drive. I have ssh running, but I'm having difficulties to climb. I looked for info, but I am always sick.

  2. If possible, I would like to compress using gzip great records in my data store before moving. Can advise you on the location of the files in the system and if it is possible to do?

  Thank you

  Chris

  It is clear now,

  in this case if your VM's you buy a big enough hard drive 250 GB single VMDK file to copy all virtual machine configuration, not he zip or compress, you can screw all of the data on disk

  I have an idea, depends on the amount of data you have on your virtual hard disk, you can use VMware converter 4.0.1 and clone your VM with discs thin provision, Vmware converter will be "zipp" your VMDK file to the exact size of your data without any risk that would have lost you all your data.

  1 use vmware converter to clone your VM with discs thin provisioned

  2. low source VM

  3. start the VM 'new' and check if it works well

  4. If 4 is OK, stop VM 'nine '.

  5. copy the new virtual machine on your USB key (set the USB you your workstation and you winscp to copy the virtual machine)

  6 remove VMFS datastore

  7. create the new VMFS datastore

  8 download VM to the new data store

  9. creating the new virtual machine based on a VMDK file

  10. start the virtual machine

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• 5.8 DT vCops help!

  I don't know if this has already been discussed, if so, please point me to the discussion.

  Here's my query...

  I have a data store that is unused (100% free and ready to use).  But in vCops it's health is about 70 with the following symptoms.

  100% - disk space | FreeSpace (GB) - below DT

  100% - disk space | Total used (GB) - above DT

  100% - disk space | Space provisioned - above DT

  So, my question is, if you do not use the data store that would have an impact on his health? Or am I missing something here from the point of view of configuration?

  Thank you

  Louis

  Hi, Louis

  According to the screenshot that you have connected, we see that the unused data store went through State, and therefore the anomaly is detected against the historical behavior. It is a large historical gap, with a degree of typical abnormality in history = 0. So if health is calculated based on these three processes, the impact of abnormalities should not be surprsing.

• Reduce the size of the Fusion drive safely?

  Hey everybody,

  I have VMware Fusion with Ubuntu installed on my Macbook Pro and with small SSD is I try to clean the workspace.

  When I click with the right button on VMS and select Get Info its tell me the size of the file is 32 GB.

  In Ubuntu but its telling me it is using an available 18 GB 3 GB.

  Size of filesystem used Avail use % mounted on

  / dev/sda1 18G 3.6 G 14G 22%.

  udev 1000M 4.0 K 1000M 1% / dev

  tmpfs 403M 800K 402 M 1% / Run

  No M 5.0 5,0 M 0 0% / run/lock

  No 1007M 200K 1 007 M 1% / run/shm

  Is there a safe way for me to reduce the space that VMware uses here?

  By default, VMware Fusion creates virtual machines to "/ users / $ {USER} / Documents/Virtual Machines ' even if the user can save in other places.  For example, I have all my Virtual Machine in '\Virtual Machines' that is not in the users Home folder at the root of the volume.  Don't forget the .vmwarevm extension is hidden by default.

  So you could find your Ubuntu Virtual Machine to: "/ users / $ {USER} / Documents/virtual/Ubuntu Machines.

  No sense to confuse you more, though the virtual computers folder usually hid by the extension default .localized.  For example, in a Terminal, it would look like: "/Users/$ {USER} / Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Ubuntu.vmwarevm.

  In the Finder, it would look like: "/Users/$ {USER} / Documents/virtual/Ubuntu Machines.

  In any case, in the Finder search where you have stored the Virtual Machine (s) and use the normal methods of copy / paste and or you can use Drag and Drop if copy to another Volume.

  In the Finder, Standard copy / paste is to select the items and using the command + C and command + V or Ctrl-click > copy "Ubuntu" and the control key > element paste, or use Edit menu, etc.

• Virtual MACHINE disk SSD and SATA III?

  Hello

  I am building a new workstation tech support and will greatly appreciate your advice:

  In short, I am migrating from a 92 GB 32-bit Win7 with the only platform of RAM 4 GB, for a Win8 - 64 bit with 32 GB of RAM platform. From experience, I know that it will take months of "free time" until I can complete installation, configuration, data migration and upgrade of all Win8 software I need to run my business on a daily basis. In terms of continuity of activity for the moment, my way of thinking is to:

  Install a fresh Win8 64-bit in a C: partition of 125 GB on a new 250 GB SSD.

  Create logical partition D: on the remaining 125 GB SSD.

  I'll then P2V old Win7 on a new VM VMware on the D: partition.

  BTW, I'm not looking for methodology on the mechanics of the P2V here, because it is beyond the scope of this post and I know how to do this with the VMware products and 3rd party utilities.

  This should help:

  1. gradually get the host physical Win8 upward and entirely configured at my convenience, being able to continue to run Win7 in the VM for my daily activities.

  2. enjoy benefits and features of productivity which offers VMware Workstation on the competition.

  3. enjoy the impressive speed expected to have the VM Win7 on an SSD.

  4. several months from now when I need is more VM Win7 for daily activities, move the VM Win7 off the SSD (more than one pin SATA III), delete the D: partition out of the SSD and resize the partition of Win8 to use any DSS.

  If I do the migration of this way, Win8, I can do (part 3) full backups / incremental of Win8 C:partition and partition D: Win8 (which holds the VM Win7), the image separately as an activity based on required on these partitions. Yes, with the stop of the VM or suspended of course during imaging of 3rd party partition.

  The $64 questions are therefore:

  5. the sound that precedes like a plan?

  6. or, it would be better to just install Win8 on the SSD of 250 GB of space (with VMware Workstation installed of course) and put the VM Win7 on the pin SATA III that contains my other virtual machines? My 3rd party software Imaging allows full/incremental file, so I could just save the VM Win7 directory on this axis. I can see potential disk latency issues in this scenario, if I have the old VM Win7 running and at the same time also work on (for example) two guests Windows Server of pre-production with a few guests of Win7/Win8 (to test ERP software or question MSSQL). There are five virtual machines running on this SATA III 7200 RPM spindle.

  Sorry, that was so long. I look forward to your thoughts and comments.

  Kind regards...

  Personally speaking I use the SSD together as a single partition and have a low spindle drive where you can run your file exchange and the VM, it would be different if you were running multple VM and wanted that they have spun fast and enjoyable, but as it's a loophole to stop until you get all migrate by then I don't see why you want to divide the SSD.

  My MSI laptop has 2 SSD mSATA, the operating system of the House and a brooch my VM and file exchange and tbh I don't suffer at all with performance, I even was called to run virtual machines running (plural) from a device USB 3 instead.