Storage vMotion allows automatic failover to the replicated copy?

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• 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/

• Storage vMotion fails with the error below

  I'm trying to run a virtual machine's storage vMotion. It fails with the error below.

  This method is disabled by 'moref = 17705'

  #1 method - manually remove the entry from the VCDB.

  • Stop the Service of VC.
  • Connect to the SQL Instance.
  • Run the SQL for VCDB.
  • Select * from VPX_VM WHERE name LIKE '% VM_Name % '.
  • Note the ID of VM in column 1.
  • Validate the stale entry.

  Select * from VPX_DISABLED_METHODS WHERE ENTITY_MO_ID_VAL = "vm - ID".

  • Remove obsolete entries.

  delete from VPX_DISABLED_METHODS WHERE ENTITY_MO_ID_VAL = "vm - ID"

  • Start the VC service.
  • Try Storage vMotion.

  Method #2-si this does not work, save the *.vmx file once again which will fix the problem.

  Note: To do this, you will be required to server unavailability.

  • Power off the virtual computer.
  • VM unregistered inventory.
  • Navigate to the path of the data store and VMX re-register.
  • Start the virtual computer.
  • Try Storage vMotion.

• Storage vmotion very slow

  Storage vmotions run very slowly. The virtual machine that has a 60 GB HARD drive. I tried different storage and still the same result. I have even upgraded to a network of 10 GB with the same results. I opened an evidence of support and the engineer told me vmotion will not use the link in full speed but it seems quite slow for the numbers I get. I hope I have provided enough information below for assistance. I hope that it is something I am doing wrong...

  Hosts:

  3 x ESXi host. Two are updated to version 6.0 1 and a version 5.5.

  Dell PowerEdge R610

  Xeon E5540 - 8 x 2.53GHz

  48 GB OF RAM

  10 GB for storage and vmotion traffic

  4 x 1 Gb NIC for vm traffic interconnection

  All storage is on the shared storage. The only local thing is the operating system

  VMware EVC mode for the production of Intel's Nehalem.

  Storage

  Supermicro NAS 2 to 4 x 4 RAID 10 storage pools

  Integrated 10 GB NIC

  QNAP TS - 469U - PR to 4 x 4 RAID 5 NAS

  2 x 1 GB NIC aggregated link

  Network

  All 3 hosts and NAS are connected with a Netgear dedicated 10 GB switch (low-end model).

  Using a standard vswitch

  Problem

  1 ESXi host has a computer virtual stored on storage on NAS Supermicro 1 pool. When a storage vmotion is running on a virtual machine that has a 60 GB VMDK, it takes a long time to complete. He started at 09:36, and is now 61% fine at 10:58.

  2. the network of 10 GB is where the vmotion traffic is allowed.

  3. If I use a link to 10 GB or a 1 GB link, I get the same speed.

  4. I have disabled all VM at a time given for the trial and who has not helped either.

  5. I tried a QNAP so storage vmotion, and I get the same speed.

  I use connection CAT6A cables. I have fine tuned for storage, and it seems to work better now. Seems to be linked to "writing - sync" as ESXi.

• Storage vmotion - Vaii integration?

  I find myself being unclear about what integration VĂII means and how to activate it, and I'm not sure when / if and under what circumstances one table will perform most of the work of a storage vmotion.

  using vshpere 5.1 business + and a new array of netapp - want to migrate data from a former EVA4400 to the new netapp. If we vmotions storage, one or other of the storage devices will do the real work of data movement or guests will have to make it to the top of the layer of software?

  And if the berries will participate (which makes the process faster and less cycles consuming cpu on the host computers) is there anything I need to do, to allow the integration of VĂII on one of these paintings?

  This FAQ will be a good read on VAAI.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1021976

  using vshpere 5.1 business + and a new array of netapp - want to migrate data from a former EVA4400 to the new netapp. If we vmotions storage, one or other of the storage devices will do the real work of data movement or guests will have to make it to the top of the layer of software?

  in this scenario, VAAI cannot do much, since the soruce LUN and target are on different storages. For the improvement of VAAI both source and target storage vmotion LUN must be on the same storage which is compatible VAAI.

  And if the berries will participate (which makes the process faster and less cycles consuming cpu on the host computers) is there anything I need to do, to allow the integration of VĂII on one of these paintings?

  Side table we don't need to do much. Just check with the seller to array storage OS is compatible VAAI and his default license.

  On the side of the host, VAAI is enabled by default.

  To determine if VAAI is enabled by using the vSphere Client.

  1. In the vSphere Client inventory Panel, click on the host.
  2. Click the Configuration tab, and then click Advanced settings under software.
  3. Make sure these options are set to 1 (enabled):

     DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedMove
DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedInit
VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking

  Consult the above KB to enable VAAI if this is not enabled by chance.

• VSphere Storage VMotion - why I can't select specific .vmdks?

  Back in ESX 3.5, I used the Storage VMotion GUI to easily switch the virtual disks to store data in the data store.   Now that we are using VSphere, of course he has this built-in feature.  But I don't see a way to move from the individual .vmdks of a VM monkey - it only allows me to move ALL of them at once.

  If I have a VM with, say, 5 virtual disks - how can I move one of them to a different data store using the VIC?   I don't see a way with the Migration Wizard.

  Sven

  When you get to where you were in the screenshot 2, you must click on the "[location]" text next to the volume that you want to migrate.  This will display a drop-down list of your data warehouse, allowing that you select a destination for this volume.  You can do this to each vmdk, selecting targets of different data store for each group that you want to move.

  Virtualization of happy!

  JP

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• Storage VMotion and what it actually does?

  Hello

  I recently started to use the VM to my new company and I am migrating various VM out of ESX host for them (level 4 of ESX 3.5 Patch) patch.

  Now, I met my first VM installed on a local storage on an ESX host. I understand that I must use Storage VMotion to migrate this and that there is a plug-in that allows you to do so (SVMotion VI-Client Plugin). I also read the prerequisites for Storage VMotion Administrator's guide and I covered.

  However, I do not entirely understand, what this process done. On an online resource that I found it says the following "However, with SVMotion the VM guest stays on the server it resides on but the Ramdisk that VM is what is happening."  Now, if I need to restart this ESX host is that this goes to the impact of this machine virtual comments?

  I do not understand what this distinction between 'Comments' and 'VM virtual disk' would mean in terms of impact on the system for the service providing VMS.

  Notice to lovers?

  Tom

  Storage VMotion allows you to migrate pwered VM transparently to end users. But you can always turn off the virtual machine and migrate to another data store.

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• Storage vmotion to much to a vmfs

  Hello

  I have a virtual server with 6 virtual drives in 4 different vmfs.

  and want to migrate all records in 1 vmfs, but what happens to the names of disk if I use storage vmotion?

  At the moment I have 2 EX01_1.vmdk and 4 disknames EX01.vmdk.

  Is storage vmotion ' "smart enough to rename the disks on the fly?

  all disks will be renamed to match the subject name of VirtualCenter.  They will not bear the original name.  When you Storage vMotion, you rename the underlying files to match the name of object of vCenter.

• VCenter and storage vmotion on remote vmhost

  Hello

  I have the following situation and hope someone has an idea if it works.

  I have here in Germany my vcenter for our clusters here in Germany. Now, I want to have

  a Vsphere host, which relates to the vcenter in Germany. The host has a temp.

  iSCSI Storagelun. Now, I want to do/initiate a vmotion of local iSCSI storage

  disk of the server in Italy during my viclient here in Germany. -So my question is, will go

  traffic during the migration of storage on the vcenter in Germany? Or will the data traffic

  only in the Italy site? Hope someone can help me here.

  TNX in advance

  Torsten

  Storage vMotion is an operation of the host, and therefore the transfer of data should remain completely in Italy.

• Storage VMotion on VMS with snapshots

  Currently intend to move to a new san and have read problems with storage vmotion on VMS with snapshots.  Storage vmotion can be run on the virtual machine with snapshots?

  No.:

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vsp40u1/Admin/c_storage_vmotion_requirements_and_limitations.html

  -MattG

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• 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.

• By comparing the different editions for an automatic failover

  Hi all

  I need to select a product of virtualization to a new project (VMware, Microsoft or Citrix). I did a lot of reading and I'm leaning towards VMware but I'm worried about the cost. The condition is to have two host computers physical (for redundancy) connected to an external storage with the possibility of performing automatic failover, while if one host fails other pics upwards. I also need to be able to back up the entire configuration, including all the VMS tape so that I can recover if the whole system is out of service.

  My question is that the high availability feature that is included in the Standard edition can do, or if I should also get the functionality DRS and VMotion which are only in the Enterprise edition.

  Kind regards

  No interruption of service there is nothing from now...

  HA will ensure that your virtual machines are fed to another node in a cluster, HA has allowed, in case of failure of the host or an isolated situation. HA may also be able to on a VM when VM honor as a characteristic of expermintal.

  DRS will be dynamically balancing the resources in the cluster and the availability of resources for each virtual computer.

  vMotion is a live migration of a virtual machine in a cluster or farm of hosts with compitable CPUs. But the ESX Server hosting work inorder to facilitate a vMotion of a VM.

  SVMotion is a live migration of a virtual machine in data warehouses, such as local storage storage SAN/iSCSI based, while the virtual machine is still in service.

  SRM is the site recovery Manager, which allows you to switch to another site in the same set site is inaccessible.

  Fault tolerance is the next feature that allows you to run your H/W failure continuously, without interruption of service in case of VMs or any other type of failure of the host.

  For now, you should be good with the standard edition, which supports H, since no interruption of service, it is not what you are looking for immediately.

  I hope this helps.

  -Surya

• 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 - impossible to move the virtual machine

  All,

  I have recently upgraded to version 4.1 ESXi 4.1 U3 of VC2.5 ESX 3 vCenter Essentials - I decided to make my new vCenter server a VM - everything went well on the upgrade so I am now looking to do work on my storage system (EMC Celerra). I have virtually no space on my LUN and my CIFS shares are increasingly full also... However I have a file inside the EMC system which is 6 to size which houses a 200 GB LUN - it's the logic unit number that contains my VM vCenter. What I want to do is... move this vCenter VM off this LUN to local storage, reassign 6 TB to the pool file system and extend the 3 TB CIFS file system and then present the rest of the space as LUNS for VMware. My problem is that I'm not licensed for storage vMotion and they only way I can storage vMotion, VM off the coast of this LUN is to stop it and move it but because it's my vCenter Server I can perform this action by the customer.

  I guess I might need to drill holes in the host using putty to move the vmdk file, but I'm looking for any useful measure to enable me to move this virtual machine.

  Thank you

  If you are not allowed to Storage vMotion, then you can watch using VMware Converter and do a V2V.  Once the VM vCenter has been "copied" in the new destination LUN, it works, make sure that everything is right, then delete the 'old' vCenter VM disk.

• script storage vmotion which move the config files too?

  Hello

  I have a VMWare admin for a long time but I am very new to the PowerCLI and script. I could find, modify and use scripts that do a simple storage vmotion: all disks go to a data store - but also one that can move independently - disk hard drive 1 to the data store X, hard disk 2 to the data store Y. However, I can't figure out how to recover the configuration files as well. I just got the book "VMWare vSphere PowerCLI reference", which confirmed my fears that you can't call these configuration files (and Exchange files, etc.) as a single parameter as you can hard drives. You use the SDK, that I have even fewer know that the CLI of power!

  I keep my BONES (disc 1) files and configuration files in 'BONES' labeled data warehouses, so whenever I move a Hard Disk 1, I want to keep the configuration files, swap files, newspapers etc. with the OS disk file and move them to another "OS" datastore. No matter who else set up like this and already is figuring out how to automate this type of move? I know that I can move the entire VM to a data store, then move the hard drives 2 and above, but it's a waste of time and I have no OS LUN that are too big.

  Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

  Thanks for buying the book, I hope that you may find useful.

  Yes, you are right, there is no single cmdlet that lets you move only the configuration files.

  You can do this with the RelocateVM_Task method in the SDK however.

  Such a script, in its simplest form, will look something like this.

  $vm = Get-VM MyVM
  $configDS =Get-Datastore -Name "MyDS1" $hdDS = Get-Datastore -Name "MyDS2"
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec $spec.Datastore = $configDS.Extensiondata.MoRef
  Get-HardDisk -VM $vm | %{
      $hdSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator    $hdSpec.Datastore = $hdDs.ExtensionData.MoRef
      $hdSpec.diskId = $_.Extensiondata.Key
      $spec.Disk += $hdSpec}
  $vm.ExtensionData.RelocateVM($spec,"defaultPriority")
  

  You specify the destination of the files "config" in the line of $configDS.

  Hard disks will be migrated to the data store that the script gets in $hdDS.

  If you want to only move the configuration files, you specify the same data store to which they are already for hard disks.

  $vm = Get-VM MyVM
  $configDS =Get-Datastore -Name "MyDS3" $hdDS = Get-Datastore -Name "MyDS2"...