Storage vmotion to much to a vmfs

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• Spend RDM to VMFS using Storage vMotion

  I have a server that is running Windows server 2003 SP2 Enterprise edition.

  This server is using a SAN EVA8000 raw device mappings. We want to get rid of the device mappings gross and use instead a regular VMFS data store.

  I tried to use storage vmotion to migrate the storage of a new vmfs datastore, hoping it would pass all the data from the mapping of raw device to a new VMFS datastore.

  Completion of storage vmotion to the new data store, I still connected to the server raw device mappings.

  It is still possible to migrate data on a raw device mapping to the data without downtime and manual filecopy vmfs store?

  Is it possible to move from physical to virtual mode?

  You can turn off the virtual machine, remove the diskette RDM and readd in virtual mode.

  André

• Is it possible to use Storage Vmotion with VMFS and RDM virtual tool?

  Hello!

  You can use the tool Storage Vmotion to move a server that is running both VMFS disks and RDM virtual drives inside?

  Both SAN is EMC and Vmware ESX and Virtual Center can be reached.

  Thank you!

  For storage on the SAN again the two hosts will need access to the storage. You can then you copuld cold migrate the virtual computer. First, you will need to stop the virtual machine and delete the mapping of RDM. Once the virtual machine is the new data store re-create the mapping of RDM (Bothe hosts will need to access the LUN backend).

• Storage vmotion esxi 5.5 to 6.0 does not not for some vm

  In a test cluster with 2 nodes with no storage storage shared (local only), host vmotion 5.5 to 6.0 host does not work.

  before the upgrade, I moved all the vm to a host.

  Then I upgraded to 6.0 host and tried to move all the VMS to the host 6.0 updated (moving host + storage).

  20 VM, 5 have been moved to the new host.

  Everyone always get error below.

  The VM Client are all the vm version 10 (but some of them improved 8 or 9).

  ClientOS Windows 2008, 2012 r2 and linux. Some with vmx3, some with e1000.

  The machines can be moved when turned off.

  After the off-vmotion, storage vmotion from 6 to 5.5 and return of 5.5 to 6 works again.

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  Failed to copy one or more of the disks in the virtual machine. See the journal of the virtual machine for more details.

  Impossible to implement disks on the destination host computer.

  vMotion-Migration [-1408040447:1427943699552189] konnte nicht den Stream-Keepalive read: Connection closed by remote host, probably due to timeout

  Beim Warten auf Daten Fehlgeschlagen. Fehler 195887167. Connection closed by remote host, probably due to delay.

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  VM - log:

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  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.299Z | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb_SetMigrationHostLogState: transits State hostlog of immigration to migrate "at source" mid 1427943699552189

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.307Z | VMX | I120: MigratePlatformInitMigration: file DiskOp set to /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-diskOp.tmp

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.311Z | VMX | A115: ConfigDB: parameter migration.vmxDisabled = 'TRUE '.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.326Z | VMX | I120: MigrateWaitForData: waiting for data.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.326Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 8 to 9.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.467Z | VMX | I120: MigrateRPC_RetrieveMessages: was informed of a new message to the user, but cannot process messages from State 4.  Leaving the message in queue.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.467Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 9 to 10.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.468Z | VMX | I120: MigrateShouldPrepareDestination: remote host does not support an explicit step to prepare migration destination.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.469Z | VMX | I120: MigrateBusMemPrealloc: BusMem complete pre-allocating.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.469Z | Worker #0 | I120: SVMotion_RemoteInitRPC: completed.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: SVMotion_DiskSetupRPC: related disc expected but not found for the file: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-ctk.vmdk

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: MigrateRPCHandleRPCWork: callback RPC DiskSetup returned UN-successful State 4. RPC fault.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.493Z | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb_SetMigrationHostLogState: hostlog transits of State to fail to migrate 'from' 1427943699552189 environment

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetStateFinished: type = 2 new State = 12

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of State 10 to 12.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: list cached migration error message:

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: [msg.migrate.waitdata.platform] failed waiting for data.  Error bad003f. Connection closed by remote host, probably due to delay.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: migration of vMotion [vob.vmotion.stream.keepalive.read.fail] [ac130201:1427943699552189] failed to read streams keepalive: Connection closed by remote host, probably due to timeout

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: cleaning of the migration status.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: SVMotion_Cleanup: cleaning of XvMotion State.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.502Z | VMX | I120: Closing all disks in the virtual machine.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.504Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: Final status, who reported the force.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.504Z | VMX | I120: MigrateSetState: transition of the State 12-0.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: Migrate: Final status, which reported VMDB.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: Migrate Module switch has failed.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.505Z | VMX | I120: SVMotion_PowerOff: does not not Storage vMotion. Nothing to do

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | A115: ConfigDB: parameter replay.filename = «»

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:1188]: VMAutomationPowerOff: power off the power.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | W110: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1.vmx: cannot remove a link symbolic/var/run/vmware/root_0/1427943694053879_291569/configFile: no such file or directory

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.507Z | VMX | I120: WORKER: asyncOps = 4 maxActiveOps = 1 maxPending = 0 maxCompleted = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 1, newAppState = 1873, success = 1 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Past vmx/execState/val of poweredOff

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 0 additionalError = 0

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4331]: error VIX_E_FAIL in VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished(): unknown error

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.529Z | VMX | I120: Vix: [291569 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0

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  Any idea to solve this problem? Maybe it's a bug with vsphere 6.0

  Given that some machines were functioning and vmotion later in both directions from 6.0 to 5.5 works, I think that is no configuration error.

  Hello

  It seems that there could be a bug or that guests have difficulties to negotiate the transfer of drive on a network. VMotions storage are carried out via the management network (limitation of hard due to the codification)-are you sure that management networks are not overloaded or that they operate at the desired speed? This also happens with machines that have actually disabled followed block? It seems that this could be a problem.

  In addition, you use the 'old' client or Web client? It is possible that some features in vSphere 6.0 may have been omitted in the old thick client.

  Below are the errors:

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.468Z | VMX | I120: MigrateShouldPrepareDestination: remote host does not support an explicit step to prepare migration destination.

  2015-04 - T 02, 03: 01:34.471Z | Worker #0 | W110: SVMotion_DiskSetupRPC: related disc expected but not found for the file: /vmfs/volumes/526d0605-8317b046-f37e-0025906cd27e/test1/test1-ctk.vmdk

  Thanks for the answers in advance and good luck!

• storage vmotion 4 1 TB vmdk to a new data store 4TB on 5.5

  All,

  Benefit in performance if the 4 storage vmotion VMDK located on 4 separate data warehouses in a newly created 4TB data store. with 5.5 capacity 62, I was hoping that someone could tell me.

  I appreciate it

  Well well, the response - as before - is "it depends...". ».

  If you want to use a large drive or multiple small disks depends on the structure of data. If you can not divide the data into departments for example, projects, home/profile,... you can be better with a single large disk. Don't forget to use a GPT partition table, and you need to check if for example your backup software can handle that. Some image/VM based backup applications can backup and restore virtual drives very well, but do not have the ability to file level restore! Also don't forget that - disaster - restoration such a large virtual disk will take a significant amount of time during which data is not available for users. If the data structure allows to distribute to several virtual disks (you can always use DFS to present the data through a single share), I prefer this over the large virtual disk. With the smallest disks virtual, you will certainly have to watch each of them for free disk space, but you can increase the size of disk individually and restoration of a single virtual disk can be done much more quickly (with other discs still online / available to users).

  André

• 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 + vmdk files in different folders

  Hello

  Storage vMotion will spend the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same data store for the moment] in the same folder while that migrated to the different data store?

  Why the vmdk files are in 2 different folders:

  Windows 2008r2 was misconfigured evil so anything by rebooting, it went to the system recovery. Was not able to recover the system.

  The system was rebuilt, and 2 D: and E: drives were attached ["use an existing virtual disk"] as of the existing vmdk disks to the new virtual machine.

  So drive C: [rebuilt VM] vmdk file is located in files vmdk D: & E new-vm-folder & readers are old-vm-folder.

  So "storage vMotion will pass the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same data store for the moment] in the same folder while that migrated to the different data store? I know that storage vMotion and change of name of the files/folders works well.

  If this is not the case, what would be the best practice to get is sorted?

  Thank you very much

  Pawel

  Welcome to the community - Yes it will be. The other option would be to turn off the cold and virtual machine migrate the virtual machine to the correct data store.

• 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.

• Storage vmotion to 8 GB FC

  When you storage vmotion, I can only do 2 VMS simultaneously via a 8 gb FC connection.  Is there anyway to increase this number?  I'm on ESXi 5.1.

  Thank you

  Note: Discussion moved with success of VMware ESXi 5 vMotion & Resource Management

  So, if you use VMFS5, the max is 2 vmotions of storage for each host?

  This is the value listed in the Maximums of Configuration in the operation section of Concurrnet. These values apply to the storage of data and there is no distinction between NFS and VMFS.

• problem of storage vmotion - requested storage vmotion would change at the same time

  Shalom everyone!

  How are you? hope, do

  I have the following configuration:

  LIC: 1 vCenter Server 4 Standard 2. company vSpehere 4 Plus 1-12 cores per processor * 8CPUs

  ESXi 4; 1 vCenter Server

  When I try to migrate virtual machines to a store of data to another it gives an error. But if I migrate a virtual computer (from storage to another) it looks ok:

  < the requested storage vmotion would simultaneously change storage location of the virtual machine and the host of execution; However, this is not supported on the host Source "production-host1" >

  < the requested storage vmotion would simultaneously change storage location of the virtual machine and the host of execution; However, this is not supported on the host Destonation "production-host2" >

  Thank you very much in tips!

  This image shows the vm on several hosts of source.

  -KjB

• Storage vmotion RDM

  I tried to storage servers vmotioned 3 which contained a RDM. The RDM were in virtual compatibility mode. I've migrated 2 servers that have been turned off and all was fine until I tried the 3rd server which was powered and it reported an error saying that the block size was too small for the size of the disk.

  I thought that when a server with RDM was vmotioned storage only the file pointer was actually moved and the RDM remained in its orgional State. It seems that the 2 servers I have storage vmotioned now have virtual disks and the RDM were loosened. I've not turned the servers still to see if the data is still there as I don't know what the status of the servers were before the storage vmotion as they have been turned off. The vcenter is 4.1 build 258902 and the esx servers are 4.1.0,260247.

  Dr

  When you storage vmotion RDM it converts it to a virtual drive and when he tries the vmfs block size is smaller that the actual ROW (must be more than 256 GB) then you get this error. the data contained in the ROW will be always available. Why not start it because it won't hurt

• Random virtual machines after vMotion and Storage vMotion network loss

  Hi all -

  I have a couple of tickets open with VMware and our supplier of SAN, EqualLogic, on this issue.  Since the configuration of our production and DMZ clusters we noticed that the virtual machines will sometimes drop network connectivity after a successful vMotion and Storage vMotion.  Sometimes, although much less frequently, virtual machines also spontaneously lose network overnight.  What happened only a few times.  The strange thing is that the other guests on the VM host are fine - they lose any network.  Actually, I can do no more than 3 computers virtual host to another, and 2 of 3 can switch correctly, so that we lose the network.  The work around?  Simply 'disconnect' from the virtual NETWORK card 'reconnect' and the virtual machine will start the return packets.  I can also switch the VM troubled return to the host State and it will find the network.  I can it reboot and re - win network.  I can re - install the virtual card completely, and she re - win network.

  VMware has seen a lot of mistakes of SAN in our log files in order to update us our SAN firmware to the latest version.  That seems to have fixed that but we still have the issue.  Here are some of the specifications - all environments are virtually identical except for memory:

  Of PowerEdge R810

  NICs Broadcom 5709

  EqualLogic SAN running 5.0.5 F/W

  We use frames.  ESXi is fully patched.  I haven't seen a boss or not, it is only some guest operating system that loses the network, but we are a Windows environment.

  When a virtual machine loses the network, we can not:

  • Ping to it
    
  • Ping it
    
  • Ping him at the virtual machines on the same host or vSwitch
    
  • Ping outside our network
    
  • resolve DNS, etc..
    

  I followed some KBs VMware without success, including:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1003839
  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & externalId = 1002811 (port security is not enabled)

  -All the VMware tools have been updated to the latest version correct and corresponds to the ESXi host
  -Connected to the service ESXi console, I cannot ping the VM problem by name of host or IP address, but I can ping do not affected by the issue of the OTHER virtual machines.  I can also pings the service console.
  -Connected to the troubled virtual machine itself, I cannot ping other virtual machines, I can't resolve host names, I cannot ping by IP.  The machine virtual CAN ping itself by IP, but not hostname.  I cannot ping other virtual computers on the same virtual switch or network by either IP or host name.  I can't ping the vSwitch network management.
  -All vSwitches are configured in the same way and the same.
  -Notify the switches is set to yes
  -There are a lot of available virtual ports
  -We tried the E1000 and VMXNET virtual cards with no difference.
  -All cards are configured to negotiate, but we tried to force individuals speeds as well as with no difference

  I appreciate your help.  I have problems getting anywhere on this issue with the sellers.

  wkucardinal wrote:

  Still having the issue...

  Sometimes, it might be useful to really check that all uplinks VMNIC for all VLAN does work them. Try this is to create a new portgroup on the vSwitch used by your virtual machines on the host of the first, put a test VM on the portgroup, then go into the NIC teaming policy from the new portgroup and select "Override switch command failover."

  Then down vmnic all except one in unused, then only a single VMNIC is active. Then set the portgroup VLAN to a production of VLAN and try to see if we could ping some expected from the different addresses. If it works, then move VMNIC work until unused and move up to another asset. Try again, and this for all the vmnic. If it works, then you have verified that the configuration of VLANS and other settings are correct on the physical switch in the face of this host ports.

  If several VLANs, repeat the process for all other productions VLAN. Then repeat on the other hosts.

  While that may take some time, occurs if everything is properly configured on the physical switches. When occurs a vMotion virtual machine gets a new "Port code" and is assigned to a new outgoing VMNIC. If there is an error of configuration on one or more physical ports that might seem random, but may still happen on VLAN x on y VMNIC. Given that Port ID policy you use indeed spread randomly VMs on the vmnic these problems may be difficult to diagnose. (Make a disconnection of the VM vNIC gives the virtual machine a new port-ID, which it will move to a new outgoing VMNIC, which might seem to solve the problem.)

• Hola como puedo add El plug storage vmotion a VC 2.5

  Este plug space license?

  Donde lo puedo bajar? o the instalarlo hora is instala en the client Máquina o en el servidor donde esta virtual center

  Saludos is muchas gracias

  Hola WarrenJC,

  Para no quitarle meritos a David Davis, creo as lo mejor are tutorial, realmente su veas are muy claro y preciso.

  http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/VMware-ESX-articles/VMotion-DRS-high-availability/storage-VMotion-SVMotion-VI-plugin.html

  Espero you ayude.

  LTC

  Diego Quintana

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  Moderator of the user

• Storage vmotion and vsphere 4.1 eval

  Hello

  I use vsphere 4.1 (eval version). I have two hosts with shared storage.  I have installed vcenter and the two added hosts.

  When I try to storage vmotion, a virtual machine, I find that the "Change host and data store" option is grayed out.

  Under the option greyed out is the line "the VM must be power off to change the virtual host machine and data store"

  When I look at 'Features licensed' I see "Storage vMotion" is available.

  Any ideas why I can't storage vmotion?

  Thank you very much

  p.s Someone can tell me are the different versions of vsphere Essentials that is, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise more etc, in fact different pieces of software or the other a difference of license?

  What you have selected is not a Storage vMotion.  If you want to change the data store, you cannot change the host at the same time.  If you change hostm you cannot change the data store at the same time.

  Choose one or the other.

  -Matt

  VCP, VCDX #52, Unix Geek, Nerd of storage

• Data store inventory and storage VMotion

  Hello

  We have a host of ESXi 4.0 U1 with vCenter 4.0 U1 environment 5.

  Having acquired a whole new NetApp FC SAN FAS2040, we are trying to gradually Storage VMotion all VMs in front of our old EMC SAN.

  However, after VM have been VMotioned of storage, they always appear in the inventory of the store of data EMC (as contained in the NetApp data store!).

  If we edit the VM, the spectacle of .vmdks as being located on the NetApp.

  Will be the client update its inventory at any time data store?  We tried the view refreshed, restart the client, vCenter services restart, restart the server vCenter - all to nothing does not.

  Thank you very much

  IR88

  PS - When you browse NetApp data warehouses, it seems to take a long v. for folders / files to appear! (get "Searching datastore... ("for a while)

  Is there anything that is attached to the virtual machines (CDROM/ISO file,...) which is still on the EMC storage?

  André