SVMotion VMs to different data stores

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• To a different data store of VSs

  I need to create a job to move VMs from a different data store.

  I've created a script like the following:

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

  SE connect-VIServer x.y.z.t - username

  $target = "Datastore2".

  $listaVM =

  "VM1."

  "VM2."

  "VM3,

  "VM4."

  "VM5."

  "VM6".

  {foreach ($vm to $listaVM)

  $vm

  Get-VM-name $vm | Move-VM - Datastore $target - DiskStorageFormat 'thin '.

  }

  The work seems to work but I need to improve so that:

  • After launching the command VM1, it waits until the move is completed
  • If VM2 cannot be moved for some reason any the ongoing process in process VM3
  • After processing each VM I get information on the status of the move (success, error,...)

  Can someone please help?

  Concerning

  Marius

  Try something like this

  The RunAsync will start moving in the background, then the While loop waits until the move is completed.

  The Task object, the status of the move is obtained.

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

  SE connect-VIServer x.y.z.t - username

  $target = "Datastore2".

  $listaVM =

  "VM1."

  "VM2."

  "VM3,

  "VM4."

  "VM5."

  "VM6".

  foreach ($vm in Get-VM-name $listaVM) {}

  $job = move-VM - VM $vm - $target - DiskStorageFormat "Thin" - RunAsync Datastore

  While ($job. PercentComplete - do 100)

  {

  sleep 5

  $job = get-job | where {$_.} ID - eq $job. ID}

  }

  Write-Host "$($job.)". Result) is migrated, status $($job.) State).

  }

• Cloning of VM/TIME to the different data store

  Hi all

  I am working out scripts excellent clone of Ruben garcia and one thing I'm trying to add is to have the VAPP created on a different data store.

  # Clone and move virtual machines
  {foreach ($vm to $vms)
  $vm = $vm | Get-opinion
  $vmname = $cloneName + "»" + $vm.name "
  . \LcloneVM $vm.name - cloneName '$vmname' - «$PortGroup» PortGroup
  Get-vm-name $vmname | Move-vm-destination $vapp;
  The virtual machine are getting cloned and then inserted in the passed TIME as a parameter name, but I can't understand how do to have the VAPP will be created on a data store that I specify. At this time the vApp is created on the same data store where the linked clones. Can I travel after from the user interface by using the migrate command but I want if possible to automate it.
  I thought that the next line should work but the VAPP fails when creating, so the move-vm command fails later.
  # Create VAPP

  $vapp = $host_name | VAPP-new-name "$cloneName" - data store "ThinDiskTesting"

  I am at a loss to what im doing wrong

  Post edited by: BrianRTS - difficulty of setting in the form

  You can specify the data store where you want to create linked clone delta files.

  This requires a slight modification to the script of Ruben

  # Generate specs for clone
  $cloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec $cloneSpec.Snapshot = $sourceVM.Snapshot.CurrentSnapshot $cloneSpec.Location = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec $cloneSpec.Location.DiskMoveType = [Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateDiskMoveOptions]::createNewChildDiskBacking $cloneSpec.Location.Datastore = (Get-Datastore -Name $tgtDatastoreName).ExtensionData.MoRef
  

  Ownership of the data store is used to indicate where the clone should be placed.

  Or you want to create the clones, then move them?

• How to move a virtual machine to a different data store, preserving its ID

  I would like to move a virtual machine to a different data store.

  Because I use 3rd party software that identifies a virtual machine by its ID of VirtualCenter, I'd like to preserve the ID, and I also want to preserve the name of the virtual computer.

  If I clone the virtual machine, I lose the ID and name.

  I can clone a second time to restore the name, but the ID is always false.

  I know that I can use vmkfstools-i to copy the entire disk.

  Is it possible to copy the entire VM?

  I am currently on ESX 3.0.2/VC 2.0.2

  The operation that I describe is available in 3.5.x/VC ESX 2.5.x

  TIA,

  -Magister

  Don't use EVER of CP to copy a VM, VMDK move/copy should be used in conjunction with vmkfstools as best practice.

  OP,

  You can manually make a copy using the CLI interface or use the VI Client and browse the data store and to copy and paste in the appropriate data and as suggested Andre store, when you switch on for the first time, you should say 'keep' when asked if you want to update the virtual machine UUID.

  Another thing, you could do, is if you've enabled for vMotion, you can actually use Storage vMotion which will migrate directly from your virtual machine to a different data store, it's less effort on your side and you can count on Andrew Kutz sVMotion plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip-svmotion/

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• Migration of all the catalog items to a different data store in the same storage profiles

  Hello

  is any possibility to migrate everything in the catalog (time and iso files) to a different data store that has the same profile (Silver) storage group?  Because I have 2 groups of data store with the same profile of storage (Silver) and I want to delete one of this cluster.

  I found this kb: http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2058094 but it speaks solely of media files of migration between different storage profiles.

  Have vCD 5.6.4

  You happen to use rapid Provisioning?  This is probably the only problem I can think of.

  Environments that have no linked Clones or shadows created from them, you can just Storage vMotion them between the same storage policy data warehouses.  Just make sure that the data store or a store of data clusters are visible in vCloud Director first of all in the framework of this storage policy.

  When you use linked clones, I don't remember the exact process... I think that I have in my office somewhere (I'm at home now).

• How can I move a data store a single virtual disk shape in a different data store?

  I have a host running vSphere 4 enterprise that belongs to a cluster of Foundation vCenter 5.5.  I need to move all the guests off the coast of this host to be updated. This host has a client that is using the local hard disk as a data store.  This customer has six 6 hard drive with only using the local hard disk as a data store.  How can I move the hard drive to a different data store?

  When I try to use 'Move' or 'Migrate' with vCenter (client or web interface), it seems that I can move only data not store a single entity, each database individually.  Can we move a data store single someway with the guest always under tension, or do I have to power off and manually move the "vmdk" they reattach the hard drive?

  
  

  Thank you

  
  

  Bruce

  When you click on migrate, the data store, click on the Advanced button.  It will give you the option to select a disc.  You can migrate it while it is running.

• VCD 1.5 is not provisioning vms in all data stores

  Hi Experts,

  could someone help me to find why my VCD 1.5 is not put into service of VM in all data stores.

  I have three NFS data warehouses in a VCD and I see that it is not sharing the load between data warehouses. If a volume reached 99% always it is not available on the other Volume that has free space. I heard VCD works on the Round Robin process and also distributes the VM; s in data warehouses.

  Thanks in advance

  Ashok

  With the quick commissioning, we will use the same data store (NFS in your case) that has the existing tree clone linked until you reach the Red threshold of free space.

  Maybe it's not practical with quick commissioning, because once you have 3 GB left... is not a lot of room for the related to grow clones.

  If you want to force the issue, increase the threshold red to something much more on data warehouses.  for example 25% of capacity.

  This will trigger placing of NEW virtual machines on different data stores.

• Impossible to migrate from windows 2008 to the different data store

  Hai

  When I try to migrate the computer to the different data store I get the error

  "[error caused by file hard to]."

  Thank you

  Concerning

  R.Ramji

  Hello

  first move this virtual machine to another host and try to migration of storage. still, the problem you then close restarts the virtual machine host and try storage vmotion.

  It should work. If the problem continues after the error log.

• How to select different data store for the snapshot

  Hello

  I connected with two data store ESXi 4 server. First data store is a local raid-5 HD and the second data store is a netgear NFS nas.

  virtual machines are stored on the local data store. I want to archivie snapshot for my virtual machine to use the second (nas NFS) data store. I tried to snapcho, but the disk data store is used is always the local.

  can I select a different data store to store the snapshot files?

  Thank you

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1002929 could help...

  / Rubeck

• Snapshot of a different data store

  Hello

  Quick question for the community.

  Suppose I have 2 data warehouses and A VM is located in the data store 1. I can take a snapshot of the machine and I have this snapshot can be found on the data store 2?

  My understanding was I could not easily do this but our service provider said that's the way it works and I'll try to find a documented method, support to do so.

  All responses will be appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Richard

  Incorrect, it is advisable, and applies by default to store the snapshots in the same data store in which the VMDK resides in, but he did not.

  You can edit the .vmx VM to store snapshots on a different data store, this can be useful if you run lack of space on the data store, which resides in your virtual machine.

  Please refer to this VMware KB on the configuration of this change: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002929

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• ESXi 4: error in live migration (VMotion) to the different data store (Local SATA to iSCSI SAN)

  Hi all

  I have a problem during VM migration live in the different data store, the specifications of the virtual machine is just Windows 2003 x 64 installed with the latest VMWare tools.

  Here is the error message:

  Move the virtual machine

  Win2003x64_RST01

  A general error occurred: detected Source this destination could not resume.

  The active state of VM migration

  any idea what could cause this please?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Check that the machine ESX4 has prevention performance virtualization and data, indicators enabled in the BIOS. I could move 32 bit machines vmotion Unflagged VT turned on in the BIOS, but 64-bit machines could not begin until I activated the flag of VT in the BIOS.

  Also try to clear the mask of the source of the VM CPU before migrating, providing the hosts have the same hardware.

• Clone & new Config on the different data store

  Hi all

  I had a problem where the user try to clone or create a new configuration where the original VM model are stored is full.

  When the data store is almost full, I turn off the "VM creation" in the section resources, I would do this or the LM will be able to use the different data store? otherwise how can I config for the user can store data different from Julie then create a new configuration or a clone.

  Thank you

  Error message here: -.

  * "Clone VM" operation cannot be performed because the data store 'VMFS02' is not

  Enabled.* yes I disable 'VM Creation' resources because of this LUN is almost exhausted.

  In this case, you must use SSmove to migrate the entire tree of virtual machines from a store of data with more free space

• List not updated virtual machines after the migration of the virtual machine to a different data store

  My vSphere infrastructure 5 uses several data stores.

  Two data warehouses are associated with NFS on different NAS shares.

  I migrate VM to a data to another store.

  The navigation data store, I see that the files are moved from the old data store to the new and that no file belonging to the migrated VM still does exist on the old data store.

  If I look at the list of VMs on the old data store, I still see the old VM.

  I see it in the list of the virtual machine on the new data store as well.

  I checked that no .iso no pagefile is in the old data store.

  How can I update the list of the virtual machine on the old data store?

  Above all, how can I safely delete the old data store by ensuring that the virtual machine works very well on the new data store and I don't lose anything?

  Concerning

  Marius

  This use of data store 'Phantom' is usually observed, if the current configuration of the virtual computer points to the 'old' data store (diskette, CD-ROM) or the virtual machine contains snapshots where - at the time where tone have been created - the VM has had these references. Once the snapshots are deleted from data store 'ghost' will go away from summary of the virtual machine.

  André

• SVMotion server to multiple data stores

  Hello

  I couldn't find anything in search, but I think the CLI has this ability: I have a 3 4.1U2 cluster to a HP P2000 with 6 volumes configured and mapped to each host ESXi ESXi.  It is a development environment and to maximize the value for the database e / s, I want to put OS logs on a controller/vdisk and map the data to the other controller/vdisk.

  I wanted to say, in the future, I need to move the location.  Is there a way to multiple svmotion VMDK on a virtual machine to separate data warehouses?  It does not appear vSphere includes this feature.

  Thank you

  using the graphical interface (vSphere Client) when you choose to migrate - change data store, click on the Advanced button.

• Move a virtual machine to a different data store

  I want to take data offline store.  I moved all devices that use my virtual machines which are on, but I don't see a way to configure the location of the .vmx file.  Y at - it a simple way to move it, or: where is the list of the .vmx that are associated with a host files?

  You shouldn't really do that.  But I guess you know that now.

  Simplest solution would be to right click on the vm and collect inventory, then with all the files in the right directory, open the browser of data store, do a right-click on the file vmx and go "add to the inventory.

  If meet you some strange reason questions you can re-create the VM with no disc and just add the old virtual machine disks.  Then do a sVmotion to make things cleaner.