Syntax to create a new virtual machine using vCLI

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• How to specify the file of virtual hard disk when you create a new virtual machine using virtual hard disk on the data store?

  I'm new to PowerCLI and find quite simple, but in the documentation I read, I don't see how to use a virtual hard drive, existing on a data store when you create a new virtual machine.

  Is this simple registration on the virtual hard disk, or did I miss something?

  My current create VM is the following statement:

  New-VM

  -Name $TargetHostName -host $TargetVMCenterHost -data store $TargetVMCenterDatastore DiskMB - 20000 -MemoryMB $TargetHostMemoryMB -NumCPU $TargetHostCPUs -ID $TargetHostOS -CD -Description $TargetHostName

  Didn't notice this before, but I think that vSphere will use a backslash instead of a slash in the paths.

• Create the new virtual machine using Java API vCloud

  Hi guys,.

  I am trying to create the new virtual machine in TIME, but I've stuck here. The API I'm using is vcloud-java-sdk - 1.0.jar.

  Could you please show me a code snippet how to do this?

  For now I do it like this:

  RecomposeVAppParamsType recomposeVAppParamsType = new RecomposeVAppParamsType();

  List the items < CompositionItemParamType > = recomposeVAppParamsType.getItem ();
  ReferenceType vappTemplateVMRef = new ReferenceType();

  // ??? seems that new reference to the new virtual machine should be here. But how to create this VM
  CompositionItemParamType compositionItemParamType = new CompositionItemParamType();
  compositionItemParamType.setSource (vappTemplateVMRef);

  Items.Add (compositionItemParamType);
  ReferenceType vAppRef is Vdc.getVdcByReference (vcloudClient, vdcRef) .getVappRefByName ("vApp_Websrv");.

  Vapp.getVappByReference (vcloudClient, vAppRef) .recomposeVapp (recomposeVAppParamsType);

  One day before I played with Web Services SDK, which is much easier to understand. I was able to create the vApp and VMs in vSphere. Is it possible to import machines virtual vSphere to vCloud? Should what API I use for this?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You cannot add a new empty virtual machine in a paralytic.

  Instead, you can add a virtual machine from an existing vapp, vapptemplate.

  To import a vsphere vm to vcloud.

  Import vsphere vm as VAPP in vcloud. VMWVimserver-> importVmAsVApp()

  The importation of vsphere vm, as vAppTemplate, in vcloud. VMWVimserver-> importVmAsVAppTemplate()

  See also the example of ImportVmAsvAppTemplate.java, which is part of the vcloudjavasdk group.

  Kind regards

  Rajesh Kamal.

• Upgrade to ESXi 5.0 to 5.1 - No Hardware 9 option available when creating a new virtual machine

  Greetings,

  I improved my esxi U1 5.0 to 5.1 and attempted to create a new virtual machine in hopes of using the new version of material 9.

  Using the standard and Custom options I been unable to create a Version 9 hardware VM by default.

  The only option I had was manually upgrade to version 9 once the virtual machine was created.

  Any thought or is - this as planned? I need to reinstall from scratch, my host?

  dhayashi

  To create virtual machines with HW version 9, you can use the Web Client, rather than the windows based Client vSphere.

  André

• HDD USB not recognized as "physical1" when creating the new virtual machine

  Hi all

  I wanted to create a new virtual machine, and I wanted to use my USB as a physical drive.

  But Workstation shows me "physical0" which is of course my drive internal.

  I tried USB pen drives. They are not recognized either.

  This somehow is no longer supported? I would have that it would be possible to use USB external HDD as the physical drive to a new virtual machine.

  you have installed VirtualBox?

  If so, you can try to use the virtuaklbox command line tool to create a descriptor of rawdisk for this disc.

  say diskpart on this drive? -It is "online"?

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• create the new virtual machine, access to a physical disk

  I just created a new virtual machine. Then, I deleted the preconfigured disk and added a physical disk. This drive is connected to my computer with an S - ATA to USB docking station. The wizard displays all of the data, were leaving and so on correctly. But when I try to turn on the virtual machine, it tells me that it cannot access the drive.

  What I am doing wrong?

  I use Windows 7 64-bit with VMware Player 3.

  http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-10455

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• I can't create a new virtual machine, for the error "invalid state" of vmware

  Hi, I have an esx server with some production virtual machines vmware;

  Yestarday I made a new VM, suse linux, froma cdrom; but the file system broke down, it has been altered, I don't know why,

  and I had to cancel the machine using the "remove disc";

  After that I could read "a system general error occurred" and when I click on create a new virtual machine (ctrl + n), I can't because the answer is "invalid state".

  When I click on each virtual machine in 'events', I do not see the logs, I see this error "system general error occurred.

  can someone help me? , should I restart the service mgmt-vmware?  (init.d) on the host server?

  Thanks in advance, best regards

  Toscano Max

  If you use Virtual Center, rebbot VC server and try again. If this does not work, you may have to restart the ESX host.

• You can create a new virtual machine snapshot from another machine?

  Hi all!  I was wondering - is it possible to create a new virtual machine with an existing snapshot of a running virtual machine?  Or should I essentially clone the machine to a new virtual machine and then go back to the snapshot I want?

  I use ESX Server 3.5 with a Lefthand SAN - and was curious to know if there may be either a separate utility, I can run or if the VI Client contains all the tools I would need?

  Thank you all for your time!

  Good question, I know you can do this with VMware Workstation:

  1 VM > overview > Snapshot Manager

  2. Select the snapshot > Clone

  However, for VMware ESX, I think you should use vmkfstools to the service console.

  Basically, you have already created a snapshot and just need to copy the vmdk files, create a new virtual machine and attach an existing drive. I think that's what you're looking for: cloning a Virtual Machine running using the Console Service

• VMware workstation, crashes when I try to create a new virtual machine

  Hello

  I never had this problem before, but I didn't create a new virtual machine in a very long time. Last time I created one was making Workstation 9 I think. Some time after the upgrade to Workstation 10 or 8.1 of Windows Update 1 it has started.

  In 10 Workstation running on Windows 8.1, I select the file > new Virtual Machine dialog coming upwards and in a few seconds crashes of VMware workstation and closes.

  So I checked the Windows event logs and find

  Warning "VMware Workstation to function properly, must be reinstalled after the upgrade to Windows."

  So, I upgraded from 10.0.2 to 10.0.3 and it uninstalled and reinstalled but I still get this warning.

  Followed by an error

  ***

  Journal name:	Application
  Source:	Application error
  Date:	15/08/2014 23:33:53
  Event ID:	1000

  Task category: (100)

  Level:	Error
  Keywords:	Classic
  User:	N/A
  Computer:	P7Win8MC

  Description:

  Name of the failing application: vmware.exe, version: 10.0.3.48389, time stamp: 0x539a4fb0

  Name of the failed module: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.8387, time stamp: 0x51ea24a5

  Exception code: 0xc0000005

  Offset: 0x0003bece

  ID of the process failed: 0 x 1788

  Start time of application vulnerabilities: 0x01cfb902de541c11

  The failing application path: C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe

  Path of the failing module: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.8387_none_5094ca96bcb6b2bb\MSVCR90.dll

  Report ID: 24d5effb-24f6-11e4-bedd-20cf30780548

  ***

  So I need help to track down what I am not sure what VMware paper to look to maybe see what is happening.

  Thank you

  Rainey

  Well, I found the problem.

  I looked in the UNK file and found a few ISO files wrongs tracks.

  I had mounted some ISO in the past and they have made the entry in this file of preferences such as "isoLocationMRUx".

  I'd change the leter this ISO file player so they could not be found as input, once I corrected the paths I can now create a new virtual machine.

  He is responsible for ion BONE the new virtual machine now.

• create a new virtual machine with the default settings?

  I was wondering if there was a way to create a new virtual machine with the default settings.

  For example, let's say I want all new Lion VM to have 2 CPU cores. Is there a way to set this automatically? There are other parameters I want a new machine to inherit automatically, I was wondering if there is an automatic way to do this, or is it a feature request...

  Thanks in advance

  lerker wrote:

  Just for my clarification, when you say a vm model, basically I would execute a finder copy then drag back to the VM library, right?

  Yes.

  On the orders of spcirpting, it would be unix commands or are there specific vmware controls that make your job easier (in Applications/VMware\ Fusion/content or elsewhere)...

  IIRC, VMware Fusion 3 and later versions has an AppleScript dictionary, but it is not yet officially supported and may not be able to do what you want so, basically, only Unix Shell scripts, that's what I was referring to.  For an example, see my script attached to the following response: Re: vmware - script of the creation of the vm and the operating system installation process

• Error during communication with the remote host when you create the new virtual machine

  I'm under 7 ESX servers on IBM Blade H22 there is a mistake to invite while I create a new virtual machine

  on the vcenter Server

  At the end of 30-35 minutes, it gives an error

  "Error during communication with the remote host"

  The existing machines are working well... I tried to create virtual machines to other ESX servers as well

  but the same question. I also tried to make the clone of existing machines, but without success

  Can anyone help?

  You rescan the LUNS once?

  You've restarted the management agent?

  You've restarted the vpxa?

  If this isn't the case, please perform the step above and check out them.

• Creating a new virtual machine, nothing happens

  Hi all

  Last year, with win xp sp3, I tried VMWare WS 6 and there is nothing to do: after installing the program, choose 'New virtual machine' in the home section, I did all the steps at the end I was with the same State of windows, as I have nothing (empty, just the Home tab)

  Now, on Windows 7 ultimate x 86, I was wondering to test your version 7.1, but what's funny, is that I have the same situation described above (with no error was shown)

  So, I don't know if there is that a service stopped victory that need VMWare runs correctly or any software like Daemon or Gizmo can interfere with VMWare, wath I know is that I spent several hours searching for in your forum and the web without any positive result.

  I also try to change the HARD disk where to save the virtual machine, to customize some settings in the wizard, leave all the default settings, but without success

  The corresponding files are created in the location I choose, but nothing more. Also if I choose 'open an existing virtual machine or the team', go to one of these files, nothing, nothing and nothing again

  Note that whenever I did the wizard, either one or several times, is impossible to close the main window of the program, I have to use the Task Manager

  I really hope that now that some can help me finally see work of VMWare

  Below is a screen all I can get VMware: nothing

  

  TKS in advance

  KB article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2051 describes as and problem and the possible solution.

  André

• How to create a new virtual machine with two warehouses of data through new-vm?

  Hi guys,.

  Can you please help or direct me to the right format? I'm new with vsphere powercli.

  How to create a virtual machine with two other data store by using the new-vm?

  $datastore1 = get-datastore. WHERE-object {$_.} Name - eq "lun1"}

  $datastore2 = get-datastore. WHERE-object {$_.} Name - eq "lun2"}

  new-vm-name vmtest01 - VMHost ESXserver - datastore $datastore1 diskmb - 8192 $datastore2 diskmb - 8192 - memorymb 4096 - numcpu 2 - ID winNetStandardGuest

  I got this error when I run vsphere powercli. I appreciate if you can help. Thank you

  New-VM: cannot bind parameter 'DiskMB '. Cannot convert the 'lun2"val

  EU to type 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.DatastoreManagement.DatastoreIm '.

  PL"type"System.Int64 ".

  At line: 1 char: 85

  + new-vm-name vmtest01 - VMHost ESXserver - $datastore1 data store

  diskmb - < < < < 8192, $datastore2 - diskmb 8192

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: ( , ParameterBindingE)

  Xception

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomat

  ion.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM

  Bryan

  The New-VM cmdlet takes a single value of the parameter - data store and all of the virtual disks will be located on this data store.

  If I understand your request, you create a virtual machine with 2 virtual disks, each on a different data store.

  You can use the cmdlet New - hard drive for it.

  $datastore1 = get-datastore | where-object {$_.Name -eq "lun1"}
  $datastore2 = get-datastore | where-object {$_.Name -eq "lun2"}
  
  $vm = new-vm -name vmtest01 -VMHost ESXserver -datastore $datastore1 -diskmb 8192 -memorymb 4096 -numcpu 2 -GuestId winNetStandardGuest
  new-harddisk -vm $vm -datastore $datastore2 CapacityKB (8192 * 1KB)
  

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• Blue screen when you create a new virtual machine from an acronis image.  ESXi 5.0

  I'm trying to create a virtual machine in my ESXi 5.0, from acronis backup.  The backup is W2003.

  The virtual machine is created, but when it tries to start on W2003, he quickly shows a blue screen for a second or two, then try to restart.

  I suspect that it is a hard disk driver, but I don't know how to correct it.    I couldn't see anything in the Bios of the virtual machine to select type of HD.

  This fixed my issue.

  Glad to hear that it works now. Even if VMware Converter 4.3 works, I would say that you are using the latest version of Converter for future conversions.

  André

  PS: Please consider to mark the question as answer. This could help other users with similar issues.

• Create the new virtual machine for Small Business Server 2008

  Hello

  When creating a new Machine virtual and choose the guest operating system, the "Small Business Server 2008" are not listed. Just choose "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)"?

  Thank you

  John

  Yes, it will work, and it is supported guest OS

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/GuestOS_guide.PDF

  Edit: There is a bug in the user interface for the VIC, where probably 2008 will be displayed as Vista under the toolbar of guest operating system.