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• Virtual disk degraded and predictive failure Messages

  Hi Experts

  We get following errors in OpenManage for RAID 10. There are 8 hard drives, and one of them creates this problem. It is green / flashing orange.

  A foreign configuration has been found. : 0 controller (PERC H710 Mini)

  The 21.1.0 - 0007 current version firmware is older than the 21.2.0 - 0007 version firmware required for a model 0x1F38 controller: controller 0 (PERC H710 Mini)

  Virtual disk degraded: virtual disk 0 (virtual disk 00) 0 controller (PERC H710 Mini)

  Predictive Failure reported: physical disk 0:1:5 Controller 0, slot 0

  Event log: lack of PD: SasAddr = 0x5000c500437c0025, ArrayRef = 2, RowIndex = 0 x 1, EnclPd = 0 x 20, Slot = 5. : 0 controller (PERC H710 Mini)

  Storage Service event log: Predictive failure: PD 05 (e0x20/s5): controller 0 (PERC H710 Mini)

  See the errors, we bought new HARD drive and need your advice how we should move forward? Should we take offline from the old hard drive and then warm the new HARD drive? or we just need to upgrade the firmware of raid controller?

  If the disc is in a foreign State (or 'disappeared'), then it is already 'offline'... you simply remove it and replace it with a new one.  ALWAYS replace the replaceable drives to hot 'hot', then make sure that the drivers and firmware are updated once the reconstruction is complete and the system is sound (start with iDRAC and the BIOS, then the other firmware system).

• The list of all virtual machines with more than 2 virtual disks

  Hello.

  I want to list all virtual machines in a data center vCenter, who got more than 2 virtual disks. Here's the workflow, I am working on that:

  1 get the view of data center

  2. get the Cluster Data Center view like the 'begine_entity '.

  3. for each view cluster overview the VirtualMachine bit cluster seen as 'begin_entity '.

  4. for each VM view, this information: VirtualMachine-> config-> hardware-> device of

  Above information is a table.

  I need help in order to extract information from this table disk, then run an if condition where the VM who got more than 2 discs should print.

  Could help you. I wrote the script to the point 4. just need advice for the posterior.

  Thank you.

  You can try one of the following values-

  1 If ($vm-> {'summary.config.numVirtualDisks'} > 2) {...}

  2 $diskCnt = grep {$_-> isa ('VirtualDisk')} @{$vm-> {'config.hardware.device'}};

  The above assumes that you've got your $vm with a filter property as follows:

  $vms = Vim::find_entity_views (view_type-online 'VirtualMachine'), the properties-online ['summary.config.numVirtualDisks', 'name', 'config.hardware.device'];

  my $vm foreach (@{$vms}) {}

  ...

  }

• Save the number of the Virtual Machine: expand the size of the virtual disk of Guest OS affect the physical disk on the host operating system files?

  People,

  Hello. I use 3 Player VM and Guest OS Windows Server 2003. The host OS is Windows 7. I need to increase the size of the VM disk, so who can install several systems in the guest OS. If something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications will not work. Thus, before expanding the size of the virtual disk, I need to back up the virtual machine hard disk external.

  I have check the disk hard host operating system Windows 7, the path is C:\VirtualMachine\WindowsServer2003\... When I get to the top of the virtual machine on the external hard drive, simply select the 'VirtualMachine' folder and save automatically. I have 3 questions as follows:

  First of all, if something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications do not work. Can I just delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system?

  Secondly, the problem of the first question does not affect files in the physical hard disk to host operating system?

  Third, if something wrong happens during expand the size of the virtual disk of OS guest, I simply delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system and load the original 'VirtualMachine' from the external hard drive in the host operating system. Works correctly as long as one is the Virtual Machine before Stude the virtual disk size?

  Thank you.

  First of all, if something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications do not work. Can I just delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system?

  Yes.

  Secondly, the problem of the first question does not affect files in the physical hard disk to host operating system?

  N °

  Third, if something wrong happens during expand the size of the virtual disk of OS guest, I simply delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system and load the original 'VirtualMachine' from the external hard drive in the host operating system. Works correctly as long as one is the Virtual Machine before Stude the virtual disk size?

  Yes.

  That's right, as long as you have not added and other virtual disks of different folders on the host of the virtual machine, you can probably did not.

  After developing the size of the virtual disk, you must also change the size of the partition in the guest operating system.

  André

• View all virtual disk

  Hi everyone please I want to know how can I show all the virtual disk

  Thank you

  If none of the previous two posts answers your question, then you need to be more explicit and specific then such questions!

  In what context you don't mean 'see! '

• understand the average physics to share the virtual disk

  Hello

  I wanted to understand the physical way to share a virtual disk by configuring the scsi controller.

  

  As you can see in the image as an attachment, I chose the option - "physical - virtual disks can be shared between virtual machines on a server any."

  So, I have a scenario and please let me know if the above applies or not?

  I have 2 ESX host. I have created a virtual machine on ESX host1 and now I want the virtual disk of the virtual machine to be shared and eventually used by the virtual machine on the other ESX host2. can I use the option above to satisfy my need?

  Also on a special note, 2 ESX hosts are not on the shared storage. they run with their own local disk.

  Still, I'll be able to do what I want?

  Thanks in advance.

  No storage shared or using the storage equipment. The 2nd esxi host does not see the local storage on the original host.

  Discover will have on the creation of a Cluster of Mirosft see how you can share disks. You can create a cluster in a box on the same host or use of RDM with shared storage to allow multiple vm' hosts aces acros the same storage.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1004617

• PERC 710 add physical disks for RAID 5 virtual disk and keep data

  I think to set up a physical disk 4 RAID 5 array on my new PowerEdge T320.  That should give me enough space to last long.  I have two empty slots of HD.  If I need more space, later, I'll be able to add one or two additional physical disks without losing the data already on the virtual disk?  If so, how?  I don't see a way to do this in the manual of Perc 710.

  Thank you

  Andrew

  Yes, it is "doable" later.  This can be done in the PERC BIOS, but it can be done in OMSA (OpenManage Server Administrator) within the OS.

  One thing to keep in mind is the limit of 2 TB "floppy" Windows on BIOS systems compatible.  If you plan to 4x4TB disks in a RAID 10, that TB ~ 8 'disc' will be converted to the GPT and BIOS UEFI boot mode value.

• Virtual disk MD3000i not on the path preferred because of the AVT/RDAC failover

  Hello

  I am having some problems with my MD3000i failover to a non-prefere path.

  The MD3000i up the old mistake "Not on virtual disk preferred path due the AVT/RDAC failover" several times a day.

  It happened from time to time with ESX 3.5, but not much more happenging with version 4.

  In the var, I get the following:

  24 July 11:49:12 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:12.926: 355597326227us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000436ab80000067c48281b88. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L2 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «DataStore3 - MD3000i (1 mb)»

  24 July 11:49:12 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:12.934: 355597333792us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000438fa20000068b482818af. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L3 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «DataStore4 - MD3000i (8 MB)»

  24 July 11:49:12 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:12.942: 355597341892us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000436ab8000017ae48d8991a. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L4 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «DataStore1 - MD3000i (1 mb)»

  24 July 11:49:12 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:12.949: 355597348866us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000438fa20000170448d8965d. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L5 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «DataStore2 - MD3000i (1 mb)»

  24 July 11:49:12 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:12.995: 355597394915us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000436ab800002d8149242090. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L7 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «VDIStore2 - MD3000i (1 mb)»

  24 July 11:49:13 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:13.004: 355597404112us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000436ab800003d4c4a2ba941. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L8 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: «VDIStore1 - MD3000i (2 MB)»

  24 July 11:49:13 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 Jul 11:49:13.013: 355597413405us: http://vprob.storage.redundancy.degraded redundant path to the storage device degraded naa.6001e4f000436ab800006a5e4a6474e4. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L9 path is down. 2 remaining active paths. Touch of data warehouses: unknown.

  24 July 11:49:13 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 July 11:49:13.020: 355597420334us: connectivity lost http://vprob.storage.connectivity.lost to naa.6001e4f000436ab800006b684a65595d of storage device. Vmhba40:C2:t0:L10 path is down. Touch of data warehouses: «DataStore5 - MD3000i (4 MB)»

  24 July 11:49:17 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 July 11:49:17.375: 355601775018us: http://vprob.vmfs.heartbeat.timedout 49248754-672e53f0 - 38 b 7-00151778736 d VDIStore2 - MD3000i (1 MB).

  24 July 11:49:22 tdvserver1 vobd: 24 July 11:49:22.006: 355606406026us: http://vprob.vmfs.heartbeat.recovered 49248754-672e53f0 - 38 b 7-00151778736 d VDIStore2 - MD3000i (1 MB).

  And the following in/var/log/vmkernel:

  July 24, 11:51:03 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:27.601 cpu7:4206) WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceAttemptFailover: try tipping unit "naa.6001e4f000436ab800002d8149242090" world - order 0x41000812bc80

  July 24, 11:51:03 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:27.601 cpu2:6691) NMP: nmp_CompleteRetryForPath: Retry world the component 'naa.6001e4f000436ab800002d8149242090 '.

  July 24, 11:51:06 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:30.549 cpu0:4107) NMP: nmp_CompleteCommandForPath: command 0 x 12 (0x4100081c8300) for device NMP 'mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0' failed on the physical path 'vmhba32:C0:T0:L0' H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid sense data: 0 x 5 0 x 24 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:06 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:30.549 cpu0:4107) ScsiDeviceIO: 747: command 0 x 12 for the device "mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0" has no sense H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid data: 0 x 5 24 0 x 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:06 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:30.693 cpu1:4097) NMP: nmp_CompleteCommandForPath: command 0 x 12 (0 x 410008106500) for device "mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0" NMP failed on the physical path 'vmhba33:C0:T0:L0' H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid sense data: 0 x 5 0 24 x 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:06 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:30.693 cpu1:4097) ScsiDeviceIO: 747: command 0 x 12 for device "mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0" has no sense H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 0 valid x-data: 0 x 5 0 24 x 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:13 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:38.059 cpu0:4107) NMP: nmp_CompleteCommandForPath: command 0 x 12 (0x41000811f800) for device NMP 'mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0' failed on the physical path 'vmhba32:C0:T0:L0' H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid sense data: 0 x 5 0 x 24 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:13 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:38.059 cpu0:4107) ScsiDeviceIO: 747: command 0 x 12 for the device "mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0" has no sense H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid data: 0 x 5 24 0 x 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:13 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:38.202 cpu1:4097) NMP: nmp_CompleteCommandForPath: command 0 x 12 (0x4100081d2300) for device "mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0" NMP failed on the physical path 'vmhba33:C0:T0:L0' H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 valid sense data: 0 x 5 0 24 x 0 x 0.

  July 24, 11:51:13 tdvserver1 vmkernel: 4:02:48:38.202 cpu1:4097) ScsiDeviceIO: 747: command 0 x 12 for device "mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0" has no sense H:0 x 0 D:0 x 2 P:0 0 valid x-data: 0 x 5 0 24 x 0 x 0.

  I spoke with people from Dell and Vmware support.

  Support for VMWare counterpart said that it is a matter of Dell... that VMware is a path problem and do what it is supposed to do.

  The Dell guy says there is nothing wrong with the MD3000i and the problem is with VMWare.

  None of them seem interested in helping me out more.

  I tried using MRU (default) & political pathing Round-Robin and set up iscsi on the host esx, in accordance with the following document:

  http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/VMware ESX4.0andPowerVault MD3000i

  I can vmkping for all the guests of all the peoples on the MD3000i without any problem.

  If someone saw, I would be very grateful.

  Thank you

  Jason

  Hmmm...  Well, if they are flipping back has nothing to do with VMWare, it is certainly a matter of Dell.  Have you tried their repatriation to the correct drives and then just reboot the stupid thing?

  Jason Litka

  http://www.jasonlitka.com

• MD3000 cannot change virtual disk ownership / preffered path - ERROR 29

  Current configuration

  PowerVault MD3000 (deleted by the moderator) - attached to two servers PowerEdge R610 using Dell SAS 5/e card in each r610. The R610s act as a host ESX VMWare ESXi 5.5.0

  We have created multiple LUNS on the storage array and noticed that traffice all happening through a RAID controller or another module (and it seems to me not change without prompting when you look at the storage Bay). I turned off a two different virtual machines to try to change the path and had an error with a certain delay - I stuck this error below. I also tried to redistribute virtual disks tab the MDSM software nothing works support.

  By reading, it seems that the LUN should be attributed to a particular raid controller before all I / 0, but I still feel like're missing us something as to why we cannot distribute the traffic properly.

  According to some records for a MD3200 -.

  "If the host has a path of data unique to the MD, the virtual disk storage array.
  must be owned by the controller to which the host is connected.
  That's what we're trying to accomplish. I don't know if the hosts are to be physically detached from the SAN, or if there is a bit of software to fail us.
  Thank you in advance! If I failed to provide all the details, please let me know and I'll try to gather the information.
  Here's the error output:

  OPERATING ENVIRONMENT DATA

  Name of the client system: FLMGMT01
  Client OS: Windows Server 2008 R2

  Application version: 03.35.G6.88
  Storage management of version table: 03.35.G6.88
  Name of storage array: VAB-NAS-01
  Firmware version: 07.35.39.64
  Management class: devmgr.v1035api01.Manager

  **************************************************

  DATA ERROR

  Command sent to the RAID controller module to the location: 0
  Host name: 192.168.19.233
  IP address: 192.168.19.233

  Return code: error 29 - this operation cannot complete because there was a failure of authentication of security on a parameter in the command sent to the RAID controller module.

  Try the operation again. If this message persists, contact your Technical Support representative.
  Operation when the error occurred: PROC_assignVolumeOwnership
  Timestamp: August 25, 2014 16:18:59

  DATA BATTERY

  devmgr.v1035api01.Sam.JAL.ManagementOperationFailedException:
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.jal.SYMbolClient.dispatchOperation (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.jal.StorageArrayFacade.issueCommand (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.jal.StorageArrayFacade.sendCommandCommon (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.jal.StorageArrayFacade.sendCommand (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.jal.StorageArrayFacade.assignVolumeOwnership (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.sam.configuration.controller.ChangeControllerOwnershipDialogPanel.performCommitAction (unknown Source)
  to devmgr.v1035api01.shared.wizard.DialogPanel$ NotifyBackgroundTaskAdapter.performOp (unknown Source)
  at devmgr.v1035api01.shared.AbstractTaskAdapter.run (unknown Source)

  THREAD DATA

  Thread [reference Manager 10, System]
  Thread [finalizer, 8, System]
  Thread [dispatcher Signal, 9, System]
  Thread [attach auditor, 5, System]
  Thread [Java2D grinder, 10, System]
  Thread [TimerQueue, 5, System]
  Thread [Swing-Shell, 6, System]
  Thread [AWT-closure, 5, main]
  Thread [AWT-Windows, 6, main]
  Thread [EventQueueMonitor-ComponentEvtDispatch, 5, main]
  Thread [Thread-3, 5, main]
  Thread [AWT-EventQueue-0, 6, main]
  Thread [DestroyJavaVM, 5, main]
  Thread [SwingWorker-pool-2-wire-1, 5, main]
  Thread [ChangeDetector, 6, main]
  Thread [PreferenceStoreChangeDetector, 6, main]
  Thread [LogMsgThread, 6, main]
  Thread [Np_Link_Monitor0, 6, main]
  Thread [DMVGarbageCollectorThread, 6, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-27, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-28, 6, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-30, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-31, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer 0, 6, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-35, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-36, 6, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-38, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-39, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer 1, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer 2, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer-3 6, main]

  
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-48, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-49, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer-4 6, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-53, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-54, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer-5 6, main]
  Thread [SwingWorker-pool-2-wire-2, 5, main]
  Thread [RecoveryProfile-69, 6, main]
  Thread [NEA-70, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer-14, 6, main]
  Thread [Timer-91, 6, main]
  Thread [host 2.3, principal of the Image]

  Hello MrRedPants,

  Since you are using a configuration not redundant you will have problems trying to modify the paths between the controllers since the two hosts have only a single connection to the MD3000.  What you could do if possible is to get 2 more SAS cables & connect ports second on the MD to RAID opposite that the host is currently connected to.

  Now, if this isn't an option so that you can make is to have 2 disk groups and assign the virtual disks / LUNS that are connected to each host in their own disk group.  If you go to each host their own groups of disks, then you will need to stop the e/s as you move the Ramdisk to the new group of disks so that you want to discard any data loss.

  Please let us know if you have any other questions.

• MD1000 attached to MD3000. Virtual disk not on the preferred path

  Hello

  I have a MD3000i box connected to 2 boxes of MD1000, these are connected to a Dell Power Vault Storage server 2003 running.

  Last night I connected the 2nd MD1000 and added in 25 TB of drives worth. I had initially hurt mapping the new virtual disk after 20 minutes or so, I noticed that I had shot the Ethernet cable plugged into the Module Raid 0 by mistake. I plugged it back in and was able to map the drive and started the initialization of disks.

  I came this morning to check how everything is done and found an error on the table. Disk not on favorite virtual path, preferred owner: at location 0 RAID Controller Module. Current owner: Module to slot 1 RAID controller. Group MD1000_2 of disc. Ramdisk: Virtual4.

  Now, it seems that influence the new virtual disk that I created. I checked the path virtual disk property and all the other virtual disks are using path 1 and try that I created to use channel 0.

  The virtual disk seems to be working for the moment it is detectable and to initialize itself in the area of operations of MDSM. I'm under pressure to get the space of storage as soon as possible, so I can't really afford to have to blow the virtual disk and restart the initialization. I'm hoping a simple reboot of the storage array will cure the problem, but I guess I can't do so until the end of the initialization of the disks. I could also remap the path to the virtual disk, but I saw online that it does not solve the problem, and I always have to wait until the initialization is complete.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Hello

  I deleted the disk group and created a new one that even once, did not help even after that I tried to change the path. I deleted again and created a new and then changed to RAID 1 controller quickly while he was still on the controller 0 (before it came with the failure of the path) as the preferred path that has cleared the error. There must be a mistake with the controller or the wiring to it.

  Thank you

• Virtual disk 1 gradient

  I have a Dell server that has 6 disks in Raid 1 3 bays. A drive has been replaced and came as "Foreign" so I followed the process to clean it, and now it shows "Ready". I need to add back into the Raid 1 mirror for virtual disk 1 as but it won't allow me. I chose the system-> Storage-> virtual disks in OMSA. For the second virtual disk (which is showing degraded) I've selected Assign/Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare, then run but I get a message that reads:

  Storage management shows only disks that can be used as a hot spare. There are at present no discs that are available, large enough, or the correct type to use as a hot spare for this virtual disk

  The disks are the same with the same product ID etc. I would jump just the drive and return as a test, but it's in a data center so I will try to use remote tools to solve the problem.

  RichRaymont,

  When you go to the page of the physical disks, is there a difference in the indicated for both drives? Also check if the controller firmware is current and up to date, I ask that this can be caused by firmware update. Finally, you have the opportunity to rebuild the disk in the bottom of the fall?

  Let me know what you see.

• Resumption of the Suspended virtual machine does not work, "the specified file is not a virtual disk.

  Resume a Suspended computer virtual fails with the message "the specified file is not a virtual disk. Tried to go back to the last snapshot fails with the same message "error restoring snapshot: the specified file is not a virtual disk '. '"

  The virtual machine has worked without delivers up to 21/12/2015 while she was snecessary. I often suspend > resume this machine virtual, but for some reason, I am now getting this error. Please help!

  The file unfortunately doesn't look very promising. It seems that the contents were crushed,

  Unless you have a backup, you can try to replace this file with a file 'empty' hard (e.g. copy Windows 7 x 64-000002-s100. ) ( vmdk) that contains only metadata (size = 327 680), to see if this allows you to use the virtual machine again. Note that you will lose all the data stored in the (corrupt) original hard file, and that the virtual machine will probably suffer file system errors. So make sure that you run chkdsk for all partitions in the guest OS.

  In any case, before doing so, I strongly recommend that you back up the existing files of the virtual machine! Once done, it could also be a good idea to run chkdsk for physical training.

  BTW. do you need all the snapshots? With all these clichés and the size of the virtual disk of the virtual machine, the virtual disk consists of files hard ~ 400.

  André

• Virtual disk strange behaviour - please help

  Hi all

  I wonder if anyone can help. I started to experience a strange problem on one of my VM today.  I have a virtual machine running freenas.  The storage drives the actions of free storage to sit on are physical disks connected directly to the virtual machine and run normally, because of the way the works of freenas real HDD can be small enough and for the virtual machine, it's a prealloue virtual disk is 16 GB in size.  It is the only virtual machine sitting on a physical hard drive 256 GB. Today, I noticed a problem that the file for the virtual machine has become 240 GB in size, is probably not a normal behavior for a 16 GB VM.

  I checked snapshots which he had two auto protect snapshots which I deleted and disabled auto protect. This was reported to the size of the folder up to 182 GB.

  On the use of exploerer to view the folder it seems to be a large number of files, as shown below. Can someone explain if it should be there?  Also, how else remove them safely.

  Thanks in advance

  Thanks for the offer, but after a lot of interference and a virtual machine rebuild I managed to solve the problem.

  The solution was to set the 2 drives physical independent mode with persistent active. for some reason unknown to me this seems to prevent the creation of multiple disk files, it seems workstation creates them even when there are no snapshots.

  Time will tell us but seems to have solved the problems. Fingers crossed

  Thanks for all the help guys.

• popular error; An error occurred when opening a virtual disk. Make sure that the converter server and source running machines have network access to the ESX/ESXi hosts source and destination.

  Once again; same problem, others have encountered but nothing seems to work.

  An error occurred when opening a virtual disk. Make sure that the converter server and source running machines have network access to the ESX/ESXi hosts source and destination.

  We have 1 physical servers, we need to see. Here is the environment. All 3 separated location, 3 all firewall separated

  1 physical servers

  -Internal IP address; 172.16.160.21
  -FARM Firewall

  vCenter Server

  -Internal IP address; 172.16.1.85

  -Local Office (ALX)

  Location of destination (ESXi host):

  -Internal IP address; 172.16.153.20

  -Firewall ROOMMATE

  
  Already completed:

  VMware KB: disable SSL on VMware Converter Standalone 5.x encryption   SSL disabled in converter-worker

  Firewall are open / Tunnel is open throughout the environment.

  I have attached the logs.

  Thank you very much

  POCEH; Thanks for the reply. But I wouldn't be pulling my gray hair if I knew what the problem was. I understand that there not for the peer but why...?

• How to extend a virtual disk on WS7?

  I use a virtual machine of WS7 running Win7x64 as my software development system.

  He has a 100 GB virtual disk and now I try to install Embarcadero RAD Studio XE7 on that, but is greeted by a message saying that the 33.6 GB of free space is not enough...

  He needs 37 a few GB.

  So now that I look at my options and the first, we must somehow extend the virtual disk (vmdk file) to a larger size.

  Is it possible at all the tool magic VMware or what I need to create a new record and the use of some software cloning inside the VM for Win7 to transfer the content courses like the one made when moving to a bigger real physical drive?

  Looks like it should be possible so to increase the size of the car without touching the data such that the partition holding the 100 GB drive is not now the disk is full.

  In this case, I use Win7 tools to extend the partition to use the full disk.

  Any advice/suggestions?

  Expand a virtual disk is a fairly straightforward task. Make sure that the virtual machine have Active snapshots and then increase the size of the virtual disk by typing in its new size in settings of the virtual machine HARD drive. After increasing the virtual disk, you must increase the partition within the guest OS. For Windows 7, this can be done in the disk management interface.

  Remember that when you set up a monolithic virtual disk for the virtual machine (i.e. a single hard large file), a new virtual disk will be created and all content will be copied on to this new hard file, which will have some time at the end, but it will also take the additional temporary disk space.

  André