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• Folder path as a VM property - for virtual machines in a paralytic

  Hello

  I used the new-viproperty of LucD script to create a folder for each virtual computer property in my inventory. It works perfectly well for virtual machines, but not for virtual machines in a paralytic as these do not have a 'record' in powercli property. they report a $null value.

  Would be much appreciated if someone can help me to modify this script so it creates a VM property for the VMS and VMs in a paralytic?

  http://www.lucd.info/2012/05/18/folder-by-path/

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  New-VIProperty-Name'BlueFolderPath' -ObjectType 'VirtualMachine'-Value{

      param($vm)

      functionGet-ParentName{

          param($object)

          if($object.Folder){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.Folder

              $name= $object.Folder.Name

          }

          elseif($object.Parent -and$object.Parent.GetType().Name -like"Folder*"){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.Parent

              $name= $object.Parent.Name

          }

          elseif($object.ParentFolder){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.ParentFolder

              $name= $object.ParentFolder.Name

          }

          if("vm","Datacenters"-notcontains$name){

              $blue+ "/"+ $name

          }

          else{

              $blue

          }

      }

      (Get-ParentName$vm).Remove(0,1)

  }-Force| Out-Null

  Check if the new version works for you.

  New-VIProperty-name 'BlueFolderPath' - 'VirtualMachine' - value {ObjectType

  Param ($VM)

  Function Get-ParentName}

  Param ($Object)

  if($Object.) {Folder)

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. Folder

  $name = $object. Folder.Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) VApp) {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. VApp.ExtensionData.ParentFolder

  $name = $object. VApp.Name

  }

  ElseIf ($object - is [VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference]) {}

  $folder = get-VIObjectByVIView - MORef $object

  $blue = get-ParentName $folder. Parent

  $name = $folder. Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) Parent - and $object. Parent.GetType (). Name - as a ' file * ') {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. Parent

  $name = $object. Parent.Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) ParentFolder) {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. ParentFolder

  $name = $object. ParentFolder.Name

  }

  If ("vm", "Data centers" - notcontains $name) {}

  $blue + "/" + $name

  }

  else {}

  $blue

  }

  }

  (Get-ParentName $vm). Remove (0.1)

  } - Force | Out-Null

• Wonder average CPU for virtual machines

  I have a supermetric that gives me the average demand of CPU for virtual machines.

  It works as set below:

  avgN($R40:A2055,3) / avg($R40:A2030)

  R40 is the data center - A2055 is the attribute of MHz CPU demand.

  A2030 is powered on virtual machines in the data center.

  Is it possible for me to write this formula without having to divide it by the total number of virtual machines in the data center?

  Is 'average' looks should do.

  

  Fix.

• Use the diskette of esxi for virtual machines

  Hello
  I would like to set up a lab and I have hp g6 server but just with a single 600 GB sas disk
  is it possible to install esxi on it and also use it as a storage device for virtual machines on?
  I know that I can install esxi on a cool drive but if what I've said, it's possible I prefer to use that
  Thank you very much

  It's true.

• 1 or 2 processors? 32 or 64 bit? for virtual machines

  I had a discussion with the network administrator about using 2 processors and OS 64-bit for virtual machines.

  It uses 1 proc and 32-bit on Proliant G5 servers for virtual servers ordinary.

  When it will be beneficial to use 2 procs and 64 bit?

  THX.

  Hello.

  When it will be beneficial to use 2 procs and 64 bit?

  It will be useful to use 64-bit when you have an application that you want to run 64 - bit, and it will be useful to add a second processor when you discover that a vCPU is not enough.  If by 'regular' virtual servers, you're talking low-end Windows servers, then the 32-bit single vCPU approach will be generally better.  Without knowing more about your applications or operating systems, it is difficult to give a more precise answer.

  Why do you think that you might need for 64-bit or 2 vCPUs?  Can you elaborate on what you put on foot?

• Port forwarding in vmware workstation 9 (how to transfer all traffic to a virtual machine)

  You are looking for here: Advanced Configuration of NAT

  I can see how to redirect ports via in a particular host vmware NAT service, but my question is how can I transfer ALL traffic to a host? I found no info on how to do that.

  Is there any way I can forward all traffic incoming on a virtual machine?

  The syntax is = : and as such it is singular in all references, so I don't know of a way around it.

• public network for virtual machines, private storage and the service console?

  Hello

  So far I had a pretty small facility with 2 servers with 4 physical network adapters each running ESX 3.5, a small box of EqualLogic SAN to shared storage and a few virtual machines on our network of regular reinforcement, routed, not on a private.   The network config was really simple.  I just put everything on real IP addresses on our network of building.

  Now I want to move the SAN and the traffic on a private service console network, but I don't know how to do this.

  Right now I use 2 NETWORK cards on each server:

  vmnic0 is configured on vSwitch0 and has the network of the VM on it that all my use of VMS to talk to the outside world, and it also has the Service Console that uses Virtual Center and I use ssh to it.

  vmnic1 is configured on vSwitch1 and a VMKernel Port and also a Service Console Port for iSCSI Software to talk to my SAN.  (never been clear on why both are needed to talk to the SAN, but doctors say they are)

  My plan is to set up a vSwitch2 and bind it to vmnic2 and implemented a VMKernel Port and the Service Console Port for software iSCSI on the 10.x.x.x network, set up my new (larger) SAN box on the 10.x.x.x network and simply use Storage vMotion to move virtual machines to the new storage space.  As soon as I did this, I would like to not use the Service Console on vSwitch2 and not a Console Service at all on vSwitch0.  Is it possible to delete the one on vSwitch0 and just use a new vSwitch2 for Virtual Center and ssh access?

  So my proposed configuration would be:

  vSwitch0: VM network only, used by the VM guests for oriented public access network, no construction of Network Service Console, linked to vmnic0

  vSwitch1: superfluous once I do storage vMotion of everything on my old SAN, will eventually remove and pair vmnic 1 with vmnic0, linked to vmnic1

  vSwitch2: VMKernel and Service Console on the network 10.x.x.x, used to access the new SAN, used by Virtual Center to access the ESX, used to SSH in to ESX on private network, associated vmnic2

  If it works?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  VMkernel ports cannot live on the same subnet. So if you have 3 vmkernel ports say: vMotion, iSCSI and NFS. You really need 3 subnets. 1 for each vmkernel port.

  Otherwise how does he know all send properly?

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• Search for virtual machines with function "Shared Folders" (HGFS) running

  I'm looking for advice on creating a script to find all VM with HGFS running, or where the service is actually used.

  Apparently, VMware posted the notice of security VMSA-2016-0001 | United States yesterday and my security people are panicking.

  Any information you have would be useful.

  Thank you

  Ludi

  The only way I know is questioning the guest operating system itself and check the registry path:

  HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order

  and check if the value string ProviderOrder hgfs, vmhgs or vmhgfs.

  You should remove these values and restart the virtual machine for the change to take effect.

  Wise PowerShell:

  $VM = get - VM NameofVM

  $Reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]: OpenRemoteBaseKey ("LocalMachine', $vm.extensiondata.summary.guest.hostname")

  $RegKey = $Reg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order")

  $RegKey.GetValue ("ProviderOrder")

  VMware KB: Guest Windows cannot update hgfs.dat or vmhgs.dat

• How everyone counts the total amount of GHz for virtual machines on a host-cluster?

  Hello

  I want to do some basic sizing and I may\may do not go the way to write about it.  For example, suppose I have a cluster of 4 nodes with a total of 200GHz and 1 TB of RAM on all four hosts with 100 VM.  How can I get the total amount of GHz\Memory that each virtual machine is configured with (not necessaryly to aid real-time) so that I can workout or demonstrate what fits on one or two hosts in the cluster, for example?

  Thanks for your help and advice in advance

  You can do this via the inventory tool called RVTOOL which allow you to do an inventory of all your virtual machines and hosts with the resource assigned and served. hope, it will help you.

• Attached device PCI host to query for virtual machines

  In the web client, on a host, we can see in the peripheral PCI if one or several virtual machines are attached to it. The field is called "VMs using it."

  I was passing through the API Explorer but unable to find a way up to even with Orchestrator - to find out if a host PCI device is to be used by any machine virtual or not. Is this possible?

  If anyone is interested, this is the solution;

  var features = host.configManager.graphicsManager.graphicsInfo;

  for each {(device in devices)

  If (device.pciId.match("46")) {}

  System.log (Device.VM);

  }

  }

• What is the type of object to use for virtual machine model in the Points of Extension?

  Hello

  I added my plugin point of extension vsphere.core. ${objectType} .monitorViews. My plugin is for all types of objects (vm, file, vApp, resourcePool, etc) except the model of the virtual machine. My understanding is that the vm object type would be required for the virtual machine template, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Am I missing something here? Should the plugin appear for the model of the virtual machine when I use the vsphere.core.vm.monitorViews extension point?

  Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards

  Ashutosh

  Sorry, I got confused by your original question. ExtensionPoint id you are looking for is the one for adding views a model virtual machine monitor tab:

  model.monitorViews vSphere.Core.

• define an id scsi for a disc newly added for virtual machines via script

  Hi Experts,

  I used the script below to add disks to several virtual machines
  http://blog.mattvogt.NET/2013/03/14/PowerCLI-mass-add-hard-disks/

  But currently our requirement for change as if we must add 3 2 GB drives, the disks must the controller use SCSI (1:0) - (1:2)

  And next bunch of disks, for example, should use use SCSI (2:0) - (2:2).

  Y at - it an option to set the SCSI ID when adding new disks.
  Please let me know if there is nothing we can achieve through scripts.

  Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards
  Sourav

  Try this new version, it works for me in my test environment

  ### Get VM/Disk Count/Datastore information ### $vmname = Read-Host "VM Name to add disks to"$num_disks = Read-Host "number of disks to add"$ds = "Oracle DB Farm Datastore Group"$format = Read-Host "Disk Format (thin, thick, EagerZeroedThick)"$size = Read-Host "Disk Size (GB)"
  
  $vm = Get-VM $vmname$datastore = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name $ds
  
  ### Add $num_disks to VM1..$num_disks | %{  Write-Host "Adding disk $_ size $size GB and format $format to $($vm.Name) on datastore $datastore"
  
    if($_ -eq 1){      $hd = New-HardDisk -vm $vm -CapacityGB $size -Datastore $datastore -StorageFormat $format      $hd = Get-HardDisk -VM $vm | Where {$_.ExtensionData.Backing.UUid -eq $hd.ExtensionData.Backing.Uuid}      $ctrl = New-ScsiController -Type Paravirtual -HardDisk $hd  }  else{      $hd = New-HardDisk -vm $vm -CapacityGB $size -Datastore $datastore -StorageFormat $format -Controller $ctrl    $hd = Get-HardDisk -VM $vm | Where {$_.ExtensionData.Backing.UUid -eq $hd.ExtensionData.Backing.Uuid}  }}
  

• How to install VMplayer 3 network for virtual machines to comminicate with each other?

  People,

  Hello. I use VMPlayer 3.

  SE host: Windows 7
  Comments to: Windows XP and Oracle Linux 5

  I need to set up the network and activate Windows XP communicate with Oracle Linux 5.

  I followed this tutorial http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_devices_serial_2vms.html to configure 2 virtual machines in Windows 7 host machine.

  I tried to test 2 virtual machines in the way as below:

  In Linux, [user@localhost ~] $ping WindowsXP_HostName
  Release: Unknown host WindowsXP_HostName

  
  At the Windows XP command prompt:
  C:\ping localhost.localdomain
  Its release: ping localhost 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data...
  Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes = 32 time = 2ms TTL = 128

  
  He meets a few times and then disconnected by itself. It seems that Windows XP is ping itself and not Linux server. The host name of the Linux server is 'localhost' as well. It is a kind of confusion for me.

  
  From the information above, we can see that 2 VMs cannot connect between them.

  Can any folk provides a tutorial or example or case study to set VMPlayer 3 allowing 2 virtual machines communicate with each other by step?

  Very grateful in advance.

  In the guest machine, all I see is click on VMplayer-> VM-> settings-> network-> Network adapter Connection-> select Bridged: directly connected to the physical network. After that, nothing to keep.

  That's it for the network card in Virtual Machine of its parameters, and the rest is done to each guest at the guest OS level.

  In Windows 7 host machine, I don't see anything first.

  What we need to do is to assign 3 IP addresses to 3 machines: Win 7, Win XP Guest and Linux host.

  Why the world can't bring you up Google in a browser and type, the ip static windows xp, then static ip rhea of windows 7 and finally static ip.  As I have already said there are more then enough tutorials on the Internet about how to configure a static IP address by a given operating system then I suggest you Google it!  It makes absolutely no sense to write the instructions step by step for you when there are already dozens of tutorials available on the internet.

• What is the I/O profile for virtual machine workload?

  Hi all

  As we know, different applications may have different profiles of I/O, for example. OLTP system would generally with [random, samll, report R/W 7:3]

  1. What is typical I/O profile for a virtual machine VMWare?

  2. do you have a guide of best practices configuration for SAN storage LUN available?

  Thx a lot!

  1. What is typical I/O profile for a virtual machine VMWare?

  2. do you have a guide of best practices configuration for SAN storage LUN available?

  There is absolutely no such thing as a 'IO profile' typical of a VMware VM. Always, forever everyday, depends on.

  A hypervisor sits between the OS and the Application and the storage Bay are not because the needs of profile and e/s storage are suddenly turned upside down or scrambled at random in all directions.

  An inactive VM does not generate any more or different IOPS / s only idle physical server. A busy database VM behaves different than a physical server with the same database/application in terms of IOPS profile / s and e/s either.

  A common m

  In a Word, design your storage in the same way as you would in a completely physical world.

  Some recommended reading:

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/TechResources/10329

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-51/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/vSphere-ESXi-vCenter-Server-51-monitoring-performance-guide.PDF

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-51/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/vSphere-ESXi-vCenter-Server-51-storage-Guide.PDF

  Analyze and understand what is called the "best practices", but do not apply to your environment.

• Need a script for virtual machine availability

  I know there is a metric for sys.uptime.latest which pulls the elapsed time in seconds surveyed of the virtual machine startup. Two questions

  This allows VM cacluate uptime in a perspective of avalability host?

  It only takes into account availability time between reboots to the vCenter level, or it takes into account all the running time? (example: uptime since a restart triggered via vCenter client vs a shutdown - r resulting in a virtual machine)

  Does anyone have a scipt that could be used or modified to give VM uptime? PowerGUI has a performance data plugin which can show it on a unique basis of VM. But I need to interview all the data for the whole vCenter and all virtual machines.

  Thank you!

  The metric of sys.uptime.latest gives you the time since the last poweron of the virtual machine.

  All reboots of BONE, of in the comments or via the vSphere client, do not reset the counter.

  This script gives you a report of the availability for all your virtual machines

  $vms = Get-VM Get-Stat -Entity $vms -Stat sys.uptime.latest -MaxSamples 1 | ` Select @{N="VM";E={$_.Entity.Name}},@{N="Uptime";E={$_.Value}}