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• backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  sometimes. When vmware tools is outdated, some os comments will be omitted to suspended snapshot. During this time, the backup may have failed.

• VCB proxy on a virtual machine?

  Hello

  You may want to put a VCB proxy on a virtual machine.  I understand that this is possible if the storage is on iSCSI or NFS, but unfortunately, we on the CF.

  Is this possible?

  Thank you!

  Discover Mode Hot-add SCSI on p.26 of Virtual Machine backup Guide.

  Good luck!

• Cannot snapshot a virtual machine

  We run a virtual machine on one of our ESX (vSphere 4 Standard) host in a taking snapshots problem. We get the lovely 'operation is not allowed in the current state' and that's what keeps us save the machine through Veeam. I see a lot of messages for this error but found no which dealt specifically on taking snapshots suggesting just reboot the box. It is a production server, and I was hoping to avoid that if possible. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas or clues as to what might be wrong.

  Thank you in advance and here is the message from the vSphere client securely reproducible we get immediately after the launch of the snapshot.

  Create instant virtual computer
  Annex
  The
  the operation is
  not allowed
  in the
  current state
  .
  RX\tmunn
  vCenterSvr.rx.umaryland.edu
  04/03/2011 09:04:06
  04/03/2011 09:04:06
  04/03/2011 09:04:07

  Thank you

  Tim Munn

  University of Maryland, school of Pharmacy
  

  As you have mentioned, an interesting question

  Maybe something was wrong with the virtual machine when reinstalling vCenter. What I would try to do, is to stop the virtual machine, remove the inventory, (do not drive - remove would probably also solve the problem of the snapshot, but certainly not a way you satisfied), remove the ctk file (this serves to changed block tracking and will be recreated when the next backup/snapshot) and then add the virtual machine to inventory again by right-clicking the vmx file. Once that is done, try to set the "Client" virtual CDROM dirve If it works, you may need to reconfigure this machine virtual of Veeam backup too.

  André

• Snapshots for virtual machines fault-tolerant

  VSphere availability guide says that you can not fault tolerant VMs snapshot. Otherwise, how would a backup virtual machines?

  If you need to snap for backup, you can stop FT, do the blink of an eye, make the backup, delete the snap and reactivate FT.

  You cannot schedule directly (in the special section), but there are useful scripts that can toggle pi of CLI.

  André

• Blue screen at the start of WinSrv2008r2 recovered from the backup of windows virtual machine image

  Hello

  At first, everything seems fine:

  -to create the new virtual machine

  -startup disc for instalation of Windows Server 2008 on this VM

  -Select "Repair system" and point the backup image file (full backup - made with standard Windows backup tool)

  -system recovered successfully.

  But then, when the system restart recovered fresh - start start Windows normally - and suddenly it is blue screen with the error 0x0000007b

  IMHO, this first initiated boot of the recovered system trying to twist something in the special part of the disc and he cannot (because it's a virtual disk?)

  Is it possible to recover the system windows image file system server to virtual classic?

  Thanks in advance for all voice :-)

  Greetings,

  RA

  Welcome to the community,

  the error message is related to the controller to start the virtual machine, which is different from the original system, and its drivers are not loaded in Windows. What you try, it is to use the free VMware Converter and run the option "Set up the Machine", which should inject the necessary drivers in the virtual machine. Before doing this, please make sure that the Windows 2008 virtual machine has the default "LSI Logic SAS' controller configured in its settings.

  André

• The list of the snapshot active virtual machines

  In our environment, we will automation upgrade to new versions of the tests. I need regularly to ensure that virtual machines are running with a snapshot taken at the same time (via PowerCLI, we use the same description).

  In other words, is there a way to retrieve the current name of the active snapshot for all virtual machines?

  With the help of:

  Get-resourcepool 'MyResPool ' | Get - vm | Get-snapshot | Select @{Name = 'The virtual computer name';  Expression = {$_.} UMM name}}, created, name, description. Tri-objet created. Format-Table-auto

  Don't highlight that one is active.

  A snapshot IsCurrent property tells you if a snapshot is updated. I modified your script to display only active snapshots:

  Get-ResourcePool "MyResPool" | `
  Get-VM | `
  Get-Snapshot | `
  Where-Object {$_.IsCurrent} | `
  Select @{Name="VM Name";Expression={$_.VM.Name}},Created,Name,Description | `
  Sort-Object -Property Created | `
  Format-Table -AutoSize
  

  Best regards, Robert

• Question about backup / restore of virtual machines

  Hi all

  My guard speaks that she always save a Virtual Machine on removable USB memory before she did something to her, in case she should he recovered quickly.

  She does refer in terms of backup? and how she restore from USB flash memory card?

  And I've read a few articles on the backup and restore VMware, but nothing like she said.

  Any ideas would be great.

  See you soon

  You cannot use a USB storage connected to your host to make backups.

  Buy a compatible NAS instead.

  For the backup, see also: the backup solutions for VMware ESXi

  André

• Question about snapshots and virtual machines

  Hi all

  I have a small question about snapshots. I use VMware for about 6 months and I read about snapshots and how they work but still have a question to make sure that I understand how it works and it will work the way I think it works.

  I have a Windows 2003 server, which is a virtual machine. I have an application that uses MSDE database. I want to upgrade the database to MS SQL 2005, but to do this I need to back up the MSDE database, uninstall MSDE, and then install SQL 2005 and move the SQL database. This happens on the same VM.

  What I was thinking if I well Snapshots correctly is to snap turned the virtual machine before doing anything. Then do my upgrade steps and see if everything works. If its all messed up so I should be able to return to my shot and everything should be the way he had. What is the good? One of the main reasons I moved the server VM was because of this upgrade.

  After reading the documentation for the snapshots, it's how I undestood it. Pretty much any change could be reversed with snapshots. I wish just they had put in a few examples in the PDF file. Also it would be the same for all type of grades of the OS? Could I snapshot a Windows 2000 Server, and then "in the upgrade of the square" to Windows 2003? I've cloned a VM to do this but was curious about whether snapshots would be just as easy.

  Thanks for your help.

  Hello.

  What I was thinking if I well Snapshots correctly is to snap turned the virtual machine before doing anything. Then do my upgrade steps and see if everything works. If its all messed up so I should be able to return to my shot and everything should be the way he had. What is the good?

  That is right.

  After reading the documentation for the snapshots, it's how I undestood it. Pretty much any change could be reversed with snapshots. I wish just they had put in a few examples in the PDF file. Also it would be the same for all type of grades of the OS? Could I snapshot a Windows 2000 Server, and then "in the upgrade of the square" to Windows 2003? I've cloned a VM to do this but was curious about whether snapshots would be just as easy.

  Exactly the same thing for the upgrades of the OS.

  Perhaps the most important thing with the snapshots is to keep an eye on them and don't let them sit too long or become too big.  You have described the use cases are very good uses for snapshots.  Just make sure you have a solid plan with a schedule set, so that you can come back or validate changes before the snapshot becomes too large.

  Good luck!

• Unalterable RCLI in U4, how do the backup for my virtual machine

  Hi, in the update of this week, my esxi U4 servers build 153875, but now have a problem, my script php to backup virtual machines do not work, orders rcli is unable to connect to the esxi Server

  Search error:

  root@backuplinux script# /usr/lib/vmware-viperl/apps/vm/vminfo.pl--serveur virtual7

  Enter the user name: root

  Enter the password:

  Error to connect to the server " " https://virtual7/sdk/webService': Maybe host isn't a Virtual Center or ESX Server.

  I use:

  VI Perl Toolkit version: 1.6

  'Vminfo.pl' script version: 1.0

  You can take a look at ghettoVCB that use the console SSH not supported for download and execution of the backup script. You can also take a look at Veeam Backup If you are looking for a basic GUI solution, among others.

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  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

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• Snapshoting a virtual machine (Windows or Linux) before a upgrade VMware Tools as a precaution

  Our company has standardized on the use of VMware snapshoting than a level 1 to save uninstall mechanism possible to issues related to the updates / patches.  It works very well for Windows updates on our Windows guests, as well as the updates I YOU on our Linux guests.

  My question is if anyone thinks that there is a risk associated with the use of this process to guard against a possible problem that might occur after an upgrade VMware Tools.

  The process would be: Patch ESX host, migrate a guest to host newly patched, instant, prompt, install VMware Tools update, restart, test and certify, delete the snapshot.

  Since you're snapshoting a system that has an older version of VMware Tools, it's a bad idea to rely on this snapshot in a recovery scenario?  Use the VMware Tools as part of the process of snapshoting a guest?

  Thank you all for any advice you may have!

  Matt Heldstab

  Yes, you can snapshot before the upgrade tools and come back if something don't jive.  To take it even further, you can snapshot before the hardware upgrade of the v7 and return to v4 if it does not work.

  Seems like a lot of works well, but it does not offer a good backup method.

• Backup of multiple virtual machines on a number of servers ESXi

  Hi all

  We have a small field of version 5. XXXX of vmware ESXi servers and using the ghettoVCB script, I have problems with some of the cronjobs does not.

  It is my belief, that it is perhaps that the script is trying to run on a new host when the other VM did not finish on a different host.

  I noticed when I tried a manual forced backups when another host was running a backup...

  # /vmfs/volumes/DanielSAN2/Backups/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh g /vmfs/volumes/DanielSAN2/Backups/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.conf f/vmfs/volumes/DanielSAN2/Backups/ghettoVCB-master/$(hostname-s)-l /vmfs/volumes/DanielSAN2/Backups/logs/ghettoVCB-backup.$(hostname-s).$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log-d dryrun .daily .backup

  -Ash: /vmfs/volumes/DanielSAN2/Backups/ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh: device or resource busy

  Is it possible to run multiple instances of multiple hosts? simply create a number of script files would get around this question, or is the w switch used for this purpose? I couldn't find the example in the am, but it seems I can left only one process at a time, and I think that this is part of the problem. Any help would be appreciated...

  Thank you very much

  Nathan

  Thank you, that worked a treat!

  several scripts work very well if you have a number of backups to be performed during the night.

• Backup feature of virtual machine for the virtual machines that are part of a paralytic

  In the powerclibook I found the backup-vm very useful function (Chapter 10)

  I do not post the direct link to the function because I don't know if this is allowed.

  You will find the function if you follow http://www.powerclibook.com/

  I wonder if this could be changed to backup vms several that are part of a paralytic.

  Thanks for help.

  concerning

  Andreas

  Hi Andreas, no problem mentioning the link since we already published as well in our PowerCLI book: download Scripts, functions and Modules post.

  Regarding your question, you can try something like this

  Get-VM-location (Get-VAPP-name MyvApp). %{

  Backup-VM - VM $_ - Datastore (Get-data store MyDS

  )

• options for the backup of virtual machines

  I intend to make regular backups of Backup Exec of my virtual machines as I normally would with a physical server.

  What other options do people use to make backups of their virtual machines?  I Imaging it has options of snapshot in vcenter, I could also take pictures on my SAN... anything else?

  VCB belongs to VMware, command line for most... There are a few 3rd tools part that you can watch that inspire the VCP, some add a GUI, they are expensive but one vRanger connection, look it up. Backup exec can work if you have installed the agent on the virtual computer, etc., but who receives only the files in the comments. Get a backup of the actual files that make up the virtual machine is a little more difficult... the VM must be suspended so to speak, in order to get a good backup files vmdk, etc, that's what can make the 3rd party tools.

  If you can not pass the dough, then search VCB. You will need to know some scripts, but there are tons of rescources here and there that can help you.

  I hope this helps.

  Jim

• Keep a backup of virtual machine removed at POS

  Hello

  I want to make a backup of virtual machine (vdp 6.1) and then delete vm in the cluster. I need a backup for future possible restoration.

  Is it OK to do this? POS will keep the backup?

  Hello

  You can go to POS, select the backup of the virtual machine and put it in the menu. This may block the normal expiry date and the backup will be deleted from POS.

  Tim