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• Snapshot Manager, or "vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get" see instant

  We have a VM with 4 virtual drives reserved Server ESXi 5.5. After the backup of POS operation failed I found snapshot files * - 0000xx - delta.vmdk as well as a correspondent for *.vmsd file. There was no entry snapshot in the Snapshot Manager then tried to consolidate snapshots suite http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002310

  But it seems that ESXi host does not know snapshots:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms

  VMID Guest OS Version Annotation file name

  2 VMname [datastore] VMname/VMname.vmx oracleLinux64Guest vmx-10

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get 2

  Download Snapshot:

  ~ #

  If I try to create a new snapshot there not almost immediately but new *-0000 x + 1 - delta.vmdk files are created and no error message is vmware.log.

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 2 test test_snapshot 0 0

  Create the snapshot:

  Create the Snapshot failed

  If I understand the memory snapshot creation he works long enough but doesn't have the same way, but I can see ' SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: made by snapshot 'test': 325 ' end of vmware.log. Hostd.log I see some warnings:

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.369Z [info FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] instant tree refresh ignored because the storage is not accessible.

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.371Z [warning FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] PopulateCache failed: _diskAccess: true _storag, eAccessible: fake

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.371Z [warning FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] PopulateCache failed: _diskAccess: true _storag, eAccessible: fake

  ... dtto...

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] time to gather the config: (11MS)

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] UpdateStorageAccessibilityStatusInt: 53a183b5 data store - 4367 b 267 - c93d - 180373fa1be8 is not accessible

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] CfgUpdate update all the core files.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] CannotRetrieveCorefiles: VM storage is inaccessible.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] time to gather snapshot file available: 0 (MS)

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] CannotRetrieveCorefiles: VM storage is inaccessible.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' WARNING] Snapshot create succeeded, but not UID 325 in the list.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' WARNING] has no operation

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.383Z ['Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' FFE40B70 info] State of Transition (VM_STATE_CREATE_SNAPSHOT-> VM_STATE_ON)

  Data store could not be inaccessible I was runnig commnad inside and managed to the list. I can not restart VM or host in the near future. No idea how to commit snapshots, please?

  Host reboot has solved the problem in the end. Snapshots became visible and I can remove them. I don't know what caused this situation.

  Thanks to opvizor for support and kind help.

• No snapshot manager or "vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get" see instant after failed backups VDP

  We run one VM with 4 virtual disks on the dedicated server ESXi 5.5. This virtual machine has been replicated by replication Vsphere and supported by VPDA. After a few changes in POS started replication backup jobs failed and I found the snapshot files * - 0000xx - delta.vmdk as well as *.vmsd corresponding to the file in the directory of the virtual machine. There was no entry snapshot in the Snapshot Manager then tried to consolidate snapshots suite http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002310

  But it seems that ESXi host does not know snapshots:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms

  VMID Guest OS Version Annotation file name

  2 VMname [datastore] VMname/VMname.vmx oracleLinux64Guest vmx-10

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get 2

  Download Snapshot:

  ~ #

  If I try to create a new snapshot there not almost immediately but new *-0000 x + 1 - delta.vmdk files are created and no error message is vmware.log.

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 2 test test_snapshot 0 0

  Create the snapshot:

  Create the Snapshot failed

  Https://communities.vmware.com/message/2481184#2481184 along

  Avamar/VDP manages independent snapshots of the host/VM. I deleted the backup job and restarted VIENNA but nothing has changed. Any idea, the consolidation of the snapshots, please? (The replication is disbled now).

  The host reboot has solved the problem.

• Delete all snapshots failed: vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall

  Hello

  I hope you can help me please

  I used veeam backup & replication backup a virtual machine to exchange server 2010

  I didn't know why and how, but since last week, I got error when try to delete snapshot: another task is already underway

  I try a lot of advice/KB but the success of whithout (managemennt services restart, remove the snapshot in vsphere client)

  When a start an ssh connection to the esxi and I launch 'vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remveall' I got this error: "delete all asnapshots has failed.

  can you help me please?

  snapshots continue to grow since last week!

  Thank you

  (I'm french, sorry for my English)

  which means the snapshot of the ware file used by your worker VPXA and it's get connected through your VADP.

• [ESXi 4.1] Limit the VIM - CMD vmsvc/getallvms results

  Hello

  I have a lot of virtual machines running in our environment. So when I run the command from the object, I get a lot of useless content.

  What I want is to see the VMID, name and location of data store. How can I do this?

  BTW, I installed RVTools to try to make this easier for myself and see them immediately... but the VMID is not displayed.

  Thank you

  Johnathan

  brunofernandez1,

  Thanks for the link. I found the following one line that does this for me:

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• VMware-vim-cmd: waiting for orders to be completed?

  Hi all, I adapt a backup script I made for VMware Server 1.x to VMware Server 2.x and I'm having trouble doing ordinary things like 'suspend' or "create a snapshot" "a VM from starting.

  There are several ways to do the same thing in a certain way does not require any authentication, others indeed require authentication, for example, to create a snapshot, you can:

  VMware-vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 'id of the virtual machine.

  or

  vmrun-h https://127.0.0.1:8333 / sdk u user-p password of snapshot "[datastore] /vm_path/vmx_name.vmx '

  The problem with vmware-vim-cmd approach is that it does not wait for the command to complete, and is not a welcome feature in a script.

  Instead, the vmrun command wait until the end, but to use it in a script, you must also include the identification of the user and password information in the script, and it is not welcome.

  So the question (as shown in the topic) is: is it possible to make orders of vim-vmware-cmd to wait until the end?

  If someone knows how to do that I would be very grateful

  Thank you for reading,

  10nico

  The vimsh and the vimsh wrapper vmware-vim-cmd is not officially supported by VMware, that being said, I agree that it should allow you to check the situation, etc. It can be a pro/con and depending on how the call command, the wrappers actually communicate to the VI API server, and if you look at the VI API there are all both blocking and non call.

  Vmware-vim-cmd, the command is executed and returns to the shell for most. You might be able to monitor the tasks that is created and ensure that it is completed, but I have not played too much with it.

  [root@himalaya scripts]# vmware-vim-cmd vimsvc
  Commands available under vimsvc/:
  auth/             login             task_cancel       task_list
  connect           logout            task_description
  license           property_dump     task_info
  

  Again, these are undocumented, unsupported and the behavior will vary =)

  I advise to use the VI API (Powershell or VI Perl Toolkit) to accomplish your tasks, and you can even take a look at some of the utilities that are available with the VI Perl Toolkit Utilities: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/perl_toolkit_utilities_idx.html

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• Vim - cmd and instant return

  I want to dream a snapshot of a virtual machine in a host of vSphere 4. With the vmsvc/snapshot.get of vim - cmd, I take snapshot as a tree:

  -ROOT (instantane1)

  -CHILD (Snap2)

  -ROOT (Snap3)

  -CHILD (Snap4)

  -CHILD (Snap5)

  -

  ---

  CHILD (Snap6)

  -

  ---

  CHILD (Snap7)

  -CHILD (Snap8)

  When I use the vmsvc/snapshot.revert, he asked me about snapshotindex and snapshotlevel VMID. I want to return to the Snap8, and I can't do it. I tried many possibilities (0-1, 1-1, 0... 7), but none of them has a job.

  How does the snapshotlevel work? And snapshotindex?

  Thank you very much.

  To be honest, it's vimsh is pretty hack when it comes to deal with the return of stereotypes, especially in a complex snapshot tree.

  I highly recommend take a look using the vSphere API to perform this operation because it is much easier since it is sufficient to specify the name of the snapshot you want to go to.

  There are already canned VMware script to manage snapshots in vSphere SDK for Perl - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl40/doc/vsperl_util_index.html called snapshotmanager.plutilities.

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• VMware-vim-cmd check vmwaretools available

  Hello!

  I want to make a script (with bash) to stop my VMs.

  with vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown ID, I can stop my VM.

  But if vmware-Tools are noticed running I want to turn off the coast of the VM hard.

  How can I check if vmware-tools are available and how can disable VM without vmware-tools?

  THX.

  Hansi

  The vim - cmd, you can use the vmsvc/get.guest allows to check if the tools are running:

  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 28 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsRunning"
  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 18 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsNotRunning".

  You can also include a vim - cmd vmsvc/power.getstate in your script to see if the VM is actually powered-on, since the status of tools will be guestToolsNotRunning on a virtual computer off of course.

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• VMware-vim-cmd

  Hello

  Could you tell me what that the syntax of the vmCfgPath of the following command:

  VMware-vim-cmd rsrc/hostsvc/vm_config_get & lt; vmCfgPath & gt;.

  I tried /vmfs/volumes/xxx/xxx/xxx.vmx of vmware-cmd - l and /xxx/xxx/xxx.vmx but nothing works.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

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  As mentioned, you will need to provide the virtual machine VmId.

  Here is an example of a virtual machine, lifting say Quentin

  In ESX (i) 3.5 you'd:

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  4288   Quentin                           [http://himalaya-local-SAS.Savvio|http://himalaya-local-SAS.Savvio] Quentin/Quentin.vmx                                                      winXPProGuest           vmx-04
  

  4288 would be the value you would use in the command:

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           dynamicType = ,
           shares = 1000,
           level = "normal",
        },
        overheadLimit = ,
     },
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        dynamicType = ,
        reservation = 0,
        expandableReservation = false,
        limit = 2048,
        shares = (vim.SharesInfo) {
           dynamicType = ,
           shares = 5120,
           level = "normal",
        },
        overheadLimit = ,
     },
  }
  

  On ESX 4.0, you also have the option to use vmware-cmd to extract value. You first need to get the path to your virtual machine, and then use the getidoption:

  [root@himalaya ~]# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/4aa95d52-c297af51-90e2-003048d9586a/Quentin/Quentin.vmx getid
  getid() = 4288
  

  Either one will work, but do not forget the majority of entry to the vimsh when dealing with a machine virtual will be it's VmId.

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