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• Problem to connect to several Vmx files

  Hi guys, I found a bigger problem when you try to connect to multiple vmx files, followed by code below, that it is in a loop, I add in a list and call in a thread pool

  See - & gt; System.Threading.ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem (new System.Threading.WaitCallback (ProcessWakeAction), new object [] );

  where "list__server" contains the files of vmx to connect and PowerOn

  PS. If the strength of a sleep too

  System.Threading.Thread.Sleep (System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes (1)); });

  but the error pops up

  can someone help me? Tanks

  tracking code

  VixCOM.IJob jobHandle = s_VixComLib.Connect (global::VixCOM.Constants, .VIX_API_VERSION,

  " global::VixCOM.Constants .VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_SERVER, ' https:// " +

  System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry (this.m_Row.ToString ()). AddressList [0] + ": 443/sdk.

  "0, global::GreenCpd.Program .domain +"
  '+ global::GreenCpd.Program .UserName,

  Global::GreenCpd.program .password, 0, null, null);

  //----

  ---

  System.Object M_RESULTS = new System.Object ();

  //----

  ---

  vixError = jobHandle.Wait (new int [] , ref M_RESULTS);

  //----

  ---

  If (vixError is global::VixCOM.Constants .VIX_OK)

  {

  //----

  ---

  Critical section {Enter}

  -

  ---

  lock (s_VixHost = (global::VixCOM.IHost) ((object[]) M_RESULTS) [0])

  {

  jobHandle = s_VixHost.OpenVM (base.m_Row.ToString (), null);

  vixError = jobHandle.Wait (new int [] {global::VixCOM.Constants, .VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE}, ref M_RESULTS);

  object [[] M_RESULTS_IDX = M_RESULTS as object [];]

  If (vixError is global::VixCOM.Constants .VIX_OK)

  {

  ((global::VixCOM.IVM)(M_RESULTS_IDX[0])). PowerOn (VixCOM.Constants.VIX_VMPOWEROP_LAUNCH_GUI, null, null). WaitWithoutResults();

  ((global::VixCOM.IVM)(M_RESULTS_IDX[0])). () WaitForToolsInGuest

  int. Parse (System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings,

  (System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), null);

  s_VixHost.disconnect ();

  Global::GreenCpd.NGLibrary .CEventLogIO .RegisterLog (".Domain global::GreenCpd.Program +")
  " +

  Global::GreenCpd.program .UserName,

  "Finished WakeUp VirtualServer" + base.m_Row);

  }

  on the other

  }

  What error do you get? I can't see the source code, you have, but I do not see the error. Am I missing something?

• Having problem to add code to the .vmx file.

  I try to add the code below in my .vmx file.

  mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE".
  MemTrimRate = 0
  prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100".
  prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = 'TRUE '.
  sched.mem.pshare.Enable = "FALSE".
  I added my vmx file attachments, so you can take a look.
  I added these lines of code to the wrong file?

  After that, I am unable to open the virtual machine and get an error message:

  http://i50.Tinypic.com/33mwub9.PNG

  IM using Windows 7 pro on the host computer. With the help of VMware Workstation 8

  Help please! =)

  The file you connected, Windows 7 vmxf, isn't the .vmx config file and does not have the file, you should be editing!   Remove your Windows 7 vmxf file changes and edit the .vmx instead.  If you still have questions after that cleaning of the .vmxf file and modifying the .vmx file and then archive them both in a zip file and attach to a response message.

• I need a way to search search all the .vmx files

  I have a problem with vMotions in vCenter 6.0 I migrant to ESXi 5.5 with standard switches to a vCenter 6.0 with distributive switches.  For your information, here is the process.

  (1) unplug the host to vCEnter 5.5

  (2) add a host to vCenter 6.0

  (3) migration of ESXI 5.5 to 6.0 ESXi host with the installation of a standard switch.

  4) migrate to 6.0 with standard switch ESXi ESXi 6.0 with D-switch.

  Full migration.  The reason for the double jump is that esxi 55 can't change host and network to a switch-d so I have to get to ESXi 6.0 first.

  It all works very well, but for some reason, the .vmx file doesn't change not the port group. She is always present the standard switch. How ever VMS are on the rise and connected, the web client shows the port of switch-D group.  But when I do a vMotion it changes again in the d switch and the VM crashes.

  I have a case open with VMware to solve this, but I need to get the other VMS migrate without failure.

  The explanation may have been a bit long-winded, but here's what I need.

  I'm OK with PowerCLI but it is a bit outside my experience.  Can we create a script for watching all the ethernet ports in the .vmx for all virtual machines files see what port on their group name?

  Thanks for any help

  Tree!

  Try like this

  Get - VM | Select Name,

  @{N = "PG"; E = {(Get-NetworkAdapter-VM $_ |)} {(Sélectionnez-ExpandProperty NetworkName) - join ' |'}}

• VMX file damaged

  Hi, I see that you guys helped someone else to fix their VMX file corrupted and I have the same problem, with no technical skills of VMWare. I'm running a VM Windows XP Prof in W7 using VMWare Player.

  I see that you need the file VMX to the question of the other guy, and it's here.

  Thank you for the kind people in advance

  Please check if all VMware services are running (for example "VMware authorization Service")

  André

• Question about the .vmx file created on ESXi

  I'm trying to automate the creation of a virtual machine and take a snapshot. I use the vSphere SDK Perl.

  The problem I faced is if I create a virtual machine called TestVM, the .vmx file created on the ESXi is TestVM_1.vmx instead of TestVM.vmx due to which my snapshot creation fails.

  I faced the same problem, if I manually create the virtual computer. If there is no other computer virtual with the same name.

  A restart of the server ESXi fixed the problem.

• Not able to download vmx files

  Dear team,

  I am not able to download the .vmx for some receiving VMs and other virtual machines, I get to download.

  all versions of hardware vms are 9

  I noticed that if a vmx file icon look like this then I m able to download the vmx file

  

  and if a vmx file looks like this then it throws an error

  

  Need your help to fix the reported problem.

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  The virtual machine is stored in a shared memory? If so, The ESXi host holds a lock to the vmx file when the virtual machine is powered, then try to download the file from another host ESX\ESXi leads to failure. A likely solution is to use the datastore browser in vSphere Client connected directly to the host of ESX\ESXi, on which the virtual machine is running.

  Thank you

  Geraldine bodin

• .vmx file did not move after svmotion

  Hello

  I've been svmotion'ing a MSCS VM with RDM today (the RDM migrated separately from the side SAN) and after the migration, I figured out that the virtual machine installs with only the vmdk files. .Vmx files, log files, and other necessary files have been left out in the source data store. I moved two or three other virtual machines with RDM a similar setup and they moved very well. The only difference was this virtual machine is, he had an ISO mounted and connected. Would it have caused a problem?

  How move the .vmx and other files now? The must close the virtual machine and move the files manually using browser data store?

  Rahul-

  That's my understanding of it, if you run 5.X, you can migrate online and use the advanced option.

  But here's another good article migration RDM and a question for users of RDM. | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs this article goes into details migration scenarios and outcomes that result.

  It is simple process, as you have done with other virtual machines, just make sure that nothing is attached to the virtual machine, although this should not affect svmotion.  Start with the svmotion to datasore another standard, if the configuration files are still not migrated, then use the Advanced setting to verify the migration of the configuration files , simply use the advanced option.

  VFK

• Need to remove the advanced values in VMX file

  Former Director elected to harden all VMs VMX files in order to avoid interruptions in service unwanted individuals manual installation of the VMware tools upgrades.

  I agree with him and understand in previous versions, it was a good idea to disable these but now with 5.1 with the fact that we have more to restart for the modernization of the tools happen my life has become much more complicated and we constantly have problems with VM with mounted tools and no way forced to disassemble the tools.

  I am looking for PowerCLI script to remove these advanced values in the VMX file for all the virtual machines attached to a vCenter. I guess these are the following values:

  isolation.tools.autoInstall.disable = true

  isolation.tools.guestInitiatedUpgrade.disable = false

  insulation. Tools.connectable.Disable =true

  If there are other values that I should check, please let me know and I will review the VMX file.

  This is another option, but lines will remain in the VMX, albeit with different values

  You can do it with this script

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec$spec.tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo
  
  $extra1 = New-Object VMware.Vim.OptionValue$extra1.Key = "isolation.tools.autoInstall.disable"$extra1.Value = "false"$spec.ExtraConfig += $extra1$extra2 = New-Object VMware.Vim.OptionValue$extra2.Key = "isolation.tools.guestInitiatedUpgrade.disable"$extra2.Value = "true"$spec.ExtraConfig += $extra2$extra3 = New-Object VMware.Vim.OptionValue$extra3.Key = "isolation.tools.connectable.disable"$extra3.Value = "flase"$spec.ExtraConfig += $extra3
  
  $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)
  

• Odd listing with .vmx file

  I dip a few virtual machines, and I have a script I found online (don't remember who it was, but probably LucD).  The script is not the issue, but the csv file that references the script has some of these lines:

  floppy0. Now, FALSE

  ide0:0. Now, FALSE

  logging, TRUE

  Well, the script seems to work very well, but then when I check the file .vmx avec.extensiondata.config.extraconfig (Get - VM "Name"), the _.key $ for any line that has to do with the virtual material does not appear.  I don't think it's really a problem of script, but this section is so active, that maybe someone can lead me in the right direction, and I used PowerCLI for the settings, so I guess it's relevant.  There are several lines, and everything looks fine except for the material of the lines:

  floppy0. Now, FALSE

  floppy1. Now, FALSE

  ide0:0. Now, FALSE

  ide0:1.present, FALSE

  IDE1:0. Now, FALSE

  IDE1:1.present, FALSE

  parallel0. Now, FALSE

  Serial0.present, FALSE

  Other lines appear when I get back them:

  insulation. Monitor.Control.Disable, true

  insulation. Tools.ghi.AutoLogon.Disable, true

  insulation. BIOS. BBS. Disable, true

  isolation.tools.getCreds.disable, TRUE

  Even if I 'change settings' > Options > advanced. General > Configuration settings and add a line, I can't retrieve it with powershell (only the material lines) if I directly edit the .vmx file and backup copy, these lines do not arise with powershell, but they will appear if I look at the file .vmx Windows with Scripture, or any other text editor.

  If anyone has experienced this?  More important, nobody knows what I'm doing wrong?

  The script is here and there is a CSV file that I use with the examples I listed, he has the key, columns of values correctly

  Line of #This matter the pair key / value for the parameter .vmx

  $import = import-Csv "C:\STIGapply\STIG_current.csv".

  $VMs = get-back STIG | ' Get - VM"* clone.

  $vmConfigSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

  {Foreach ($item in $import)

  $extra = new-Object VMware.Vim.OptionValue

  $extra. Key = $item. Key

  $extra. Value = $item. Value

  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += $extra

  }

  {Foreach ($vm to $vms)

  $vm. ExtensionData.ReconfigVM ($vmConfigSpec)

  }

  In ExtraConfig , you will see only the VMX lines that do not have an actual entry in the VirtualMachine object.

  In the case of these systems can be found in $vm. ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.Device.

• Why made a small mistake on a VMX file such a pain?

  It is more a question for the developers and maybe the experts.  But why, when you make a small mistake when you change a VMX file, uploading it to the location of theVM data store, it backs up, starting then kicked with an error that gives an error stack then causes the virtual machine to do this:

  

  It seems stupid.  If I can reup the VMX corrected, you still cannot recover.  There should be some sort of refresh button, so it scans the directory and the VMX still once, realize the mistake has been corrected and then giving access to the virtual machine again.

  Only one I found today to fix this, is to click with the right button on the invalid VM in the inventory list, remove the inventory.  Go to the data store and the record of the location of the virtual machine.  Right-click on the corrected VMX file and say "Add to inventory" and follow the instructions in the wizard.

  Why that is so long winded?  What is the problem with my original suggestion to just a refresh button.  Who will be rescan him previously failed VMX file, then find there now and allowing access to the power on the virtual machine again.

  Seems strange.

  Two error put today

  isolation.tools.guestInitiatedUpgrade.disable = "FALSE".

  In the VMX file twice.

  Then second mistake (in order to correct the error, just so that I could make a guide for fixing work) was forget to replace the quotes "when they are copied from a Web site, it uses different stylized quotes that don't like VMware.

  Tiny errors, but how long breath to get the virtual dos machine.

  Why not just use the vSphere Client to make these. VMX changes. Property editor of virtual machine-> tab Options-> general in the left pane-> button Configuration settings. Add the values y and no more manual. VMX edits.

• Retrieve snapshots after broken vmx file has been restored

  I'm running a Win7x64 Machine (host and guest) with Workstation 7 and I came across a problem after a failed to stop... after that my host system restarted I could not start my guest operating system that the vmx file was broken.

  I created a new machine virtual and added the original virtual disk (vmdk) and could restart the virtual machine. It was only after restarting when I realized that I've revertet to the initial state of the virtual machine and all the changes that I stored in snapshots disappeared.

  So I tried to do the same steps again and instead of using the original vmdk, I tried to use the one of the last snapshot. But this was not possible (the virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created)

  Can I do to solve this problem? the parent disk was not changed at all, but I guess that the initialization of the system created new logs etc...

  Please download the attached zip file
  extract and replace "Windows 7 x 64 Edition_workstation.bin"

  then run the cmd

  DSFI.exe "Windows 7 x 64 Edition_workstation.vmdk" 512 1024 "Windows 7 x 64 Edition_workstation.bin.

  Please note the small change in cmd!

  When you're assigning the file "Windows 7 x 64 Edition_workstation - 000004.vmdk" to your VM or simply use the vmx file attached

• VMX file larger than the maximum size supported by the data store

  Hi all

  I seem to be getting a strange error trying to a virtual machine that is located on a snapshot VMFS5, to the data store format.

  The virtual machine (VMDK and VMX file) is installed on a thin provisioned 2 TB datastore which has the value VMFS5 formatting.  It is a data store new with no other VM on it.  I had problems in the past with the datastore block sizes (1 MB, 2 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB on VMFS3), however, I thought that VMFS5 got rid of the question, since it's all blocks of 1 MB and all files in the virtual computer are on the same data store.

  The error I get indicates that the VMX file is too large for the data store (used Im saying "unspecified file), however, if I do the independent 2 TB disk snapshots through the fine.  The virtual machine has two virtual disks, a 50 VMDK of GB and a thin 2 TB VMDK (200 GB used).  I tried fast vMotioning the VMDK and VMX to other data formatted VMFS5 stores and still get the same error.

  I'd appreciate any help and ideas.

  Thank you

  Travis

  Although the block size limit is party, maximum 2 TB file size less 512octets still exists. Since a Flash disk can grow waist put in service the basic disk more overhead for the metadata, the maximum size of virtual disk - to be able to create snapshots - is 2032 GB.

  See "calculation time system required by the snapshot files" at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012384

  André

• Need help updated the VMX file on several Virtual Machine

  All,

  Can anyone help with a problem I'm having?  Here is a brief explanation of what is happening and what we need to solve.

  Recently we found out that we need to add a line in the file VMX of several virtual machines.  In the past, I was able to do this, but would have cold start the virtual machine for the changes to take effect.  Starts cold won't be a problem, because we can program it.

  However, no one knows a way to add this line in the file VMX virtual machines in a cluster.

  Here's the line I need added:

  Devices.hotplug = "false".

  Here is a script that was used earlier (esx 3.0 days) to keep the VM tools updated on reboot.  At this point, if the virtual machine has been turned on, this change could not do through the UI.  However, this script worked to update the .vmx file and then we have cold reboots for the changes to take effect.

  Get-viserver - < Server > - < user > - < password >

  $viview = get-Cluster-name NOMCLUSTER | Get - VM | foreach-object {get-view ($_.ID)}
  $viview | {foreach-object
  $vmConfigSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools = new-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools.afterPowerOn = 'True '.
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools.afterResume = 'True '.
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools.beforeGuestStandby = 'True '.
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools.beforeGuestShutdown = 'True '.
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy = "UpgradeAtPowerCycle".
  $_. ReconfigVM ($vmConfigSpec)
  }

  The exact script can be found in Disable HotPlug

• Power supply error after converting old .vmx file

  To start, that's what I'm working with:

  VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 (and vSphere client)

  VMWare vCenter Converter Stand alone

  What I'm trying to accomplish is to take an older VMWare machine, convert it, and then add it in the new client. Problem is after I convert the old file, transfer it to the data store, then add the inventory on what it will not feed machine and I get the following error message:

  Unable to create the virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, ' / vmfs/volumes/4d4056f3-dba3ed6f - 6 c 19.

  Could not open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Make sure that the disk has been imported.

  I was looking through some threads here on this forum (based on the SCSI error) and none of the fixes worked for me, because the changes were not necessary in my new .vmx file. There was one that I was full of hope on (which recommended changing the .vmx file to point to the appropriate disk), but this isn't the issue with the new .vmx file.

  To give you an idea, it is that the new file has in it:

  . Encoding = "windows-1252".
  config.version = '8 '.
  virtualHW.version = "7".
  memsize = '512 '.
  MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE".
  displayName = "Convergence".
  guestOS = "other26xlinux."
  USB. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.
  ethernet0. ConnectionType = "bridged".
  ethernet0.startConnected = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. ConnectionType = "hostonly".
  Ethernet1.startConnected = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. AutoDetect = 'TRUE '.
  ide0:0. FileName = "automatic detection".
  ide0:0. DeviceType = "cdrom-raw"
  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".
  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:0. FileName = "Covergence.vmdk".
  scsi0:1.present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:1.filename = "Convergence - 0.vmdk".
  vmci0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  lsilogic.noDriver = "FALSE".
  EHCI. Present = 'TRUE '.
  NVRAM = "Covergence.nvram."
  Priority.Grabbed = 'normal '.
  Priority.ungrabbed = 'normal '.
  scsi0:0. Redo = «»
  scsi0:1.redo = «»
  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".
  insulation. Tools.hgfs.Disable = 'TRUE '.
  tools.remindInstall = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge0.present = 'TRUE '.
  Tools.Upgrade.Policy = "useGlobal".
  pciBridge4.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge5.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge6.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge7.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  And here's what the old file was inside before being converted:

  #! / opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware
  config.version = '8 '.
  virtualHW.version = "4".
  numvcpus = '1 '.
  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".
  memsize = '512 '.
  MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE".
  floppy0. Present = "FALSE".
  USB. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Sound.Present = "FALSE".
  sound.virtualDev = "es1371.
  sound.fileName = "-1".
  Sound.AutoDetect = "TRUE".
  displayName = "convergence Session Manager.
  guestOS = "other26xlinux."
  NVRAM = "Covergence.nvram."

  #serial0.present = "FALSE".
  Serial0.filetype = 'file '.
  Serial0.filename = "ttys0.txt".

  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  Ethernet1. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. AddressType = 'generated '.
  Ethernet1. ConnectionType = "hostonly".
  UUID. Location = '56 4 d cf 63 ba 16 39 4f - 36 of 93 07 94 30 3 c 79'
  UUID. BIOS = "56 4 d 22 6th b3 41 36 31 - 9f ea 2d 9F 6 d 7 d d0 0F".
  ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: d 29:9e:6: 7 d.
  ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = '0 '.
  Ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: 29:9e:6 d: 87.
  Ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10".

  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:0. FileName = "SystemDrive.vmdk".
  scsi0:1.present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:1.filename = "SetupDrive.vmdk".

  Priority.Grabbed = 'normal '.
  Priority.ungrabbed = 'normal '.

  scsi0:0. Redo = «»
  scsi0:1.redo = «»

  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".
  Tools.Upgrade.Policy = "manual".

  insulation. Tools.hgfs.Disable = 'TRUE '.

  tools.remindInstall = 'TRUE '.
  checkpoint.vmState = «»

  I am new to all this installation of VMWare server so I am at a loss to know what to do to solve this problem. Any help will be appreciated.

  Welcome to the community,

  Problem is once I have converted the old file, download on the data store, and then add the machine to the inventory...

  Could you explain what exactly you were doing.

  • What is product VMware has been the virtual machine running before you converted?
  • How do you have it convert?
  • Why don't you use the converter to convert the virtual machine directly to ESXi, instead of convert and download?

  André