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• Virtual machines are not able to access the network after you have moved the host

  We moved our 4 ESX host to a different physical switch and now our VMs cannot access the network.

  I can access the host via client vsphere.  Our host has 2 network cards.  They are both members of the vSwitch0.  I have 1 VM network defined, and they are both members of it.  The network adapters, vmnic0 and vmnic1 are also part of my VMkernel which I do not know that I need because I have 1 ESX Server and do not use iscsi or NFS.

  the two cards are also part of my service console.

  According to my host "configuration / display: vitual switch, it looks like all my virtual machines are defined to use the vswitch."

  the two physical network adapters is connected to the same switch.  I did not go to any configuration on the switch.

  

  The steers would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Paul

  

  Welcome to the community,

  It sounds as if the physical switch ports are not configured correctly. Please check that port security is disabled on the switch (switchport mode access) ports and spanning tree portfast is (if any).

  André

• All virtual machines are dead

  Hi, I discovered today that all virtual machines on my ESXi 4 has been arrested.  There are balls I can check what happened?  4 virtual machines are all CentOS 5.5 64-bit and very lightly loaded (IE TOP shows 0.1 for loading).  There is no more validation of CPU or memory.

  You can... How to do this depends on your configuration... For example, if you use vCenter or not. If this isn't the case, then connect to the host, go to the tab "Configuration", under the heading 'Software', ' Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown ' select and then click on the 'Properties' link (top right of this window)... This is where you can select the VM power on with the host country, what order they put under tension, or if they "Manual start" value when the host starts.

  If you do the settings on the host computer, vCenter will extract these settings in the configuration... I would suggest testing to confirm that the auto-start settings stick when you vMotion a computer virtual to another host (if you have more than one host) or not.

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• Multiple virtual machines are with merging different accounts...

  I have a partition, Bootcamp with Win XP SP3. Fusion (2.0.4) is configured to run a machine virtual of Bootcamp. When we go to Fusion from an account other than the account used to set up the merger, it is always built a new virtual machine and applications to reinstall VMWare Tools.

  I don't know if this is related to the fact that each user has now several virtual machines listed in the merge Panel, some black, some grey. Some of these virtual machines start and the one who would start applications the VMWare Tools install.

  Could be a permissions problem? If so, what folders/files should be given permission for different users? Thank you.

  OS 10.5.7 (Nvidia graphics)

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  Normal file according to the Virtual Machines have a glance at the 'Sharing of Virtual Machines between users' section of the VMware Fusion A Beginner's Guide.

  For the execution of the partition Boot Camp in a Virtual Machine, it is a bit different because where the virtual Boot Camp Machine score is and cannot be moved as normal file based on Virtual Machines.  The location of each are covered in the first part of the document of A Beginner's Guide to VMware Fusion .

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  By changing the name of the rawdiskCreator-vmware in a Terminal (/ Applications/Utilities/Terminal) copy of the file and paste the following command, as is, and then press enter and type your password, and then press Enter and the Boot Camp partition appears is no longer automatically on the Virtual Machine library automatically under a newly created user account. and the opportunity to delete the automatically populated user account entry existing Virtual Machine library.

  sudo mv "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-rawdiskCreator" "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-rawdiskCreator.bak"
  

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• Several virtual machines are running, but are not in stock

  Hi all

  I hope that someone has experienced this condition and can help.

  Here's what I have.

  I have 13 VMs (Windows-based) I did some tests with the help of EMC RP DR. All servers in a group to ensure consistency with the two LUNs. I was able to failover of the environment on the site of copy and then restore to the original location.

  However, today when I didn't return the case I lost 4 virtual machines.

  -J' have 9 virtual machines I see in vCenter Server

  -The virtual machines that I've "lost" are running, and I can connect using RDP, but they do not appear in vCenter Server

  -Virtual machines are in their records in their data warehouses. When I find the appropriate folder and try to add to the inventory, the option is grayed out. Which suggests that the VM is saved, but when I search I do not see the instance.

  PowerCLI command revealed that the two Mas I have 9 powered on virtual machines. Like I said all 13 virtual machines are running.

  I asked each his vmInventory.xml of the host in the cluster file servers registered on all hosts are 9 instead of 13.

  I have not disassembled the DS during operations of RecoverPoint failover, power off just the virtual machines.

  Fortunately, this environment is not in full production, but which is the right thing.

  Someone at - he encountered this rather odd situation.

  If relevant, Bay storage is EMC VNX and access is any block.

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  no problem you are welcome!

• CentOS 5.4 + vmware server 2.0.2 - virtual machines are switched off automatically

  Hello

  I have a centos 5.4 with server 2.0.2 vmware server installed on it. I am running two virtual machines on it: Microsoft windows xp pro sp3 and Centos 5.4 (the two 32-bit).

  I have the last time, my virtual machines are automatically shut down, for example: I start the two vm at night and in the morning they are turned off.

  Often happens that vmware-mngm service is not accessible, I'm trying to access on browser, but is not accessible. After I restarted the service vmware-mngm, it works, but aflte some operations with virtual machines, it gives me an error and stop responding again.

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  After I log in Panel of vmware server I get this error:

  The server cannot complete a request (HTTP 0).

  Ok

  The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented him from meeting the demand. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.

  After the mgmt-vmware restart I can connect. I have attached the log files in a zip archive.

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  Hello

  first of all, check the host with a tool like memtest memory. Maybe the RAM is not ok.

  After that, perhaps your problem is this one: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1326842#1326842

  In above discussion, the solution is the following: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1431577#1431577

  Let me know if it works for you.

  A saludo/best regards,.

  Pablo

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• Create several virtual machines on Vsphere multiple using the spreadsheet V2

  After much tinkering with the orginal VM deployment script, I brought a lot of improvements over the old.  I'm still learning my way powercli... It is not a pretty looking code, but it does the job...  I hope it helps

  The script is designed for a windows model that has two hard disks and two card WLAN.  Virtual machines are configured after their deployment to suit the needs of the customer.  You should be able to modify the script to fit your needs.

  The script file and sample xls is attached.

  Features:

  1 deploy VMs of template file and comstomization using worksheet

  2 customization of VM after the deployment of the VM

  3 multi-thread

  4 deploy VM on vSphere servers.

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  6 create notes, the date and the user who made the VM VM

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  The virtual computer name. Host name | CPU | RAM (GB) | DISK2 (GB) | DISK3 (EN) | Nic1 connection | Name of the model. Data store | Notes

  #VM Deployment script by David Chung 8/12/2011
  #This script is multithreaded VM deployment script using spreadsheet across multiple vsphere servers.
  #
  #It will log the result in C:\scripts\log\ folder
  #Copy autobuildv2.xls to C:\scripts folder.
  
  # --- Note that our windows standard template has two hard drives and two network (lan and backup) ---
  # --- Depending on customer requirement, CPU, RAM, Disk size, and Network VLAN connection changes. ---
  
  # Spreadsheet file should be:
  # VM name | Host name | CPU | RAM (GB) | DISK 2 (GB) | DISK 3 (GB) | NIC1 Connection | Template name | DataStore | Notes
  
  #Use following command to launch the script
  #./autobuild [spreadsheetname]
  
  
  param( [string] $file)
  
  #Update User ID and Password
  $user = 'username'
  $password = 'password'
  
  if ($file -eq ""){
      Write-Host
      Write-Host "Please specify spreadsheet file name eg...."
      Write-Host "./autobuildv2.ps1 spreadsheetname.xls" -ForegroundColor yellow
      Write-Host ""
      Write-Host ""
      exit
  }
  # Replace with your virtual center name
  $v1 = 'labvirutalcenter'
  $v2 = 'testvirtualcenter'
  $v3 = 'productionvirtualcenter'
  $v4 = 'drvirtualcenter'
  
  $dt = Get-Date -Format d
  
  #Connect to VI server using saved credentials
  
  #$credlb = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v1 -File C:\labcredential.xml
  #Connect-VIServer $credlb.Host -User $credlb.User -Password $credlb.Password
  
  #$credpd = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v3 -File C:\pdcredential.xml
  #Connect-VIServer $credpd.Host -User $credpd.User -Password $credpd.Password
  
  #$credts = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v2 -File C:\tscredential.xml
  #Connect-VIServer $credts.Host -User $credts.User -Password $credts.Password
  
  #$creddn = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $v4 -File C:\dncredential.xml
  #Connect-VIServer $creddn.Host -User $creddn.User -Password $creddn.Password
  
  #open excel and read values
  $xls = new-object -com Excel.Application
  $path = "C:\scripts\" + $file
  $xls.Workbooks.Open($path) | Out-Null
  
  # Removes any existing jobs
  Remove-Job *
  
  # Starts from Row 6 on the spreadsheet
  $Row = 6
  
  # Loop starts
  for ($name -ne $null)
  {
      $name = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,1).Value()
      $vhost = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,2).Value()
      $cpu = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,3).Value()
      $memgb = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,4).Value()
      $dgb = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,5).Value()
      $dgb2 = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,6).Value()
      $net = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,7).Value()
      $temp = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,8).Value()
      $nfs = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,9).Value()
      $desc = $xls.Cells.Item($Row,10).Value()
      $vmdisk = $dgb * 1048576
      $vmdisk2 = $dgb2 * 1048576
      $memmb = $memgb * 1024
      $cp = $Row - 6
  
  # End of the loop when there is no data in the row.
      if ($name -eq $null) 
      { 
          Write-Host ""
          Write-Host ""
          Write-Host "(" $cp ") VM Build in progress.  Please check virtual center for detail." -ForegroundColor Magenta
          Write-Host "The script will end when ALL VMs are completed." -ForegroundColor Magenta
          
          # Waits until all jobs are finished
          while ((Get-Job | where {$_.State -eq "Running"}).getType -ne $null)     
          {     
          Sleep -Seconds 10     
          } 
          
          # Stops Excel process
          Stop-Process -Name "Excel"
          Write-Host ""
          
          # Writes Jobs in to log file
          $Date = Get-Date
          $logfile = "C:\scripts\log\autobuild" + "_" + $Date.Day + "-" + $Date.Month + "-" + $Date.Year + ".txt"
          if (-not (test-path c:\scripts\log\))
              {
              MD c:\scripts\log | Out-Null
              }           
          Receive-Job * | Out-File -Encoding ASCII -FilePath $logfile -Append
          Remove-Job *
          
          Write-Host "Automated VM build is completed." -ForegroundColor Yellow
          Write-Host ""
          Invoke-Item $logfile
          exit
      }
      
              
      # Select the correct customization script
      if ($temp -eq "Win2K3-32")
      {
      # Customization script name
          $cust = "Win2003_32bit"
      }
      elseif ($temp -eq "Win2K3-64")
      {
      # Customization script name
          $cust = "Win2003_64bit"
      }
      
      elseif ($temp -eq "Win2K8R2")
      {
      # Customization script name
          $cust = "Win2008"
      }
              
      #if no customization script is selected, break out of the script
      else
      {
          write "Your Guest Customizations are wrong"
          break
      }
      
  #Select Vsphere server name based on ESX host name provided
      if ($vhost -like "ESXLAB*")
      {
          $v = $v1
      }
      
      elseif ($vhost -like "ESXTST*")
      {
          $v = $v2
      }
      
      elseif ($vhost -like "ESXPRD*")
      {
          $v = $v3
      }
      
      elseif ($vhost -like "ESXDR*")
      {
          $v = $v4
      }
      
      #if incorrect host names are selected
      else
      {
          write "Please input correct host name"
          break
      }
      
      # Launch Multi-threaded job (VM build and configure)
      $job = 
      {
      $in = $input.'<>4__this'.read(); 
      
      Add-PSSnapin 'vmware.vimautomation.core'
      
      $vmdisk = $in[5] * 1048576
      $vmdisk2 = $in[6] * 1048576
      $memmb = $in[4]* 1024
      
      #VM note (description, deployed by: username, and build date)
      $onwer = Get-Acl
      $deployed = $onwer.owner
      $note = $in[10] + '  |  Deployed by:' + $deployed + '  |  Created:' + $in[13]
      
      #Connect to VI server
      Connect-VIServer $in[11] -User $in[14] -Password $in[15]
      
      #Build VM and configure
      New-VM -Server $in[11] -vmhost $in[2] -Name $in[1] -Template $in[8] -Datastore $in[9] -DiskStorageFormat thin -OSCustomizationSpec $in[12] -Location "Discovered virtual machine" -Description $note
      Set-VM -Server $in[11] -vm $in[1] -Numcpu $in[3] -MemoryMB $memmb -RunAsync -Confirm:$false
      $disk = Get-VM $in[1] | Get-HardDisk | ? {$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 2"}
      Set-HardDisk -harddisk $disk -CapacityKB $vmdisk -Confirm:$false
      if ($in[6] -gt 0)
          {
          New-HardDisk -Server $in[11] -VM $in[1] -CapacityKB $vmdisk2 -Confirm:$false
          }
      $vmnet = Get-VM $in[1] | Get-NetworkAdapter | where { $_.Name -eq "Network Adapter 1" } 
      $vmnet | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $in[7] -StartConnected:$true -Confirm:$false
      }
      
      # pass variables in to jobs
      $jobspec=@()
      $jobSpec += $job
      $jobspec += $name
      $jobspec += $vhost 
      $jobspec += $cpu 
      $jobspec += $memgb
      $jobspec += $dgb 
      $jobspec += $dgb2
      $jobspec += $net 
      $jobspec += $temp
      $jobspec += $nfs
      $jobspec += $desc
      $jobspec += $v
      $jobspec += $cust
      $jobspec += $dt
      $jobspec += $user
      $jobspec += $password
      
      #start the job    
      Start-Job -InputObject $jobspec -ScriptBlock $jobspec[0]
      
      Write-Host ""
      Write-Host $name " VM is being deployed on " $v -BackgroundColor Green -ForegroundColor Black
      Write-host ""
      
      
      $Row++
  }
  
  
          
  
  

  Good script, a lot of interesting features in there.

  Thanks for sharing.

• IP address on the virtual machine windows endangered endangered after the importation of the data store.

  I'm gaving a problem with the IP on windows vm disappear after having mounted the snapshot to restore. Here's what I do.

  Mount making LUNS to the esx host area

  I have eyebrows outside the data store to find the vm I want to right click and click Import the vmx file.

  Imports of the virtual machine and when I start it up I wonder if I've moved or copied the VM. I have tried both moved and copy but when I connect to the virtual machine is missing all its IP info.

  Any way to avoid the losting vm sound IP info when I import to the host from a LUN outlet?

  Hello

  Installs on the forum of the Virtual Machine and the guest operating system.

  The MAC of a virtual computer is based on the UUID/name of the virtual machine so if you are not using a static MAC (one that recognizes VMware) and it will change the IP address might also change if you are using DHCP. So I suggest to use a static MAC in the VM configuration.

  Another way is to set up the guest operating system in the virtual machine with a static IP address instead of a DHCP function.

  But if you are unable to remove the virtual machine or the copy in the virtual machine, there may be something locking these files would be an another running virtual machine. If you need to find this VM and kill him. In this case, "vmware-cmd - L" and 'vmware-cmd - l' host in question can be useful to find where the 'hidden' VM is running.  Ultimately you can use ' vm-support - x "to find a list of the virtual machines running by how the hypervisor lists. Then use 'vm-support - Z' to suspend the offending virtual machine that should unlock everything.

  Yes, the use of these commands is command line.

  However, before using these commands determine if you can find the place where life VM incriminated.

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  Edward L. Haletky

  Host communities, VMware vExpert,

  Author: VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security,VMware ESX and ESXi in the 2nd business edition

  Podcast: the Podcast for security virtualization of resources: the virtual virtualization library

• Virtual machines, run extremely slow when the console is consulted 2 virtual machines Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 32-bit, 2 VMWare for virtual machine

  I'm in a difficult situtaition here.  I am the daily contact with a new client.  My linux guy, who is also my boss who is very busy, asked me to do some research trying to find answers for what's not on this server. We have a dual Quad Core 2.5 Ghz Lenovo server with 10 GB of ram.  2 500 GB hard drives are Raid 1.  We run Virtual Server VMWare 2 on a Debian with Gnome installation as a user interface for the side of things Linux.  Grub is the boot loader. There are two virtual machines running on the server.  The one machine that serves as a domain controller is a Windows SBS 2008 Server 64 bit, and the secondary machine has no responsibility domain.  The second machine is a Windows Server 2003 32-bit.  the 10 GB of ram 6 GB is allocated to the SBS server and 4 GB to the 2003 server.

  The problem I am running into is that everything is so slow, especially if I connect remotely to do any sort of administration on the network.  Some examples of issues I've noticed is that as soon as I log on the server via Remote Desktop SBS console management Windows Server spike to 80-95% CPU usage and it will not stop unless I close the management console.  Another instance is that if I open Backup Exec 12.5 on the SBS server it will kill the speed of the processor as well.  Long story short, there are a lot of machine to do what we need to do, but something is not configured right and non of us know what it is.  Another point to note is that the server has been in production for about 3 weeks, and the server seemed to have locked up just twice.  My professional guess is that over time, some chose thing is eating causing the crash of the memory.

  Sorry I do not have much technical insight on this topic, but this is the best I have to offer.  Any questions you all have, I'll ask my people and see if I can answer, but I could really use your help here.

  Thank you in advance,

  Heath

  2 things:

  1 you really need hard drives more than 2 in a RAID 1 for proper performance under load. More disks the better. Although I don't think that's what your problem is, he'll probably be the problem Next you will do.

  2. I don't know exactly where the configuration file is on your box of Debian for VMware Server, but you should consider adding the following options in the configuration file (on windows, it's the vmware 'config.ini'):

  prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100".

  MemTrimRate = 0

  sched.mem.pshare.Enable = "FALSE".

  mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE".

  If you do some research, you can read about what these options (the largest is the memory page sharing - it should only be left on if you have a bunch of similar virtual machines running on the same box, that you don't have.) I honestly know why this is on by default, he kills the CPU when virtual machines are running different operating systems). These are the options that I now use standard in VMware Server deployments, with huge performance increases after you have added the. Just give a try.

  Edit: Also make sure that you have installed in your virtual machines VMware tools.

  Dimitri Rodis

  Integrita Systems LLC

  http://www.integritasystems.com

• the virtual machine monitor driver required by the virtual machine is missing

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  Hi jameelaswad,

  The question you have posted is better suited in the forums of Virtual PC. Please see the following link for more information.

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• Can't export virtual machines: unable to connect to the remote server

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  I'm working on vSphere client 5.1 (vCenter Server 5.1). Trying to export a virtual machine for distribution model. When I go to file-> export the template OVF..., I get the following error message:

  Can't export virtual machines: unable to connect to the remote server

  Remote not sure what/who he is not able to connect to. If I connect vSphere Web Client and navigate to the same model (or all other models), under 'All the Actions of vCenter' I don't have an option to export to the model of the FVO. But if I use a VM machine instead of a virtual machine template, I have the ability to export to the OVF, but it is grayed out.

  Am I missing any customer authorization or plugin for vShpere?

  Discovered that vSphere server had some modifications made by HIM to resolve the violation POODLE. HE had to set the ip address of the machine where export OVF will be performed. Which allowed the connection to establish vsphere client and perform an export of the FVO.

• Virtual MACHINE disk, but not in the inventory

  I have a virtual machine that has disappeared from the inventory, but is still in the (non-local) data store. In my view, that it was off. I tried to add to the inventory, but received a message that a virtual machine is already registered with that name. I believe that these are the steps that led to this State:

  I had a consultant in an ESXi host to replace it with a new one and a few weeks ago. All virtual machines have been moved out of the old host. The virtual machine in question was arrested that we did not use it. I just noticed today that it was not in the inventory because now I'm ready to use it.

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  Any suggestions how I could see the virtual machine in the inventory again?

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  As you can see this message, "received a message that a virtual machine is already registered with that name", while adding another virtual machine name use inventory. However, be sure that this virtual machine is not already.

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• From virtual machine automatically at startup of the host

  Hello

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  I do not use ESXi, but if you go to the Configuration of your ESXi host and then virtual Mahcine start/stop tab is a box of properties in the right corner?  If so, like ESX, this is where to put it

• Install the new virtual machine as a guest of the installation of boot CD

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

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