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• Connect physical hard disks to the virtual machine (and leave the data intact)

  Hello

  I'm looking to virtualize a SOHO headless server, that I use mainly for secure file storage.

  Currently, the system runs Linux installed on a small disc and has two drives 1.5 TB, used exclusively for data, in a cluster of ZFS mirroring. (I use the ZFS-fuse Linux-based application).

  I want virtualization for two reasons. One is to make administration easier and safer - avoid having to connect a keyboard and the physical monitor to the box from time to time. The other is that the machine is a bit more powerful to handle the load, and I'm hoping to make it work on other, more challenging tasks.

  Now, there is a catch. These discs are as highly important. I mean the data on them. What I need is to convert the current Linux system to a virtual machine, or re - install Linux on a virtual machine (don't like that), then connect the physical disks to the virtual machine as if they were actually connected.

  I certainly don't want to vmware touches those disks somehow.

  I've read the documentation, but I'm a noob when it comes to server virtualization and system engineering and don't quite understand if this is possible or not. These discs are not a SAN, they are physically connected to the server, I want to install vSphere on. (Of course, I'll log out when I run the setup of vSphere. But I need plug them again later, and they need to be sure that vmware will leave them alone and pass them to the virtual machine transparent.)

  Sigmoid wrote:

  Oh yes, the cluster mirrored ZFS. It is essentially a software RAID type thingie.

  http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS

  A material, or the point of view of virtualization, it appears two hard drives with a single huge partition on each that is not transparent to anyone, except the implementation of ZFS.

  OK, means that you can break the RAID, connect the drives to different host and configure RAID once again, right?

  Let's do it this way

  1. We will need a disc player more for VM, cause on flash, we install ESXi
  2. I will share ZFS :-), all you need to do with that before you install ESXi
  3. make the BACKUP!
  4. Disconnect the data host drives
  5. install ESXi 4.1 U1 free version on flash
  6. Download the site VMware vSphere client
  7. Connect the VM disk to ESXi
  8. customer help create the virtual machine and install the OS on it
  9. stop the virtual machine and esxi
  10. connect DATA drives to the ESXi host
  11. begin to ESXi
  12. See how to add RDM on youtube, after client use, change first hardware VM--> add a new hard disk--> choose Raw Device Mapping--> (physical or virtual) mode--> store it with folder VM - FACT
  13. Start the virtual machine, now your VM should see both drives, with good data course :-)

  I have just made this procedure (add ROW with data in Linux VM) on ubuntu VM, works well

  See you soon
  Artur
  

  Please, do not forget the points of call of the "useful" or "correct" answers

• Move the physical hard disks to new server

  First of all, before I have offend anyone wrong, yes there is a back-up. The "Extend reasons" why would I be willing to do this style of rough house upgrade are given below

  
  Simple explanation of the problem

  I have moved the physical hard disks (6 discs in the 0 + 1 array) in a HP Proliant ML350 G6 low for HP DL360 G5.

  The hard start and loading VMware 4.0 disks but no network connection. It shows the assigned static IP but no connection to the network.

  Also tested network cables. ;-) Firmware update on both boxes

  I have improved the VMware ESXi 4.0 to HP VMware hypervisor 5.1(1??) Edition, still no IP connection.

  Any Suggestions to get this NETWORK card IP address running?

  The drive in the array goes back to the system original and boots with work IP (and upgrading VMware 5.1 too)

  Extent of the reasons

  It is a small business with a single physical server, we borrowed a temporary server (used) from our supplier

  The current table (6 x 136 GB drives 0 + 1 array) has 408 GB of usable space. The person who made the initial VMware/OS load charge did not increase the block size for the Server Windows Small Business 2008 has a maximum of 320 GB volume

  Which is now max out.

  The goal is to have the production server upgraded to (8 x 450 GB drives 0 + 1 array) to 1.8 TB of usable space. Ideally the SBS 2008 will be migrated from the temporary server on the production server with sizes of block appropriate for larger volumes. The intensity of the current SBS has VMware unrelated corruption that would also give reason why we do not want the original charge on the new drives in the production box.

  It is also an Exchange Server which is critical for the company, I can't bring down the server for more information, then 1 hour without impact 7 x 24.

  The Back-up exists but isn't something suitable like a Veeam but is Microsoft Backup to disk iSCSI

  Hi, what I would say to access this server esxi through DCUI and access network configuration. If you can't see the network cards then you can also assign IP address from there for the management and you can also select NIC, you want only for management purposes.

  Thank you

  Hussain

• Try to add a new hard disk to m7657c

  So, after about 6 years, we you're still enjoying our Media Center Office and have made a few updates here and there (OS, graphics card, etc.). Now, we're tired of running out of disk space and want to add a new hard drive. Now, according to the specifications of the product (http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00794034), we should have two internal drive bays 3.5 ". Which one should be available. Where is located the?

  I have removed the side and before the panels, can see where the existing HARD drive is mounted on the side of the Bay of media player owner, but I can't find any other anchor point to place a secondary HARD disk. There is a lot of power open and SATA connections, but I am at a loss to find a Bay.

  Before the wreck I have my system trying to kluge something together, I want to know where the available Bay is supposed to exist.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Thank you!

  joverstreet001,

  Happy holidays to you.  Your detailed question and knowledge have a simple answer.  Thank you very much!!!. Some chassis models have 4 screw holes in the bottom of the unit. You need to ask to see.

  Reference to the page # 9, upgrade and repair manuals

  

• In vSphere 5.5 customer web, when you add a new HARD disk, cannot create as thick.  Gray disk provisioning.  No one knows why this happens?

  In the vSphere web 5.5 client, which is now where he should go to add a new HARD drive when you upgrade the VM version to 10... When I add one, I do not get the option to change the disk configuration.  Any ideas as to why?  It is an engine out of VM, with no snapshots:

  

  The virtual machine lives on a NFS datastore with no HW accel. ? If so, that would explain it.

  / Rubeck

• Satellite P30 - is there room for two physical hard disks?

  Is there someone who can tell if the satelit P30 has room for another hard drive?

  (I was able to open it, but hesitate!)

  LEF

  Hello

  Some laptops are supported a selectbay option to use for example a second HDD or a player.
  Unfortunately, the Satellite P30 doesn t support this. If you want to have more HARD disk space, you can buy a larger HARD drive or you are using an external USB HDD.

• Can I add an external HARD disk drive to my Satellite L300-110?

  How can I add an external HARD drive to my Toshiba Satellite L300-110 portable and not Toshiba supports adding such a type of HARD drives for laptops?

  Hello

  Drive external DRIVE can be connected to any PC or laptop. Drive external DRIVE is connected to the USB ports. On this photo you can see what it looks like.

• You want to add additional SATA hard disks to the Pavilion p6310y...

  This model looks like it should be particularly conducive to the welcoming the addition of another or even a third hard drive. Why then when I open it there only SATA for the master and all the other connectors coming out of food are these old things of molex 4 pin?  I find it quite confusing because the hard drive, I am trying to add came out of my last HP (older)... but it is SATA, and even the old model had at least a SATA connection available for the slave. This computer is brand new... buy adapters do expect?

  Thanks in advance for anyone to help.

  Hello

  GambitTheGrey wrote:

  This model looks like it should be particularly conducive to the welcoming the addition of another or even a third hard drive. Why then when I open it there only SATA for the master and all the other connectors coming out of food are these old things of molex 4 pin?  I find it quite confusing because the hard drive, I am trying to add came out of my last HP (older)... but it is SATA, and even the old model had at least a SATA connection available for the slave. This computer is brand new... buy adapters do expect?

  Thanks in advance for anyone to help.

  Your model came with a significant (1 terabyte) hard drive. One option is to make another partition on the disk through the disk manager. You can add a card pci or pcie x 1 sata controller to do more SATA ports available.  There Iadapters PSU ndependent ($ 3.00 USD) for connectors from Molex 12v which will convert SATA power connectors available

  PC OEMS are not built to be extensible without some additional expenses. The alternative is to build your own and select everything you want inside the case.

  Kind regards
  ERICO

• Is it possible under the EULA to have several virtual machines on a single physical hard disk while using the same OS license or do I need a separate license for each virtual computer?

  I have several programs that are not compatible with my 64 bit Windows 7 operating system.  I would like to run each different software under another virtual machine of VMWare (5 packs of different software programs and 5 different virtual machines of Windows XP).  These would all be installed on your laptop.  I can use the same license of Windows XP for each virtual machine, or do I need a separate XP license for each (different XP in case 5 licenses)?

  It is lifted directly from my EULA:

  1. GRANT OF LICENSE.

  The manufacturer that you grant the following rights, provided that

  comply you with all terms and conditions of this EULA:

  1.1 installation and use.  You may install, use, access,

  display and run one copy of the SOFTWARE on

  THE COMPUTER.  The SOFTWARE may not be used

  by more than two 2-processor both on the

  COMPUTER, unless a greater number is

  indicated on the certificate of authenticity.
  Then...
  This means that as long as you are running two or more instances of XP at the same TIME, you agree? Or does this mean that, after you install once, you have reached your limit?
  I imagine that most people (including those who are running Microsoft!) will say that the second interpretation is correct.
  However...
  If this is the case, anyone their hard drive as a backup to clone strategy would violate the EULA!

• Size of physical hard disk in x100e

  Sorry if this is obvious, but I have looked at the specs and search google and everything and cannot for the life of me what the size of the hard drive is for the x100e.  Is - this 1.8 "or 2.5"?  Thank you very much!

  It's a 2.5 "(hauteur 9,5 mm max)."

• Cannot add Ubuntu host physical hard drive to Windows 7 comments

  When I try to add a physical hard disk to a Windows 7 client on an Ubuntu host, I get the error: "insufficient permission to access file. This occurs if the drive is mounted on Ubuntu or not. In Ubuntu, permissions on records House / < username > / vmware and/dev/sdc have rwx was set by "chmod-r 777 vmware."

  Steps to follow:

  -Launch the Virtual Machine settings
  -Add the hard drive; Use a physical disk
  -Device is/dev/sdc (connected by eSata to the host of Ubuntu)
  -Use: Use the entire disk
  -Name of the disk file: Windows7x64 - 0.vmdk
  -"Finish" produces the error message. Steps to follow:

  The hard drive is connected via eSATA. The error message occurs if the disk is mounted or not in Ubuntu. It also occurs if I try to add a partition, but the folder is/dev/sdc.

  Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 - bit comments host.

  It's probably something obvious to a Linux expert...

  This is expected behavior

  Run WS as root - or try to add your user account to the Group of disks-

• New hard disk and overcommitment WARNING

  I'm trying to add a new hard disk to a virtual computer on a NFS datastore that applies a provisioning. Our NFS volumes are set to auto grow, if they reach a certain threshold. This normally isn't a problem, and so over-provisioning us like crazy.

  Recently, however, we encountered a problem when a new hard drive size exceeds free space in the data store. He responds with the following error (creation of a to 1.99 VMDK):

  PowerCLI D:\ > new-disk-hard - VM $vm - CapacityGB (1.99 * 1024)-$datastore data store

  New-hard drive: 04/08/2014-10:44:09 new-harddisk for the VirtualMachine-vm-10964 entity failed with the following message: "not enough disk space on the data store"datastore1".»

  Perform the same task in the vSphere Client generates the following warning, which can be bypassed by clicking 'OK ':

  

  I tried to create a smaller drive and increase it, but I get the same error. I do not see a - Force parameter or anything equivalent. Is it possible to approve via PowerCLI?

  The ThinProvisioned switch is an option, or which is in conflict with the NFS configuration?

• Windows Boot Manager, I want to change the Configuration of hard disk

  I have a computer with two former 500 GB Hard Drives.  The "Legacy" operating system is installed on the first physical hard disk in the system and Windows 7 is installed on the second physical hard disk, they are the identical WD drives.  I bought a new Seagate Barracuda 1000 GB drive, I want to use in place of the mark.

  So currently I have:

  SATA-0, score 0: Legacy 500 GB OS

  SATA-5, score 0: 500 GB Windows 7

  With the new player, I want to:

  SATA-0, score 0: Legacy 500 GB OS

  SATA-0, Partition 1: 500 GB Windows 7

  I have disk imaging software, able to copy both disks to the new partitions on the new disk.  What I want to know is how can ensure me that I continue to get the start menu to see the two operating systems.

  Of course, I will still have the old hard disks available, and I can always put them in.  It's just that the cloning process takes a long time, and I would like to have my procedure in advance.  The first time I have start the system with the 1 TB drive, it will not be a disk of 500 Go SATA-5, score 0: in the computer.  I don't know which files must be modified to search for Windows 7 in the new location.

  I shouldn't need to do a reinstall of windows.  I think I found the answer to what I was looking elsewhere.

  I remember that two years ago, when I set up the Dual boot system, I followed these instructions:

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-Windows-7-XP.html

  When I did, I had a dual boot menu:

  -Old Version of Windows

  -Windows 7 Professional

  Of course I meant "Windows XP" rather than "earlier Version of Windows.  I searched and found that a tool exists to modify this menu.  I don't remember what they called the tool when I presented this request.  I was pretty sure that the tool would allow me to have the change of start menu where he sought the installation of Windows7.

  Today, I found the name of the tool, it is called BCDEDIT. EXE.  It allows you to safely edit the menu file, and startup locations resemble the old file boot.ini of Windows NT days.  Here's what the tool then generates on the command line.

  Windows Boot Manager
  --------------------
  identifier {bootmgr}
  Device partition = D:
  Description Windows Boot Manager
  settings regional en-US
  inherit {globalsettings}
  default {current}
  RESUMEOBJECT {a68ca6ef-27a1-11e3-bc5b-844b6ef301be}
  displayorder {ntldr}
  {current}
  toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
  timeout 8 / / used to be '30'

  Windows Legacy operating system loader
  ------------------------
  identifier {ntldr}
  Device partition = D:
  path \ntldr
  Description Windows XP / / used to be "Earlier Version of Windows"

  Windows boot loader
  -------------------
  identifier {current}
  Device partition = C:
  path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
  Description of Windows 7
  settings regional en-US
  inherit {bootloadersettings}
  recoverysequence {a68ca6f1-27a1-11e3-bc5b-844b6ef301be}
  recoveryenabled Yes
  OSDEVICE partition = C:
  SystemRoot \Windows
  RESUMEOBJECT {a68ca6ef-27a1-11e3-bc5b-844b6ef301be}
  NX OptIn

  I have foound good information about this tool on:

  http://www.nextofwindows.com/

• How t change the startup hard disk?

  I upgraded my hard drive to a 500 GB to 2 TB Drive with a hard drive, copy of the program, thinking I could copy my files to the new drive.

  Help. I need to start on my old HDD 500 GB.

  -Donald

  You could add the second hard disk of 500 GB as a slave and copy your files on the hard disk of 2 TB if its startup. If its not bootable, try to load Windows on it and install the 500 GB drive as a slave and copy your files:
  How to add an Extra hard - wikiHow You will probably need to take ownership of files and folders on the drive of 500 GB, before copying them to:
  How to: Make a file/folder in Windows 7

• After hard recovery hard disk size

  After my (win 7 home) dv7000 HP recovery, the second hard drive (not the system) is 92 GB instead of 750 GB. That's happened? I formatted it, but it's the same thing.

  Thanks in advance to anyone who can help you.

  Hello

  Please check disk management to see the mapping of your physical HARD disks:

  Start > Control Panel > administrative tools > computer management > disk management

  the post back

  Kind regards.