i would like to modify the resource pool which contains my vms as below -- VM1,Vm2,Vm3 are in resourcepoolA - based on provisioned memory for the VMs Say $SUM=proviosioned_mem(VM1+VM2+VM3) -- i would like to reserve 25% of $SUM for the resourcepool
ideas?
Thanks,
~Sai Garimella
I am trying to deploy vSphere Data Protection 5.5 ova appliance.
I am on my third attempt at installation; the previous two installed vm's I have deleted (or at least what I could find of them) after hacking them to death trying to get this thing to work.
I am the vdp-configure stage; but I am now stuck at the Create Storage page.
If I try to either "create" storage or "attach" storage I get the same error box: "cannot proceed because the appliance already has attached storage".
So now I am stuck.
Searching KB has come up with nothing.
I have checked the vm/ova settings (but not changed anything).
I have checked the datastore, nothing unusual there.
So: where do I look next?
Are there remnants of the first two installs hidden someplace in the guts of vcenter?
Can I ssh in to vm to check a setting/log file?
Any suggestions
Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me.
I have a very long running, nightmare of a P2V. I had issues getting the P2V started, then getting it running quickly, then once it eventually finished the first pass after about 5 days, I had problems running the Synchronizations. I eventually found that was due to Shadow Copies on C:. Disabled those and I could then reliably perform periodic Synchronizations, until we were ready to switch over..
Then I went on holiday. Whilst I was away, my colleagues had issues with the Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus on the server. Various things happened, including reboots and removal and re-installation of Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam.
Unfortunately, the synchronization is now no longer working. The error in the GUI is Warning: Unable to delete the block-level tracking bitmap 'IncrementalConversion(job-5:42)-[52 83 d1 c0 4c 11 ae e3-cc 3c 8e 81 bf 68 6d 0c]'. This is being repeated for each subsequent Sync I'm trying to run. I think the main error in the worker log is WindowsBitmapDriverWrapper::StartBitmapDriver: Unable to start the bitmap driver, error=0, reason=Service manager error but 'BMDRVR' is showing as running.
There's also mention of ERROR 2338 opening disk ha-nfc://[SS2_NFS1] MVSERVER/MVSERVER_2-000001.vmdk@192.168.0.12:902!52 1e 31 f9 09 b9 0b 1f-66 ca a1 50 1d ab ec 3e. MVSERVER_2-000001.vmdk doesn't currently exist, but MVSERVER_2-000002.vmdk gets renamed to MVSERVER_2-000001.vmdk during the process. Out of interest, can these snapshots be deleted prior to a Sync or will that cause the P2V to just fail?
I'm using Converter 5.5.2 installed on the source server. I've rebooted the ESX server, and I've run all the usual connectivity tests between the source server and destination host. It's a flat, fairly basic network.
I'm desperately hoping I can get this Sync working so that I can finalize it tonight. There's a lot of Data and I really hope I don't have to start from scratch. I'm going to try rebooting the source server tonight (unless someone advises against it).
Thanks in advance!
hello,
i'm using ghettoVCB since it's early versions and it's really a great tool!
there is one little annoyance: if log files are written to file, they are spammed with "Clone: xx% done." rows.
the only workaround i have found so far is to add a filter to the output of vmkfstools, like:
... | sed 's/^Clone: ..\% done.$//g'
directly to the two ${VMKFSTOOLS_CMD} lines in ghettoVCB.sh. this will filter out all clone record except the 100% (for me 1-9% are never displayed, so i filter out only two digit percentages).
in the ghettoVCB.sh source code it looks like this:
${VMKFSTOOLS_CMD} -i "${SOURCE_VMDK}" -a "${ADAPTER_FORMAT}""${DESTINATION_VMDK}" | sed 's/^Clone: ..\% done.$//g' > "${VMDK_OUTPUT}" 2>&1
maybe i did miss some other solution.
if not, do you think this could be added as an option?
bye,
oskar
Hello ,
Ethernet card is missing from VM suddenly .I dont know how it was happening .when i check logs nothing available.
what are the chances of ethernet card missing from VM ?
vlan is configured on standard port group !
Network adapter can create any Cause while migration ?? just want to know.
please help me what are the chances of ethernet card is missing from VM
( All my setup is an ESXi 5.0)
Hi,
The windows 7 Professional x64 guest upgraded the vmware tools to current version itself, but I have not allowed virtual hardware to update.
Unfortunately something is wrong as it does not have a sound device.
The guest uses virtual hardware version 10 and was previously running on Fusion 6. Under Fusion 6, the sound device worked fine.
The reason I hadn't upgraded the virtual hardware yet is for ease of going back to Fusion 6 (not really a test VM, I know I know bad practice, but I've got good backups, I promise 
)
I have not done any troubleshooting yet. So no full uninstall and reinstall of VMware Tools so far, will do that once I get the time to look into this.
In Device manager I see a "unknown device" and a "VMware VMCI host device" with exclamation marks in the "other devices" tree node.
The hardware ID's for unknown device are:
PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_02 PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274 PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_040100 PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_0401
I tried "Update drivers" and pointed it to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers" location for searching for existing VMware drivers, no such luck.
Also tried finding the driver via windows update, also without success.
FWIW, a Windows 8.1 x64 VM that I have, which runs on Virtual Hardware version 9, has no problems.
--
Wil
Hello,
Is there anyway I can configure scheduled backup of 10 ESXi hosts?
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Mihir
Can not upload sync date (Capacity Planner)
How to resolve?
It is generated at yesterday suddenly.
Error message is below.
08/07/2014 11:50:49:0:2836: Sending of C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Capacity Planner\Outbox\LogFile_C73168A7-BB01-F848-8236-341C5EFD9D0C_20140806160229.log failed. HTTP returns status code:500(500)
Hey all,
I'm having a baffling problem... Let me get the basics out of the way..
I'm running 2 ESXi hosts on version 5.1.
I installed vCenter on a VM, hosted on Windows server 2008 R2..
I ran the simple installation method using SQL express 2008, server is for the most part standalone.
Successfully installed the vCenter services, logged in as Administrator@vsphere.local, configured logging in as domain admin account, and set that domain as primary.
I am able to successfully log in as a domain admin, but couldn't configure teh vCenter server as it stated none was found, So I had to log in again with the vsphere admin, and enable domain admins permissions on the vCenter server object.
All good finally created my Datastore, Cluster and added hosts all went well...
Now I finally wanted to get to the point where I wanted certifcates signed by our enterprise CA, so I don't have to worry about the validity of the certs every time I connect.
VMware KB: Deploying and using the SSL Certificate Automation Tool 1.0.x
After TONS of reading, I configured my Cert Template in my Enterprise CA, got to must required specs, expect its set to sha1, and would recommend sha-256... but whatever, generate my req, get it signed, create a cert chain...
Now I'm finally on assigning cert to service... (note this tool is installed directly onto the vCenter Server, c:\VMware dir)
Press 3 (Update SSO)
Press 1 (Update the SSO Cert)
Enter all the required fields as expected with full directory paths..
Then I get this!! Error but below is taken from the actual log file.
2014-08-05T12:05:56.741-0500 [c.v.s.c.r.RunBuilder] INFO Running: reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Infrastructure\SSOServer /t REG_SZ /v InstallPath
2014-08-05T12:05:56.909-0500 [c.v.s.c.r.RunBuilder] INFO Exit status: 1
Now I open reg edit and navigate to this reg directory, but such a key of "InstallPath" doesn't exist... What am I doing wrong?!?!?
We released a new exam to qualify candidates for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Design (VCAP5-DCD) Certification.
This new exam (exam code VDCD550) is based on vSphere v5.5, where the existing exam (exam code VDCD510) is based on vSphere 5.0/5.1. Passing either of these exams will earn VCAP5-DCD certification if you have also met the pre-requisites. Download the exam blueprint or request authorization for either exam here.
I am running SRM Certification (SRM 5.5, SRM Certification plugin 5.8).
Setup tests pass, and FcTest fails with the following on the log:
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureArrayManagers
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureHostMapping
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureProtection
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureRecoveryPlanInRootFolder
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureRecoveryPlanInNewFolder
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] PASSED: configureVmRecoverySettings
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] FAILED: runTestFailover
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] (dr.storageProvider.fault.StorageTestFailoverStartFailed) {
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultCause = (dr.storage.fault.CommandFailed) {
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultCause = (dr.storage.fault.SimpleAdapterFault) {
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultCause = null,
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultMessage = null,
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] description = A host with this name already exists.,
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] fixHint = Please consult the documentation for further information.
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] },
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultMessage = null,
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] commandName = testFailoverStart
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] },
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] faultMessage = null
[Aug 7 2014 13:29:50 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] }
I am clueless as to what goes wrong and how can I fix it and let the test go further.
I thought maybe someone could help me understand a few things:
Does the error message come from the tests, or from the SRA?
What could be that host that 'already exists'?
Thank you.
Hi All,
we have a thinapp of the above software, which is deployed out to approximately 300 users using a thinapp "server" and thinreg.
A small percentage of the users have started to experience issues where the thinapp wont open and they receive the error:
"Fatal application exit - Unable to open."
Clearing the users thinstall folder in their user profile allow the application to function again.
I cant find much about this error message in relation to thinapp, so I wondered if anyone has experienced similar issues with other applications and maybe I have missed something in the package.ini file that is required. Odd that it doesn't affect all users though....
Hi!
Is anyone using a workflow to change a VM's vNIC from E1000 to VMXNET3 or vice versa? The MAC-Address should be kept the same.
Thanks in advance!
regards,
t.
Hello,
I am running SRM certification tests (SRM 5.5, SRM Certification plugin 5.8).
The problem I'm having that several tests (NegativeTestsFC, IdempotentTestsFC, DynamicAccessRestrictionTestsFC, SraTransTimesFC) all fail with the same error on the log.
The log lists SRA's response to discoverDevices command, and then this:
[Aug 7 2014 13:33:31 : SRA ] [0] INFO: [java] [testng] ,646 ERROR [main] - 'LogResultListener.logException():256' Exception thrown in : java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 16
The discoverDevices response is valid and contains every device expected.
Has anyone experienced anything like that? Can there be a workaround?
Hi,
is it possible to directly assign an IP from a network profile to an existing - imported vm?
I've imported a vm using the Infrastructure Organizer, everything went fine, but the server did not get an IP assigned from the Network Profile, the IP Adress field is empty. I don't want to assign an IP to the guest manually, since there could be an address conflict with an automatically assigned IP in the future.
Не находит контролер usb для виртуальных машин. Как его включить/добавить в систему.
Boa tarde pessoal, não chega a ser um problema mas estou com uma duvida numa coisa que esta acontecendo aqui. Uso tanto o client antigo quanto o web client, notei que no web client o "migrate" fica desabilitado em todas máquinas, porém consigo migrar normalmente no client antigo. Alguém já passou por isso? Grato, abraço e boa semana pra todos.
Hi all,
i tried to clone a vmdk disk on my server vmware esxi5.5.0 on NFS disk from Clustered Data ONTAP with VAAI enabled. But i receiving an error:
~ # vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/clone13testLinux.replycloud.prv.vmdk -v verbose
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv-flat.vmdk" : open successful (285) size = 16106127360, hd = 0. Type 3
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv-flat.vmdk" : closed.
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv-flat.vmdk" : open successful (14) size = 16106127360, hd = 4464273. Type 3
DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "testLinux.replycloud.prv-flat.vmdk" (0xe)
DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 31457280 sectors / 15 GB.
DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv.vmdk" (flags 0xe, type vmfs).
Destination disk format: Thin
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/nm016_1000/testLinux.replycloud.prv/testLinux.replycloud.prv.vmdk'...
Failed to clone disk: Insufficient permission to access file (38).
I tried from another server without netapp plug-in and all function well.
Does anyone have an idea?
Thx,
Luigi
vcac 6.0.1
We are doing a vCAC POC and I noticed that I can't launch the VMRC from a mac. We have a very large Mac user base. I thought this VMRC was html 5 and could be used from a Mac using a Firefox version that supported html5.
Is it possible to run the VMRC from a Mac?
I am able to open a VM console using VMRC from the web client on my Mac using Firefox.....
Thanks,
Jamey
Hi - I am trying the following --
Get-VMHost | ?{$_.ConnectionState -match "Maintenance"} | select Name, @{N="Time put in MaintMode";E={($_ | Get-VIEvent | ?{$_.FullFormattedMessage -like "*has entered maintenance mode*"} | select -last 1).CreatedTime }
if the above is null(may be because the log got rotated) i would like to display a standard value - how can I insert an IF condition for the select
thanks,
~Sai Garimella
