Friends,
I need to VMotion storage of the legacy environment to a new environment created in parallel:
1) Can I migrate considering making storage VMotion between data centers in different versions? Or different versions of ESXi (5.0 to 6.0)
2) vmotion storage is accomplished by vMotion network only? Or I can make it through the SAN (HBAs)?
3) The best migration strategy would be to insert the legacy of cluster hosts (version 5.0) in the new cluster (version 6)?
Hi Guys,
I have a EOL server which is running ESX5.0. Already purchased a new HP DL380 G9 server and would like to migrate the VM to the new server.
I had installed ESXi 5.5 U2 on the new server and I used Veeam version 6 to backup the whole VM and restored on the new server.
This morning I have backup the VM and restore it on the new server.
It was working fine at the first 30 minutes but after 30 minutes, the network connectivity lost.
I have no idea what is causing the network connectivity lost. I tried few method like clear arp table on esx and switches but still the same.
Just curious is it possible to backup and restore the VM to different model hardware ?
Appreciate if you guys can give me some idea on what cause this issue.
Thank you very much in advance.
I've been trying to setup an automated testing framework using Fusion Pro 8.1. Everything was going grand until I tried to use vmrun to copy files onto the guest, or basically anything that required a username/password. I found a thread on here from last year where VMware admitted that an update to OS X broke vmrun, but seemed to be working on a fix. There have been several releases of Fusion since then. Is VMware just giving up on this functionality? I'm sure I can workaround this with running a ssh server in the guest, but really loved the idea of a clean vmrun approach.
Hi, I'm new user of Hyperic. the Vmware sales told me that Hyperic 5.8 and newer relpace this with vrops, is that true?
The Fusion 8.5 installer has just been released and is available for download. It's a 386 MB file. The Release Notes have also been posted.
It isn't showing up as an update to an existing installation yet.
Update: the update to an existing installation has now been made available using Check for Updates... in the VMware Fusion menu.
Hi,
I have an ESXi 5.5.0 (build 1331820) host that I'm trying to roll out some new iSCSI LUNs to, but I'm having trouble with it that I'm hoping someone can help me resolve.
The iSCSI back-end server is running CentOS 6.5 with tgtd providing the iSCSI targets. There are four iSCSI targets in production, with an additional two being created and used here. When I re-scan the iSCSI environment after adding the two new targets, I still only see 4 disks in the Details pane of the iSCSI adapter under Configuration -> Storage Adapters.
Additionally, two of the LUNs stop working, and further inspection indicates that the new iSCSI targets are being considered as separate paths for the two broken LUNs. That is:
Existing LUNs:
iqn.2014-06.storage0.jonheese.local:datastore0
iqn.2014-06.storage1.jonheese.local:datastore1
iqn.2014-06.storage2.jonheese.local:datastore2
iqn.2014-06.storage3.jonheese.local:datastore3
New LUNs:
iqn.2014-06.storage4.jonheese.local:datastore4
iqn.2014-06.storage5.jonheese.local:datastore5
From the "Manage Paths" dialog for each of the disks found, I see that "datastore4" shows up as an additional path for "datastore0" and "datastore5" shows up as an additional path for "datastore1"-- even though the target names are clearly different.
So can anyone tell me why the vSphere iSCSI client is treating distinct iSCSI target LUNs as being multiple paths for the same target? I've compared the tgtd configuration between the original 4 LUNs and the 2 new LUNs, and everything looks correct. They are all tied back to different back-end disks (not that vSphere should know/care about that) and I've written all zeros to the new LUN back-end disks to make sure that there's nothing weird on the disk confusing the iSCSI client.
I can post whatever logs/config/information needed. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jon Heese
Will v12.5.0 be the last version of this year?
Hi,
I have a production Virtual Machine running on VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1.
Last day, I got an alarm that "Virtual disks need consolidation". This was caused due to failed backup job. Consolidate task was also failing and eventually, found that one of the host has locked the files. Finally, I migrated the VM over to another host, and then restarted Management services on the ESXi host. After that the consoldate task was initiated and finally it completed. The warning message has gone. While checking the Disk file for the VM from Edit settings -> Hard disk, it all shows the primary base vmdk files. (Please see the attached picture
While browsing the datastore, I can see snapshotshot files. I did verify that as per this KB.( Determining if there are leftover delta files or snapshots that VMware vSphere or Infrastructure Client cannot detect (1…)
I have attached a screenshot of the files in the datastore browser (Datastore Browser.png) along with this post.
How do I confirm whether the Virtual Machines is still running on snapshot and that if it is not being identified by the ESXi? If it is not , can I delete the -00000n.vmdk files? I cannot afford to loose any data as the backup has been playing from a few days and we will not be able to recover from backup. What option do I have? Any advice is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hello, vFriends.
I have a very specific question to make:
I have a Datacenter with 4 clusters, formed by 14 big hosts and almost 500 VMs. So many VMs showed the need to collect info from them. I have a tool that collects the info through several powershell scripts by myself that connects to the VIServer. Here is an example:
add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Connect-VIServer vCenterServer.mydomain.com -wa 0
Get-Stat -Realtime -MaxSamples 1 -Stat cpu.latency.average -Entity (Get-VMHost * | Get-VM * | Where-Object {$_.PowerState –eq "PoweredOn"}) | Select-Object Entity,MetricId,Value | format-table
This one gets the last latency average read of all VMs. There are many others.
It has always worked like a charm, and I have more than 6 months of history and a good source for new investments and managerial decision making.
Until the VCB back up tool started to use a similar way to get info to perform back ups. When my tool is running, the back up never starts. I tried to install the PowerCLI in another server and try to collect from there, but it turned out to be painfully slow to retrieve the data (yes, I disabled the certificate check too) averaged in 5 minutes, compared to the 30sec from inside the vCenter.
OBS: vRealize doesn't give me the info I need. VMTurbo does, but it's too expensive to be bought by now.
Then, I have 3 alternatives that I thought of:
I don't actually want a vCenter to operate in the linked mode feature. I just want another vCenter for those listed purposes, just like an additional Active Directory server in a forest.
1. Is that possible?
2. Am I missing another good alternative?
3. How do I configure it?
4. Will a Plataform Services Controller server do the trick?
Thanks,
- Dave
Hi All,
I have a requirement to put Guest Introspection VMs in different subnet with vCenter, ESXi and NSX Manager. My question is what is the network port requirement between GI VMs and vCenter/ESXi/NSX Manager? I am trying to search in the KB but just found this KB https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2079386 and there is no information regarding the network port between GI VMs and vCenter/NSX/ESXi.
Thanks alot
If I will be mounting a datastore, can I do the assign a new signature?
If yes, what will happen on the existing data on the datastore?
Hello guys
I need urgent help to fix this error while i rebooting CentOS 6.8 ACPI:memory_hp:Memory online failed
vmware workstation 11.1
I fix the params on vmx:
vcpu.hotadd = "FALSE"
mem.hotadd = "FALSE"
and now the screen blanked and not booting.
this is specific image that worked fine and book with 6.7 and now cant work with 6.8 after upgrade.
Need your help to fix this ASAP.
Thanks
EC
Hello,
I'm reviewing a script I found that returns guest information and whether hot add is enabled:
Get-VM | Get-View | Select Name, `
@{N="CpuHotAddEnabled";E={$_.Config.CpuHotAddEnabled}}, `
@{N="CpuHotRemoveEnabled";E={$_.Config.CpuHotRemoveEnabled}}, `
@{N="MemoryHotAddEnabled";E={$_.Config.MemoryHotAddEnabled}}
How would I limit this to show where CpuHotAddEnabled = false ?
When I pipe the above to a where I receive "The property 'CpuHotAddEnabled' cannot be found on this object"
Thanks.
Hello everyone
In KB 2106583 - https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2106583
Note: RSASSA-PSS is not a supported signature for vRealize Automation setup. This is the default signature selected when using Microsoft CA on Windows 2012 R2.
This is a configurable parameter, so in case of using a MS-CA, ensure that it is properly set to a supported value
The supported algorithm is - RSASSA-PKCS1_V1_5
Anyone has the process to configue a Microsoft CA to RSASSA-PKCS1_V1_5
Thanks in advance....
Hello,
The usefulness of VSM just dropped significantly. I can no longer download the products I own. The ability to download CustomIso's, Drivers and Tools, and the software was incredibly important. Going through the My VMware is very difficult. Now, since I have to login to VSM for it to work, one would assume that you could then use the same information to pick up any entitlements and allow the existing software to be downloaded. VSM made it very convenient to get updated codes and code. Now we have to go back to the old increasingly painful way of doing such downloads and keeping everything up to date.
I request you add the functionality back in but also check any entitlements. If you ARE checking entitlements, it is odd that you dropped vSphere 6.0 from the update list as all the other tools include it as part of all other bundles. Keeping up to date is important!
Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
vCenter Server 5.5 will be scheduled for an upgradeto 6.0U2
Our problem is, according to vCenter Server and database compatibility is that current SQL Server 2008 version is not supported to 6U2.
SQL Server 2008 will be replaced to SQL Server 2012 first before we can proceed with the upgrade.
What would be the best way to connect the vCenter Server to the new SQL Server 2012?
Who will be doing the database migration? the DBA or does VMware has a tool for that?
I am confguring the vxlan on my host under host preparation but it been stuck on busy for a long time
any idea why?
Anyone who can share some insights on google cloud platform with vRA 7. How this can be integrated with vRA 7?
I'm trying to create a logical switch and I get the following error:
Error creating network vxw-dvs-19864-virtualwire-8-sid-5003-LS3 - A specified parameter was not correct: spec.uplinkTeamingPolicy.uplinkPortOrder.activeUplinkPort; nested exception is com.vmware.vim.binding.vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument:
invalidProperty = spec.uplinkTeamingPolicy.uplinkPortOrder.activeUplinkPort
inherited from com.vmware.vim.binding.vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument: A specified parameter was not correct: spec.uplinkTeamingPolicy.uplinkPortOrder.activeUplinkPort.
I see between the messages in the error a problem with the uplink port order. In my case I have two VTEP and the teaming is Load Balance - srcid. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
Received notification of upgrade to 12.5 and proceeded with upgrade, during the upgrade process a Blue Screen crash occurred (hcmon from memory) obviously halted the process and I am left with a Win 7 computer without any Workstation to update.
Need an urgent answer as to how to restore my Vmware Workstation to be a functioning process.
Ray