Hi,

We  have a situation where a disk was incorrectly configured as independent non-persistent .Disk setting was modified and made as dependent and as obvious changes were lost.

We need to recover files from a date when disk were still non-persistent . Now we have storage level snapshot and were able to get base VMDK and redo log file.

After registering the VM it does point to redo log which shows size of 15 GB but  inside the VM ,still we are seeing the old data from a date when disk were made non-peristent.

So the question s there a way to recover data using redo log file(non-persistent disk) and base VMDK if they are available from storage level snapshot

Hello guys!

I'm new on VMware world, and I need some help.

I installed ESXi 6.7 U3 but my NICs aren't working correctly.

NIC 1: RTL8111C

0000:02:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [vmnic0]

         Class 0200: 10ec:8168

NIC 2: RTL8105E

0000:03:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

         Class 0200: 10ec:8136

After some research on the net, I found a driver (net55-r8168) for RTL8111C (10ec:8168) and how to integrate it on ESXi ISO.

It worked well for a couple of hours, then it suddenly disapeared from my system. Couldn't ping my server from my machine, neither ping from the server.

Then I rebooted and it come back... but again, after some time it's gone.

Now I don't know what to do with this two nics.

The RTL8111C don't work well as I said, and I couldn't find any driver for the RTL8105E. The last driver for RTL8105E only work up to ESXi 6.0.

Drivers used:

RTL8111C - net55-r8168 (https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net55-r8168)

RTL8105E - net-r8101 (https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net-r8101) - don't even integrate on ESXi 6.7

More info:

[root@srv-esxi:~] esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0

   Advertised Auto Negotiation: true

   Advertised Link Modes: 10BaseT/Half, 10BaseT/Full, 100BaseT/Half, 100BaseT/Full, 1000BaseT/Full

   Auto Negotiation: true

   Cable Type: Twisted Pair

   Current Message Level: 51

   Driver Info:

         Bus Info: 0000:02:00.0

         Driver: r8168

         Firmware Version:

         Version: 8.045.08-NAPI

   Link Detected: true

   Link Status: Up

   Name: vmnic0

   PHYAddress: 0

   Pause Autonegotiate: false

   Pause RX: false

   Pause TX: false

   Supported Ports: TP

   Supports Auto Negotiation: true

   Supports Pause: false

   Supports Wakeon: true

   Transceiver: internal

   Virtual Address: 00:50:56:55:ed:6c

   Wakeon: MagicPacket(tm)

[root@srv-esxi:~] esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

vmnic0  0000:02:00.0  r8168   Up            Up             100  Full    00:e0:4c:68:26:4d  1500  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Could someone help me?

Thanks!

============================

This logs may help....

vmkernel.log

2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)NetqueueBal: 5035: vmnic0: device Up notification, reset logical space needed
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu3:2099953)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099953 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu1:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu2:2099954)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099954 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu1:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:37.429Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)NetqueueBal: 5035: vmnic0: device Up notification, reset logical space needed
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu2:2099955)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099955 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu1:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2099957)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099957 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu1:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:41.556Z cpu0:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:46.628Z cpu1:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:49.660Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:51.692Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:53.723Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up

No connection after that...

syslog.log

2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:37Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:48Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:49Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:50Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:51Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:52Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:53Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found

Mensagem editada por: LukeHC

Goal:
Deploy an NSX Edge via the API. Doing so manually works perfectly fine, but when utilizing the API an error occurs which I cant seem to find the solution to.

Error:

{"errorCode":10086,"details":"Traffic shaping policy can be set only for a Vnic connected to a VMware distributed virtual portgroup configured with static port binding. Invalid portgroup network-738.","rootCauseString":null,"moduleName":"vShield Edge","errorData":null}

My current query iteration looks as follows with anonymization:

curl -k -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' -u user:password -d '<edge><datacenterMoid>datacenter-2</datacenterMoid><name>APICreated-LBSS-Edge</name><tenant>Default</tenant><vseLogLevel>info</vseLogLevel><appliances><applianceSize>compact</applianceSize><appliance><resourcePoolId>Physhost</resourcePoolId><datastoreId>VRTX-Test-VD0</datastoreId></appliance></appliances><vnics><vnic><index>0</index><name>APICreated-LBSS-Edge-Interface</name><type>uplink</type><portgroupId>network-738</portgroupId><addressGroups><addressGroup><primaryAddress>123</primaryAddress><secondaryAddresses><ipAddress>123</ipAddress></secondaryAddresses><subnetPrefixLength>28</subnetPrefixLength></addressGroup></addressGroups><mtu>1500</mtu><enableProxyArp>false</enableProxyArp><enableSendRedirects>false</enableSendRedirects><isConnected>true</isConnected><inShapingPolicy><averageBandwidth>20000000</averageBandwidth><peakBandwidth>20000000</peakBandwidth><burstSize>0</burstSize><enabled>true</enabled><inherited>false</inherited></inShapingPolicy><outShapingPolicy><averageBandwidth>20000000</averageBandwidth><peakBandwidth>20000000</peakBandwidth><burstSize>0</burstSize><enabled>true</enabled><inherited>false</inherited></outShapingPolicy></vnic></vnics><cliSettings><userName>admin</userName><password>123</password><remoteAccess>false</remoteAccess></cliSettings></edge>' 'https://123/api/4.0/edges'

The portgroupID has been found via the guide on page 16 of the API manual:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Data-Center-for-vSphere/6.4/nsx_64_api.pdf

It looks like my portgroupID is wrong or the resource is not valid, but im unsure why, it looks correct to me and ive tried both the name and the ID. Anyone who has successfully deployed an Edge via the NSX API who can spot what I'm doing wrong?
(If you feel comfortable sharing your own API query for my inspiration, that would be very appreciated as well.)

Have a nice Saturday everyone
// Kasper

[Note: I discovered question is probably more appropriate to  Home> VMTN> VMware vCenter™> Converter Standalone. forum, but unable to figure out to move it so created a duplicate post in that forum.]

I am a first time user. Please let me know if this would be better posted elsewhere. Thank you.

I attempted to install VMware vCenter Standalone Client ver. 6.2 on my Dell 8700 PC running Windows 8.1.  I selected to do a local install only. The install failed with an error something like "The service could not be started."

I tried to remove installation, reboot, and install again. Same problem.

It seemed to finish installing so I am able to start the application. But I get the following error message:

I go to the services control panel and the server service is not running

When I try to manually start it, I get the following error:

When I look at the dependencies, there are none:

Please help!

I am a developer for a storage provider, we have a vcenter plugin, and I want to interrogate ESX health, using vmkping and a few other utilities to check some ESX config parameters.

Another forum suggested powerCLI as a possible solution, my questions are:

- can it run on both VCSA and windows version? (We support 6.5 and later VC).

- how can it authenticate to the ESX's?  Escrowing ESX passwords is likely a non-starter.

Thanks.

Hi,

I had a Windows 10 2016 LTSB client that lost internet connectivity. It was using the default E1000e adapter, but I have now changed to vmxnet3. Are there known problems with the E1000e on Windows 10 as there was on Server 2012/Windows 8?

Hi,

Looks like a while ago I downloaded it but do not have the OVF so I need to download again but am getting Your evaluation has expired.

I do have a license via VMUG for lab purposes so just need to have the file/image downloaded again.

Thanks

I'm using VMware Fusion 11.5.6.

Host is Mac OSX 10.15.6 Catalina and guest is Ubuntu (sorry don't know version number - how to check?) and I can't copy and paste from host to guest.

I thought the problem was VMware Tools because it wasn't installed. After enabling CD/DVD ROM device using linux.iso as the image, I was given an option to install VMware Tools when I booted the VM. A folder named "vmware-tools-distrib" opened up in the VM - I followed the instructions by unzipping the tar.gz file, running ./vmware-install.pl in terminal and got it installed.

After rebooting the VM again with VMware Tools now installed, copy and paste still does not work however.

I am attempting to setup Workload Management in a greenfield vSphere 7 environment with NSX-T and it continues to hang at "Error configurating cluster NIC on master VM. This operation is part of API server configuration and will be retried". I see the following in the wcpsvc.log file:

2020-09-08T16:16:54.416Z error wcp [opID=5f57bd08-domain-c8] Failed to create cluster network interface for MasterNode: VirtualMachine:vm-88. Err: Unauthorized

2020-09-08T16:16:54.416Z error wcp [opID=5f57bd08-domain-c8] Error configuring cluster NIC on master VM vm-88: Unauthorized

2020-09-08T16:16:54.416Z error wcp [opID=5f57bd08-domain-c8] Error configuring API server on cluster domain-c8 Error configuring cluster NIC on master VM. This operation is part of API server configuration and will be retried.

My vCenter, and NSX deployments are on the same Layer 2 segment. NSX-T is currently functioning, with a connectivity validated from a logical segment out to the Internet. I have also validated that MTU is 1600 throughout the environment.

My vCenter Standalone Converter 5.5 installation is corrupted on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.  Using the typical uninstall procedure through the Control Panel results in a "Could not stop service" message.  This is the message I receive regardless of whether I try to uninstall, repair, or reinstall the application.  Can someone direct me to a list of the various files and registry entries that need to be deleted to effectively remove the application to the point where I can reinstall it again?  Thanks.

please guide how to confirm/ best way to check in vcenter that below vm's is cluster server or not

Hello,

I am running windows vcenter(6.0) on vmware workstation with local database (Vspostgres SQL) and getting below message.

Error Message : windows could not start vmware VirtualCenter Server Service local computer..depend service or group failed to start :1068 error

Below steps i have performed to troubleshoot the issue.

1. I checked vpxd.log file and found failed to connect vpostgres sql database ..

2. In windows services i am unable to start vmware vpostgres showing depend services failed.

3. I went  to ODBC connection in system DNS and can see local server is refused the connection on port 5432.

4 . Even i tried to open port 5432 in windows firewall inbound rules but still port 5432 is not able to telnet and target machine is actively refusing it.

5. I am not able to see port 5432 is in listening mode ...in netstat -an

Here i am attaching error snap and vpxd.log file ....Any assistance or suggestion would be much appreciated.

VMWareFusion Mac 版で Windows10 を動かしていますが、過去のスナップショットを削除しようとすると

スナップショットの削除中にエラーが発生しました：十分な権限がありません。

と表示され、削除できず困っております。

この VM は数年使っており Mac 本体を何台か渡り歩いたもので、直近のものは削除できましたが、1,2 年前のスナップショットは削除できない状態です。

もし同じような症状で解決された方がいらっしゃるようでしたら、解決方法を教えていただけると助かります。

回答に必要な情報が不足しているようでしたら、お申し付けください。

よろしくお願いします。

I am newbie to virtualization. Have new PC with 64-bit Windows 7. Downloaded VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.exe. Double-click to run installer, see VMware server spash screen. Installation progress bar gets 90% done and stops. 5 sec later alert pops up titled Product Installation and says: Setup cannot continue. The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete installation.

I've searched VMware forums and google extensively. Most suggestions point to registry problem. I've run CCleaner and Glary Utilities for registry fixing and I still get the same error. I don't have any Windows issues with this PC--everything runs fine.

Please help.

Thanks,

Karl

Hi Team,

We are observing rending issues for our local plugin with vCenter client 7.0.0.10100 and Google chrome v70.0.3538.77. In order to reproduced i had used vCenter client SDK 7.0 remote plugin  sample as shown in the attached gif. But plugins(local/remote) rendering works fine in later chrome versions say v80, v85 etc and on Mozilla firefox.

As per VMWare official documentation it supposed to work from chrome v50 and above.

Please clarify whether it is bug or any change in recommended minimum chrome browser.

Thanks,

Kumar

I recently inherited a production HP DL360 Gen9 server with  ESXi platform and will need to use it for virtualizing a file sharing system for a small office.    We primarily rely on a couple of Access databases that are hammered fairly hard by 10-15 or so simultaneous users in spurts across the work week.    Part of the "inheritance" means we lost the Nasuni fileshare that was previously housed on the server and we won't be replacing the Nasuni software.

I've been in IT a long time, but am pretty new to vmware and virtualization.

I was thinking to virtualize a Windows 2016 Server on the platform for the file share.    My main goal is speed/performance for the database access.    The databases are less than 3Gb in size.

The server has a RAID-5 array of traditional hard drives with plenty of space, and then also a RAID-1 array of 800Gb of faster SAS SSD drives.

I also have plenty of RAM for a small RAM disk - if that is appropriate to use for a dedicated "fast" database file share.

Should I try to split the Win2016 OS system partition from the data partition - and then place the data solely on the fast RAID-1 array??    Or would it be about as good to just place the Win2016 OS & data partition both on the RAID-1 SSD??

Would it be appropriate to set up a 16-32Gb RAM disk for super fast performance?   

Are there any good documents discussing layout options for OS vs data vs disk type?   Or is this mainly just learned through experience??

Thanks for any advice!!

Howard

Hello,

I am using VMware Workstation and KVM on Fedora 32.

If I use the same user to run both hypervisors, the guest running under KVM would crash frequently.

The problem is reported in Fedora bugzilla 1876123 – KVM VM crashes, auto-reboot and hangs frequently when VMWARE Workstation VM are both running (FC32)

However, the developers at Redhat asked me to contact VMware and said it 's not a Linux Kernel or KVM problem.

Recently I tried to change the user that runs KVM. Previously it's the same user running both hypervisors.

The problem seems doesn't happened and I need further testing.

So, I would like to get some attention from VMware to see that is the root cause that of the crashes if I use the same user to run both hypervisors.

Thanks!

Hello,

How vmware uses host compute resources ? Let me explain.

On my computer i have two drives :

- C: it's a SATA drive 3.5" 7.2k

- D: it's a SSD Samsung 970 NVMe, very powerful.

If I install vmware on the D: drive, will I have the full benefit of the performance of my SSD in vmware?

Thanks for your help.

Hey all,

So I'm having a slight issue that I've not seen or experienced before with the converter tool.

I've made sure I've disabled UAC and made the appropriate GPO and updated the host file to make sure there's no DNS issues.

I'm using local Administrator account on the HyperV Host and the administrator@vsphere.local for the vCenter cluster.

A little more info on the topology

Source

2019 HyperV Cluster using CSV storage

Destination

Esxi 7.0d and vCenter Server 7.0b

Essentially I can create the job OK and it creates the VM on the VMware and then sits at 1% for around ~5mins and then fails with a "A file I/O error occurred while accessing"

I can SMB to the HyperV host and then into the Clustered CSV folder and copy the VM's VHD at around 800MBps from the server with vCenter Converter installed on it..

I just can't put my finger on the issue.

Thanks again

Matt

Hello!

I use:

VMware Cloud Director version: 10.1.0.15967236

NSX-v 6.4.6.14819921

Task:

Create a VDC Template That Includes Routed Networking via API

https://pastebin.com/PWVF8gQN

Try headers application/*+json;version=34.0 and application/*+json;version=33.0

When I instantiate a vDC template, everything is fine, except that the interface with the internal network is Disconnected.

If executed the command through the UI - that's ok and interface Connected.

When I was trace commands, I saw that a value was being passed <isConnected>false</isConnected> despite the specified value in api request <Connected>true</Connected>

2020-09-12 20:24:04,631 | TRACE | PUT https://nsx.example.com:443/api/4.0/edges/edge-97/vnics/1 Request body: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><vnic><label>vNIC_1</label><name>vnic1</name><addressGroups><addressGroup><primaryAddress>192.168.0.1</primaryAddress><subnetMask>255.255.255.0</subnetMask><subnetPrefixLength>24</subnetPrefixLength></addressGroup></addressGroups><type>INTERNAL</type><isConnected>false</isConnected><index>1</index><portgroupId>virtualwire-91</portgroupId><portgroupName>dvs.VCDVSRoutedOVDCNet-5d8a9ef8-7429-4bf9-89aa-6b7fea97199e</portgroupName><enableBridgeMode>false</enableBridgeMode></vnic> | requestId=30d02d93-ab61-4a9a-9471-835210fb1fe4,request=POST https://vcd.example.com/api/org/5146f747-f1d8-4be7-959a-1ec2adbcd778/action/instantiate,requestTime=1599942198731,remoteAddress=172.16.88.1:13628,userAgent=PostmanRuntime/7.26.5,accept=application/*+json;version 33.0 vcd=ab0ec42e-f1ed-4f54-9604-e6c600102540,task=2161d976-0fcf-4d4f-80db-82e97e3468f6 activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid:2161d976-0fcf-4d4f-80db-82e97e3468f6) activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.valc.activities.CreateVdcWithNetworkActivity,urn:uuid:3ce01d48-1b51-495c-bac3-ac1102991276) vcd=2c88414d-85c7-49c4-87e6-79b59318ed54,task=c445fa78-d0a2-4f2c-9683-83a902f76813 activity=(com.vmware.vcloud.backendbase.management.system.TaskActivity,urn:uuid:c445fa78-d0a2-4f2c-9683-83a902f76813)

Is this a bug or did I make a mistake somewhere in request?

The same example was in vCloud API Programming Guide for Service Providers 33