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backup vcbmounter&vcbrestore

Backdoor32 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:05:11 GMT

hi,

i would like to do a backup script to backup my VMs on a SAN. What is the better way to do it?

should i use vcbmounter and restore? and how?

or should i just tar the /vmfs/volume/Storage/VM1 directory?

thank you

Re: vSphere 4.0 - UCS Cloning VMs on a cluster Hang and FC connections of the entire chassis go down

MarkOne — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:58:19 GMT

Hi all,

We are very happy to say that replacing the CNA on the blade seems to have resolved
the problem.

Cloning virtual machines on that blade now go straight forward to
100% without any issue on that and the other blades.

Thanks to Cisco's TAC and VMware Supports that works togheter to solve our problem.

Re: Does vmnet8 value == NAT gateway??

guyrleech — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:56:09 GMT

To see what your (virtual) NIC mappings & status is, run:

 /usr/lib/vmware/net-services.sh status

The host's adapter for NAT, default of /dev/vmnet8, should have a .1 address on the subnet you have picked ("ifconfig vmnet8") and the default gateway should be on a .2 (which is what you will get if you use DHCP for the guests).

Guy Leech
VMware vExpert 2009

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Re: ESXi 3.5 on a PRIMERGY TX200 S4 and Windows Server 2008

francwalter — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:06:13 GMT

Thank you again, i read this information and if DEP is not enabled i just write on the command line:

bcdedit /set pae ForceEnable

But will DEP be available in the system i want to use?
I read:

Windows automatically enables PAE if DEP is enabled on a computer that supports hardware-enabled DEP

Where can i find the DEP-specification of my system?

ESXi 3.4 o 4 en Fujitsu TX100 S1

mokymura — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:39:21 GMT

Hola

Me ronda en la cabeza el cambiar el hardware donde tengo corriendo mi esxi 3.5. He estado mirando por ahi servidores de torre para poder cambiarlo y me he encontrado con uno muy interesante: por prestaciones y precio TX100 S1.

He estado investigando y mirando los OS soportados por dicha máquina segun el fabricante....y parece ser que no esta soportado para vmware . Cosa que me parece extraña, porque el HW que tengo actualmente....es muchiisimo peor :S

Alguien tiene dicho server corriendo actualmente con ESX o ESXi?? lo que me interesa es que funcione...aunque no este soportado

De no ser asi, alguna sugerencia para un server de caracteristicas similares: bueno bonito y barato?

Muchas gracias

Re: ESXi 3.5 on a PRIMERGY TX200 S4 and Windows Server 2008

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:37:11 GMT

Excellent question...and because I'm not super familiar with the Fujitsu Primergy servers, I took a gander on their site. The information that you're looking for may be in one of these 2 TX200 S4 docs: Operating Manual or Technical Manual (system board).

Re: вопрос по восстановлению вирт системы

Anton V Zhbankov — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:36:21 GMT

Сисадмины делятся на тех, кто не делает бэкапы, и тех, кто теперь делает.

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Re: характеристика сервера для 44 ВМ

Anton V Zhbankov — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:51 GMT

adm738, настоятельно рекомендую ограничиться ссылкой на этот продукт, а не постить его рекламу сюда целиком.

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Re: Servers fail to load in Web Access inventory

ilrcflyboy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:31:22 GMT

I am out of the office Wednesday, November 25, 2009 with limited access to email and voice mail. I will be returning Monday November 30. If you need urgent assistance, contact the PlanetEd Helpdesk at support@planeted.net, or 309-661-7265.I will be reading email as I can get to it, and will reply once I am out of the car tonight.

Happy Thanksgiving, BE

Re: Servers fail to load in Web Access inventory

andreas.weber — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:25:51 GMT

Same here on vCenter Update 1, upgraded yesterday from Virtual Center 2.5 U5.
ESX Hosts are still 3.5 U 4, planning Upgrade this Weekend.

Did someone already resolve this issue?

Regards
Andi

Re: All VMs random shutdown

Smily1 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:11:31 GMT

OK so an update for everyone.

It appears I have a memory issue.

I was able to go into the BIOS via the DRAC and switch the memory in to Mirror mode as I have 8x1GB sticks of RAM.

It crashed again but this time the DRAC was able to Log something. I have since added new RAM and all is well so far.

here is a bit of the error log:

11/13/2009 17:31:04 I/O Fatal Err: Unknown sensor, unknown event
11/13/2009 17:31:04 I/O Fatal Err: Unknown sensor, unknown event
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 MSR Info Log: Unknown sensor, OEM Diagnostic data event was asserted
11/13/2009 17:31:04 CPU Machine Chk: Processor sensor, transition to non-recoverable was asserted
11/13/2009 17:47:31 CPU2 Status: Processor sensor for CPU2, IERR was deasserted
11/13/2009 17:47:31 CPU1 Status: Processor sensor for CPU1, IERR was deasserted
11/13/2009 17:47:16 CPU2 Status: Processor sensor for CPU2, IERR was asserted
11/13/2009 17:47:16 CPU1 Status: Processor sensor for CPU1, IERR was asserted

Thanks for all of your assistance.

Nathan

User Group Meeting

kamalgopi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:08:10 GMT

Hi
I am new to this group. will there be any user group meeting held any time soon.

Kamal

Writing to VMDK using SAN transport mode

dayra01 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:02:16 GMT

Hi,

In one of the other threads, sudershan mentioned that writing via SAN mode is supported. but i never succeeded in doing so. Here are the steps that am doing.

1. created a new VM using VI client.

2. Got the VM disk URL and then using Vixdisk API, connected to the ESX server, opened the disk for writing.

I used VixDiskLib_ConnectEx and mentioned NULL for snapshot Ref, because this is newly created VM and i dont have snapshot for it. The disk was opened in "nbd" mode.

3. Later, i created a snapshot for the VM and used the snapshot Moref in place of snapshotRef in VixkDiskLib_ConnectEx(). Now am trying to open the child disks in write mode to write to. Now also the disks were opened in "nbd" mode as well.

What is the exact procedure to open a newly created VM disks to be able to write via SAN. If this can be included in Designing backup solutions guide, it would be more useful.

Thanks,

-Raghu.

Re: training & certification

kamalgopi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:02:00 GMT

Hi All
Recently i attend the VMWare Virtualization conference. Truly it was amazing .. got to know few interesting stuffs. one such stuff is the training offered by avantus

they are offering the course install , and configure for just 1800 excl GST while training vendors offers very high.
this offere is only till feb 2010..

Cheers:)

Re: Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to

RaoulTLS — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:58:44 GMT

Hi

Please upload one for me dont trust rapidshare stuff etc .. Spayware etc ..

Thx

Will try it out this weekend and let you know Thuseday if it works

i can use mine curent Vm-ware 7 key on it or mine other Pre relase key i hope

Re: Changing ESX Network Interface IP address

kamalgopi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:58:09 GMT

Hi All
This is my first post so please correct me if there is anything wrong.

Before you can use , you need to allow ssh. all you need to do is to login into the service console with your root user name and password. and go the below location

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

you can use vi or nano to open
just look for the PermitRootLogin where it says no. just change that to yes and restart sshd service

now you can use software like putty to connect to your esx server

Re: How can I change vramsize to 8MB from 4MB(Default)

indin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:56:49 GMT

Dear Mr. Beaver and Mr Jae,

i got excatly same issue with Mr Jae, my application need 1600x1200 screen relsolution. but i got problem to follow the following step by step configuration as :

i am using ESX 3.5 and there are no *.vmx file inside the machine, i only found *.vmxf file. when i downloaded on my VI console no configuration inside
how to change the configuration file on esx 3.5 ?
how big svga.vramSize required for above configuration ?

thanks in advance for help

Re: pfSense firewall on ESXi 4... is a bad idea?

Dave.Mishchenko — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:38:29 GMT

Here's a document which discusses the various options for this. You can do this security but it's key not only to setup it up properly but to also ensure that it stays configured correctly. http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/dmz_virtualization_vmware_infra_wp.pdf

Dave
VMware Communities User Moderator

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Re: Windows 2003EE x64 и ESX4

dfxz — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:29:41 GMT

ESXi не помог

Re: is it possible to run MAC OS. X in vmware?

asatoran — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:37 GMT

* In the US (where I don't live) at least one company is selling non-Apple hardware running legally acquired OSX licences. Apple hasn't been able, yet, to shut it down.

I suggest you Google and get your info correct before posting in the future. The U,S, courts have already ruled in Apple's favor and deemed that company to be selling illegally modified versions of OSX. How OSX was obtained is moot. OSX was illegally modified in order to run on non-Apple hardware. The restriction to have OSX only run on Apple hardware was found by the courts to NOIT be overly restrictive, thus is legal and allowed.

The company has filed for bankruptcy so it is effectively shut down from selling what you pose as an example.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/14/apple-psystar-cloning-licence-judges-ruling

http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/14/apple-wins-clone-suit/

Re: Future Intel Server board support???

metomw — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:25 GMT

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 10ef (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at b1b00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=128K
Memory at b1b24000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=4K
I/O ports at 3020 size=32
Capabilities: c8 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: d0 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: e0 #13 0306

That's the second NIC. I'll get the barebone today, and if everything goes well i'll post the solution about 3PM (GMT+1).

Re: convert VM into OVF file

AndreTheGiant — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:57:54 GMT

You can use vCenter Server to export a VM in a OVF template.
Or VMware Standalone Converter: http://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv40.html
Also ovftool can be used: http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/howto/create-and-convert-ovf-files.html

Andre

Openfiler - Production use

Jain — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:13:39 GMT

Openfiler is a good choice for Production purpose ?

Re: vm esx i 3.5

AndreTheGiant — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:54 GMT

For more info on how CPU scheduling works see:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/06/30/vmware-esx-cpu-scheduling-information/
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10059

For memory management:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/perf-vsphere-memory_management.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_memory.pdf

Andre

Re: Passed on Wednesday

VirtuallyTaken — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:14 GMT

oh ok... didnt realise the pass mark was 300.. geez i done well then :o) I thought pass mark was 400 or something. I thought i was going to fail the exam before i went in. Cheers.

Re: Changed IP on ESX, HA fail

Josh26 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:53:26 GMT

peaj wrote:

vm01-1, had IP 156.52.19.X, should now have 10.1.2.X
vm01-2, had IP 156.52.19.X, should now have 10.1.2.X
vm01-3, had IP 156.52.19.X, should now have 10.1.2.X
Yes, I have a valid Gateway that is 10.1.0.1

That is not a valid default gateway for that address range.

Re: Passed on Wednesday

AndreTheGiant — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:44:49 GMT

Congratulations!

The minimum score for VCP410 is 100, the maximum score is 500.
The pass score is 300.

Andre

Re: Passed on Wednesday

VirtuallyTaken — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:37:21 GMT

Cheers mate

Re: Unable to view certain directories on console.

AndreTheGiant — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:37:11 GMT

I think that you have to fix your installation and also check the status of your storage.
The missing area must also be visible in /vmfs/volumes...

But first make a backup of your VM.

Andre

Re: Helpful Resources for VCP-410

VirtuallyTaken — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:35:16 GMT

Check this site out mate.. its brilliant: http://www.b3rg.nl/vcp-4.0/

Re: Importing Parallels 5.0 WinXP VM into Fusion 3 freezes in middle

VirtualFP — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:35:03 GMT

Similar problem with me trying to migrate WinXP VM from Parallels 5 (French). I got the following message :

«Les informations de l'en-tête du disque dur virtuel sont endommagées. La machine virtuelle ne peut pas être importée.»

Translating to :

«The information in the header of the virtual hard disk is damaged. The virtual machine can not be imported.»

Later, I got the same result trying to upgrade from my Parallels 4 (also French) WinXP VM backup file.

Thanks in advance for your support,

iMac 24in, 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM, OS X 10.6.2

Re: network does not work

vWhere09 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:33:08 GMT

to view the status of the vmnic you can use the command

#esxcfg-nics -l (where -l isto list)

to change the IP of ur vmnic1 u can use the command

ifconfig vmnic1 <IP Address> <Subnet mask>

in my case the entry for subnet mask was not correct so i changed the same using the command

ifconfig vmnic1 netmask <subnet mask>

cheers,
v

Re: Helpful Resources for VCP-410

annared — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:24:13 GMT

VCP 410 stduy guide is preparing for you who are planning to take the Vcp-410 exam

Re: Passed on Wednesday

weinstein5 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:23:29 GMT

congratulations! - max score is 500 I believe

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VMware Fusion 3.0 trial destroys my VMs

andrewwong — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:22:41 GMT

I've had 2 separate VMs get the disk sync error at random times now.

I get the following error message.. and then the VM is dead. Unrecoverable.

How can I get my files back or ideally, fix up the VM so it is usable again ?

Seems to be VMware Fusion 3.0 .. going back to 2.0.6 until I hear it's stable.

I've attached the error message.. and log files

Re: vm esx i 3.5

weinstein5 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:16:25 GMT

your assumptions are correct remembering that you esxi server also will consume some resources - I do not know if you had found this document - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_resource_mgmt.pdf

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Re: Just passed VCP3, am I eligible for enrolling for VCP4?

ContactDP — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:13:44 GMT

Hi Madhavi,

Congrats for VCP. I am planning to go VCP. Could you please tell me how to prepare for the same, and also could you please let me know if there any dumps to prepare for.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Durga Prasad

Connect VM to Domain?

r000t — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:13:09 GMT

Hello,

Just wondering, is it possible to connect a Virtual Machine to a domain (Win XP Pro) without connecting the host machine to the domain also?

If so, how would I get the VM to recognise that a Ethernet cable is plugged in?

Thanks,
Nicky.

Re: Помогите сконфигурировать C3000 под кластер vSphere

fribourg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:12:44 GMT

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1423693#1423693

Re: Problem of network access from and to guests

weinstein5 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:12:12 GMT

welcome to the forums - the lack of a vmkernel gw address will not affect the virtual machine network. So if I understand you correctly you can not ping your virtual machines from your workstation but you can from the service console. Are the IP addresses are on the same network segment? can you please provide the ip addresses of your vms and workstation-

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Re: Getting ready to create vSphere 4 test environment

rhurtig — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:08:24 GMT

So tell us more about your test environment! I setup a test environment using two Dell T105 servers, one Dell T310 server and a gigabit switch with relative success. The network attached storage is Openfiler on the Dell T310 via VMWare Workstation and vCenter / vSchere client are installed on the T310 also.

Bug in role?

fajarpri — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:03:43 GMT

Hi all,

I create a user group "labuser" and assign it "Virtual Machine Power User (example)".

So, create a user1 as labuser member. When I try to create a VM it's denied as "Need to assign Allocate Resource to VM", so I did.

After that, user1 can create VM no problem, however it goes too smoothly. I notice as user1, I can act as if I'm administrator. I can edit Roles. Eventhough I shouldn't have the permission (it's untick). I'm suspecting if it's a bug. Pls let me know if you need more info.

Printers from Mac not showing up

camner — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:02:58 GMT

I'm running 2.0.6 and the printers to be shared from the Mac periodically don't show up in the VM. Sometimes those printers will reappear if I reboot the VM, sometimes they don't appear (which means I can't print from the VM unless I manually add the printers). I tried upgrading to Fusion 3, but the printers have never showed up in 3.

What could cause the printers to disappear and reappear, seemingly at random, and is there any fix that would get them to stick around?

Re: Required ports for WAN access?

krowczynski — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:43:09 GMT

That's sound great.
Waht looks your construct like.

Are you pointing to an externel IP Adress and making an NAT in your Firewall to your View Connection Server?

MCP, VCP

Re: Best inexpensive RAID card for ESXi?

chris12892 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:41:53 GMT

Thanks!

I think I am going to go with the LSI one.

Re: Is that possible to get the physical host name from a vm on it using VIX API?

helloyouyou — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:31:23 GMT

I found an alternative way suggested to get the host name from the vm's registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters\PhysicalHostName, but unfortunately I can't find this entry on my vm.

I guess VMWare Fusion doesn't support that, anyone know this?

Thanks.

Re: How to load paravirtual scsi driver during OS install?

Box293 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:26:32 GMT

Thanks kwizi66,
I knew it was simple but I forgot that by adding a new hard disk as 1:0 adds the additional scsi controller.

VCP3 32846
VSP4 VML-306798

Re: VProbes with Workstation 7.0

rugina — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:17:44 GMT

Hi Jiri,

Thanks for pointing this out. The example is indeed broken, for a
number of reasons.

1) First, support for guest symbols via the vprobe.guestSyms vmx option
has been deprecated in Workstation 7.0. If you look in the vmware.log
file in the VM directory you'll probably see something like this:

VProbe: option vprobe.guestSyms is deprecated
VProbe: guest symbol file /home/jsimsa/vmware/Ubuntu/symbols not used

VP scripts must now specify numeric addresses. Support for symbolic
address resolution will only provided for Emmett scripts, via the
emmett compiler. The new emmett compiler will be release on
sourceforge within the next couple of weeks.

2) Second, getgueststr is used incorrectly in this example. It has
three arguments: destination string variable, number of bytes to read,
address of the guest string. The description in the manual is correct,
but the use in the example is incorrect.

3) Third, it seems that, at least in Ubuntu 7.04, saved_command_line
is the actual address of the string, not the address of a pointer
to the string.

The correct example that fixes all the issues above looks like this:
(replace 0xc042b020 with the address for "saved_command_line" from
your symbol file):

(defstring command_line_str)
(definteger saved_command_line 0xc042b020)
(vprobe VMM1Hz
(getgueststr command_line_str 255 saved_command_line)
(printf "Linux command line (at %#x):\n%s\n"
saved_command_line command_line_str)
)

Hope this helps. We will try to correct this example in the VProbes
reference manual.

Thanks!
Radu

Re: VMDK visible but not able to attach in VM.

Tanav — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:14:46 GMT

i am able to see VMDK file in CLI mode. please find the attach screenshot.

Re: VMDK visible but not able to attach in VM.

Tanav — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:38 GMT

how to check the source if you dont have any information.

Re: Create Resource Pool C#

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:11:24 GMT

Sorry for the quick and short reply. Depending on your level of experience working with the vSphere APIs, there's a lot more that you may need to learn before you get to the point of being able to calling the CreateResourcePool() method. Although the vSphere PowerCLI includes the vSphere API for .NET, I would recommend that you consider using the vSphere Web Services SDK instead. If that's of interest to you, you can find some C# samples here; and the online API Reference Guide here.

running CD demo designed to run on a PC

blueswallow — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:06:00 GMT

Will VM ware Fusion help me? I have a Mac and would like to run a software demo disc that is designed to run on a PC? When I tried it, it asked for a Windows license, (which I don't have on my mac.)Thanks very much

Re: Begginer of vmware Products

weinstein5 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:59:20 GMT

Welcome to the Forums -

VMware Workstation - this is a virtualization platform that is installed on top of a supported Windows or Linux O/S - the product is designed for developrs/end user to run to build and run virtual machines - This you can purchase fomr VMware -
VMware Server - this is a virtualization platform that is installed on top of a supported Windows or Linux O/S - This product is designed to provide a cnetralized virtualization platform to support a small work groupor number of servers - this is a free product and can be downloaded from vmware.com
VMware Player - this alows you to run a virtual machine on top of a supported Windowsor Linux O/S - you can not create a virtual machine with VMware Player -this is a free product and available for download
VMware ESXi -this is a virtualization product that runs on the bare metal does not require a pre-installed operating system - this is designed to support datacenters and the virtualization of physical servers for production. The entry level license of this is free and allows you to virtualize many servers and is available for download form vmware.com
VMware ESX - his is a virtualization product that runs on the bare metal does not
require a pre-installed operating system - this is designed to support
datacenters and the virtualization of physical servers for production.
The difference between ESXi and ESX is how they are managed. There is no free license available for ESX
VMware View - is design to run ontop of ESX or ESXi and provdes an environment to virtualize the company desktop -

I would reocmmend looking at VMware Serv or ESXi since these products are avilable for free - all of these products do come with 60 evaluation periods -

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Re: Normal VMDK size for RDMs?

bazza52 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:49:42 GMT

Please ignore my awesome maths Meant to say 0.05%.

Re: Best inexpensive RAID card for ESXi?

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:48:27 GMT

It may actually work. It depends which driver it uses. If it will work with the AACRAID driver(s) that ESX loads, then you should be good to go. Again, if it's not on the HCL, you may run into a support snag down the road...but I haven't before. Sorry for the broken link...here it is again:

http://www.provantage.com/adaptec-2247000-r~7ADPC19L.htm

getting a virus on my VM...

acsam — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:45:50 GMT

if i do a anti- virus test on my OS in my VM player will that pass through and get into my real PC? or if i close to delete my VM OS will that get rid of all the programs along with the viruses?

Re: Grading VDR v1.1 - A, B, C, D, or F?

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:44:57 GMT

Stevester, I give VDR v1.1 an "A-" as a grade. I had some annoying issues with v1.0 that no longer appear in v1.1, and that boosted the grade up from a "C". The reason for the "A-" instead of the "A" is the need to use the separate File Leve Restores (FLR) command-line tool if I want to restore a file contained inside a VMDK. It would be nice to have that functionality built into the VDR plug-in so everything is done inside the vSphere Client. For now, you can only do full-image restores (or restore points) with the plug-in. Also, FLR only runs on a Windows system...meaning that it will only work with NTFS or FAT...not intended to work with Linux filesystems. Also, it doesn't support GPT. Overall, though, VDR is pretty nice. I like not needing to have a VCB proxy anymore, the integration as a vSphere plug-in makes it pretty slick, and the way it handles retention policies make it a nice "built-in" (or included with the price) backup tool.

Create Resource Pool C#

shamitos — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:38:25 GMT

Hi,

Is there any sample code in creating resourcepool programmatically?

Appreciate all the help. im new using APIs of vSphere.

Thanks

Re: Future Intel Server board support???

felici — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:37:51 GMT

~~root@esx-production1 ~~~# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device d130 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0000
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: 40 #00 0000

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device d13a (rev 11) (prog-if 00 Normal decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: b1a00000-b1afffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b8000000-00000000b8000000
Capabilities: 40 #0d 0000
Capabilities: 60 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: 90 Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: e0 Power Management version 3

00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d155 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: 40 Express Unknown type IRQ 0

00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d156 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: 40 Express Unknown type IRQ 0

00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d157 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: 40 Express Unknown type IRQ 0

00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d158 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel

00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d150 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel

00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Unknown device d151 (rev 11)
Subsystem: Unknown device 0086:00ec
Flags: fast devsel

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 10ef (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at b1b00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=128K
Memory at b1b24000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=4K
I/O ports at 3020 size=32
Capabilities: c8 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: d0 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: e0 #13 0306

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b3c (rev 05) (prog-if 20 EHCI)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at b1b21000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=1K
Capabilities: 50 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: 58 Debug port
Capabilities: 98 #13 0306

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b42 (rev 05) (prog-if 00 Normal decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: 40 Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: 80 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: 90 #0d 0000
Capabilities: a0 Power Management version 2

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b4a (rev 05) (prog-if 00 Normal decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
Memory behind bridge: b1900000-b19fffff
Capabilities: 40 Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: 80 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: 90 #0d 0000
Capabilities: a0 Power Management version 2

00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b4e (rev 05) (prog-if 00 Normal decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: b1000000-b18fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b0000000-00000000b0f00000
Capabilities: 40 Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: 80 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: 90 #0d 0000
Capabilities: a0 Power Management version 2

00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b50 (rev 05) (prog-if 00 Normal decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: 40 Express Root Port (Slot-) IRQ 0
Capabilities: 80 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: 90 #0d 0000
Capabilities: a0 Power Management version 2

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b34 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 EHCI)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at b1b20000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=1K
Capabilities: 50 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: 58 Debug port
Capabilities: 98 #13 0306

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev a5) (prog-if 01 Subtractive decode)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: 50 #0d 0000

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b14 (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: e0 Vendor Specific Information

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f Master SecP SecO PriP PriO)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
I/O ports at 3098 size=8
I/O ports at 30ac size=4
I/O ports at 3090 size=8
I/O ports at 30a8 size=4
I/O ports at 3070 size=16
I/O ports at 3060 size=16
Capabilities: 70 Power Management version 3
Capabilities: b0 #13 0306

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Unknown device 3b30 (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 24
Memory at b1b22000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) size=256
I/O ports at 3000 size=32

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 Master SecO PriO)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
I/O ports at 3088 size=8
I/O ports at 30a4 size=4
I/O ports at 3080 size=8
I/O ports at 30a0 size=4
I/O ports at 3050 size=16
I/O ports at 3040 size=16
Capabilities: 70 Power Management version 3
Capabilities: b0 #13 0306

01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078 Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Unknown device 1021
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at b1a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) size=256K
I/O ports at 2000 size=256
Memory at b1a40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) size=256K
Expansion ROM at b8000000 disabled size=64K
Capabilities: b0 Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: c4 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/2 Enable-
Capabilities: d4 MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=4
Capabilities: e0 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: ec Vital Product Data

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 34ec
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Memory at b1900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=128K
I/O ports at 1000 size=32
Memory at b1920000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=16K
Capabilities: c8 Power Management version 2
Capabilities: d0 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: e0 Express Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: a0 MSI-X: Enable+ Mask- TabSize=5

04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Unknown device 0522 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 VGA)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 0101
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) size=16M
Memory at b1800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=16K
Memory at b1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) size=8M
Expansion ROM at b1810000 disabled size=64K
Capabilities: dc Power Management version 2
Capabilities: e4 Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: 54 Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c50 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c81 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c90 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c91 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c98 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c99 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:03.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c9a (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2c9c (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca0 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca2 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca3 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca8 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2ca9 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2caa (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2cab (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 8086
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

Re: Problem with Storage

DSTAVERT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:37:12 GMT

You would be looking for patches not upgrade. Try a google search for ESXi and 3ware across all forums.

Is that possible to get the physical host name from a vm on it using VIX API?

helloyouyou — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:36:15 GMT

Hi,

My physical host is a Mac with VMware Fusion installed, and the vms on it are WinXP, Vista and Win7. Now I need to get the physical host name from the vms, is there any VIX APIs commit to this task?

Or is there andy other workaround like passing the name with file or Windows register?

Thanks,

Hailong

Re: ESX vs ESXi on the HCL

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:31:33 GMT

I agree with DSTAVERT. This is similar to this thread. This may sound sort of like a conspiracy theory, so to speak, but I don't think ESXi will show as supported for a particular server platform until the OEM signs off on it. Remember that ESXi means both the "installable" edition as well as "embedded". VMware doesn't fully control the embedded scenario, so even if the installable works, I don't think they can label it as "supported" until the OEM is willing to go support the "embedded" option as well. At least that's my opinion when it comes to HP. Since the big-3 OEMs basically release their own tweaked version with their CIM modules (similar to System Insight agents for HP, System Director agents for IBM, etc.), my guess is that HP is still working on both the DL160 G6 and the DL180 G6...and that the supported status is on the horizon. About your support call concern, though, I've had a couple of tickets opened on these non-HCL systems and VMware provided support. Call it lucky, maybe, but it could simply come down to the support technician that helps you. What I've recommended to customers is to go with the fully-loaded ESX 4 for now and plan for the transition to ESXi 4 once support is available.

Re: Viewing Wordpress sites in MAMP via vmware fusion

calicosun — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:31:23 GMT

Thanks so much. I am starting to understand and now see what Mike meant by absolutely (I thought links had to be referenced absolutely in wordpress) and that he was referring to the php code.

1. Changing links to relative so I can view my sub pages:

I can see how to change my image links (they are in custom fields so I can adjust the URL) but not sure how to change the the page links. I did have a read through the link you sent me but couldn't see anything that related to changing menu links to relative. Here is the code I have in my header for the menu links:

main navigation

I couldn't see anything in the information you sent me about changing wp_list_pages links... not sure what I am even talking about here but assume that is what I need to do. Are you able to provide a little more information on how/where I should do this?

2. Finding IP address:

Sorry, am embarrassed to say I do not understand your instructions for this. Here are my questions:

1. Where do I go to to do the "Start - Run and type "cmd" and "ipconfig /all into? Is this on my mac? If so where? Or is it on the virtual pc and again where do I go for that? I did get my macs IP address the other day by entering a command (ifconfig vmnet1) into the Terminal. Thought I was pretty clever being able to do this - that is how 'new' I at this!). Is that the address I am needing?

I am so sorry for bugging you and really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.

Kind regards, Lisa

Re: VShere CLient 4 can't connect to ESXi 3.5 host

DSTAVERT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:28:14 GMT

You may need to do a rescan of the storage. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003988

Importing Appliance under Linux VM Player

martincjose — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:26:03 GMT

I installed VM Player 3.0.0 build 203739 under Linux (Ubuntu). I have a Virtual Appliance in ovf (ovf and vmdk) format but I can't figure out how to load that appliance. There is no menu option to import the appliance. Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Best inexpensive RAID card for ESXi?

chris12892 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:23:07 GMT

Thanks!

The link for the breakout cable was broken, but it came up with THIS instead. Do you think that might work?

I alo found the LSI card on amazon for $200 with cable, which seems like a good price to me.

Re: Best inexpensive RAID card for ESXi?

enDemand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:16:11 GMT

Hi there. Just took a quick look to confirm, and it seems like the 2 best options that you'll have are either the Adaptec 2405 or the LSI SAS 3041E-R. The Adaptec card is a simple Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID card, but only supports RAID 0, 1, 10. It also requires a breakout cable for another $20 or so (not included with the card) that's a 4 SATA to 1 mini-SAS. If you're lucky, you may find someone offering a bundle that includes the card and the cable. The LSI Logic card isn't specifically referenced in the vSphere HCL; however, it's big brother is...the LSA SAS 3081E-R. They are the same chipset and driver...the only difference is that the 3081 is an 8-port card where ther 3041 is a 4-port card. But it works. It doesn't require a breakout cable as all ports are individually available on the card itself. Both are typically in the mid-$100 to $200 range, though. Don't believe there's a RAID card/HBA in the HCL for under $100 that vSphere supports supports VMFS. With that said, a quick Google search and I did find some retailers that had them for the price target that you're lucking for, or you may find one on eBay.

Re: mouse pointer doesn't change according to context

Tintin19 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:12:54 GMT

Yep, identical problem here too. MBP 17" 2008 running Snow Leopard w/ Spaces, Fusion 2.06 with a Windows7 evaluation copy.

Swapping between spaces renders the pointer to a stuck pointy fingered hand. Can sometimes revert it to a non-contextual pointer if you swap to another space and back again whilst keeping a mouse button clicked. But then as soon as you flick to the top of the screen and get the Fusion menu, the pointy hand comes back.

Have to say, this is the only real problem I have with 2.06. But it's a damn annoying one!!!

Re: Access VMFS (or FAT) partitions via install cd?

DSTAVERT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:07:49 GMT

Yes, there is a repair option if the ESX cd is fully loaded. (But I didn't want to run (unknown and not controlable) automatic repair functions which can do things more bad.)

I was posting that to Dave Mishchenko if he was going to test. Not a wise thing to do on production if you don't know the outcome.

Does vmnet8 value == NAT gateway??

NicestGuy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:59:48 GMT

Hi community,

I rather new to vmware and have quick question. I just installed VMware Server on a Host Linux machine. It is running two GUEST vmware images (both linux images). After installing vmware on my HOST machine I obtained one new virtual nic (vmnet8) set to ip address 192.168.230.1.

I have statically assigned my two GUEST vmware images to 192.168.230.4 and 192.168.230.5 respectively (each with gateway *192.168.230.2*). I statically used this gateway address value since it appears in the NAT the /etc/vmware/vmnet/nat/nat.conf file.

Now I do apologize for my confusion but I don't actually appear to see the NAT virtual nic anywhere ... specifically and for clarity ... I am not able to see
the device caring the 192.168.230.2 address, again only the vmnet (*192.168.230.2*). In fact the only devices I see on my HOST are eth0, lo, and vmnet8.

I guess I would like to know/understand:

1. Is "vnmnet" == "NAT device"?
2. Should the address value assigned to vmnet8 be set to the NAT address/GUEST gateway? That is should I be changing the value of vmnet8 to 192.168.230.2 ?

Thanks for you time and apologize for the confusion.

Re: View Client disappears after login

RobBuxton — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:03:29 GMT

Ah, my mistake on that one. PCoIP is not supported using the external server yet.

Re: Sound broken with Ubuntu 9.10 guest

Student Driver — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:55:03 GMT

I just wanted to update this and say that I installed Ubuntu 9.04 again, and this time paid attention to the sound. It works perfectly with my Win7/WS7 combination, and I think it still worked in 6.5.3. I also noticed that you don't get the application mixer in 9.04 like you get in 9.10, which I'm sure is just the surface of their change to using a sound server (pulseaudio) that they finished up with in 9.10. Well, I hope it's finished, because if it isn't then I expect it to be broken again in 10.04 in VMware WS7.

Dell SXPS 1340, P9600, 8GB RAM
MCSE/MCSA 2003, MCTS, RHCT

Re: Unidentified Network Again

Joe1948 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:47:44 GMT

I found the solution in network editor. On Vmnet1 uncheck connect a host virtual adapted and just below it use local DHCP . Do the Same for VMnet8. My networks are bridged and work now with no unknown network showing now.
Joe

Re: Viewing Wordpress sites in MAMP via vmware fusion

cpoteet04 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:43:34 GMT

Make sure you don't have any files referenced absolutely as Mike said but you use the WordPress functions like bloginfo.

And to find the IP address be sure you to to Start - Run - type "cmd" and ipconfig /all to find the local IP address.

You can also set the URL in wp-config and not mess with the database.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_address_.28URL.29

Good luck!

Selecting a SAN (Interpreting Perfmon Disk IO Counters)

rgm34 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:42:28 GMT

I have eight servers in my LAN Room, four are Windows 2003, the others are Windows XP boxes that don't do a lot. I also have an MSA 1000. I am looking to upgrade my SAN and implement VMware in 2010. Replication to a DR site is a future requirement.

A number of vendors have been in for demos and all of them have asked me to run Perfmon collecting the counters listed below for a 24 hour period and email them the files. None of them will tell me what they are looking for. I can open them in excel but beyond that I'm not sure what they are doing with the numbers. People in our office travel often so I've been collecting these for two weeks and really don't want to ftp all of the files to the vendors.

\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Reads/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Writes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Read Bytes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Write Bytes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Bytes/Read
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Bytes/Write

Can someone tell me what I should be looking at, I want to make sure I purchase the best system for our environment.

Are there other Perfmon counters I should be collecting?

Thank you.

Robert

Re: view4: Connect desktop failed. Using pcoip on XPe

asrinivas — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:34:16 GMT

Does the connection broker see the connection request? If so Can you please try to re-install the agent in the VM?

Selecting a SAN (Interpreting Perfmon Disk IO Counters)

rgm34 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:20:22 GMT

I have eight servers in my LAN Room, four are Windows 2003, the others are Windows XP boxes that don't do a lot. I also have an MSA 1000. I am looking to upgrade my SAN and implement VMware in 2010. Replication to a DR site is a future requirement.

A number of vendors have been in for demos and all of them have asked me to run Perfmon collecting the counters listed below for a 24 hour period and email them the files. None of them will tell me what they are looking for. I can open them in excel but beyond that I'm not sure what they are doing with the numbers. People in our office travel often so I've been collecting these for two weeks and really don't want to ftp all of the files to the vendors.

\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Reads/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Writes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Read Bytes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Write Bytes/sec
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Bytes/Read
\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk Bytes/Write

Can someone tell me what i should be looking at, I want to make sure I purchase the best system for our environment.

Are there other Perfmon counters I should be collecting?

Thank you.

Robert

I thought I was in the Enterprise Planning Community when I created the thread. My mistake, will post in correct forum. I apologize for multiple postings of the same question. Can't find a way to delete this message. Wasn't how I wanted to start out on this site.

Re: Problema al conectar a internet máquinas virtuales con Windos 7 en host

Hunted — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:31:16 GMT

Hola a todos! Por más q trato no puedo conectar VMware 7 a Internet... tuve problemas copiando archivos del host a la máquina virtual, pero lo solucioné fraccionando los archivos. Mi host: Wxp SP2; en la máquina virtual tengo W7 Ultimate. He tratado Bridged y los demás. También tengo instaladas las herramientas -aunque muestra error y no instala dos de ellas- Mi conexión a Internet es un modem USB móvil -cada vez q me conecto, me cambia la IPS- Me urge ayuda, mucho lo sabré agradecer. Saludos!!
!

VMware vSphere API C#

shamitos — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:13:23 GMT

Hi,

Can someone direct me to the forum of VMware vSphere API C#.

I have some API implementation and IM new to this thing.. I have found this link

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/index.html

which enumerates all method but the problem is I dont know how to implement in c#.

I need the creation of folder -- CreateFolder (in
Folder
) But I dont know how..

PLease help me, Is there any sample code on how to do this?

Thanks

Re: Running Backup Exec in VM locks VM

AlbertWT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:13:10 GMT

LOL, no man, this is where we share our knowledge by Q&A.

what sort of driver ?, make sure that the following components are in good condition:

1. VMWare VSS driver
2. Microsoft VSS driver working as per the test command: vssadmin list writers

Cheers,

Kind Regards,
AWT

Re: Can't connect to Data Recovery Appliance

vmitos — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:00:48 GMT

Thanks a lot EPL for posting this After 4 days of trying to figure out what the problem was ... And I found your note !

Thanks !

Re: Virtualization As a Way To Multi-Task

ClayMon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:57:09 GMT

Yeah, if you've already have a database in play then I would think that is the way to go, unless there is a high rate of communication.

Best inexpensive RAID card for ESXi?

chris12892 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:55:39 GMT

I am looking at setting up a RAID array for my ESXi host.

I can't seem to find a definitlive/detailed list of RAID cards compatible with ESXi 4.0.

Can anyone recommend a RAID card, under $100 that can handle RAID 10?

Re: How to create user in vCenter server

jjkrueger — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:54:47 GMT

vCenter pulls its users and groups from the local Windows server, or preferably, Active Directory. You would add your users there, and then assign permissions with those users within vCenter.

Hope that helps,

-jk

Re: VShere CLient 4 can't connect to ESXi 3.5 host

Crowdedisland — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:40:41 GMT

You are correct. I ahd a second datastore that I used as a backup device that is on a Netgear ReadyNas Pro. I did not realize and vm files would be stored there.

The hard disk 2 of the ssb 2003 server vm is set to vmfs/volumes/4a32d05e-63b91127-5605-001ec9e3d4b9/ssb 2003/ssb 2003_1.vmdk

I do not see the second datastore listed now but I am unsure why. How do I figure this out?

Re: Running Backup Exec in VM locks VM

NCSteve — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:41:41 GMT

This may be a 'DUH' question, but do drivers need to be installed on either the Linux side or the Windows side specific to my controller?
Thanks,
Steve

convert VM into OVF file

Ajay Nabh — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:41:30 GMT

Hi Guys

can you please help with this question, which vmware software I can use to convert VM into OVF? also which vmware product cannot convert VM into OVF?

I know ESX 3.5 can be used but not about other as I do not have access to other products,

thanks for help
Aj

Re: Running Backup Exec in VM locks VM

AlbertWT — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:38:32 GMT

Hi NCSteve,

Yes, I even issue that command during the business hours, it only restart the ESXi mgmt. console daemon (VPXd) so the VM will be left running (harmless).

Try to have a look at the vssadmin list writers command result, if there is Event ID Error 12032, then you need to reconfigure the VSS Writer like in the following topic: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1403593#1403593

Kind Regards,
AWT

Re: ESX vs ESXi on the HCL

NCSteve — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:35:08 GMT

Not sure what you mean by a CIM module?
Thanks for the reply.
-Steve

Re: Running Backup Exec in VM locks VM

NCSteve — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:32:39 GMT

The VM gets locked up. I can open a console window but cannot do anything in it. If I try to power down the guest it only gets to 95%. Should I try that command before I even try to power down the guest?
Thanks,
Steve

Re: Performance of Fusion vs. Bootcamp?

Tangible — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:31:47 GMT

Thanks. That being the case, is there any way I can use the Windows system I've built under Fusion in Bootcamp, or do I need to start from scratch? (I know it works the other way, i.e. Fusion can use a Bootcamp partition.)

Re: Viewing Wordpress sites in MAMP via vmware fusion

calicosun — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:31:23 GMT

Hi Mikero

Thanks once again for getting back to me so quickly. I really appreciate it.

1. I can assure you that my html and css config for the website is 100% correct for normal purposes. It works absolutely perfectly fine within my mac testing environment. If VM requires me to make adjustments to this so I can view my website in the virtual pc then you will need to instruct me on this. In saying that, if I have to make adjustments to the html/css/wp files and those adjustments mean I am unable to test these sites on my mac without changing the config back then this will not be an appropriate solution for me as too time consuming going backwards and forwards doing this.

2. The business between Fusion, Windows and my mac is definitely not complete. I can see apache and I can see the websites that have not been converted to wordpress correctly but for some reason VM is not able to pick up the database information in MAMP. There is definitely something I need to change in either MAMP, my mac or VM so Explorer in VM can 'see' the website files correctly.

3. I do not know what you mean by my "anchors and file references are fixed instead of realative'. Please remember that this is all quite new to me.

4. I do not know what you mean when you say 'is my code referencing locations like this: and OR. What code? Where do I go to check this code? Again, please remember that this is all quite new to me. I need 'for dummies' instructions.

5. You mentioned it might be helpful to see the source of a file from IE's point of view. Again, I do not know what you mean by this. Where would I get this information please?

6. I have had one reply back from another source I am trying to get help from which on the right track of sorting the problem. The suggestion was to go into wp-options within MAMP for the site I am testing and change the IP address within the URL to the IP address of the VM. I am still waiting to hear back as to where I find the IP address of the VM. I did change the IP address in MAMP, wp-options to my IP address of my computer as thought that might be what the person meant and doing that has enable the home page of the website to read the css files. There are still problems. The links are not coming through and none of the other pages are able to be viewed (IE says there is no website). These pages are various templates of the main theme. The URL reverts back to http://localhost:8888/slicecreative when I click on the link.

The fact that this change (in 6 above) has helped towards partially solving the problem should be an indication to you that it is not my code and that the problem. That there is something that needs to be reconfigured in either VM or MAMP for VM to pick up the files within MAMP. I know that it can be done as there are many people who use VM for the exact purpose I am using it for - that is how I came to purchase the software in the first place, referrals from others on various websites. I just can't find anyone that can tell me how to set it up properly. Believe me I am trying. The whole reason I purchased VM was that I did not have the time to set up the free option that I was going to use. I assumed there would be support and help with software that I purchased. It is turning out that I should have just gone ahead with the free option due to the amount of time it is taking me to get help on setting VM up properly with MAMP. I am surprised that your support team have not been asked for assistance in doing this in the past and that there are no user instructions for this.

Again, please, if possible could you just try to shift your thinking from 'it is a code issue and not a VM issue' and just for a moment and consider the possibility that there may be settings I need to change in MAMP, my mac or VM to enable VM to 'see' my database files? If I can't get this to work I have just wasted money on software that is going to essentially be useless to me.

Thank you very much.

Lisa

Absolutely NOTHING is wrong with it. It is NOT THE CODE for html or css. It might be

Re: Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to

Fan Shiguo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:21:22 GMT

If you cannot locate a 169612 copy, let me know and I can upload it for you.

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Re: характеристика сервера для 44 ВМ

adm738 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:35:09 GMT

да занятная работа предстит

надо понять сколько iops системе надо

отсюда можно и считать сколько винтов (полку с винтами) надо, что бы обеспечить такую потребность

почему не говорите сколько одновременно фильмов / контента будет идти

44 машины это 100%

такая нагрузка только в теории соответственно считаем по формуле 80/20 из (100 посетителей только 20 покупатели)

примерно 10 машин

какой поток на 1 машну мб/с ?

да а сколько денег то ?

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может есть смысл побратить внимане на эту штуку

Adaptec MaxIQ™ увеличивает производительность дисковой системы в 5 раз и более

15.11.2009



Adaptec MaxIQ™ SSD Cache
SSD Интерфейс подключения: SATA II Скорость операций ввода/вывода: read cache Тип накопителей: SSD Емкость системы: 32GB

Описание:
Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit Решение Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit - это комплект,
состоящий из адаптированного твердотельного накопителя Intel X25-E SATA
емкостью 32ГБ, используемого в качестве высокопроизводительного кэша, и
кэширующего программного обеспечения (ПО) Adaptec MaxIQ SSD.
Программное обеспечение определяет часто читаемые данные и перемещает
эти данные в кэш, расположенный на быстром твердотельном накопителе.
Тем самым обеспечивается быстрая отдача этих данных при последующих
запросах.
Важно, что эти операции проводятся на уровне контроллера и
потому не требуют внесения изменений в архитектуру хранения данных,
приложения или операционные системы.
Использование Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit Комплект Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit может быть использован
совместно с контроллерами Series 5Z, Series 5 или Series 2. Это
позволяет использовать Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit для
увеличения производительности уже существующих систем.
Наибольший выигрыш от использования Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache
Performance Kit могут получить системы с большим количеством операций
чтения-записи, такие, как web-серверы, серверы баз данных, файловые
серверы.
Преимущества использования Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit По сравнению с решениями, основанными на использовании только HDD (то
есть с дисковыми массивами без специальных кэширующих устройств)
прирост производительности может составить до 5 раз и более.
Программное обеспечение использует запатентованный Adaptec алгоритм
Learned-Path Algorithm который определяет часто читаемые (“горячие”)
данные и оптимизирует ”чтение” за счет прямого перемещения этих данных
прямо в SSD-кэш и быстрого извлечения их при последующих запросах.
Использование более производительной системы, такой как
Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit, вместо менее производительных,
позволяет осуществлять большее число операций ввода-вывода при меньшем
требуемом количестве аппаратного обеспечения, что позволяет существенно
экономить на капитальных и текущих затратах (помещения, электропитание
и обслуживание).
Состав Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Kit Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache специально подготовленный SSD-накопитель Intel
X25-E SATA емкостью 32ГБ и кэширующее ПО MaxIQ SSD. Данный комплект
может использоваться с любыми контроллерами Adaptec Series 5Z, Series 5
и Series 2.

Спецификация:
Поддерживаемые операционные системы Windows XP, Server 2003/2008, Vista, VMware ESX 3.x, ESXi 3.x и vSphere
4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES), SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, Sun Solaris 10x86, FreeBSD

Преимущества MaxIQ существенно (до 5-и раз) увеличивает производительность
ввода-вывода по сравнению с массивами, созданными только на базе HDD,
позволяет экономить до 50% капитальных и текущих затрат, а также
электроэнергию в требовательных ЦОД и средах ”облачных” вычислений без
прерывания их текущей деятельности.

Ключевые особенности MaxIQ с патентованным Learned-Path Algorithm Не требует внесения изменений в архитектуры систем хранения, прикладные приложения и операционные системы
Потребности клиента Для клиентов, которым необходимы среды “облачных“ вычислений, ЦОД и
другие вычислительные системы с интенсивным вводом-выводом по низкой
цене, с низким энергопотреблением и простотой развертывания.

Системные требования Система с шиной PCI Express Состав поставки CD с MaxIQ SSD Cache Software SSD-накопитель MaxIQ 32ГБ SLC (на базе Intel SSD)
Гарантия 3 года
Спецификация MaxIQ SSD
• Форм-фактор 2.5” • Емкость: 32ГБ • Используется flash-память Intel NAND (SLC) Ударопрочность • В рабочем и в нерабочем режимах: 1000G/0.5мс Виброустойчивость • Рабочий режим: 2,17GRMS (7-800Гц) • Нерабочий режим: 3,13GRMS (10-500Гц)
Вес • 80 +/- 2 грамм (32ГБ) • (Форм-факторы – 2.5” 7мм ) Сертификация • UL • CE • C-Tick • BSMI • MIC
Температурные режимы • Рабочий режим: от 0ºC до 70ºC • Нерабочий режим: от -55ºC до 95ºC

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