The versions installed here are: vSphere Client Version 5.1.0 Build 786111 & WMware ESXi Version 5.1.0 Build 799733. I hav tried to backup the VW using the Veeam Backup, but i got the erro...
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The versions installed here are: vSphere Client Version 5.1.0 Build 786111 & WMware ESXi Version 5.1.0 Build 799733. I hav tried to backup the VW using the Veeam Backup, but i got the error message "3/3/2015 4:07:15 pm :: Processing ************.local Error: Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation. " I haven't seen the installation before and i am afraid to mess with anything without a backup.
what version of vsphere are you running depending upon the version and licencing , you can use VDP or you can use Veeam backup or take a snapshot but you cant directly backup a VM using vs...
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what version of vsphere are you running depending upon the version and licencing , you can use VDP or you can use Veeam backup or take a snapshot but you cant directly backup a VM using vsphere client
Hello everyone. My name i George. I have recently come across the following situation. My new boss has a server, which boots in VMware, and start a virtual server 2003. The last IT who wa...
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Hello everyone. My name i George. I have recently come across the following situation. My new boss has a server, which boots in VMware, and start a virtual server 2003. The last IT who was working here and has setup the previously mentioned installation, never setup a backup for the VM. Is there a way to make a full backup of the Virtual Server, using the vSphere client?
Hi, I get this error (in vprobe.err) and vprobe stop monitoring my guest VM: VProbe: Truncating output data (vpqueue overflow) Is there a way I can solve this problem? I don't care if...
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Hi, I get this error (in vprobe.err) and vprobe stop monitoring my guest VM: VProbe: Truncating output data (vpqueue overflow) Is there a way I can solve this problem? I don't care if my guest VM is slower... I would like to prioritize my vprobes and be sure they always run. Thanks,
Vprobes is not yet supported on ESX. Please let VMware know if you'd like to see the support for ESX. I certainly would but they need to hear request for official support from more customers. ...
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Vprobes is not yet supported on ESX. Please let VMware know if you'd like to see the support for ESX. I certainly would but they need to hear request for official support from more customers. Hacking around, I couldn't find a good way to use vProbes for the use case you described. You could use HV-Exit to look for in/outs to the SCSI controller in the VMM (see https://github.com/vmware/vprobe-toolkit/blob/master/cookbook/vt-exit.emt) Otherwise, if you know the vmkernel function or system call for opening a new virtual disk, you could just do: $ vprobe -t FUNCTION_NAME and you'll get a trace of all entries and exits to that function. Not sure if this helps. Can you share more about the use case?
Hi virtualirfan, maybe you're right. BTW i can instrument the vmm in order to intercept every file lock and change, for example, the flag value of the lock structure?
This sounds like a question for a different forum. fwiw: I don't know of a way to use vprobes to provide this access. Vprobes is a facility for binary instrumentation of guest, vmm, vmx and vm...
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This sounds like a question for a different forum. fwiw: I don't know of a way to use vprobes to provide this access. Vprobes is a facility for binary instrumentation of guest, vmm, vmx and vmkernel functions.
Hi, I wonder whether it is possible to access (read/write) a vmdk file of a specific running virtual machine from another running virtual machine, using Storage API. It exist a method to avoid th...
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Hi, I wonder whether it is possible to access (read/write) a vmdk file of a specific running virtual machine from another running virtual machine, using Storage API. It exist a method to avoid the file locking? Thanks in advance.
Thanks a lot! I'm not a driver author. Where can i find that VMware driver guide? Is it possible, for example, to probe function calls related to a specific context, e.g. storage subsystem? Final...
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Thanks a lot! I'm not a driver author. Where can i find that VMware driver guide? Is it possible, for example, to probe function calls related to a specific context, e.g. storage subsystem? Finally, vprobe allows to read (or maybe write) target variables at function entry point?
You have to know the entry function name if it's a standard vmkernel function. Might also work for a VMware driver. Are you the driver author? If so, look at the VMware driver guide on how to inj...
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You have to know the entry function name if it's a standard vmkernel function. Might also work for a VMware driver. Are you the driver author? If so, look at the VMware driver guide on how to inject your driver symbols in. To trace a function, do this: $ vprobe -t World_Switch Enter: World_Switch Enter: World_Switch Enter: World_Switch Exit: World_Switch retval = 0x41221d265000 Exit: World_Switch retval = 0x412241ce5000 Exit: World_Switch retval = 0x412214925000 Let me know if you need more.
Hi virtualirfan, for example, in the context of esxi hypervisor, i need to intercept all driver API (vmklinux or native) calls related to a read/write syscall. Is it possible?
I'm reading the VProbe documentation, but consider only virtual machines instrumentation. Can i instrument the ESXI hypervisor, in order to intercept calls from/to VMkernel?
Thanks for the reply. Are there any plans to extend VProbes to ESXi? Or are there any alternatives to monitor the behavior of processes in VMs running in ESXi servers? It seems like VMwar...
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Thanks for the reply. Are there any plans to extend VProbes to ESXi? Or are there any alternatives to monitor the behavior of processes in VMs running in ESXi servers? It seems like VMware only allow vshield partners to have access to APIs for vm introspection in ESXi... Is this true?
