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    <title>alanerm Tracker</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2023-11-15T10:40:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>VDP fix (POWERCLI): Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed - Unable to Access file since it is locked</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Documents/VDP-fix-POWERCLI-Virtual-machine-disks-consolidation-is-needed/ta-p/2784441</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi everyone!..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Saturday at morning, I woke up... I see the email in my phone.. and I have a lot of alarms from vcenter server such as "Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed y Unable to Access file &amp;lt;unspecified filename&amp;gt; since it is locked".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Seriously I dont know why VMWARE does not fix this kind of problems xD&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I made a simple script to create a easy workarround this Vsphere data protection very common problem.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This script need a few imput data to work well.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- At first place, download the code, paste into Powershell ISE and complete the variable declaration data like snmp/from/to email address.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- Then, you need to run this script from powershell prompt, when script starts you need to provide a vcenter server IP address and the vsphere data protection appliance name.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This step its very important because the vsphere data protection appliance name must be the SAME appliance name thats figure in vcenter server. (IE: "vsphere data protection 6.1")&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- Finally, the script will ask a virtual machine name thats have the locked file in data protection appliance.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Running script:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;STEP 1: Verifying existence of virtual machine in your provided vcenter server. (if not exists... continue)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;STEP 2: Verifying existence of virtual machine snapshots. (if not exists... continue)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;STEP 3:Verifying existence of locked disk in vmware sphere data protection appliance. (if not exists... continue)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;STEP 4: Consolidate virtual machine. (Mandatory)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If any of these steps fail, the script send you a email with error report.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thank you all, I hope it is useful.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE __default_attr="c#" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code jive_text_macro _jivemacro_uid_1487618919556374" jivemacro_uid="_1487618919556374"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core -InformationAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;clear&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////PASO 1&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "This is a script to fix locks on VDP appliance" -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;sleep 3&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$smtp = "your SMTP server"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$from = "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:vdp_fix@yourdomain.com"&gt;vdp_fix@yourdomain.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$to = "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:user@yourdomain.com"&gt;user@yourdomain.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vcenterserver = Read-Host "VCenter Server IP Address"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$testconn = Test-Connection $vcenterserver -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($testconn){Write-Host "OK: Task ended without errors." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Connect-VIServer $vcenterserver -InformationAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;}else{Write-Host "ERROR: No VM found" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; exit}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;sleep 1&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$VDPname = Read-Host "vSphere Data Protection appliance name"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Verifying existence of appliance..." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if(get-vm $VDPname -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue){Write-Host "OK: Task ended without errors." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}else{Write-Host "ERROR: No VM found, exiting." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed ; sleep 3 ; exit}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($Error.Count -eq "0"){Write-Host "Starting." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "ERROR: Process finalized with errors, sending email report." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$subject = "[ERROR] | Fix VDPLOCK | Input errors"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtp -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body "$Error" -BodyAsHtml&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;exit}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////STEP 1&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#VM NAME INPUT&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "STEP 1"&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor Cyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmname = Read-Host "Write VM name"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Verifying existence of Virtual Machine..." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if(get-vm $vmname -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue){Write-Host "OK: VM exist." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}else{Write-Host "ERROR: VM does not exist, exiting." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed ; sleep 3 ; exit}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////STEP 2&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#VERIFYING EXISTENCE OF SNAPSHOTS&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "STEP 2"&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor Cyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Verifying existence of Snapshot..." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if(get-vm $vmname | Get-Snapshot | Select-Object name -ExpandProperty name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;{Write-Host "OK: Snapshot exist." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$ans = Read-Host "Do you want to delete this Snapshot? (Y/N)"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($ans -ne "Y" -and $ans -ne "N"){Write-Host "ERROR: Invalid option, exiting." -ForegroundColor red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; sleep 3 ;exit}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($ans -eq "N"){Write-Host "Exiting." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; sleep 3; exit}else{Write-Host "OK: Your selection is 'Y'." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Deleting Snapshot." -ForegroundColor Yellow&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#DELETE SNAPSHOT&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmsnapshots = Get-Snapshot -VM $vmname | Remove-Snapshot -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($Error.Count -eq "0"){Write-Host "OK: Task ended without errors." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "ERROR: Process finalized with errors, sending email report." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$subject = "[ERROR] | Fix VDPLOCK | Error removing snapshot"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtp -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body "$Error" -BodyAsHtml}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;else{Write-Host "No snapshot found." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed ; sleep 3}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////STEP 3&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#VERIFYING DISKS BLOCKS ON VDP 6.1&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "STEP 3"&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor Cyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "Verifying existence of locked disk..."&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($disk = Get-VM $VDPname | Get-HardDisk | where {($_.Filename -notmatch $VDPname) -and ($_.Filename -match "$vmname")})&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;{Write-Host "OK: External disk found in VDP" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$ans = Read-Host "Do you want to detach disk? (Y/N)"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($ans -ne "Y" -and $ans -ne "N"){Write-Host "ERROR: Invalid option." -ForegroundColor red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; exit}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($ans -eq "N"){Write-Host "Exiting." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; sleep 3; exit}else{Write-Host "OK: Your selection is 'Y'." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#UNLOCKING DISK&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Unlocking disk." -ForegroundColor Yellow&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Get-VM $VDPname | Get-HardDisk | where {($_.Filename -notmatch $VDPname) -and ($_.Filename -match "$vmname")} | Remove-HardDisk -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($Error.Count -eq "0"){Write-Host "OK: Task ended without errors." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "ERROR: Process finalized with errors, sending email report." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$subject = "[ERROR] | Fix VDPLOCK | Error removing disk locked on VDP 6.1"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtp -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body "$Error" -BodyAsHtml}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;else{Write-Host "No disk found." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed; sleep 3}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////STEP 4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;#VM CONSOLIDATION&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "STEP 4"&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor Cyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "Consolidating VM..."&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor DarkCyan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;sleep 6&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;(Get-VM $vmname).ExtensionData.ConsolidateVMDisks()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;if($Error.Count -eq "0"){Write-Host "OK: Task ended without errors." -ForegroundColor Green}else{&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "ERROR: Process finalized with errors, sending email report." -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor DarkRed&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$subject = "[ERROR] | Fix VDPLOCK | Error consolidating VM"&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtp -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body "$Error" -BodyAsHtml}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$Error.Clear()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;write-host "Exiting."&amp;nbsp; -ForegroundColor yellow&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Disconnect-VIServer -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;exit&lt;/P&gt;


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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:33:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Documents/VDP-fix-POWERCLI-Virtual-machine-disks-consolidation-is-needed/ta-p/2784441</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-02-20T19:33:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: cant create array manager [ vSRM 5.8 + VNXe 3150 ]</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940011#M4243</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;well!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;today i open a live chat session with a EMC engineer, he told me where is the problem!.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;basically &lt;STRONG&gt;VNXe line does not support VMFS over ISCSI replication with SRM&lt;/STRONG&gt;, only supports this&amp;nbsp; replication with a Replication Manager (an EMC product).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VNXe with Site recovery manager only can replicate with NFS format.&lt;STRONG&gt; The limitation is in the storage device, not in SRM.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I will evaluate other product, even other model that supports native block replication (VNX) or other Disaster recovery solution like Veeam (to slow) or RecoverPoint.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks to everyone for your help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940011#M4243</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-12T17:50:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: cant create array manager [ vSRM 5.8 + VNXe 3150 ]</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940009#M4241</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Im still trying to find information on internet but I didnt find it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;how to configure SRM with VNXe 3150 and VMFS datastores? not with NFS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks again, i need that info!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:06:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940009#M4241</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-05T19:06:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: cant create array manager [ vSRM 5.8 + VNXe 3150 ]</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940008#M4240</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Marcelo gracias por la respuesta!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Quick question!, I create a NFS shared folder and I configure the replication session between the storages and the "configure array manager" wizard run fine! but I need to create an array pair replication with VMFS datastores not with NFS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is a limitation from SRM? it only support NFS pairs in both storages? &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:19:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940008#M4240</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-04T14:19:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: cant create array manager [ vSRM 5.8 + VNXe 3150 ]</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940006#M4238</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Ivan&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your answer!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You have right, the vcenter server version is 5.5.0 update 2 I read wrong the name on my download folder! sorry!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I confirm, the SRA has been installed on the correct path, I check in the compatibility web and they say "Firmware Version 2.4.0.20932" and in my both storage I have the firmware 2.4.3.21886, should be compatible!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I will open a SR on EMC to check this!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks again!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940006#M4238</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-04T12:08:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>cant create array manager [ vSRM 5.8 + VNXe 3150 ]</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940004#M4236</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi guys!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Im going to evaluate the Vmware Site Recovery Manager product and im making an lab scenario.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;My lab is it.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;2 Sites&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;2 Vnxe 3150 (1 per site)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;2 Vcenter server 5.8 (1 per site) windows 2008 r2 (gui español)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;2 vSRM 5.8 ( 1 per site)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;VNXe SRA 5.0.0 on both VCENTERS&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I installed the VCENTER server and vSRM in the same host and I ready create a new database for vSRM on VIM_SQLEXP.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Everything works fine but when I will go to create array manager ( step 4 : "add array manager and enable array pair") I choose "single array manager" then when prompt me to specify parameter for this site (such as Management IP/Hostname, Username, password etc).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I complete all of this info I press NEXT and after a few minutes I receive this error "&lt;STRONG&gt;SRA command 'discoverArrays' didn't return a response.&lt;/STRONG&gt;"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I look in to VSRM logs, and I have this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; **** Response ****&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; &amp;lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;--&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Response xmlns="&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2"&gt;http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Arrays&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Array id=""&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Model&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Name&amp;gt;VNXe3150&amp;lt;/Name&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Vendor stringId="AdapterVendor"&amp;gt;EMC&amp;lt;/Vendor&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/Model&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;ReplicationSoftware&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Name&amp;gt;VNXe Replicator&amp;lt;/Name&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;Version&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/Version&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/ReplicationSoftware&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;PeerArrays/&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/Array&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/Arrays&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/Response&amp;gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; 2014-12-03 08:00:54,394 [com.emc.sra.SraController]: null &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; null&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.write(Unknown Source)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.MarshallerImpl.marshal(Unknown Source)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractMarshallerImpl.marshal(Unknown Source)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.emc.util.xml.XmlHandler.writeXmlToFile(XmlHandler.java:140)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.emc.sra.SraController.processCommand(SraController.java:93)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.emc.sra.vnxe.Main.doStandaloneWork(Main.java:120)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; com.emc.sra.vnxe.Main.main(Main.java:33)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=53b8c66c] Stopped listening for updates to file 'C:\Users\ADMINI~1.PUE\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware-administrador\sra-status-33-165'&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=53b8c66c] Cancelling SRA command timeout&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 info 'SraCommand' opID=53b8c66c] discoverArrays exited with exit code 0&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 error 'SraCommand' opID=53b8c66c] discoverArrays exited with no response&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=53b8c66c] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 info 'DrTask' opID=53b8c66c] Task 'dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19' failed with error: (dr.storage.fault.CommandResponseMissing) {&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; dynamicType = &amp;lt;unset&amp;gt;, &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null, &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; commandName = "discoverArrays", &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; msg = "", &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;--&amp;gt; }&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=53b8c66c] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.error, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 info 'DrTask' opID=53b8c66c] Work for task 'dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19' completed - new state 'error'&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=53b8c66c] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.state, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.470-03:00 [06324 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=53b8c66c] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.completeTime, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager19&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:30:54.474-03:00 [06324 verbose 'DrTask' opID=53b8c66c] Failing task 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task-72'&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:31:03.794-03:00 [06324 verbose 'LocalSiteStatus'] Free disk space: 2604 Mb&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2014-12-03T09:31:03.794-03:00 [06324 verbose 'LocalSiteStatus'] CPU usage: 1 %&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;2014-12-03T09:31:03.794-03:00 [06324 verbose 'LocalSiteStatus'] Available memory: 867 Mb&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Someone have an idea?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 14:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/cant-create-array-manager-vSRM-5-8-VNXe-3150/m-p/940004#M4236</guid>
      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-12-03T14:39:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: V2V xen to ESXi, debian6</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/V2V-xen-to-ESXi-debian6/m-p/2173402#M34226</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi again,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your help dude!..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I reinstalled the GRUB on the VM, but I cant boot the system yet. What do you mind with "making the initrd"?.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At this moment when I power on the VM, I can select the kernel type on de grub menu, after that, the lights on my keyboard start to flashing and the VM not respond any more.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As you say, the information on disk are there, but cant boot up the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;On the other hand, I try to restore a snapshot of the same VM on XENSERVER, and automatically the disk as been deleted, cant find the VM on the datastore, even his UUID. That situation has very complicated now, Im only have a vmdk on vmware with bootup problems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All these problems are delayed the migration progress.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thank for you help again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-07T19:35:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>V2V xen to ESXi, debian6</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/V2V-xen-to-ESXi-debian6/m-p/2173400#M34224</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;hi everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My name is alan and its my first post on this community.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a issue importing a V2V debian 6 (kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64) vm from xen 5.6 to ESXi 5.0 with vm converter standalone client version 5.0.0 build-470252.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The conversion fails at 99% then I try to boot the VM created on ESXi host and I receive the next message on the VM console "error loading operating system".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any idea about this? I still have seven debians to import yet and this error was produced on develop VMs, but the rest of VMs are critical.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks all!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>alanerm</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-01-02T14:01:45Z</dc:date>
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