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HCIbench in an EVO RAIL cluster - results are 0

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Hello VSAN Perf Team,

 

I’m currently using HCIbench in an EVO RAIL cluster, VMs are deployed ok, workloads are executed and the VMs are removed after the test, but the results are 0.

Is there any reason why the results are 0 ?

 

  <IP>/results/results20151104101655/vdb-10vmdk-10ws-4k-70rdpct-0randompct-1446758335-res.txt

 

Datastore: MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Datastore-f990015d-8dc2-4869-ab88-1b04f3d3773f

VMs  =     0

IOPS =       0.00 IO/s

TPUT =       0.00 MB/s

LAT  =       0.00 ms

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Initially I had a problem with naming convention, that is fixed now and VMs get deployed.

http://cormachogan.com/2015/09/24/getting-started-with-hcibench-the-benchmark-for-hyper-converged-infrastructure/#comment-4002

 

 

Thanks,

Jose


VMware Converter Standalone - shrinking volumes

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Hi. I'm new to this forum, so I hope this is the right place to post this question...

 

I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM with a large volume/disk (not the system disk) that I want to shrink. I gather the only way to do this is to clone the VM/volume/disk with VMware Converter Standalone.

 

Is there any way I can shrink the volume/disk and then re-attach it to the original VM (replacing the original volume/disk from which it was shrunk), rather than - after cloning it - permanently shut down the original VM, reconfgure the new VM, and then bring the new VM up in place of the original?

 

It's a managed environment, running vSphere/ESXi 5.5.0 .

 

Many thanks for any replies.

Why only DirectX 9.0EX and OpenGL 2.1 in Fusion 8.0.1?

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I've been through the user guide (http://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-8/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/fusion-8-user-guide.pdf p13) and as far as I can tell I meet all the requirementsfor OpenGL 3.3 & Direct X 10 but the Display settings dialog where I check on "Accelerate 3D Graphics" says it only "Supports DirectX 9.0EX with Aero and OpenGL 2.1"


System details below:

Host OS: Mac OS 10.10.4

Host Hardware: MacBook Air 11-inch early 2015, 8Gb RAM

Host Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536Mb

 

Fusion Version: 8.0.1 (Standard version, evaluating)

Guest OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Hardware version: 12

 

The user guide, p13, says:

3D accelerated video with DirectX 10 with OpenGL 3.3 for Windows Vista and later [YES: Windows 10 64-bit] as the guest OS. DirectX 10 requires OSX 10.10 or later [YES: 10.10.4] on the host and hardware version 12 [YES] and later. DirectX 10 also requires a GPU version of Intel HD4000 or later [YES: Intel HD6000], Nvidia GeForce 650M or later, or AMD Radeon HD 5750 or later.

 

I'm evaluating Fusion to see if I can run CAD software on a casual basis which needs OpenGL 3+. Do I need the pro version, am I missing some settings, or is my system setup not up to it?

BootCamp disk giving "partition changed" error after reboot - El Capitan, Fusion 8.0.1 - any fixes?

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I have two BootCamp drives that are Mac GUID partition but boot using BIOS mode with MBR emulation. The full disk is used for Windows 7 and Windows 10.

 

They work fine the first time they are configured under VMware. But when I reboot OSX, often one oft the drives (Windows 7) ends up with a different /dev switching between /dev/disk3 and /dev/disk4. This trips up VMware, which thinks the partitions have been reconfigured.

 

I remember this being a problem with Fusion years ago. Is there a way to fix it instead of reconfiguring or having multiple Guest configurations? How about identifying the partition by label or UUID?

 

This does not seem to be an issue with Yosemite and Fusion 7.

-- Harald

View 6.0 putting a host into maintenance mode that has a replica on it - must we migrate it?

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After reading this http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015292

 

and considering we are using local storage for the linked clone pools as per this paper http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/VMware-stateless-virtual-desktops-ref-arch.pdf

 

I dont see how we can put a host into maintenance mode, after it has been evacuated of vm's with the exception of replicas without breaking vm's on other hosts that rely on the replicas.

 

Will the pool create another replica and link the currently running vm's to that new replica? Is this documented?

Slow network speed (LAN and internet) on ESXI 5.1 VMs

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I have a ML350 G5 running esxi 5.1. 

My LAN is 1 Gb / sec.

 

I have noticed that copying files to/from my NAS occurs at about 5-6MB/sec.  Similarly, if I run a speedtest from any of the VMs, I get a downstream of about 40Mb/sec while my connection is 180Mb/sec downstream.  Knowing that all the VMs share the single NIC, I shut them all down except one, but the transfer speeds do not increase.  This occurs on my Windows 7 VMs and XP VMs.  I tried changing the network adapter types, but for the most part, they are running VMXNET 2 or 3.

 

Any ideas why this is happening or what I should look for?

Thanks.

Upgrading ESX but still wanting to avoid webclient

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Aloha,


I am now sitting at ESX 5.5 U1. All VM's are at hardware version 8. I use the C/functional

client and all is good.


If I upgrade to U3 and maintain hardware version 8, I can still avoid having the webclient

shoved down my throat - correct??


I could even upgrade to hardware version 9 and still be safe -  correct?  v10 is where you're

forced to cross over to the dark side??


Mahalo,

              Bill

Cannot clone anymore in VMware Workstation 9.0.2: "One of the parameters is invalid"?!

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I'd like to clone a VM in Workstation 9.0.2, but each time I try it, I got told that "One of the parameters is invalid". As I do not supply any parameters by hand -- I am solely using the GUI wizard of Workstation 9.0.2 -- how can this be the case, and how to fix it?


Export vCenter 5.5 Data and Import to vCSA 6.0?

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Is it possible to export vCenter 5.5 data and import that data into vCSA 6.0?

I would like to move from the Windows based vCenter to the vCSA, but I would like to maintain the historical data.

Get the Request ID shown in vRA into an email

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Hello and thanks in advance!

 

I'm trying to get the request number from the vRA request (specifically when a user requests a new server) and i want to pump that to Orchestrator to insert into an email.

 

Has anyone done this?

 

Also, has anyone else abandoned the vRA built in emails and created your own in orchestrator? How did you format the scripting in vRO for html formatted emails with vra variables?

ESXi 5.5 update 3a and SLAT in nested environment

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Hi,

This thread is more informative then a question or mayby someone had similar problem.

ESXi are used for VDI deployment. On Desktops there is installed a software for emulating windows phone 8. It uses hyper-v technology, so the template was prepared to use nested virtualization. Everything worked fine till esxi were updated from ESXi 5.5 Patch 5 re-release (2718055) to ESXi 5.5 Update 3a (3116895). After thet update SLAT stopped to work.

 

If anyone uses such a technology dont upgrade. I cannot upgrade esxi to ESXi6 becouse this blades are not supported with version 6. I dont know if this problem esxist on version6.

 

Regards,

Sebastian

Error Joining PSC appliance configured in HA to Active Directory

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We're in the process of implementing and testing our vSphere 6 upgrade infrastructure.

 

Since Update 1 was released and we're going greenfield, we decided to start with the latest version

 

We decided to configure two PSC appliance in HA, load balanced following VMware guide for Citrix NetScaler.

 

When we try to join the first PSC, either via the command line of the Web Interface we get an error

 

     Error: DNS_ERROR_BAD_PACKET [code 0x0000251e]

     A bad packet was received from a DNS server. Potentially the requested address does not exist.

 

And the other PSC appliance joins domain with no error.

 

We opened an SR for the issue, tried couple of things with the SE didn't really found anything. Validated the usual, DNS, Name Resolution, connectivity, etc..

 

We decided to reinstall from scratch with version 6.0.0b thinking that this could be a new issue, since support is kinda saying that we're not the only ones. But we get the same error.

 

Anyone else had issue like this?

If so, what workaround did you implemented?

 

At the moment, if we don't find any solutions soon, we might have to go with a single external PSC for the time being and try PSC migration when the problem is officially fixed

vRO (vCO) HTTP-REST Workflow - Connection pool shut down

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Hi All - I recently upgraded to vRealize Automation 6.2 and am working with vRealize Orchestrator to create workflows.  I've created HTTP-REST workflows to request/release an IP address from our IPAM system (VitalQIP) and it seems to be failing with the following description/exception:

 

Connection pool shutdown (Workflow:Request-IP-from-QIP / Scripting (item3)#14)

vRO-1.pngvRO-2.png

 

Looking in the Schema>Scripting line #14 is in red below:

 

//prepare request

//Do not edit

var inParamtersValues = [subnet, hostname, ddns, mac, type, w2kdom, comment];

var request = restOperation.createRequest(inParamtersValues, null);

//set the request content type

request.contentType = "";

System.log("Request: " + request);

System.log("Request URL: " + request.fullUrl);

 

//Customize the request here

//request.setHeader("headerName", "headerValue");

 

//execute request

//Do not edit

var response = request.execute();

//prepare output parameters

System.log("Response: " + response);

statusCode = response.statusCode;

statusCodeAttribute = statusCode;

System.log("Status code: " + statusCode);

contentLength = response.contentLength;

headers = response.getAllHeaders();

contentAsString = response.contentAsString;

System.log("Content as string: " + contentAsString);

 

// Grep for IPaddress

 

var patt = ("IP Address.*");

var ipaddress = contentAsString.match(patt).toString();

ipaddress = ipaddress.split(/[\s,]+/);

ipaddress = ipaddress[2];

System.log ("IP Address := " +ipaddress);

 

vRO-3.png

 

I am unsure of how to get around this issue and am looking for some assistance as I am fairly new to vRO.  Thanks much!




Update patches in EXSi 5.5

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Hi there,

 

i have 3 EXSi 5.5 servers connected to vShpere, since im new to my company, the IT guy never update the patches in last whole year, so when i go to the update manager, i can see so many updates and most of the updates needs rebooting, maintenance mode,

 

my questions are,

 

1. do i need to update all these patches?

2. any patches that not recommend to update? (i saw online that some updates are not recommended)

3. most important question is that, is there anyway i can update all these patches in one go, may be as in one file and reboot once?

 

really need your expertise on this

can VSphere Client 5.x install in Windows XP Pro?

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Hi i have a client have a laptop with Windows XP Pro, he wants to install VSphere client 5.x in that to log in to EXSi 5.5 server, any possibility?


What non-VMware licenses do I need to budget for a vCloud Suite project?

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Hi,

 

What non-VMware licenses do I need to budget for a vCloud Suite project?

 

For example, do implement the entire vCloud Suite stack, how many Win2012R2 server licenses do I need to budget for?

 

 

Thanks!

OpenGL driver problem - My application works in Parallels but not VMWare 7 or 8

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I have an engineering program that displays data on a map using OpenGL.  The problem that I am seeing is strange/random lines on the map.  The software vendor has narrowed the problem down to the OpenGL drivers used in VMWare.  The same problem doesn't occur in native Windows or with a VM running on Parallels.

 

The vendor created a sample test program to help check for the issue.  It is located at www.transfinite.com/maintenancerelease/OpenGLSO.zip

 

Is there a way to update the OpenGL driver or otherwise configure VMWare to properly display the graphics?

 

Thanks

What non-VMware licenses do I need to budget for a small 20 user Horizon 6.2 implementation?

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Hi,

 

What non-VMware licenses do I need to budget for a small 20 user Horizon 6.2 implementation?

 

For example, I know I need to budget for Win 2012R2 + MS SQL standard, but what else do I need to budget for?

 

My manager asked that I build in redundancy, does that mean I need two load balancer VMs?  What should I use and how much will it cost?

 

 

Thanks!

Recommendations for an eSXI server (5.1 or 5.5)

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In the next 3 or 4 months, I want to replace my ML350G5 with something a little more capable.  I run 4 or 5 VMs on a normal basis and could run up to 8 at a given time.

 

I definitely want something with hyperthreading (as the ML350 I run does not have it) and want at least 32GB ram. 

Also, a brand that has a pre-customized eSXI image is desired.

 

I'd prefer to keep this under $1k if possible. 

Cannot install VMWare Storage Appliance

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Hi

I installed VMware esxi 5.5 ok, then I installed VSphere client ok.

I installed a VM running windows 2012 r2. On it I installed VCenter.

 

I am trying to install VMWare Storage appliance. If I use the vSphere client to open template, the 2 ovf files dont let me install. If i insert the DVD under windows 2012 r2, there is no autoplay that start the windows install wizard. What have I done wrong? I saw online materials and it seems there should be a windows based installation wizard that start.

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