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Can't create New Datastore on a logical drive (local storage and greyed out)

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Hey Guys,

 

I'll be starting my VCP training next year, so i'm migrating my home server from bare metal to hypervisor.

I already have some basic VMware knowledge, however i'm given the opportunity to specialise so i'm really excited to start!

 

So my home server (HP DL380 G8) has 8 disks.

2x SSD Raid 0

2x HDD Raid 1

4x HDD Raid 10

 

When creating the datastores with my first 2 raid config's, i'm having no trouble at all.

However i cant sees to create a datastore on my raid 10 config.

Although the status in my raid controller indicates that it's fine and also in the devices overview (see screen).

 

I'm running ESXi 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303)

 

Any ideas?


Distributed switch configuration

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I am commencing my first deployment of Distributed switches. I will do this in my lab. Can someone please share configuration guide from basics.

Hide Catalog Item Request - Blueprint Component tabs

Design question about Multi-Tenant customers

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I have a solution i want our web team to provide separate customers from vcloud.

 

The tenant/customer may or may not ever login to vcloud to manage these provided servers. To start it would just be me and my web team managing it for the customers.

 

 

 

I am reading the vmware vcloud director for service providers document here.

 

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/vcloud/vmware-vcd-architecture-overview.pdf

 

 

 

I have created my Organization for this solution as "Web Team". Where i am stuck is should i be creating 1 VDC and putting all my customers in it? I notice i can have many edge gateways deployed off of one VDC. This is good as i want each customer to have its own ESG.

 

Organization VDCs get put under the organization. This makes sense. I want our web team to be an organization providing its "service" to all tenants under it.

 

The guide states:

 

An Organization Virtual Datacenter (Org vDC) is a subgrouping of compute and storage resources allocated from a provider VDC and assigned to a single organization. An organization VDC is provisioned resources using vCloud Director resource allocation models. These are represented in vSphere by “resource pools,” defined in Table 2.

 

 

Does that verbage mean then i should be creating a single VDC with 100s of customers / vapps and an ESG for each customer attached to this one VDC .........or should i create a vDC for each customer/tenant and put their vAPPs in it....and attach a single edge to each vcd for each customer?

 

It think the second option of a VDC per tenant sounds the most correct for my use case but i could be thinking about this wrong.

Запуск ВМ из Workstation в ESXi

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На предприятии планируется проведение обучения сотрудников. Обучающая контора прислала машину для развертывания, по их словам подготовлена в Workstation. На плеере работает нормально, а запуск в гипервизоре приводит к ошибкам. Сначала запуск, потом пытаемся что-то с программами поделать, например, обновить VMware Tools и выдает ошибку.

Использование предопределённых MAC и IP в Automated Pool

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vCenter 6 U3Horizon View 6.2.0

В сети отсутствует DHCP и необходима регистрация статики машин. Можно ли разворачивать машины используя предопределённый список MAC и IP адресов?

Como puedo restaurar la integridad de un disco .vmdk

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Buenas tardes amigos, mi problema es el siguiente, tengo un servidor Windows Server 2016 montado sobre ESXI 6.0, de un día para otro dejo de funcionar, intente crear una nueva vm utilizando el disco vmdk existente pero no me es posible, incluso cuando voy al data store a revisar el disco puedo ver que el mismo no es reconocido por el explorador de vmware como un archivo .vmdk, aun cuando tiene la extensión como pueden constatar en la siguiente imagen.

 

 

No se, si alguien acá podría recomendarme una herramienta externa que corra sobre windows que sea capaz de restaurar la integridad de ese disco virtual, de ver si alguno sabe, se lo agradecería enteramente con toda mi alma HEHEHE...

 

Muchas gracias...!!!

Update a VM server that hasn't been updated in 3 years

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Hello,

I have several VM servers that we haven't ran windows updates for them in some years. I am afraid to start updating them and maybe they crash or see any unplanned consequences. One of them is our exchange ver.2010. My question here, Do i have to clone the VM to be safe or a snapshot should do it also considering that cloning can take soooooo long ?

 

Please advise guys! thank you.


VMware vCD tenant portal in 9.0

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When i try to access the new tenant UI via the https://<vcd>/tenant/<tenant name>, i get a "Cannot contact server, you seem to be offline" error message. The vcd webconsole works fine and so does all the other functionality. Is there something that i need to set specifically to access the new tenant portal UI?

Gak

Can you extend a multi-writer disk? ESXi 6.0

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I have 2 SQL servers with a shared disk, I tried to extend this disk but the option is grayed out, been wandering if i need to detach the disk from one of secondary vm or other step needed for it to extend or if it's even posible.

 

Move ADUser to Different OU

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Hello Folks,

Full disclosure - I'm very new to scripting in Orchestrator, and I'm having a hard time getting my arms around how to navigate through some of the more custom scripting that's required sometimes. 

My challenge is pretty simple. I need to move an AD User to a new OU. I've done a good amount of research, and have come up empty.

Did some digging in the API Explorer and found the rename method of the AD_User object, but honestly.. I'm not sure if this is going to be helpful or how to even use it.

My ask is pretty simple: Has anyone done this before, and if so, would you mind sharing a snippet of how you acheived this?

6.5 Web Client - Can't see cross domain users in groups

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In the vCenter Web Client, after adding a user to the Administrators group they don't show up in the Group Members list if they are not a part of the root domain that is specified as the identity source.

 

For instance, Identity Source is domain.xyz as integrated login.

Add users to the Administrators group:

  • If users are a direct member of the forest specified in the identity source, they should up under group members after being added
  • If the users are members of a forest that is trusted under that identity source, they do not show up in the group members list

 

As a test, I created a group that would contain ONLY those members in the domain that is outside of the identity sources forest and they still don't show up as group members.

 

I know the adds are working because I'm logging in with those accounts after they've been added so even though they're not showing up they are still there.

 

Two things:

  1. Is there a way in PowerCLI to see all members, regardless of domain, that are in a group?
  2. Can this get corrected so we can see these users through the web interface?

Error when trying to use System.getModule("com.jm-test").secureStringToString(password1); (vRA/vRO 7.3

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I was doing some coding with passwords and came across some information on using a JavaScript method to convert a SecureString to a plain String. Unfortunately, I get the following error when validating a workflow (one scriptable task with only the code below, nothing else) with this code snippet:

 

System.getModule("com.jm-test").secureStringToString(password1);

 

The error is:

 

Script item 'Scriptable task' use an undefined Action or Module.

Info: Unable to find Action 'System.getModule("com.jm-test").secureStringToString()' in the system

 

Any idea as to why this is happening or how to fix it?

 

 

Presenting a Password Confirmation Form in vCO / vRO

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2015/01/presenting-a-password-confirmation-form-in-vco-vro.html

 

How to use the Credential object?

How to use the Credential object?

Is it possible to call an Action from within another Action [vRO 7.3]

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Actions are a great way to build libraries for workflow but there are times when I would like to call an Action from another Action. I tried:

 

myResult = GetAction("MyModule","MyAction").call( 12345678.0 , "Hello world." );

 

... and that burst into flames. I also know about calling workflows from other workflow, but isn't what I'm looking for.

[VCHECK] VMs needing snapshot consolidation plugin throwing error

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Hello, I have setup vCheck on two hosts. I have amended few plugins already successfully but one is worrying me in the sense that I don´t know if I can rely on it. There are no VMs that need consolidation but the error it throws when I run it leaves me a doubt.

 

Both hosts have ISE connected to a vcenter.

On host 1, when I run vcheck.ps1 -config all ok. No errors. When I run plugin manually I get the error below (I sense it´s normal as it might need some parameters for $HostsViews contained in the vcheck script maybe?, but I´m not  sure):

 

Exception calling "Add" with "2" argument(s): "Key cannot be null.
Parameter name: key"
At C:\VI-Tools\vCheck\vCheck-vSphere-master\Plugins\60 VM\45 VMs needing snapshot consolidation.ps1:13 char:31

 

On host2 when I run  vcheck.ps1 -config I get the error below, and this worries me more (as this is the PROD vCheck box)

 

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\vCheck-vSphere-master\Plugins\60 VM\45 VMs needing snapshot consolidation.ps1:14 char:25

 

I'm pasting  the script for convenience as it´s  not  long, line 14 is the last one-liner:

 

$Title = "VMs needing snapshot consolidation"

$Header = "VMs needing snapshot consolidation [count]"

$Comments = "The following VMs have snapshots that failed to consolidate. See <a href='http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/consolidate-snapshots.html' target='_blank'>this article</a> for more details"

$Display = "Table"

$Author = "Luc Dekens, Frederic Martin"

$PluginVersion = 1.3

$PluginCategory = "vSphere"

 

 

# Start of Settings

# End of Settings

 

 

$htabHostVersion = @{}

$HostsViews | Foreach-Object {$htabHostVersion.Add($_.MoRef,$_.config.product.version)}

$FullVM | Where-Object {$htabHostVersion[$_.runtime.host].Split('.')[0] -ge 5 -and $_.runtime.consolidationNeeded} | Sort-Object -Property Name | Select-Object Name,@{N="Consolidation needed";E={$_.Runtime.consolidationNeeded}}


No Hypervisor Found

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Hello Everyone,

 

OK, I am at a loss here. I have looked for this online and found it very sporadically. Here is what I have I know it is a old system and I may be up the creek, but need to ask

 

I have a VMware Esxi system and when I rebooted it yesterday it came up with

 

BANK5: not a VMware boot bank

No Hypervisor found.

 

Now of course I go into panic mode and even though it is not a critical server it is housing my website we were moving to, dhcp- which I installed on a new vm so we are good there, my FOG imaging server and something else but I cannot remember, but know it is somewhat critical to have...anyway I digress....

 

From what I saw online and could make out what to do this is what I have done...

 

I have two USB drives one I installed with 5.5 and my orginal was 5.1 ud3. So that may not be right...

 

I installed the new 5.5 on the usb and booted up, set it up with the right IP etc...

 

Then I searched for the data store and added it telling it to keep instead of update. Another thing that may not be rightly done...

 

Now I have a mchine that shows in my stoarage area loading....and loading....

 

My question is am I up the creek? Or can I reload Esxi on the system. When I tried once with the newer version I made it check the system and it said in one spot Previous Hypervisor installed and it said no....so can I install the new one? Reinstall the same version that was on there?

 

Is this a easy fix or as I say I am up the creek without a paddle and holes in the canoe.?

 

I know this is a older version but someone must have run into this...please I would like to get my VM's at least moved to a new system....Can I reload the Esxi on the same system without wiping the VMFS store? Should I install the same Esxi to a USB and boot with that instead of the newer version?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated...This is one of those things where you feel your heart in your shoes and I am slowly loosing my mind......help?

Converting VHDX to VMDK

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Hi Guys,

 

We are currently backing up our exchange server with the bog standard backup which comes with windows (windows backup), which is saving to the hyper-v vhdx file type, what is the best way to go about converting the file from vhdx to vmdk?

Raid Card Support by VM ESXI : JahyShow for Logic MegaRAID 9240-8i 8-port SAS SATA RAID Controller LSI00200 purchased from Amazon to work with Asus Motherboard, ESXI and Virtualized FreeNAS

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i am new to VM ESXI and have put together a Server setup myself  and am looking to the community to help me out with troubleshooting and getting the LSI Raid Card Support by VM Ware ESXI : JahyShow for Logic MegaRAID 9240-8i 8-port SAS SATA RAID Controller LSI00200 (Amazon.com: JahyShow for Logic MegaRAID 9240-8i 8-port SAS SATA RAID Controller LSI00200: Computers & Accessories ) purchased from Amazon to work with  Asus Motherboard, Wstern Digital Red Sata Drives 16GB DDRM(4) Ram, VM Ware ESXI for primary OS and Virtualized FreeNAS and a couple of other VM based on Windows and Linux. I am not very familiar with Raid configurations so any help and information anyone from the community can provide will be great.

slow snapshot delete

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Hello,

 

I'm trying to figure out if we have a configuration problem or the hardware is just slow.

 

host: hp dl360p g8 with 2 nic 1gig in own vswitch (for iscsi according to documentation, mtu 8900)

1 switch tp-link (I know).. tl-sg5428. iscsi has it's own vlan, flow-control on spaning tree off jumbo frames on

msa 2040 // 20 10k sas 12gb/s disk in 2 volumes both in raid 5 /// 4 1gig nics in same tplink switch

 

When veeam deletes the replica's snapshot (it's the vcenter that tells the host to delete the snapshot), it takes 1 hour to complete.

I get read and write speeds in the avg of 25MB/s to 30MB/s (in both cases).

 

I have set the mpio to round robin.

 

I have already done a lot of tweaking and testing and I haven't done much progress.

 

Please help

 

Marco.

USB Devices - Windows 10 1709

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Hello,

 

     I had been using VMWare Workstation 14 on my system. It originally had Windows 10 1507 (RTM) on it, and upgraded to 1511 > 1607 > 1703 > 1709. VMWare Workstation worked fine when running 1709 on this system. I then reformatted my system with a fresh clean Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creaters Update) build, and no longer have the ability to attach any USB devices. When I go to Removable Device, the only device is the network adapter on the VM. It will not show any USB devices plugged into my host system like it did before. I also have the 12-12-2017 Cumulative update installed. It happens for all VM's as well, OS or anything of the VM's matter.

 

     Is there any Windows 10 1709 / Workstation 14 compatibility issues? Maybe some sort of driver issue? I have already tried uninstalling, reboot, reinstall, reboot, no dice.

 

-Erik

 

*EDIT*

I noticed two events in Event-Log

The VMUSBArbService service terminated with the following error:

The system cannot find the file specified.

The VMwareHostd service depends on the VMUSBArbService service which failed to start because of the following error:

The system cannot find the file specified.

Manually starting these services worked... however they don't seem to want to load on boot, and get that error in event log every time the system boots. I can verify the files exist in the image path where they are referenced to in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VMware\USB\ folder. Strange???  At least this works temporarily.

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