Hey Jon,
we don't use hot add (neither memory, nor CPU).
I'd say because it's fast to provision the ressource, but hard to get back if you provision too much ( you don't get ressources back - ever 
)
We want our internal users to really think about the sizing before ordering VMs. So not thinking about it and changing the requirements too often will be punished with downtime
Tim
André,
Thanks for prompting this, I downloaded another copy of the ISO and it's now running.
Cheers
Scott
I got vsphere 4 design slides and vsphere 5 design slides now can you please tell me the difference between these designs because as per the vsphere 4 design slides whatever the design that is logical design that is physical design as per the vsphere5. Anyone who can tell me which one is correct means vsphere 4 or vsphere 5? vSphere 4 design slides for conceptual, logical and physical design is attached here.
The hyperic server is not joined to the local domain. It is on the same subnet as the agent servers.
The machine with the agent logs is running Windows server 2008 R2 and Windows Terminal Services.
It acts as a fileserver.
fllips, shared storage is even not needed in storage vmotion
King_robert, my question is not about the EVC it is about the Enhanced vMotion.
Indeed, for some reason the output was not set. However the reason why remains unclear - or do you have further information?
Oh btw, i was unable to call https://vcoserver:8281/vco/api/workflows/yourWorkflowId/executions/yourWorkflowExecution/ since it requires authentication but never asks for it. Using a REST client and submitting some basic auth didn't work aswell (tried using the vco configuration admin, appliance admin and a vco administrator account) - i guess i'm using the wrong credentials?
I don't think the creation of a new ESXi account will automatically create an entry in /etc/shell.
That is a security feature, see here.
And afaik, there are no PowerCLI cmdlets to manipulate the /etc/shell file.
The only option I see, is to use an SSH into the console, and then add the line to /ect/shell from there.
You could use plink.exe from the PuTTY Suite for this.
There are many plink.exe examples available in this community.
You welcome LucD
I thought about the link you commented, but i decided to pass another one of you.
Best regards,
Pablo
И рестарт менеджмента делал и рестарт сервера -- не помогает 
P.S. Судя по всему мои проблемы из-за установки клиента на Windows XP см. VMware KB: vSphere Client and vSphere PowerCLI may fail to connect to vCenter Server 5.5 due to a Handshake failure …
Its looks fine now.. made a mistake in the variable declaration... is it possible to list the total VM's which are in Swap volume alone with this script??
Hello Lucd ,
So it means there is no way via which we can use powercli to create local user and grant that user shell access and it should be working.
If there is any other way via powercli or my above script need some modification then pls help me out , I need to do it on 100+esx servers.
Regards
Deepak Anand
I got a question about the following environment:
- Two ESXi 5.1 update 2 clusters (production / lab) in the same datacenter
- Different ESXi host hardware for production / lab clusters -> physical used NIC count is different because of the use of 10 Gbit NICs in production and 1 GBit NICs in lab
Because of the hardware differences, I decided to configure two distributed vSwitches, so I'm able to configure different uplink port counts. The needed port groups / VLANs are almost identical for both distributed vSwitches. If I try to create the port groups on the second distributed vSwitch, the error "An item named 'dvPortGroup XYZ' already exists. Enter a new name." is displayed.
So what's recommended? Create the port groups with another name on the second distributed vSwitch, although the same VLANs are already used on the first one? Or is there any option to add an existing port group to the second distributed vSwitch?
Thanks!
I didn't say you can not create a local user on an ESXi and give him shell access.
That can be done through the New-VMHostAccount cmdlet.
Adding /bin/sh to the /etc/shell file is not available as a PowerCLI cmdlet.
But that doesn't need to be done for every local account, just once per ESXi server
Not sure I understand the question, what do you mean with "... in Swap volume alone" ?
Do you want to find/count the VMs whose files are stored on a specific datastore ?
After some trouble running VMware Player using VIX headless I get now this error:
~/VMware$ vmrun -T player start vmplayer.vmx nogui Message from syslogd@v22014041507617905 at Apr 17 09:43:12 ... kernel:[590498.736640] general protection fault: 0000 [#8] SMP Message from syslogd@v22014041507617905 at Apr 17 09:43:12 ... kernel:[590498.740029] Stack: Message from syslogd@v22014041507617905 at Apr 17 09:43:12 ... kernel:[590498.740029] Call Trace: Message from syslogd@v22014041507617905 at Apr 17 09:43:12 ... kernel:[590498.740029] Code: c5 e8 b8 15 cf e0 89 e8 48 3b 43 08 72 ec 48 89 df 5b 5b 5d e9 7f e9 d1 e0 41 5b 5b 5d c3 45 31 c0 89 f9 44 89 c0 44 89 c2 0f 32 <31> ff 41 89 c0 48 c1 e2 20 89 f8 4c 09 c2 48 89 16 c3 55 48 83 Error: Unknown error
/var/log/syslog contains following stacktrace:
Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.736640] general protection fault: 0000 [#8] SMP Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.737159] CPU 0 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.737262] Modules linked in: vmnet(O) parport_pc parport vsock(O) vmci(O) vmmon(O) fuse pci_stub ts_bm xt_string xt_length xt_dscp xt_comment xt_hl ip6t_rt xt_tcpudp iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_TCPMSS ip6t_LOG ipt_LOG ip6t_REJECT ipt_REJECT ip6table_mangle iptable_mangle xt_multiport xt_state xt_limit xt_conntrack nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nfsd nfs nfs_acl auth_rpcgss fscache lockd sunrpc loop snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd psmouse processor i2c_piix4 i2c_core soundcore evdev serio_raw joydev pcspkr crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 aes_generic cryptd virtio_balloon thermal_sys button ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache usbhid hid sg sr_mod cdrom ata_generic virtio_blk virtio_net floppy uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ata_piix usbcore virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio usb_common libata scsi_mod [last unloaded: vmnet] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Pid: 5745, comm: vmware-vmx Tainted: G D O 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian 3.2.54-2 Bochs Bochs Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa03cd1ce>] [<ffffffffa03cd1ce>] HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0xd/0x1f [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RSP: 0018:ffff8802b5d3bb30 EFLAGS: 00000246 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RAX: 0000000000260d32 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000480 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88040ccf5dd0 RDI: 0000000000000480 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RBP: ffff88040ccf5dc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88040bf6e958 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] R10: 0000000000003246 R11: 0000000000003246 R12: 0000000000000000 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] R13: ffff88040ccf5dc0 R14: 00000000fffffff4 R15: 00000000025964e0 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] FS: 00007f500a77e700(0000) GS:ffff88041fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] CR2: 0000000001403970 CR3: 000000039a9cc000 CR4: 00000000001406f0 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Process vmware-vmx (pid: 5745, threadinfo ffff8802b5d3a000, task ffff8801c0141810) Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Stack: Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] ffffffffa03cf807 ffff88040bf6e958 ffffffffa03cf77b 0000000002596480 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] 00000000000007f2 ffff88040bc6c380 ffffffffa03ccb65 ffff88040bc6c380 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] ffff8802b5d3bb88 ffff88040ccf5dc0 ffffffffa03d0926 0000000000000001 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Call Trace: Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03cf807>] ? Vmx86GetMSR+0x8c/0xa4 [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03cf77b>] ? Vmx86EnableHVOnCPU+0xa9/0xa9 [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03ccb65>] ? HostIF_CallOnEachCPU+0x12/0x2a [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03d0926>] ? Vmx86_GetAllMSRs+0x23/0x3b [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03cb143>] ? LinuxDriver_Ioctl+0x6c7/0xaec [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810b60d4>] ? __generic_file_aio_write+0x248/0x278 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810b4cd7>] ? find_get_page+0x40/0x62 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff811aacc9>] ? cpumask_any_but+0x24/0x37 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff81031a61>] ? flush_tlb_page+0x54/0x6f Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810c2c15>] ? page_evictable+0xf/0x7b Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810be88e>] ? __lru_cache_add+0x2b/0x51 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810ce7cd>] ? set_pte_at+0x5/0x8 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810cfefb>] ? do_wp_page+0x4a7/0x563 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810d1768>] ? handle_pte_fault+0x739/0x79f Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810de467>] ? free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x48/0x60 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff810ce865>] ? pte_offset_kernel+0x16/0x35 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff81352d18>] ? do_page_fault+0x30a/0x345 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffffa03cb579>] ? LinuxDriver_UnlockedIoctl+0x11/0x18 [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff81107e35>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x459/0x49a Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff81107ec1>] ? sys_ioctl+0x4b/0x72 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] [<ffffffff81354d92>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] Code: c5 e8 b8 15 cf e0 89 e8 48 3b 43 08 72 ec 48 89 df 5b 5b 5d e9 7f e9 d1 e0 41 5b 5b 5d c3 45 31 c0 89 f9 44 89 c0 44 89 c2 0f 32 <31> ff 41 89 c0 48 c1 e2 20 89 f8 4c 09 c2 48 89 16 c3 55 48 83 Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RIP [<ffffffffa03cd1ce>] HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0xd/0x1f [vmmon] Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.740029] RSP <ffff8802b5d3bb30> Apr 17 09:43:12 v22014041507617905 kernel: [590498.783907] ---[ end trace 07511f52bf2ac3bf ]---
Note: same error trying to run as root.
I am using the following config file:
.encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "10" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.filename = "~/discs/VMware-Titan.vmdk" memsize = "3072" MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "~/X17-59886.iso" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" usb.present = "FALSE" sound.present = "FALSE" displayName = "Titan" guestOS = "windows7" nvram = "someos.nvram" MemTrimRate = "-1" ide0:0.redo = "" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" uuid.location = "56 4d 0d 92 c9 cd 3c 25-c5 bf 91 91 43 5d bf 33" uuid.bios = "56 4d 0d 92 c9 cd 3c 25-c5 bf 91 91 43 5d bf 33" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:5d:bf:33" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" tools.syncTime = "TRUE" ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE" uuid.action = "create" checkpoint.vmState = "" tools.remindInstall = "TRUE" extendedConfigFile = "vmplayer.vmxf" numvcpus = "1" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" ;vhv.enable = "TRUE"
Starting row 33 is new stuff I tried from various google results, no changes. ~ is actually a full path of the home dir, just censored for the dump.
The server is running:
Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Since this is a virtualized server via KVM not all CPU feature are avaible, this is what /proc/cpuinfo says:
| flags | : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm xsaveopt fsgsbase smep erms |
So essencially VT-x is missing on this "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz". I tried to ensure it doesn't try to run a 64bit guest, I just can't find any reasonable complete documentary on the config file to ensure it doesn't try it, just because it detects a 64bit CPU and assumes it supports VT-x even though it doesn't. I also know you should try to start 2 diffrent virtualizations within the same host, but could a parallel running QEMU (which is working, but pretty slow, I had hoped VMware would run faster) doesn't block something on the kernel, but I thought since QEMU without KVM is just a emulation, it shouldn't make any troubles, but I can't confirm that for a few more hours and I'd really like to see if VMware was running much better. VirtualBox was also running stable on this condition, however it had like 10% of the performance of a bare QEMU emulation, so it was totally useless for our case (which is running a Team Foundation Server 2010 that requires an IIS and MSSQL service on Win Vista or above).
Can you give us any hints on the error or the configuration?
Update: QEMU is unrelated to that error, I just had the opportunity to verify that.
Dear Lucd ,
I fully agree with you that we need to modify the /etc/shell file only once but the question is do we really need to modify it in order to give a local user Shell access via Powercli.Because a local user created with New-VmhostAccount cmdlet give following shell access( /bin/sh instead of /bin/ash) in /etc/passwd file.
Regards
Deepak Anand
Hello,
I wish to make a test of PLC programming too with the target on the VM. So I wish to have a separate network between the host and the VM.
I use:
VM workstation 9.0.3
Host Win 7 64 bits
Guest Win 7 32 bits
Network configuration:
Host IP 172.20.0.1 (VMnet1 adapter)
Guest IP 172.20.0.201
In the VM settings the adapter is set to host only.
In the virtual network editor the setting of IP adresses of the adapter VMnet1 is done accordingly to the above mentioned addresses.
When I run an ipconfig command on the host or on the guest the IP addresses are OK. I can ping the address 172.20.0.1 from guest but cannot ping 172.20.0.201 from the host. I also tried with removing the windows firewall on both side and got the same result. The antivirus of the guest is also turned off.
Does anybody have an idea ?
Many thanks for the attention.
Regards.
Marc
The VM is on and I'm using the fat-client to do the cloning. It is a Server 2003 server and I'm trying to increase the size of the C: drive, during the cloning. There is enough space on the target datastore.
If a specific datastore is configured for storing the VM swap files on the host need to get the VM count which are present on that datastore
