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How long does it take to Clean Up Virtual Machine and Reclaim Disk Space? Taking a while.

June 10, 2014, 11:10 am
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I just upgraded from Fusion 4 to 6.  Before converting my 131 GB VM to version 6 I did a Clean Up because it said I had 9 GB of reclaimable space.  I don't know how long it takes to run.  It has been running for over 20 minutes but there appears to be no way to determine if anything is happening.  It just shows a "Reclaiming Disk Space..." window with no way to cancel out.  The file size and date/time of the VM file is not changing.  Activity monitor shows between 3% and 5% of the processor with 13 to 15 threads being used.

 

I backed up the VM file. 

 

When do I become concerned that nothing is happening?  How do I stop the process?

 

Thanks.

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Win7x64 BSOD 0x7B - inaccessible boot device

January 12, 2015, 1:24 pm
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I’m trying to virtualise a Fujitsu Lifebook E744 running Windows 7 x64, and run it under Fusion 7.1 on my 2011 MacBook Pro quad-core running MacOS 10.10.1.  I had to create the VM image using Fusion 6.0.4  on a MacBook 2008 because the PC Migration Assistant does not recognise Fusion 7.1 (fails with a version mismatch).  On both MacBooks, i.e. Fusion 6.0.4 with VM hardware version 10, and Fusion 7.1 with VM hardware version 11, the VM gives a BSOD during boot:

 

*** STOP: 0x0000007B

 

This indicates that the boot device was not accessible.  I have looked at a lot of VMware forum posts and searched on the ‘Net, and the majority of advice suggests that there is a problem with the LSI Logic virtual SCSI driver - it’s missing, it’s not being loaded, or Fusion isn’t configured to use it.

 

However, I’ve been through the Startup Repair console, looked at the Registry, checked the system32 directory, and looked at the .vmx and .vmdk files in the VM package.  As far as I can see, both the VM image and Windows seem to be correctly configured, as follows:

 

.vmx file:

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"

scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 64 c3 0c 4c 20"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows 7 x64.vmdk"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

bios.bootOrder = "HDD"

bios.hddOrder = "scsi0:0"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ide0:1.present = "FALSE"

sata0:0.present = "FALSE"

 

.vmdk file:

ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"

 

Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LSI_SAS: Start = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci: Start = 3

(I’ve also tried the latter with Start = 0)

 

C:/Windows/system32/drivers contains the driver lsi_sas.sys, so it’s not a missing file.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for things to check/try?

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VMFS heartbeat region corrupted

January 23, 2015, 3:01 pm
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Hi,

 

I've an issue with a datastore, the datastore can't mount, the lun is presented on the host (ESXi 5.5).

 

I checked the lun with the voma command and here is the output:

 

Checking if device is actively used by other hosts

Running VMFS Checker version 1.0 in default mode

Initializing LVM metadata, Basic Checks will be done

Phase 1: Checking VMFS header and resource files

   Detected VMFS file system (labeled:'root_sapbiprd') with UUID:52d9dfe8-2b1cf3a8-e663-b8ca3a63f6f0, Version 5:60

ON-DISK ERROR: Unexpected 'totalResources' 153344, expected 71424

ON-DISK ERROR: Unexpected 'numClusterGroups' 12, expected 6

ON-DISK ERROR: Cluster 357 total resources 200 should be 24

ON-DISK ERROR: Cluster 357 free count 190 should be 14

Phase 2: Checking VMFS heartbeat region

ON-DISK ERROR: Invalid HB : zero journal address

Phase 3: Checking all file descriptors.

   Found stale lock [type 10c00001 offset 208408576 v 8160, hb offset 3686400

         gen 37, mode 1, owner 53bedaa0-05fd5630-687f-bc305bedcd28 mtime 22562956

 

I opened a SR with VMware but Vmware said that it's unrecoverable and it can't be fix.

 

So, anyone had been experienced the same issue ? Is there any way to fix this region ?

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Where to find the new ASD features of vCAC 6.1 and vRA 6.2?

December 13, 2014, 9:26 am
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Hi guys,

 

browsing the new features of the advanced service designer in 6.1 and 6.2 I'm missing some features which are present in the release notes and / or blog posts.

 

- 6.2 release logs say

  • Support for complex and interactive forms for resource actions
  • Populates form controls with data from external systems.

 

digging around the net I found a blog post that makes the new features more clear: vRealize Automation vCAC 6.2 GA What's New

Quote "..able to invoke a vCO action from the item form, when the form is displayed to the user..".

Now that's a great new feature, but I'm unable to find the configuration for it within vRA's ASD. Could you point me to it?

 

- Also, the same blog sais the following on the 6.1 release (vCloud Automation Center 6.1 GA - Whats New?): Quote "ability to show output to the users from an ASD Day 2 operation"

I was not able to find that feature officially listed within the release notes of 6.1 but I'm so exited about it that I want to belive it's true... Then again: I'm not able to find the relevant configuration within ASD. Any hints?

 

 

 

Greetings

Robert

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Linux host - Kernel 3.19 breaks VMware (vmnet)

January 12, 2015, 9:15 am
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Tried VMware Workstation 11.0 with Kernel 3.19-rc3) and VMware vmnet compile fails:

/tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1194:20: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’


Replaced ‘f_dentry’ by ‘f_path.dentry’… and driver.c compiled ok, but then:

/tmp/modconfig-dy2ali/vmnet-only/userif.c:526:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘skb_copy_datagram_iovec’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]


I tried more code changes (replacing skb_copy_datagram_iovec with skb_copy_datagram_msg in userif.c, and got vmnet to compile, but it crashed/tombstoned when starting up…

[ 854.004621] general protection fault: 0000 [#2] PREEMPT SMP

(more detail at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1267)

 

Robert Gadsdon

January 12, 2015

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Sharing same private ip with multiple vm's

January 23, 2015, 3:54 pm
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I'm looking into the possibility of virtualizing the servers at the organization I just recently started working for - all servers are currently physical. Some of their servers have multiple roles - in this case we have a physical Windows server machine that's hosting our centrally managed antivirus, an email server and our network monitor software. Since they are on the same physical machine they share the same ip. I'd like to create a server with esxi/vsphere and have virtual machines (servers) that only have 1 role vs multiple. Is there any way to share the same ip between 3 vm's? These would be configured for fault tolerance and DSR within a cluster as well so may not always be on the same physical host, unless affinity rules are set. Normally I'd just change the ip's, but there are things pointing to their current ip's and for many reasons it's not practical to change them right now

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Vmware workstation 11 and Windows 10 Build 9926 auto resize not working

January 23, 2015, 4:23 pm
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Host: Windows 8.1 Pro x64

Vmware: Workstation 11

Guest: Windows 10 Build 9926

 

Problem I'm having is in the guest os (win 10).  I can't auto resize the guest to fit the window (Vmware worksation, View, Fit guest now.  It flickers to the full screen, then goes back to the resolution it was at.  I'm stuck at the resolutions Windows gives me.

 

I know this build just came out today.  But I figured I'd give you guys a heads up.

 

Thx.

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SSO not working when logging into Win7 VM - Second login required

January 23, 2015, 1:56 pm
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Created new Windows 7 desktop in a linked-clone pool. Using the View Client to access the new VM, I am prompted a second time with the Windows 7 login. It is not passing the credentials through for the SSO login to Windows.

 

Using this document (KB 1029391) I have checked the following:

To troubleshoot issues when using SSO in a VMware View Environment:

  1. Confirm that the Agent/Client installation or configuration is correct. During installation, select Log in as current user.
    1. This is set in the Client, have tried using both HTML and Client to access, same result. Prompted with Windows login after a successful VMware login.
  2. Verify that disclaimers or login banners are not being used when using PCoIP as the display protocol. For more information, see Black View Client log in screen when using PCoIP (1016961).
    1. No banners or notices are being used or see, there is also no 'black view' symptom.
  3. Confirm that userinit is configured properly to pass credentials. For more information, see Confirming that the userinit string is configured properly (1028975).
    1. Checked and double checked. Copy?pasted right from this document without a change in symptoms.
  4. Confirm that the GINA is chaining correctly. For more information, see Confirming that the GINA is chaining correctly in VMware View Manager 3.x/4.0.x/4.5.x (1029075).
    1. The KB article says this does not apply to Windows 7 desktops.
  5. Ensure that no Group Policy conflict exists. For more information, see Ensuring that there are no conflicts between Group Policy Objects and View virtual desktops (1027446).
    1. Have spent hours looking through the policies using RSOP.MSC, cannot find anything that would seem to be related to the login process.
  6. Ensure that the Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL GPO policy is disabled. For more information, see Single Sign-on does not work in VMware View Desktops (1026797).
    1. This was also checked and set correctly.


I also checked the setting mentioned in KB 1019466:

On Windows Vista, if you install the PCoIP Server component, the Windows group policy Disable or enable software Secure Attention Sequence is enabled and set to Services and Ease of Access applications. If you change this setting, single sign-on does not work correctly.  Ensure that the Windows group policy Disable or enable software Secure Attention Sequence is enabled and set to Services and Ease of Access applications. This is also set as stipulated here.

 

Anyone have any ideas? I've spent an embarrassing amount of time on this and have not come any closer to getting the SSO to work. I must be missing something -but what?

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Command-line or scriptable version of 'Generate a log report' and 'Export Configuration'

January 23, 2015, 11:27 am
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From the Release Notes I know how to generate a log report and export configuration using the web GUI. I've tried it and it works.

 

What is the command-line/scriptable version of the same functionality? I'm assuming this would  be a SSH + Bash kind of solution.

 

If it matters, this is version 5.5.1.

 

Thanks.

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Anyone able to get Shared Folders working? (Guest: Fedora 21 ; Host: Windows 7 Pro; Workstation 11)

January 12, 2015, 12:47 pm
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As the title says, I get an error when I try to add a shared folder.  If I try to manually mount, I get:

 

Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device

 

VMWare Tools built OK; DnD work OK; copy-and-paste work OK.

 

Shared folders work OK on my Ubuntu 14.10 guest.

 

Thanks,

 

Paul

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windows 8 can not be activated, Threshold stop increasing

January 21, 2015, 9:21 pm
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Hi Guys,

 

All my windows 8 can not be activated. Can anyone help?

 

Phenomenon:

1. All  windows 8 stay inactive, all  server 2012 R2 data center got activated.

2. In KMS host, the threshold stop increase for 2 days(current count is 13)

3. In KMS host, i can see from event that there are so many CMID duplicates.

4. In Vcenter (view composer), there are some errors (Event ID: 8198,  license Activation(slui.exe) failed with the following error code: hr=0xC004F074)

5. In parent virtual machine's registration. i can see in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga , SkipLicenseActivation registry value is 0.

Background:

1. windows 8 version: VL version

2. we have more than 10 server 2012 R2 datacenter,

3. we have more than 20 windows 8.1 professional.

4. we bought enough vl licenses for win8 and server 2012 R2.

 

Thanks in advance

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"A fault has occurred causing a virtual CPU to enter the shutdown state" immediately after booting windows10 guest in workstation11 on ubuntu14.04 host

January 3, 2015, 7:24 pm
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the vm boots but right after guest loading of bootmgr, vmware stops it (i can see just a flash of the boot screen)

if I setup the vm as "other 64bit" or "freebsd 64 bit", it boots ok.

if I setup as "windows 10 64 bit" or "windows 8 64 bit", or any windows - it stops at boot with the mentioned message.

how to troubleshoot this?

 

guest: using win10 build 9901

host: kernel 3.13

 

non-default global / vmx parameters, don't know if matters:

 

monitor_control.disable_hostedIPI = TRUE

prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"

tmpDirectory="/dev/shm"

sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"

prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"

mainmem.backing = "swap"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "rawDisk"

scsi0:0.virtualSSD = "1"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"

serial0.startConnected = "FALSE"

replay.supported = "FALSE"

replay.filename = ""

MemTrimRate = "0"

sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"

numvcpus = "2"

cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"

 

 

"A fault has occurred causing a virtual CPU to enter the shutdown state" on boot of VM.

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Virtual Machine hard disk (Virtual Disk) maximum limit for provisioned size

January 23, 2015, 5:57 pm
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Hi there, so I am trying to create a hard disk or a Virtual disk in a Virtual Machine in order to setup the VM as a file server. The datastore is a Promise VTrak M610P and I have setup the vtrak as a VMFS5 type with 5.46TB of space (4 drives 2TB each in raid 5). In the VM, I added a hard disk and selected the vtrak datastore and attempted to set the provisioned size at 5.46TB and type Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, but I get a DiskCapControl error with some range value. I change the provisioned size to 4TB and it accepted the new hard disk. I can't find anything about the actual limit on creating hard disk in a VM.


I am running a Supermicro X7DAL-E server with VMware ESXi 5.5 U2.

Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you.

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Running Snapshots are slow to create and flaky to run

January 23, 2015, 6:16 pm
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If I boot up an image on VMWare 11 and create a snapshot, it takes about 15 minutes and when I restart the snapshot, I have a lot of errors with the image.  My host is running Windows 7 64-bit with 32GB of RAM and a pair of shiny new SSD's, so something seems fishy.  I have tried this on multiple images ranging in size from 4-12GB of RAM and the results are pretty much the same in every case.  With my config, I think it should take *maybe* a minute to create a snapshot and I shouldn't have these errors when I restart.  If I do a normal boot, I don't have the same errors.

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configure vsphere switches

January 23, 2015, 6:40 pm
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Greetings,

We have two dell r520 server and an md3200i storage array attached by iscsi. 4 Ethernet ports per server.

On the storage array we created two VM partitions for the two server and loaded VMware on both partitions. We are able to boot off the storage array via ISCSI and now on the vsphere client trying to configure networking. I would like to assign 4 ports per server to talk with the storage array, however if I specify more then 1 port for the vswitch it is prompting me for an ip address to assign? Can someone explain the architecture of how this should be done? 

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Guest Desktop Won't Auto Resize

January 23, 2015, 6:41 pm
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I'm using VMware 11, however, my Windows 10 Technical Preview won't re-size to my screen resolution when I maximize the virtual machine. I have VMware Tools installed. Windows 10 doesn't have my screen resolution listed of course.

 

Not sure what the issue is, any assistance would be grateful.

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Running OS X 10.10 Yosemite on ESXi 5.5

December 27, 2014, 5:35 am
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So I've read article after article about running OS X 10.9 on ESXi, but until recently hadn't seen any guidance on how to run 10.10. Then I saw an article that guided you through installing OS X 10.10 on VMWare Fusion by first downgrading the OS Selection from 10.10 to 10.9, then changing the compatibility to use Hardware Version 10 from 11, so that you could later upload the newly created VM to your ESXi 5.5 Server, and make a few modification including adding back in the config line smc.present = "TRUE", and voila, everything should magically work. But I've been stuck for a number of days now.

 

I tried the above steps, but every time I try to run the VM, I just get the grey VMWare boot loader screen that says failed to load operating system from SATA dis, then failed CDRom, then attempting network, then eventually failing completely. I even read up more on what people did on 10.9 and found another couple of config strings such as:

 

   smc.present = "TRUE"

   smbios.reflectHost = "TRUE"

    ich7m.present = "TRUE"


Once again, overtime I've made a change and tried it I'm left with the same exact outcome. Failure. Am I supposed to also have installed the ESXi unlocker script? Because I tried that earlier as well with no luck either, so I figured maybe I should be attempting this install without it, and re-installed the host OS without making any changes.


My config is as follows. Dell PowerEdge R610 with two Hex core 2.8Ghz Xeon Processors, 64GB memory and 6 148GB SAS drives So performance is definitely not an issue. I even have a Sinology ISCSI LUN created and attached with 4TB Storage.


Can Anyone help? Has anyone else successfully installed and is running OS X 10.10 on your ESXi 5.5 server? Mind you, I'm running the free version, so maybe theres limitations there also that I'm unaware of. But any and all advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

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dvSwitch IP address

January 27, 2015, 2:18 am
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When configuring netflow there is the option to supply an IP address for the dvSwitch. It is not clear which network this IP address applies to. Can I just supply an available address on any of the portgroups/VLANs on the dvSwitch?

 

Thanks

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RAID1, HP Proliant and ESXi

January 27, 2015, 3:25 am
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Hi,

I recently bought an HP Proliant server - ML310e Gen8v2 QC 3.10GHz, to give it its Sunday name.

 

This machine has one 1 TB disk and two x 2TB disks, and a RAID controller: Dynamic Smart Array B120i.

 

My aim is to get RAID1 on the two larger disks, and use the third as a backup, is this feasible?   I want four VMs on the machine. 

 

A colleague who has some ESXi knowledge, tells me that it's not possible to install the scratch partition on a SATA drive which also has VMs on it.

 

Any advice as to how to get this set up, gratefully received.

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esxi 5.5.0 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection issue

January 26, 2015, 12:59 am
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Hello,

 

i installed esxi 5.5.0 on my device but i cant use "Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+" and " Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection" interfaces. it seems "enabled but offline" can someone help me ?

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