Hey all,
I am looking to make a script to output a report that shows if any VMs have invalid network backings or just blank network labels. We have had some issues in the past where VMs have trouble and come back online and either have invalid or nothing in the network field and we don't find them fast enough. If I had a report this might save the day.
Thanks all!
Hi guys,
anyone has any idea how can i remove an AppStack from inventory in AppVolumes 3.0?
The only option i see there is Hide. The AppStack i want to remove does not even exist on the share. Even the share on which that appstack was stored does not exist any more.
I guess this info is stores in some database, or something like this.
Thanks in advance for any help.
We have a training VCenter which we run courses for students.
We have a datacenter containing resource pools for each course we run. Each resource pool contains multiple VMs relevant to the course.
We have another datacenter which contains the hosts we deploy student environments to. Each student environment is contained in a resource pool.
I need to create a Powercli script which would calculate the percentage of free storage, cpu and memory left on each host if we deployed a course.
For example.
Course is starting with 6 students and I have provisioned 3 hosts for this course. 2 student environments per host.
Prior to deploying the VMs I want to check if my hosts can accommodate all the VMs by making sure there is atleast x percentage of Storage, Memory and CPU
I have started writing a script to do a storage check however I' am not getting accurate results and when deploying all student environments to a single host I get the error below the script.
SCRIPT
param($folder, $resourcePool, $students)
Function Percentcal {
param(
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[int]$InputNum1,
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[int]$InputNum2)
$size = (get-vm -location $resourcePool | get-harddisk | measure-object -property capacityGB -sum | select-object -ExpandProperty sum)
$realsize = [math]::Round($size*1024)
$totalsize = $realsize*$students
$totalvmhosts = $hosts.count
$sizeperhost = $totalsize / $totalvmhosts
$realsizeperhost = [math]::Round($sizeperhost)
$actualfreespace = $InputNum1-$realsizeperhost
$actualfreespace / $InputNum2*100
}
$hosts = Get-VMHost -Location $folder
ForEach ($vhost in $hosts)
{
$ds = Get-Datastore -VMHost $vhost | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "datastore*"} | Sort Name
if ($ds.Name)
{
$PercentFree = Percentcal $ds.FreeSpaceMB $ds.CapacityMB
$PercentFree = "{0:N2}" -f $PercentFree
$ds | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name PercentFree -value $PercentFree
}
if([int]$PercentFree -gt 5){
Write-Host -ForegroundColor "Yellow" ("Storage on $vhost is OK ")
}
else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor "Red" ("Storage on $vhost is Insufficient ")
}
}
$ds | Select Name,FreeSpaceMB,CapacityMB,PercentFree | Export-Csv c:\Scripts\Dev\datastorereport.csv -NoTypeInformation
ERROR
Cannot convert value "-Infinity" to type "System.Int32". Error: "Input string was not in a correct
format."
At C:\Scripts\Dev\StorageCheck.ps1:29 char:23
+ if([int]$PercentFree <<<< -gt 5){
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException
We use an EMC VNX as our SAN, and we are seeing high ABQL (Average Busy Queue Length) on the SAN. EMC support tells me that they are seeing QFULL conditions, meaning the SAN can't keep up with the number of requests. So they recommend reducing the LUN queue depth on my ESX 5.5 servers, to reduce the load.
OK, I can understand that. We use Emulex HBAs, and the default is 32, so I am setting it down to 24 (at first). But if you change the LUN queue depth, you should also change the Max Outstanding Disk Requests, from what I read. So I will set that down from it's max of 32 to match 24.
Problem is, I have 26 datastores that I need to change that setting on, for 6 hosts in a cluster. Changing the LUN queue depth is easy enough, I can do that manually (I have to put the host in maintenance mode and reboot it. for that setting to take effect, anyway). But no way do I want to be issuing 26 manual
esxcli storage core device set -d naa.xxx -O Value
commands.
So how can I retrieve all the "nna" identifiers for all the datastores for each host; issue the above command, and repeat for each host in the cluster (6)? I know how to get the lists of hosts in a cluster, and I think this will get me all the datastore identifiers:
Get-Datastore |
Where-Object {$_.ExtensionData.Info.GetType().Name -eq "VmfsDatastoreInfo"} |
ForEach-Object {
if ($_)
{
$Datastore = $_
$Datastore.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.Extent |
Select-Object -Property DiskName
}
}
(I blatantly stole the above from Robert van den Nieuwendijk , BTW)
But I am unclear how to translate the command line "esxcli" command above, into Powershell.
Anyone?
I'm looking at the readIOSize metric for virtualdisks. It checks the "Average read request size in bytes". Its rollup type is latest.
I grab this metric using Get-Stat with a start time of the last 3600 seconds and get 14 metrics back.
How do I aggregate these metrics, I'm not sure what this means. What does "latest" mean? Is this the "average read request size in bytes" over the Realtime period? Every 20 seconds its taking the average? That wouldn't make sense because my start time is -3600 secs and I'm only getting back 14 metrics.
Good afternoon all, having an issue getting vSAN dashboards rolling up to vROPS (NFS for that matter as well). I am running vROPS 6.0.1 build 3038036 and using the Management Pack for Storage Devices build 6.0.2575852 but am currently not getting any data collected and surfaced to vROPS portal on vSAN dashboards. I created a 'collector' in vROPS web interface under Administration -> Solutions -> clicked the Management Pack for Storage Devices and configured from there (see screenshots). Is there any reason my dashboard tabs are tagged as BETA (I thought this had been pushed GA and the website I downloaded from said nothing about beta.
I definitly DID NOT download this release here:
http://www.vmware.com/go/vrops4vsan-beta
But rather this one suggested from Rawlinson's site.
Cloud Management Marketplace | Solution Exchange
(release vmware-vcops-6.0-MPforStorage-6.0-2575852.pak)
Thoroughly perplexed, please advise.
Thx much, Kevin
Hi;
Have an issue with this one VM.
I have a two cluster 4.1 ESXi Datacenter, and stood up a 5.1 ESXi host in a new Datacenter.
I ultimately want to migrate the 4.1 Hosts to the 5.1 Datacenter.
The 5.1 Host only has a VCenter server, and this other Win2k8 R2 server which is giving us problems.
The HP DL580 G5 host has 112 GB RAM, 4 FC HBAs, & 6 NICs, and it is compatible with the 5.1 Enterprise Plus
version.
We are in the process of migrating from an HP EVA8100 (P6000) to a NetApp 3240 environment, and the server is currently attached to both SANs.
The average Latency for all the attached RDMs (Qty 8) is 16 milliseconds.
The 4.1 Cluster is also attached to the two SANs, but there are no VM issues at all. In fact I'd say VMware has performed very well up until now.
====================================================================
I would like to know if anyone has seen it before, and what this means. The VM was built from scratch.
I've attached screen shots from vCenter.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
How can I see for one VM with one or more Ethernet card if NIC is "connected" or not and if "connected at power" on is checked ?
Thank you
All -
My apologies if I've posted in the wrong forum, etc. Please move to the correct area if I'm in error...
I’ve been tasked with auditing user access through various portals in my corporate network. I’m wondering if there a quick and/or simple way to report on when an individual was last accessed and used their VDI session. My VDI team indicated that the report I needed would be time consuming and involve multiple queries, etc. I would like your take on this.
Is there a quick easy way to do this?
Many Thanks,
FelixFTW
If I run
Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -PortGroup "dv-iSCSI3"
and get 3 lines - 1 for each host:
Name Mac DhcpEnabled IP SubnetMask DeviceName
---- --- ----------- -- ---------- ----------
vmk2 00:50:56:6d:0a:a7 False 10.64.51.102 255.255.254.0 vmk2
vmk2 00:50:56:62:4e:dd False 10.64.51.113 255.255.254.0 vmk2
vmk2 00:50:56:6c:84:33 False 10.64.51.112 255.255.254.0 vmk2
I have no way to know which name belongs to a particular host except by IP of the cmk port.
I already know what host I want. I just want to determine the vmkX name that is on that host as my environment differs depending on the host vendor type and model.
Is there a way to do it like:
$vmks = $vmhost | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -PortGroup "dv-iSCSI3"
or
Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -PortGroup "dv-iSCSI3" | where {host -eq "blade123" }
?
I have been attempting to configure a two-node VSAN cluster using a pair of HP DL380 Gen 9 servers with P440ar array controllers.
I have confirmed that all of my hardware is on the HCL, but was unable to get vSphere to detect the 4TB SAS HDD when the P440ar controller is configured in HBA(pass-through) mode.
After considerable time on the phone with HP support, and opening a case with VMware support in parallel, we stumbled upon an HP Customer Bulletin..
http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04650584&sp4ts.oid=7796454
In a nutshell, there is no permanent solution, but HP suggests configuring in RAID0 mode as a workaround.
I have configured it according to HP's suggested workaround, and VSAN appears to work, but the VMware engineer I have been communicating with is suggesting that RAID0 is not a supported configuration for this P440ar.
1. Can anyone advise whether a RAID0 based configuration is supported or not? The HCL seems a bit vague on this issue.
2. Should I be concerned about using RAID0 mode rather than pass-through? Are there performance implications of doing so?
Hace unos días, el servidor ESXI 5.5 me muestra este mensaje de error :
He intentado resolver con la documentación, pero realmente no he podido dar con una solución. Lo que ya hice fue hacer un mem Test (Pasa sin problema ), me he fijado en la temperatura de los componentes (no llegan nunca a una que se no recomendada, opera entre 32º a 55º ). Ahora me dispongo ha hacer más espacio en el disco ya que veo que no puede terminar el dump.
Cualquier ayuda será bienvenida, y muchas gracias.
Hello,
I have started a ps1 script to convert the type on a vnic. The conversion works but the IP is wiped out. I have my script pulling the IP information through WMI before it converts the vNIC. My issue is trying to set the IP back on the newly converted vNIC. Some VMs have more than one NIC as well, ESXI 5.5
# Check to make sure VMWare PowerCli is loaded
$PowerCLIModulePath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Modules"
$OldModulePath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath','Machine')
if ($OldModulePath -notmatch "PowerCLI") { Write-Host "[Adding PowerCLI Module directory to Machine PSModulePath]" -ForegroundColor Green $OldModulePath += ";$PowerCLIModulePath" [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PSModulePath',"$OldModulePath",'Machine')
} else { Write-Host "[PowerCLI Module directory already in PSModulePath. No action taken]" -ForegroundColor Cyan
}
# Adds the base cmdlets
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
# This script adds some helper functions and sets the appearance. You can pick and choose parts of this file for a fully custom appearance.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1"
#Configure Script
$cServer = ""
$cUser = ""
$cPassword = ""
# Connect to server
Connect-VIServer -Server $cServer -User $cUser -Password $cPassword
write-host "Convert E1000 to VMXNET3 Script" -foregroundcolor "Magenta"
# Get input from user
#$VMName = Read-Host -Prompt 'Input the VM Name'
#Get-VM $VMName | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where { $_.Type -eq "E1000"} #| Set-NetworkAdapter -Type Vmxnet3 -StartConnected:$true -Confirm:$true -WakeOnLan:$true -NetworkName 'VM Network'
Function Set-WinVMIP ($VM, $USER, $PASS, $IP, $SNM, $GW, $ADAPTER){
$netsh = "c:\windows\system32\netsh.exe interface ip set address ""$ADAPTER"" static $IP $SNM $GW 1"
$netshDNS = "c:\windows\system32\netsh.exe interface ip add dns ""$ADAPTER"" 172.16.57.9"
$netshDNS2 = "c:\windows\system32\netsh.exe interface ip add dns ""$ADAPTER"" 192.168.0.191"
Write-Host "Setting IP address for $VM..."
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -HostUser $USER -HostPassword $PASS -GuestUser $USER -GuestPassword $PASS -ScriptType bat -ScriptText $netsh
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestUser $USER -GuestPassword $PASS -ScriptType bat -ScriptText $netshDNS
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestUser $USER -GuestPassword $PASS -ScriptType bat -ScriptText $netshDNS2
Write-Host "Setting IP address completed."
}
#Check on VM for testing
$rServer = "dantest2"
$VM = Get-VM -Name "Dan Test 2" | Get-NetworkAdapter | where {$_.Type -eq 'E1000'} | Select @{N="VM";E={$.parent.name}}, Name, Type
foreach($NICa in VM) {
if($NICa.Name -eq "Dan Test 2") { write-host "[IPInfo] getting IP information from" $NICa.Name -foregroundcolor "Green" $Networks = Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -ComputerName $rServer -EA Stop | ? {$_.IPEnabled} foreach ($Network in $Networks) { If($Network.DHCPEnabled) { write-host "DHCP is enabled! I cannot go any further." -foregroundcolor "Yellow" } $IPAddress = $Network.IpAddress[0] $SubnetMask = $Network.IPSubnet[0] $DefaultGateway = $Network.DefaultIPGateway $DNSServers = $Network.DNSServerSearchOrder $MACAddress = $Network.MACAddress $NICType = $Network.ServiceName if($NICType -eq "E1G60") { write-host "IP:" $IPAddress "`n Submask:" $SubnetMask "`n Gateway:" $DefaultGateway "`n DNS:" $DNSServers "`n MAC:" $MACAddress "`n NIC Type:" $NICType write-host "[FOUND]" $NICa.Name "has a E1000 network adapter" -foregroundcolor "Cyan" write-host "[CONVERT]" $NICa.Name "is now being converted from E1000 to VMXNET3..." -foregroundcolor "Yellow" $e1000AdpterName = Get-VM -Name $NICa.Name | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where { $_.Type -eq "E1000"} #Get-VM -Name $NICa.Name | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where { $_.Type -eq "E1000"} | Set-NetworkAdapter -Type Vmxnet3 -StartConnected:$true -Confirm:$true -WakeOnLan:$true -NetworkName 'VM Network' #Get-OSCustomizationSpec Spec | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIp -IpAddress $IPAddress -SubnetMask $SubnetMask -DefaultGateway $DefaultGateway -Dns $DNSServers -NetworkAdapterMac $MACAddress #Get-VM -Name $NICa.Name | Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VMGuestNetworkInterface $e1000AdpterName.Name -HostUser $cUser -HostPassword $cPassword -GuestUser $cUser -GuestPassword $cPasswor -IP $IPAddress -Netmask $SubnetMask -Gateway $DefaultGateway -DNS $DNSServers #Set-WinVMIP -VM $NICa.Name -USER "administrator" -PASS "xxxx" -IP $IPAddress -SNM $SubnetMask -GW $DefaultGateway -ADAPTER $e1000AdpterName.Name $remoteNic = get-wmiobject -class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -computer $rServer | where-object {$_.netconnectionID -eq $e1000AdpterName} $remoteNic.EnableStatic($IPAddress, $SubnetMask) $remoteNic.SetGateways($DefaultGatewa, 1) $remoteNic.SetDNSServerSearchOrder("172.16.57.9") } } } #Shutdown VM #Start VM
}
#Disconnect-VIServer -Server $cServer -confirm:$false
Hello all. I have an old but complete backup of a virtual machine that has since been deleted from the ESXi server. I have a need to temporarily restore it. Is there a process for recreating a virtual machine in the Inventory and pointing it to a fully functioning copy in the datastore? Most of my reading deals with using the Disaster Recovery Wizard or the command line to do restores from backup files. These don't really fit what I am trying to do. Any advice is appreciated. btw I tried this and got the cannot start virtual machine because the file xxxx couldn't be locked. So trying the second link below, but still would like any thoughts on other ways to achieve this.
VMware KB: Recovery of a lost or deleted virtual machine .vmx configuration file on an ESXi/ESX host
VMware KB: Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: Cannot open the disk
How do I set up a wireless keyboard and mouse with proper key / button mappings for Win 7 on Fusion 8 running on an iMac?
Hello all,
Looking to use the SE OS uptime, but instead of seconds - convert to days.
Any help would be appreciated!
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS was recently released, and I ran into the same installation problems that I have seen in earlier versions of various Linux distros (including Ubuntu). I don't remember when the problem first appeared. Who knows? (Who cares?) See below for a description of the installation problem I encountered, and the simple fix. I have tried it with Ubuntu 64-bit and Ubuntu-MATE 64-bit 16.04 LTS versions.
Please note: The problems, fixes, and tricks discussed here will not apply to all Linux distros, but I suspect it applies to many distros that are derived from Ubuntu or Debian.
Problem Description:
When you install Ubuntu Linux (and probably other versions of Linux that use a similar GUI installer) from the downloaded .iso file, part of the installer window is hidden beyond the edge of the virtual machine display. You cannot see some of the installer interface, including critical "OK" or "Continue" buttons. Enlarging the virtual machine display window doesn't help, because everything gets larger, but the hidden part of the installer remains hidden.
In the past, I would get around this problem by guessing the hidden OK button and using tab to "highlight" it unseen, then press the return key to take action. This did not work very well for me with Ubuntu 16.04. Perhaps I was impatient. Instead, I found a better way.
Solution:
When you create a new Linux virtual machine, the next step is to boot from the downloaded .iso file, which includes the installer.
VMware Tools and Open VM Tools:
Some versions of Linux (including recent releases of Ubuntu) prefer you to use "open-vm-tools" instead of the VMware Tools that is included with VMware Fusion. If your Linux distro uses Open VM Tools instead of VMware Tools (e.g., Ubuntu Linux), here is what you should do:
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
I hope this helps!
Hi All,
Have 3 no of IBM x3850 X5 Server with Emulex oneconect 10gb (be3). All are running with ESXi 5.1 version.
In first two Hosts, I can see the Emulex oneconect 10 GB ports under network adapter section but for third and last, I am unable to any Emulex 10 GB ports in vsphere network adapter. However, I can see it under PCI Hardware sensors.
Any guess, why Emulex is not visible for third host under network adapter.
Thanks in Advance.
I was trying to make sure there was a specific portGroup "ScriptTemp" when my script runs, and then I got myself into a real mess.
I think mistakenly I ran:
New-VirtualSwitch -Name Tst-dvSwitch1 -NumPorts 2448 -VMHost 'esxtst5.acuitylightinggroup.com' -Confirm:$false
WARNING: The configured number of switch ports will not be applied to ESX hosts 5.5 and newer. These switches are always elastic.
Name NumPorts Mtu Notes
---- -------- --- -----
Tst-dvSwitch1 5632 1500
This was after running a bunch of New-VirtualPortGroup commands that I was not able to get to work properly.
I already had a Virtualswitch name Tst-dvSwitch1 so when run:
Get-VirtualSwitch -Name Tst-dvSwitch1
Name NumPorts Mtu Notes
---- -------- --- -----
Tst-dvSwitch1 2448 9000
Tst-dvSwitch1 5632 1500
Should be as simple as filtering out the right one and piping it into Remove-VirtualSwitch right? Wrong.
#wrong $vs = Get-VirtualSwitch -Name Tst-dvSwitch1 | Where{$_.NumPorts -eq 2448}
#wrong Remove-VirtualSwitch -VirtualSwitch $vs -Confirm:$false
It says this is a different type of object... A distributed switch?
$ Get-VDSwitch Tst-dvSwitch1
Name NumPorts Mtu Version Vendor
---- -------- --- ------- ------
Tst-dvSwitch1 2448 9000 5.5.0 VMware
Oh, this should be easy, all I need to do is pipe this into remove-dvSwitch... Wrong again.
$ Get-VDSwitch Tst-dvSwitch1 | Remove-VDSwitch -Confirm:$false
Remove-VDSwitch : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.
At line:1 char:30
+ Get-VDSwitch Tst-dvSwitch1 | Remove-VDSwitch -Confirm:$false
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-VDSwitch], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Commands.Cmdlets.RemoveVDSwitch
In vCenter it says The resouce '10' is in use.
Help!!!
Hi,
I have tried to contact vmWare by email, but no answer on any of my emails.
I need download link for old version of the software 5.0.x or 4.3, but on the download section can only download 5.5 version, which doesnt work with Windows XP.
Any idea where to download it?
Thanx in advance.