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Re: recovery of 2 disk, single snapshot system failed
Attaching the vmx file in case it's a config issue
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It seems if I "boot from file" via EFI I can boot the system. The problem suggests corrupted vmx file and to create a new vm but point to the existing vmdk device as explained hereI'm not sure if this...
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As the solution to the problem now seems to have moved away from the original question, marking this as answered and will create a separate post on that specific question
View ArticleUnable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Hi, I'm having a difficult time getting a copied vmx and vmdk running Ubuntu on Vmware 6.7 (esxi and vsphere) to boot.Registering the vm by pointing at the vmx file fails and I have to drop down to EFI...
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Hey, When you choose to register the VMX what error do you get?
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Re: Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Hi, Registering the VM works but the subsequent boot does not recognise the boot disk and skips over disk1, disk2 and moves on to trying to boot over the net. Another forum post suggested possible vmx...
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Could it because of a vmx corruption. Could you please take an screenshot of the files in the VM folder inside the datastore and attach here the .vmx file so we can check?
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Re: Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Thanks for the help - screenshot attached along with vmx file So my method of backup is to copy the vmx file, take a snapshot in order to be able to copy the vmdk files ( otherwise they fail with...
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Hey Paul, I can see these entries in the vmx file: scsi0:1.fileName = "perfweb.vmdk"scsi0:0.fileName = "perfweb_5.vmdk" This means the VM when booting will try to find that VMDK to work in that exact...
View ArticleRecovering deleted VM
Dear continuum, Need your help here, My colleague accidentally deleted two important VMs from data store on IBM SAN. We are not writing anything new on those, tried disk internals, no luck. Please...
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It is easier to run an inappropriate scan with Diskinternals than getting it right at the first time.Which scan did you launch ? - do you have screenshots of the results ?
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Re: Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Hi,Yes the backup process is not ideal but the machine needs to stay up all the time as it is running a continuous test environment. Loss of an hour or two's data by not capturing the snapshots is not...
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Unfortunately guessing the timestamps for the snapshots is not conclusiv with your filelisting screenshot ...Anyway - following the usual conventions it is quite unlikely that a VM with a diskorder...
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Re: Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
> Could you please confirm if the server has those Hard Disks attached in the SCSI 0:0 and SCSI0:1 ports? Hi - that is really not necessary.If that order is listed in current config - it means it...
View ArticleVMDK manual conolidation
I got hit by ransomware and during the decryption process that disk got full and the VM stopped and couldn't;t start with an error related to the disk. I wanted to expand the size of the disk but...
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Welcome to the Community, did you shut dow the VM immediately after you discovered that it had been reset to an old state! The longer the VM ran on this state, the higher the chance of filesystem...
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Re: Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Hi Ulli,That was a great answer ( very humorously worded) but unfortunately not the fix. Same issue, I'm afraid I'm pretty sure scsi0:1 is the boot disk because the drive size mirrors what I see on...
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Re: VMDK manual conolidation
Hello A.P. Below the information you requested. ##################################### ls and df command results...
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Re: VMDK manual conolidation
There are some things that I' like you to explain, so that I understand what has been done so far.The files "YFC-Win2k8R2-XenAPP-000001.vmdk" and "YFC-Win2k8R2-XenAPP-000001-flat.vmdk" are configured...
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Re: VMDK manual conolidation
Hi Andre, I took several snapshots previously for this VM. However, while decrypting the files on this VM the operation stopped because the disk usage reached the maximum and the VM stopped. I tried to...
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Re: VMDK manual conolidation
Since you have free disk space your datastores, you may try to clone the current virtual disk, which consolidating the snapshots using the following command:vmkfstools -i...
View ArticleImport-vApp
HiWe backup VMs with PS script.When I shall try to restore a VM in Powershell with Import-vApp I just get athis error, what is the problem? PS C:\Users\a-serveradmin1> $myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name...
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Any errors if you try and import the same OVF using the vSphere Client or the OVFTool?
View Articlebasic VM backup
Good morningI have a little Dell server for home lab running ESXi and 5 VM (Windows server, Windows 10, Ubuntu, etc.)Sometime I need to backup VM, usually when I perform changes, and usually I export...
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Your best bet is going to be to use an in-guest backup tool to backup the entire system, not from the virtual machine level. That way you can exclude certain partitions/mounts if you want.
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For your needs: just a handful of VMs that you backup every now and then I would recommend to steal the basic idea of the OVA/OVF approach.That means to also create a tar-archive and use gzip or bzip...
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Guest machine disk locates on two volumes. Can not correctly migrate it.
Guys, good afternoon. Question to the pros. In General, a couple of weeks ago, one of the hosts (5..1) in the cluster died. And one of the guest workstation didn't move.(BSS_IIS)I created a new guest...
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First point, any versions older than 6.5 are no longer supported or updated - so if you are running anything like a production workload you should consider an upgrade to at least 6.5. To your problem,...
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HiTo give some more background, info. normally we use vSphere Client to import OVF templates and that works well. But when the name of the VM contain a blank space that fails, that why I wanted to see...
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I'm trying to work out if the issue is with the OVF or with the process you are trying to follow - using another import method is a process of elimination...
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Re: Guest machine disk locates on two volumes. Can not correctly migrate it.
Thank you for this information and your time!1.How I made it. I created new Guest VM and use existing virtual disk (on VOL2).2.What I mean. I think that it is not all right, that Guest VM disk locates...
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I have tested with many VM to import and I can say that it not possible to import VMs with space in the name and the VMs that do not have that is possible to import. We have 2 different cluster and it...
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Do you have another datastore you could migrate to? As well as the log files you also have some other files (eg. vswp) leftover from your original VM in the VOL2 folder.
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Re: Guest machine disk locates on two volumes. Can not correctly migrate it.
First things first: look at the same problem with WinSCP.You need to check timestamps of the flat.vmdk and timestamps of the descriptor.vmdkJust inspecting it with the datastorebrowser does not do it....
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Many thanks for your prompt feedback.What about if I simply:1) shut down the VM2) using the datastore explorer in the WEB GUI, copy and download the folder containing all the VM files (vmdk, vmx, log,...
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That will work but can produce much larger downloads.Use that if diskspace does not matter
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I tried but there another problem.It tries to download the entire RAW disk....
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Device driver was not successfully installed; network connections not restored?
Hello all, I restored a backup of virtual machines from Acronis bootable media. I created a virtual hard disk and loaded it to vSphere and opened the VM. Upon booting and logging in, I am not able to...
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Hey dlee668, Try a quick test and re-install the VMware Tools as they will provide the necessarily drivers for multiple devices and maybe on the restore they got corrupted.
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Re: Device driver was not successfully installed; network connections not...
What network adapters are shown in the VM settings?
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Adapter Settings: Network Name: VM Network Connect at Power on Adapter Type: E1000 MAC Address: Manual, xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Digging into VMX file ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"...
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Re: Device driver was not successfully installed; network connections not...
Lalegre I just installed VMWare Tools on one of my machines and I still cannot see any network connections. They are both on but my VM does not recognize any of them.
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If this is a default Windows 7 installation, the E1000 driver should be built in.What you may try is to remove hidden/phantom devices from the Windows Device Manager, and then rescan for new devices,...
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VMware Tools should not be the issue, a Windows OS would natively have the driver needed for an E1000 adapter.
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Re: Device driver was not successfully installed; network connections not...
a.p. Followed your instructions, I am seeing Non-Plug and Play Devices along with Network Adapters that were hidden. But I removed Ethernet Controllers and Network Adapters then scan for hardware...
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After taking another look at the screenshots, it looks like this is Windows Vista!? Unless the generated MAC addresses need to remain the same, you may try to:shutdown the VMopen the VM's...
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Re: Device driver was not successfully installed; network connections not...
a.p. I can assure you that it is Windows 7 x64 Regardless, after opening up on VMWare Workstation and changing the operating system and changing the network adapters. I am able to see the network...
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Re: Guest machine disk locates on two volumes. Can not correctly migrate it.
Hello! Thank you all for your help and time. I think than your suggestions were right. And now I know about this ways.My problem guest machines were static. So, I cloned it and deleted old. Today all...
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