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Rebalance storage load due to unused space

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We have a VSAN 6.5 with 9 nodes which is currently at 69% storage utilization and 204TB, with +320 VMs.

Future growth is a bit difficult to predict.

 

According to VMware sizing guidelines;

 

Keep at least 30 percent unused space to prevent Virtual SAN from rebalancing the storage load.

Virtual SAN rebalances the components across the cluster whenever the consumption on a single capacity device reaches 80 percent or more.

The rebalance operation might impact the performance of applications. To avoid these issues, keep storage consumption to less than 70 percent.

 

Could anyone shed any light on how these rebalancing storage load operations would affect the VMs from an availability and performance standpoint?

Would it look like the VM is unavailable or just not responding? Would it affect all VMs or just the subset of VMs on the host >80% load?

 

At what additional risk is the VSAN when storage load is at 70% vs 80% used space?

 

Looking for advice and experience.

 

regards

Gaute


Bug in "Inbox"

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Hey guys,

 

I think my inbox is broken. I've got some threads which I've written to a few days ago. I can read them and click "Mark all read", but they still are shown as unread.

 

Newer posts in other threads are not visible there.

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Logoff & -on again and other browser doesn't fix the problem.

 

Any ideas?

 

Regards,

Alex

Virtual machine running and can't shut off or remove

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Running a trial version of VMWare workstation 14 pro with Linux Mint 18 as host. Have a virtual machine with Win7 as the guest OS. It's been buggy from the start, so I want to remove it and start over. Buth the "power off" and stop button do not stop it. If I click the win7 machine I get a blank page with the loading (circling) arrow. I've let it run up to 18 minutes but it never does load. I can't uninstall it while it's running, and I can't shut it off. Trying to uninstall workstation gives me the same issues. Can't stop the virtual machine and can't uninstall until I do.

 

Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks.

HOME LAB DESIGN (NESTED )

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I am looking help design home lab (nested)

Current hardware:

Dell POWEREDGE R630:

CPU: Xeon 2620 V4 8 core x2 -16 core

RAM: 64 GB DDR4

HARD DRIVE: 4 (500GB SSD= 2 TB); 4 (4TB SSHD= 16TB)

USB =32GB

RAID CONTROLER: H730P (VSAM SUPPORTD)

4 INBUILT NIC AND 4 ADDED = 8 NIC

CISCO LAYER 3 SWITCH 3750E (IF NEEDED)

 

NEED HELP TO DESIGN:

VSAN THREE SITES OR FOUR SITES?

TWO DATA CENTER LINK MODE (NESTED)

ONE FOR NSX (I DON’T KNOW IF IT BETTER IDEA TO INCLUDE IN BOTH DC?

HOW MANY HOST NEED IN EACH DC?

NETWORK DESIGN?

storage suggestion

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Hello everyone,

I'm currently setting up an "old" server with a fresh ESXi install. We need another server to move the hosted exchange back inhouse and get a pbx system up and running within the next weeks. Since we still have hardware available (Xeon E3-1230V3, 16GB RAM) and a license in spare, we "only" need storage...

 

I already ordered 2x Intel SSD DC 480GB and set those up in a Raid 1 with a simple Adaptec Raid 2405 controller. Now I'm getting nervous wether this is a good idea because of possible issues with garbage collection / TRIM commands.

 

Can anyone tell me if missing TRIM in a Raid 1 will be a problem in my setup? And yes, what's the better choice? Go for 2x 600GB SAS 15K disks (cheetahs or ultrastar) in Raid 1 + use one SSD as a cache? Or go for a RAID 10 with 4x 15K disks and use the SSD elsewhere? I might have a LSI 9240-8i in spare as well, but I still need to check if it is available and if it is compatible with ESXi 6.7.

 

Any feedback appreciated!

 

Thanks

sappel

vmrun opens .vmx files in the default application instead of Fusion

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This is an attempt at a bug report. Please let me know if there's a better place for this.

 

If any application other than Fusion is set as the default application for .vmx files, vmrun will open the .vmx file in that application instead of starting the VM in Fusion.

 

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Right-click any .vmx file.
  2. Under "Open with:" select any application other than VMware Fusion, such as a text editor.
  3. Click "Change All...".
  4. In the terminal, run `/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun -T fusion start /path/to/my/vm.vmx gui`

 

Expected behavior:

The VM starts in Fusion.

 

Actual behavior:

The VM is not started. Instead, the .vmx file is opened in whatever application was chosen in step 2 (a text editor in my case). vmrun hangs, seemingly forever.

 

System Info

macOS 10.13.4

VMware Fusion 10.1.2

vCACEntityManager and provisioningGroupId

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I am running into a bit of a snag attempting to retrieve the provisioningGroupId value while using vCACEntityManager.vCACEntityManager.readModelEntitiesBySystemQuery.  The goal of this is to retrieve the business group a given VM is owned by.  I am able to retrieve what appears to be all of the VMs VirtualMachineProperties with the exception of provisioningGroupId.  I can see said ID if I use LINQPad to explore.  I am hoping someone can shed some light on the subject, or perhaps provide a better means of obtaining the Business Group for a given VM.  Any assistance would be quite appreciated.

 

Code used below to show properties from VM (note: vm name hard coded below just for testing purposes):

 

var hostid = vCACHost.id;

var modelName = "ManagementModelEntities.svc";

var linkName = "VirtualMachineProperties";

 

var vmEntity = vCACEntityManager.readModelEntitiesBySystemQuery(hostid, modelName, "VirtualMachines", "VirtualMachineName eq enttst0062'");

var linkEntity = vmEntity[0].getLink(vCACHost, linkName);

 

for each(var l in linkEntity){

     System.log("key: " + l.getProperty("PropertyName"));

     System.log("value: " + l.getProperty("PropertyValue"));

}

Cross vCenter Migration - Failing to Relocate

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Relocate works great for powered off VMs. I can't get powered on VMs to work. Source is vSphere 6.0 U3 and destination is vSphere 6.7. I keep getting "The target host does not support the virtual machine's current hardware requirements." Both sites have EVC set to Ivy Bridge, so I am not sure what it means by hardware requirements.

 

Source is ESXi 6.0 Build 7967664 (Latest)

Number of microcode updates:1

Original Revision:0x0b000021

Current Revision:0x0b00002a

 

Destination is ESXi 6.7 Build 8169922 (Latest)

Number of microcode updates:0

Original Revision:0x0b00002a

Current Revision:0x0b00002a

 

I even double checked the CPUID Feature Flags to be certain. There are no CPU affinity settings configured or issues with resources/reservations.

 

If I am reading this site correctly. VMware Knowledge Base

 

vSphere 6.0 U3 to vSphere 6.5 U2 and later* (* This includes all VMware Cloud on AWS versions and vSphere 6.7.) vMotion is supported. So what am I missing?


anyone got a zip of vmware player

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my pc account isnt admin can anyone provide me a zip of there vmware player files?

Fusion cannot start any VM after MacOS 10.13.5 update

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After the udpate to the MacOS 10.13.5. there is a message when you start up any VM with a message

Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to

 

But there is nothing displayed in the System Preferences / Security & Privacy to allow any extension.

Reinstall & any restart of the app or Mac does not help at all.

 

Anybody else facing the same? Thx, Marek

IDLE windows 7 VM CONSUMING FULL RAM ALLOCATED

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Hi all,

Here I m Habib.

we are running a esxi hypervisor 6.5 on dell r730.

we had created serveral vm on that, all are working fine but the vm which are running on windows 7 os are hanging after some time after restart.

-os windows 7 64 bit

-processor allocated 1 core

-ram allocated 6 GB

-hdd 200gb

When I restart the virtual machine the ram consume showing in windows task is normal but when i am seeing performance of ram from vsphere client it showing that vm is consuming too much high ram and after some time the get hang and wr will not be able to use vm.

I also tried to increase ram upto 8 GB but the peroble is same the vm will get hang after some time and the vm is idle. We will not doing any work on vm means vm will be idle then alsoit get hang. After i increased ram from 6 gb to 8 gb the vm work fine for some hour but after some time the ram consumed by vm showing full 8gb in vsphere client vm performance tab.

I also changed the paging file size but the peroblem is same.

Provisioning on the vCenter Server for this RDS farm has been disabled.

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I publish a farm, the OS is Windows Server 2016.

The Farm type is Automated Farm and use View Composer linked clones.

 

But I have a issue:

Error during provisioning: Unable to find folder /View/vm/B-W2016

And: Provisioning on the vCenter Server for this RDS farm has been disabled.

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I try Enable Procisioning in the farm, but it's failed.

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What should I do?

How use script to Reset Virtual Machine

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I have a Horizon environment.

Because it is test  environment, I need frequently reset virtual machine.

 

I want to create a script help me to reset virtual machine.

What do I do?

vsphere 6.5 打开虚拟机报错(文件系统特定的 Lookup And Open {File} 实施失败)

Understanding VCSA 6.5 VMDK Partitions & Mount Point Sizes

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I have several vCenters that were built as Medium sizes, I need to increase them to Large, however I am having a hard time find information on how big each VMDK should be for the Large deployment size.

 

This article spells out how big each VMDK is for the Tiny size, but where can I get the information on the other deployment sizes?

VMware Knowledge Base


VMware Player 14 Not loading Virtual Machine Even After Confirming It Was Installed

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I have 64 bit VMware® Workstation 14 Player version 14.0.0 build-6661328 installed on Linux Mint 18.3 x64. My laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad z510 and I've made sure the virtual machine option in BIOS is enabled. The installation of VMware Player 14 on Mint was successful and VMware Player also opens without issues.

 

Whenever I choose "Create a New Virtual Machine", it lets me go thru all the appropriate steps. It allows me to pick an ISO and goes thru the full installation process without issues. VMware Player confirms that the virtual machine was installed successful and the virtual machine even boots fine after it's done with the initial installation.

 

However, the minute I shutdown the virtual machine, I can no longer open it again. It's not listed in the Home panel either. I've tried using the "Open a Virtual Machine" option, but nothing happens when I choose the vmx file.

 

I get the same symptom when using the ISO file of Kali Linux (kali-linux-2017.3-amd64.iso) and when using the virtual machine version of Kali Linux (kali-linux-2017.3-vm-amd64.ova)

 

Attached is a screen shot of the files found in the vmware folder (I believe these are for kali-linux-2017.3-vm-amd64.ova) . I've also included a screen shot of the empty Home panel.

 

Can someone please help? Don't understand why this is happening if all signs confirmed the virtual machine was installed. Selection_001.pngSelection_002.png

memory warning on my esxi

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Dear all

Hi

 

today i envisage with memory warning on my esxi

i have attached that is about memory

how can solve that ?

 

Br

vcenter6.2 convert WIN7 HP laptop but no keyboard

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after cloning my WIN 7 PRO laptop (HP 9480 WIN7 PRO), the mouse/touchpad works but the keyboard does not. I looked at a couple of threads that discuss msconfig and registry entries without any luck. Is there any specific solution available?

Upgrading vCenter Server from 6.5u1 to 6.7

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Hello,

 

Im trying to upgrade my VCSA appliance to 6.7 but its continuously failing and i'm at a loss for info. In the final portion of the upgrade while running step 2 "Set up target vCenter Server and start services" it fails at the step "Starting VMware Analytics Service" and displays "A problem has occurred. The source vCenter Server might have been Powered Off during this process. Click on Messages for more information."

 

Upon reviewing logs I found what appears to be an authentication error in "analytics_firstboot.py":

 

==============================================================================

INFO:root:Register service with LS.

2018-05-04T17:49:18.154Z  Failed to register Analytics Service with Component Manager: SoapException:

faultcode: ns0:FailedAuthentication

faultstring: Invalid credentials

faultxml: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><S:Body><S:Fault xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"><faultcode xmlns:ns0="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">ns0:FailedAuthentication</faultcode><faultstring>Invalid credentials</faultstring></S:Fault></S:Body></S:Envelope>

2018-05-04T17:49:18.157Z  Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-analytics/firstboot/analytics_firstboot.py", line 161, in register_with_cm

    cloudvm_sso_cm_register(keystore, cisreg_spec, key_alias, dyn_vars, isPatch=is_patch)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-cm/bin/cloudvmcisreg.py", line 700, in cloudvm_sso_cm_register

    serviceId = do_lsauthz_operation(cisreg_opts_dict)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 1044, in do_lsauthz_operation

    ls_obj.register_service(svc_id, svc_create_spec)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 340, in add_securityctx_to_requests

    with self._sso_client.securityctx_modifier(self._stub):

  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/contextlib.py", line 59, in __enter__

    return next(self.gen)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 240, in securityctx_modifier

    self._update_saml_token()

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 223, in _update_saml_token

    self._uname, self._passwd, token_duration=120)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVim/sso.py", line 317, in get_bearer_saml_assertion

    ssl_context)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVim/sso.py", line 256, in perform_request

    raise SoapException(fault, *parsed_fault)

pyVim.sso.SoapException: SoapException:

faultcode: ns0:FailedAuthentication

faultstring: Invalid credentials

faultxml: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><S:Body><S:Fault xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"><faultcode xmlns:ns0="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">ns0:FailedAuthentication</faultcode><faultstring>Invalid credentials</faultstring></S:Fault></S:Body></S:Envelope>

 

 

2018-05-04T17:49:18.157Z  Exception: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-analytics/firstboot/analytics_firstboot.py", line 161, in register_with_cm

    cloudvm_sso_cm_register(keystore, cisreg_spec, key_alias, dyn_vars, isPatch=is_patch)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-cm/bin/cloudvmcisreg.py", line 700, in cloudvm_sso_cm_register

    serviceId = do_lsauthz_operation(cisreg_opts_dict)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 1044, in do_lsauthz_operation

    ls_obj.register_service(svc_id, svc_create_spec)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 340, in add_securityctx_to_requests

    with self._sso_client.securityctx_modifier(self._stub):

  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/contextlib.py", line 59, in __enter__

    return next(self.gen)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 240, in securityctx_modifier

    self._update_saml_token()

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/cis/cisreglib.py", line 223, in _update_saml_token

    self._uname, self._passwd, token_duration=120)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVim/sso.py", line 317, in get_bearer_saml_assertion

    ssl_context)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware/site-packages/pyVim/sso.py", line 256, in perform_request

    raise SoapException(fault, *parsed_fault)

pyVim.sso.SoapException: SoapException:

faultcode: ns0:FailedAuthentication

faultstring: Invalid credentials

faultxml: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><S:Body><S:Fault xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"><faultcode xmlns:ns0="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">ns0:FailedAuthentication</faultcode><faultstring>Invalid credentials</faultstring></S:Fault></S:Body></S:Envelope>

 

 

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

 

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-analytics/firstboot/analytics_firstboot.py", line 260, in main

    fb.register_with_cm(analytics_int_http, is_patch)

  File "/usr/lib/vmware-analytics/firstboot/analytics_firstboot.py", line 172, in register_with_cm

    problem_id='install.analytics.cmregistration.failed')

cis.baseCISException.BaseInstallException: {

    "resolution": {

        "id": "install.analytics.cmregistration.failed.res",

        "localized": "Please search for these symptoms in the VMware Knowledge Base for any known issues and possible resolutions. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request.",

        "translatable": "Please search for these symptoms in the VMware Knowledge Base for any known issues and possible resolutions. If none can be found, collect a support bundle and open a support request."

    },

    "componentKey": "analytics",

    "detail": [

        {

            "id": "install.analytics.cmregistration.failed",

            "localized": "Analytics Service registration with Component Manager failed.",

            "translatable": "Analytics Service registration with Component Manager failed."

        }

    ],

    "problemId": "install.analytics.cmregistration.failed"

}

 

 

2018-05-04T17:49:18.158Z  VMware Analytics Service firstboot failed

==============================================================================

 

Any ideas what I might be up against here?

VMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out

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When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out.  In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out.  I would like to migrate this VM to another host and datastore.

 

ESXi version 5.1.0 build 1021289

VMware vCenter Server, 5.1.0 build 947673

I've migrated 154 VMs and out of the 154 VMs migrated approximately a dozen VMs would not allow for live migrations(migrate... option greyed out).  I could not identify any commonality between the dozen VMs that did not allow for live migrations.

 

I really need to migrate this VM in a live state if at all possible.

 

When vCenter checks to see if a VM is a valid candidate to migrate, what does it check for because the migrate option is NOT grey for about a second before it becomes greyed out?

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