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Disk Consolidation File Lock (vSphere 5.5)
Hello, I'm currently facing an issue in which two VMs require disk consolidation after being backed up by Veeam but a file lock remains on the files. I get the message "An error occurred while...
View ArticleEVC mode with Processor E5-2620 v. 3
Hi, We are offering the upgrade to the latest version of Vmware to a customer, but we have a technical requirement that we have to meet or the VMotion hot. Currently the client already has 2...
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VM migration: Is routing needed between two storage.??
Hi Team, We've one old storage connected to two mellanox switches for redundancy and mapped in 3 Esxi servers with iscsi controllers, this data network is in different network and vlan. And a new...
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Dedicating vCPU cores
Hello Experts, Need an advice on to how to dedicate the CPU cores to a VM. Actually, my requirement is something like this : I am having - ESXI hosts with 2 sockets * 18 cores = 36 cores in total (...
View Articlelow vmotion speed transfer between esxi hosts
Hello,Can anyone help me with the following problem.In VmWare Vsphere the migration of only the virtual machine (without datastore migration) between the esxi hosts reaches a maximum of 120000 Kbps. It...
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Storage vMotion failure
Hi, I'm having trouble with host and storage vMotion of a very large VM (20 TB+) from one cluster to another under the same vCenter.Migration fails in the final stage. It copies the entire VM across...
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The sdk to check if vmotion is possible between two hosts has changed in 6.5...
The sdk to check if vmotion is possible between two hosts has changed in 6.5 to checkmigrate_task. Earlier it was validatemigtration. The validation test types, passed as parameter to the SDKs has even...
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Migrating the active state of VM
My apologies if this is in the wrong sub-community. We have a "relocate virtual machine" job running and has been stuck at the 60% mark for over 12 hours. The details are "migrating the active state of...
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vmotion stucks at 13%
hi everybodyduring vmotion from host 1 to host 2 which both are connect to switch1 , it stuck at 13% but when i try to vmotion from host 1 to host 3 which it is conect to switch2 , there is no...
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DRS Rules and maintenance mode
I have 8 ESXi hosts split into 2 DRS Host Groups (HOSTS_A and HOSTS_B). I also have some DRS rules that force VMs to be split across these 2 host groups.I want to force all VMs in HOSTS_A to migrate to...
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Automaticaly switch off VMs and Esxi
Hello Expets, Could you please help me to design my development environment in such a way that it will run on 5 days a week. I need to do in automated way. I know this can be achieved by DPM feature in...
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Interplay between Expandable Reservation and Limit
I've read a number of threads on this topic, none of which have clearly explained whether the Limit setting and the Expandable Reservation setting are evoke mutually exclusive behavior. If a limit is...
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How to implement Vmware replication
HiI need your assistance to implement Vmware replication . And i have the following -Dell Poweredge R730 Chassis (2U)-2 x Socket E5 Xeon 3.2GHz / 8Core (Version 4)-128GB Memory DDR4 2400MT/s-6 x 1TB...
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Detect if the vm is in svMotion state
Hi guys, I need the ability to find out whether the vm is in svMotion state at any moment, or not.Can I use any properties of datastore, virtual disk, or vm mor? Does anybody have any idea how that can...
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vMotion not working, cannot vmkping vMotion ports
I am having a problem with the vMotion interface, for some reason I cannot see the vMotion vswitch on the other machine (doesn't matter which machine in the cluster I am on) so as a result, when I try...
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vMotion migration, machine busy or idle?
Hello VMware Admins, I am looking to do a white paper about vMotion and I want to try and make it as real world as possible. So when you are doing vmotion migrations of both storage and compute. Are...
View ArticleCPU ratios
Hello experts, Actually we are trying to find out if there is any way to alocate different pCPU/vCPU for VMs in same cluster..for eg: in a ESXI hosts cluster with 12 VMs - how to make pCPU/vCPU ratio...
View ArticleIs there a way to check that the destination host or cluster can see the...
Is there a way to check that the destination host or cluster can see the datastores where the virtual machine's virtual disks are currently located in vsphere 6.5 and above. I need to check the disk...
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vMotion Error - general system error occurred
Hi guys, I'm having trouble moving a particular VM. I get a general error flag in the Task list - and this is what shows up in Events: (attached) I've tested communication using vmkping and that all...
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Which API is used to check VMotion Migration Capability in VSphere 6.5 ?...
Which api is used to validate vmotion migration in vspehere 6.5. Earlier in vsphere 5.0 "ValidateMigration" API was used to check vmotion capability, but now it has been marked deprecated for vsphere 6.5.
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