I suspect the user was alluding to Restart-VM vs Restart-VMGuest.
Where the latter one would be the "long" version.
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Re: Reboot a VM and wait until tools are running before rebooting the next vm
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Re: App Volumes Multi-Site
Riggght ok.
So at the moment ive got 2 appvolumes managers in my primary site (1&2) looking at the local SQL DB which is going to be replicated. Would i now setup another 2 appvolumes managers (3&4) in my secondary site and point them at the DB at the primary site along with the DR sites vCentre etc. Then once all configs in there, setup the DB replication to the DR site for HA?
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Re: Reboot a VM and wait until tools are running before rebooting the next vm
That is what I thought also, here is what I am trying to run. The second VM starts the reboot process just a few seconds after the first one. Any thoughts?
Connect-VIServer servername.domain
$Input = "server1" , "server2"
foreach ($VM in $input) {
Restart-VMGuest -VM $VM | Wait-Tools
}
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Re: App Volumes Multi-Site
Yes, then in a DR event you would repoint the managers to the replicated sql instance when its active.
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Re: Geneve tunnel down between Edge and Compute N-VDS
>Compute Transport Node, I configure the default-gateway but don't remember anywhere I could configure any Vlan tagging
I was able to use the uplink profile to apply a vlan tag. The default uplink profiles do not provide a vlan tag. I copied the nsx-default-uplink-hostswitch-profile, included a tag for my tep vlan, then applied the new custom uplink-profile in my Transport Node Profile.
I was experiencing a similar issue with a failed Geneve tunnel. My edges established a tunnel just fine (edge to edge) so i was confident mtu, vlan tag and trunk was correct. My transport nodes would not establish to each other - nor the edges until i Tagged the vlan via the uplink profile.
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Cannot oversubscribe the VM disk space even if thin provisioning is used
Dears,
I used to be able to give larger disk size than the actual datastore phys disk size to any VM before I upgraded to VCSA 6.7U4. Is there any possibility to enable vDisk oversubscription?
The VM will not use more than few 100GB space, but it requires 1800GB disk...
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Re: Reboot a VM and wait until tools are running before rebooting the next vm
You might be running those VMs on super-fast HW
Seriously though, I hardly ever use Wait-Tools anymore (since similar experiences).
I discovered that, for me at least, it is a lot better to wait until guestOperationsReady becomes $true.
See for example lines 68-72 in my Deploy Photon 2.0 – Part 2 post.
Only when that property turns to $true can you start using Invoke-VBScript for example.
The VMware Tools might already be running some time before that occurrence.
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Re: App Volumes Multi-Site
Perfect. I'm still going to try and push the local DBs and entitlement replication! Thank you for your help!
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Re: VMC vSphere Alarm - vSAN object health
Hello Jeff,
Welcome to (posting on) Communities.
My understanding is that end-users of VMC environments don't have access to vSAN Health monitoring, is this the case?
If not then further detailed information regarding what the state of the data is (and thus the reason for the alarm) can be found here while the issue is present:
Cluster > Monitor > vSAN > Health > Data
If any sub-check of the Data category is red, the overall category will be red - this can be triggered by 2 causes:
1. Data is reduced availability following a failure or activity that caused data-component to become unavailable (e.g. host/controller/disk/Disk-Group failure or host placed in Maintenance Mode) and rebuild has not been started/triggered yet.
2. Objects have become inaccessible due to multiple failures or a network partition causing them to lose quorum.
One should also see more detail on the cluster-level alarms/events.
Bob
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Re: Quantifying the Impact of NSX DFW IPFix Enabling
There are two major issues with 24/7 logging approach
1. Amount of logs that we are going to received can be very high - eventually impacts storage space and need proper retention policy.
2. If underlying network design is not proper,chances are high it can choke the network.
My way of approach is
a)Logging should be enabled for rules that is very much required or enable it when situation demands
b) Ensure that you calculate the storage consumption during the peak usage of application for a given period of time and size it accordingly.
c) Filter/Drop/Rate limit the logs - you could do this at Source (IPFIX) or at any solutions that is in the path till the flow reaches the destination with same/different retention policies.
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Re: Flows Hitting Multiple NSX DFW Firewall Rules
Unfortunately, that query is what I was trying and it gives all flows that hit the "Default Rule" AND any other rules. The only solution I have found so far is to query "flows where firewall rule = 'Default Rule'" and then export the data to CSV. Then in Excel, filter on the rule column for ONLY the 'Default Rule'.
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Re: Flows Hitting Multiple NSX DFW Firewall Rules
Additionally, the flows will show up with more than one firewall rule attached. It will show all firewall rules that match for that flow. That is why I have to use Excel to filter the CSV.
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Re: Cannot oversubscribe the VM disk space even if thin provisioning is used
Does it show any errors when you click the Next button?
André
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Re: Cannot oversubscribe the VM disk space even if thin provisioning is used
Yes, it does not let me proceed.
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Re: Where do I find my activation key?
Hi,
Normally the key IS on the invoice. I just checked my email archives and the serial is on the "Order confirmation" email.
If it is not, then I think you should contact VMware sales.
AlessandroRomeo68 , please try to read the question a little bit better next time.
It is frustrating for the person asking the question to get an answer for something else. It is also a waste of your precious time.
It isn't the first time I see you do this or I would have dismissed it as we all make mistakes (I sure do and I certainly have my own "oops misread the question" mishaps)
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Wil
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Re: How to backup VMworkstation config (especially network)
Hi,
Also note that this is a feature of the next free upgrade of VMware Workstation 15.5 Professional.
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Wil
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Re: Where do I find my activation key?
Can't you get it in my vmware too, thats where my personal workstation license is?
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Re: Where do I find my activation key?
Hi,
Yes it might be there too. I always had to register it myself down there, but perhaps there's a mechanism that creates them there on your behalf.
For the topic starter:
That's on:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/login
Login and look for "License keys" on the right hand panel.
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Wil
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Re: Skyline v2.1 - Error when trying to add a vRealize Operations Manager
TBKing Thanks for the quick reply. Turns out I was using the incorrect password. The error message really needs to reflect what the problem is.
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NIC teaming in vswitch: Why IP hash needs physical switch ports set as etherchannel?
Hi,
I am reading the Vmware documentation on this (Route Based on IP Hash)
And I don't see why etherchannel is needed on the physical switch:
"...When ports are bound into an Etherchannel, every time the physical switch receives a packet from the same virtual machine MAC address on different ports, the switch updates its content addressable memory (CAM) table correctly.
For example, if the physical switch receives packets on ports 01 and 02 from MAC address A, the switch makes a 01-A and a 02-A entry in its CAM table. As a result, the physical switch distributes the incoming traffic to the correct ports. Without an Etherchannel, the physical switch first makes a record that a packet from MAC address A is received on port 01, then updates the same record that a packet from MAC address A is received on port 02. Hence, the physical switch forwards incoming traffic only on port 02, and might result in packets not reaching their destination and overloading the corresponding uplink....:
I get the above, but if there is only one entry left in the CAM for the VM ( MAC address A on port 02), then the physical switch will send the incoming packet on port 02. Next the vswitch will then forward it to the right MAC address (MAC address A), and all is fine.
I must be missing something big,
Thanks a lot for any input, best regards,
-jf simon
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