Got a little further.

I'm able to add the DvsTrafficFilterConfig object into the spec, but not able to add the DvsTrafficRuleset object where the values are stored.

$VDSPortGroup = Get-VDSwitch Test-dvSwitch | Get-VDPortGroup Test-PG

$Spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.DVPortgroupConfigSpec

$Spec.ConfigVersion = $VDSPortGroup.ExtensionData.Config.ConfigVersion

$Spec.DefaultPortConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.VMwareDVSPortSetting

$Spec.DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy = New-Object VMware.Vim.DvsFilterPolicy

$Spec.DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy.FilterConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficFilterConfig

$Spec.DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy.FilterConfig.TrafficRuleset = New-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRuleset

*****Error*****

Property 'TrafficRuleset' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.

At line:1 char:74

+ $Spec.DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy.FilterConfig.DvsTrafficFilterConfig. <<<< TrafficRuleset = New-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRuleset

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (TrafficRuleset:String) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

*************

I was also able to map put where the values are stored.

FilterPolicy            : VMware.Vim.DvsFilterPolicy

  FilterConfig    Property   VMware.Vim.DvsFilterConfig[] FilterConfig {get;set;}

  TrafficRuleset  Property   VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRuleset TrafficRuleset {get;set;}

  Enabled         Property   System.Nullable`1[[System.Boolean, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]] Enabled {get;set;} #True

  Rules           Property   VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRule[] Rules {get;set;}

  Description     Property   System.String Description {get;set;} #Network Traffic Rule 1

  Direction       Property   System.String Direction {get;set;} #outgoingPackets

  Qualifier       Property   VMware.Vim.DvsNetworkRuleQualifier[] Qualifier {get;set;}

  TypeOfSystemTraffic Property   VMware.Vim.StringExpression TypeOfSystemTraffic {get;set;}

  Value           Property   System.String Value {get;set;} #vmotion

  Action          Property   VMware.Vim.DvsNetworkRuleAction Action {get;set;}

  QosTag          Property   System.Nullable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]] QosTag {get;set;} #4

情報ありがとうございました。

無事動いたようでよかったです！！！

Hi Gentlemen,

I will work on this, and get back to you.

Thank you for your assistance here.

Well, well, well, it turns out to be a long lasting story and still not fixed?

Get-Snapshot SizeMB property bug in 4.1

Now the same applies to PowerCLI 5.1 on local datastores only as well.

Checked it back in old 4.1 environment. In GUI there is no such confusion at all: the snapshot size summary is always correct in Storage Views in Snapshot Space column should it be single or multiple snapshots. So how come that according to the link above "it's a matter of how vSphere interpretes how the size of a snapshot is calculated" if it comes to Get-Snapshot, but the same inconsistency does not exist for the information reflected in GUI?

Is there any workaround to get local datastores snapshots size using Get-Snapshot? At least, the sum value from the GUI.

Thank you,

rindr

In VMware Fusion you cannot assign more processor cores then the Host has and as a rule of thumb I never assign more then half the total number to any one VM.

          I'm running Player 6.0.3, my VM is Ubuntu 14.10 i386, running kernel 3.16.0-23-generic.  

          When attempting to install VMware Tools, it fails to build the Shared Folders module as seen below.  Please assist.

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/message.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.h:30:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/message.c:54:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/message.c:45:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:37:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,

                 from include/linux/preempt.h:18,

                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,

                 from include/linux/seqlock.h:35,

                 from include/linux/time.h:5,

                 from include/linux/stat.h:18,

                 from include/linux/module.h:10,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:29:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/request.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/module.h:39,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/request.c:38:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:6,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/request.c:29:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/request.h:38,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/transport.h:26,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.c:47:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:6,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.c:29:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/module.h:39,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.c:32:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,

                 from include/linux/preempt.h:18,

                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,

                 from include/linux/wait.h:8,

                 from include/linux/fs.h:6,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/compat_fs.h:22,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.c:29:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vmware.h:39:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:43:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:33:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.c: In function ‘HgfsReadlink’:

/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.c:186:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfs_readlink’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

          error = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, fileName);

          ^

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.o' failed

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only/link.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Makefile:1345: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only' failed

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'

Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed

make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-5qVkOY/vmhgfs-only'

Thank you Luc, removing the -RunAsync switched fixed my issue. In the previous implementation of my script I did not use this switch and it does take quite a bit of time to create about 32 virtual machine configurations so I thought if I could find an easy way to process the script in parallel. I suppose in order to use this method I would have to add some checking logic of ensuring each of the steps have been completed? Touch bit beyond my capabilities.

My scripts now works very well and is able to now create VMs inside a vCenter managed cluster/Resourepool. Incidentally, I now receive a warning message about one of the commands I am using in my script being deprecated and has been replaced to "High" I don't quite understand how I should change this here ? Get-ScsiController -VM $VM | where {$_.Type -eq "VirtualLsiLogicSAS"} | Set-ScsiController -Type Paravirtual

WARNING: The confirm impact of Set-ScsiController cmdlet is deprecated and will be changed to "High" in a future

release.

WARNING: PowerCLI scripts should not use the 'Client' property. The property will be removed in a future release.

One last improvement I wish to add to my script is being able to copy a pre-defined "template.nvram" file which I have customized from a datastore and would like to replace it for every new VM that gets created and renamed to the name of the VM. I tried to do this by using others examples by doing this Copy-DatastoreItem vmstore:\Build\LabBuild\template.nvram $_.Datastore\$_.VMName\$vm.nvram  but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong here?

As one more query could the file servers each boot off the SAN and still access drives off the physical host or would the file servers have to boot from the dedicated storage on the servers themselves and access storage provided via the VMware configuration? Is it possible for VMware ESXi to host servers on a host where some boot off a iSCSI LUN and others from local storage?

You can run virtual machines booting from a virtual hard disk stored on shared storage and have virtual hard disk with data stored on local host physical disk and vice versa... but remember that this may affect your SLA and features like vMotion and DRS, since VMs with local attached storage cannot be migrated online to another host or restart on another host after a hardware failure... anyway, if you remove the virtual hard disk stored on local storage from virtual machine configuration, you will be able to move this virtual machine to another host and boot up the virtual machine.

I'm not an Dell guy, but you have enabled Hyperthreading on physical server BIOS ?

• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper-Threading Technology: These technologies, known as "Turbo Mode" and "Logical Processor" respectively in the Dell BIOS under the "Processor Settings" screen, are recommended by VMware to be Enabled for applicable processors; this is the Dell factory default setting.

Hi Albert,

Here is general KB article for troubleshooting the exception 14 PSOD

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020181

Do you have set an Bandwidth limit in the vds switch?

If Yes,remove the limit and try to update the patch Build Number 1157734

Thanks Dee,

No i do not implement vDS in the VCenter.

Thanks, this worked like a charm!

I am sure this is the wrong place to post this question, but I can't dind where else to ask it. SO please advise me where I should ask it.

I have a customer who is currently operating 3 physical servers, 1 Windows Server 2003 operating as a Domain Controller, a Windows 2008 Server also operating as a Domain Controller.

Additionally there is another Windows 2008 Server that is running as a file server and it hosts, using Hyper-V another Windows 2008 Server. So there are a total of 4 server instances on 3 physical servers.

I would like to reconfigure the 2 newer physical servers to be VMWare ESXi servers, each hosting 2 server instances. I would like to set this up with external DASD (maybe a Synology NAS) so that in the event of a failure of a physical server, all 4 server instances could operate on on physical computer.

This is a small business so costs have to be kept under control. Since I have all the appropriate server licenses for the 4 server instances, what VMWare licenses would I need to do this and where can I find good advice on developing a robust system?

I have experience running ESXi 5.5 on a couple of servers.

Thanks for any input.

HI,

That's great. Here the detailed post on the topic:

Adding vCO Powershell Host with account other than the default domain administrator account

http://kaloferov.com/blog/adding-vco-powershell-host-with-account-other-than-the-default-domain-administrator-account/

Best Regards / Поздрави

Spas Kaloferov| Technical Solutions Architect

I've created a new certificate with RSA2048/SHA256.

It seems to work now.

Да хоть о какой/// Зачем человку заводіть еще одну машіну с гіпервізором, делать із нее Single Point of Failure, еслі дізайн StarWind VSA предполагает отказоустойчівость і отказ от отдельного data store уже на двух машінах, на которих запущен vSphere / ESXi?

http://www.starwindsoftware.com/styles-v2/images/1114/2.png

--

о тестовой среде речь идет, вообще-то.

In this post we will take a look how we can we add a vCO powershell host with account other than the default domain administrator account. Also we will take a look how to generally configure which accounts and user groups can remotely execute powershell commands in Windows.

This post assumes that you have already configured vCO and the domain for Kerberos authentication and configured WinRM. If you haven’t you can find the steps necessary to do it in the Using CredSSP with the vCO Powershell Plugin post.

Goal/Issue

This blog post will resolve the following goals/issues:

• vCO: When you try to add a powershell host with an account that is not the default domain administrator account, the operation fails with error: Unauthorized Access. Authentication mechanism requested by the client may not be supported by the server. (Dynamic Script Module name : addPowerShellHost#16
• vCO: When you try to add a powershell host with an account that is not the default domain administrator account, the operation fails with error:<f:WSManFault xmlns:f="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wsmanfault" Code="5" Machine="lan1dc1.vmware.com"> <f:Message>Access is denied.</f:Message>
• vCO: You want to use custom user account (other than the default domain administrator account) under which the vCO will execute powershell commands and this is the account with which the Powershell host will be added.
• PS: You want to grant customer user accounts or security groups the permissions to be able to remotely execute powershell commands on a windows machine.

Adding vCO Powershell Host with account other than the default domain administrator account

Adding vCO Powershell Host with account other than the default domain administrator account | Spas Kaloferov&amp;#039;s …

Best Regards / Поздрави

Spas Kaloferov| Technical Solutions Architect

Hi Chris,

Is there any update on the submission dates for the next round of defences?

Cheers,

Tim

эта фича была в 7 версии или только в 8?

да можно все что угодно накрутить, но по-моему, топик стартеру нужна лаба под сферу, а не лаба для изучения старвиндовых фич. Для starwind vsa нужно отдать мощности тестовой лабы под два виртуальный хоста старвинда, сеть под синхронизацию. вопрос зачем в тестовой лабе так перейматись отказоустойчивостью в обмен на производительность?

Hi Ruby

That is exactly what I'm trying to.

I have server sitting in the same datacentre connected via a 10Gbps network. What I then do is shut down the VM and download the VM to the server.

Problem is its running at 500Mbps which mean the server will have to be down for 40 hours to complete the copy.

A normal windows copy to the same server gives me 2400Mbps.