Crzwaco
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Mate you might have faster luck on the mybroadband forums.
Thread of PC Woes, Troubles, Problems, and Issues
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Mate you might have faster luck on the mybroadband forums.
Blazzok
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I have two friends in IT I could have directed you to (not sure if they could help, but worth a shot) however they are out of the country until next week I think.
Sorry buddy, and good luck
BeoTeK
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I have two friends in IT I could have directed you to (not sure if they could help, but worth a shot) however they are out of the country until next week I think.
Sorry buddy, and good luck
That's cool. I'm looking for any help/advice whatsoever. The team is currently working on another machine in the meantime, but it isn't permanent. And things are hectic at the moment with new medical aid prices for 2015. So I've got some time with this machine.
PsychoFish
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@BeoTek, hit me up with a PM and tell me what the issue with the Dell Servers are. I'll be able to assist or at the very least point you in the right direction.
chan0o
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BeoTeK
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Hmmm... might be resolved. Spent the whole week last week tweaking and so forth. Waiting for the testing team to run their updates and queries and provide feedback.
The problem must definitely be a setting or tweak with the VM's settings, or the host's. It's the biggest machine we have in the building, so it can't be hardware related.
The problem must definitely be a setting or tweak with the VM's settings, or the host's. It's the biggest machine we have in the building, so it can't be hardware related.
PsychoFish
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Bog standard Storage vMotion (am running 5.5 tho)
BeoTeK
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Yeah I was afraid of that, we don't have a license for vMotion.
I'm using vCenter Converter, but finding it has an issue with transferring snapshots. Can't blame it though, for free you can't expect them to bundle all features. Alternatively I try with the Acronis VM Backup appliance, but also doesn't replicate the machine with snapshots for some reason.
chan0o
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For migrating: VCenter, for 1:1 backup and replication: Veeam.
These suites only supported on Windows server, and cost a bucket load. =/
Non production-wise, a python script plus a NAS is just as good
BeoTeK
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For migrating: VCenter, for 1:1 backup and replication: Veeam.
These suites only supported on Windows server, and cost a bucket load. =/
Non production-wise, a python script plus a NAS is just as good
Yeah, busy installing Veeam Backup and Replication - let's see what this does.
PsychoFish
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Yup, Veeam is a brilliant tool. Depending on what what backend storage you run you can also get some integration plugins for vCenter that will assist greatly with movement of VMs between datastores and arrays from the same manufacturer.
BeoTeK
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PsychoFish
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vmware standalone converter
BeoTeK
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Cool, figured. Guess I'll just try again, but this time uninstall AVG Business.
BeoTeK
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I've tried everything.
I cannot get this machine from one host to the other without loosing snapshots!
VMware vCenter Converter
Veeam Backup & Replication
Manual copy of vmdk's
I just can't figure it out.
Maybe due to me originally migrating it to the temp host, and now wanting to migrate back? (ie. an already migrated machine).
I cannot get this machine from one host to the other without loosing snapshots!
VMware vCenter Converter
Veeam Backup & Replication
Manual copy of vmdk's
I just can't figure it out.
Maybe due to me originally migrating it to the temp host, and now wanting to migrate back? (ie. an already migrated machine).
chan0o
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There's your problem. Snapshot extensions are .vmsn.
Vdmks are the VMs, you need vmsn files for the snapshots
Check in vsphere->snapshot manager to see if you can restore previous snapshots.
Alternatively: if you have SSH access to the ESXi server, check the vmfs directory to see if there are vmsn files for your vm.