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--- vmware:troubleshooting [2021/01/07 11:03] – lunetikk
+++ vmware:troubleshooting [2022/09/03 16:27] (current) – lunetikk
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-===== VMware Troubleshooting =====
+====== VMware Troubleshooting ======
 ==== Cant apply or remediate a host profile ====
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 __Fix:__ \\
-Connect to your ESX host via ssh and restart the management agents
+Connect to your ESX host via SSH and restart the management agents
 <code>
 /etc/init.d/hostd restart
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 You should be able to create or remove the snapshot afterwards
-[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027707|https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027707]]
+[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027707|VMware KB 1027707 - Invalid state]]\\
+[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003490|VMware KB 1003490 - Restart management agents]]\\
+[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004746|VMware KB 2004746 - Activate SSH]]\\
 ==== No coredump target has been configured ====
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 To fix the logrotate/cron, check [[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149278|VMware KB 2149278]]
-==== The operation is not allowed in the current state ====
+==== Restore from different datastore ====
-Remove-Snapshot  The operation for the entity "HOSTNAME" failed with the following message: "The operation is not allowed in the current state."
+A VM is broken and needs to be restored. To do so you need to copy the VM from the backup datastore to your productive one \\
 __Reason:__ \\
--
+You dont want to run VMs from your backup datastore \\
 __Fix:__ \\
+Connect to your esx host via ssh and copy the files with "cp" or "vmkfstools"\\
+Make sure you either rename your old .vmdk + flatfile to .old or your restore to something different (rename flat in .vmdk)
+<code bash>
+cp -a myvm.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/prod_datastore/myvm/myvm.vmdk
+cp -a myvm-flat.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/prod_datastore/myvm/myvm-flat.vmdk
+</code>
-Connect to the ESX-host via SSH and restart the management agents
+With vmkfstools you dont need to edit the flat name inside .vmdk, the tool does this for you if you choose another name
+<code bash>
-<code>
+vmkfstools -i myvm.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/prod_datastore/myvm/myvm.vmdk
-/etc/init.d/hostd restart
-/etc/init.d/vpxa restart
 </code>
-[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027707|VMware KB 1027707 - Invalid state]]
+\\
-[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003490|VMware KB 1003490 - Restart management agents]]
-[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004746|VMware KB 2004746 - Activate SSH]]

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