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#Veeam Replicating Vmdk Files From Datastore How To Find Orphaned#

Veeam Replicating Vmdk Files From Datastore How To Find Orphaned

460-461 VCB (Consolidated Backup), 401-402 Veeam Backup, 403 vRanger Pro. This logic was working well when working with one datastore at a time.However this script was not fast enough when working with a datastore cluster with many large datastores.A possible solution for this speed issue has been inspired by the following post “PowerCLI and PowerShell Workflows” from Luc Dekens.The initial script has been “slightly” modified and is now based on four functions.DIsconnect-VIServer -Server “testVC” -confirm:$FalseShould you delete automatically the orphaned files?A datastore can be shared across multiples vCenter servers.I have seen a VM that was not reporting, wrongly, any disks associated to itIf some operations happen at the storage level at the same time like a snapshot or rotation of logs you will end up with “false positives”So a manual check will be strongly recommended.Workflow will be limited to 5, even if increasing throttle limit.This is due to the “inlinescript” and the maximum number of process. I have installed this at many of our customer sites and found it to be really reliable and efficient.There are already many great resources on how to find orphaned vmdk files in a VMware environment. 650, 651 Veeam backup and replication software, 320323 PowerShell cmdlets. (VMDK) files, 270 Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore, creating. The datastore I have is just VMDK files from persistent disks.

VMware Storage vMotion VM to new datastore VM will be made available in destination VMware cluster (end of downtime) Veeam Instant Recovery to vSphere to utilize V2V conversion Start the backup job again to backup changed blocks VM is shut down (beginning of downtime)

So the source VM must be shutdown to create a latest backup set.Step 3b: To make it more obvious, create a new backup job called “Migration_Job” and ad the source VM which you want to migrate. So the latest backup set should be final to not lose data. Check the network configuration for example!Step 3a: We use the Instant Recovery feature to migrate the virtual machine to the new infrastructure. This procedure is also well documented here.Make sure to meet the requirements to run the virtual machine on the new infrastructure. I won’t go into detail as this process is well documented in the Knowledgebase and also at Jim Jones‘s blog koolaid.info.Step 2: Add the target VMware vCenter Server to the Veeam console. Check out the “ Veeam Upgrade Checklist“.

Work through a recovery test to make sure the VM is backed up correctly.Configure additional VM hardware settings e.g. So without any further interruption the Veeam wizard has finished and the VM is successfully converted from Hyper-V to VMware!In addition to the conversion make sure that the VM which resides on the VMware Cluster will be backed up afterwards in a new backup job. The wizard will disable the Instant Recovery and check that all data was migrated. Opt out the “Delete source VM files…” at the end of the wizard and click “Finish”. When the CD-ROM drive is still connected when the VM is unplublished it will cause the VM to be shutoff and unregistered!Step 7a: Finish the migration process using the “Migrate to production” wizard.Step 7b: Follow the wizard and make sure, that the details are all set.