Backing up virtual machines

The absolute best way would be to use Veeam in my opinion. Easy to backup, easy to restore, easy to ship offsite, just plain easy.

We are using Hyper-V 2012 R2. Can anyone tell me the best way to backup a VM? Would exporting it work?
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Backing up virtual machines in Hyper-V: theory question

Hello!
This article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd405549%28v=vs.85%29.aspx says:
"Hyper-V uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to backup and restore virtual machines (VMs).
If the backup (volume snapshot) integration services are installed in the guest operating system, a VSS requester is installed that will allow VSS writers in the guest operating system to participate in the backup of the VM. "
Backing Up the Virtual Machines
Hyper-V uses one of two mechanisms to back up each VM. The default backup mechanism is called the "Saved State" method, where the VM is put into a saved state during the processing of the PrepareForSnapshot event,snapshots
are taken of the appropriate volumes, and the VM is returned to the previous state during the processing of the PostSnapshot event."
The other backup mechanism is called the "Child VM Snapshot" method, which uses VSS inside the child VM to participate in the backup....
Backup (volume snapshot) Integration Service is installed and running in the child VM.
The child VM must be in the running state."
Putting it all together: the backup integration services are installed in the guest operating systems by default (at least in Win2008-2012R2), but "The default backup mechanism is called the "Saved State" method,...",
wich does NOT use child vm snapshot creation. It means that checking the "Backup (volume checkpoint)" checkbox changes nothing (at least with running VMs) because the default method is "Saved state":
Q1: if the default method is "Saved state" and my VMs are running what should I do to take a backup by using
"Child VM Snapshot" method?
Q2: is there any difference between a backup created by method 1 and method 2?
Thank you in advance,
Michael

Hi,
The two backup mechanisms used in the different backup scenario:
Short to say is:
Perform a backup from the server running Hyper-V
(host).
Perform a backup from
within the guest operating system of a virtual machine.
The detail explain is:
There are two basic methods you can use to perform a backup. You can:
Perform a backup from the server running Hyper-V. We recommend that you use this method to perform a full server backup because it captures more data than the other method. If the backup application is compatible with Hyper-V and the Hyper-V
VSS writer, you can perform a full server backup that helps protect all of the data required to fully restore the server, except the virtual networks. The data included in such a backup includes the configuration of virtual machines, snapshots associated with
the virtual machines, and virtual hard disks used by the virtual machines. As a result, using this method can make it easier to recover the server if you need to, because you do not have to recreate virtual machines or reinstall Hyper-V. However, virtual networks
are not included in a full server backup. You will need to reconfigure the virtual networking by recreating the virtual networks and then reattaching the virtual network adapters in each virtual machine to the appropriate virtual network. As part of your backup
planning, make sure you document the configuration and all relevant settings of your virtual network if you want to be able to recreate it.
• Perform a backup from within the guest operating system of a virtual machine.
Use this method when you need to back up data from storage that is not supported by the Hyper-V VSS writer. When you use this method, you run a backup application from the guest operating system of the virtual machine. If you need to use this
method, you should use it in addition to a full server backup and not as an alternative to a full server backup. Perform a backup from within the guest operating system before you perform a full backup of the server running Hyper-V. For more information about
storage considerations, see the following section.
The related KB:
Planning for Backup
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd252619(v=ws.10).aspx
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AVHD files not being deleted by Hyper-V when DPM backs up virtual machines

Hi,
I understand DPM uses checkpoints to backup Hyper-V virtual machines.
We have seen a few instances whereby the AVHD files that are created at the time DPM backs up the VM are not being deleted on the CSV disk.
There are no checkpoints associated with the virtual machine in Hyper-V settings.
We did delete one of these AVHD files on a non-production system and it was successful, the AVHD files are not being used by the virtual machine.
Is it safe to delete these AVHD files? Anyone experienced anything similar?
Microsoft Partner

Hi
Could you please let su know if you have acrried out any ILR operations?
When you recover a VHD of a virtual machine that has Hyper-V snapshots, .avhd files are not displayed in the
Recoverable Items pane, but DPM recovers the parent VHD and all the associated .avhd files.
Just want to confirm that these avhd files are not coresponding to recovery process.
Regards, Trinadh [MSFT] This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. If you found the reply helpful, please MARK IT AS ANSWER. Looking for source of information for DPM? http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/hh758173.aspx

Failed to revert to VSS snapshot on the virtual hard disk '\\?\Volume{0f7b010b-f397-11e0-a76b-002655db9b10}\' of the virtual machine | Using HYPER-V 2008 R2

Hi,
I got this error on one of the VM (web server) backed up usng HYPER-V 2008 R2 and when I looked up, there is an microsoft hotfix for the same issue.
Microsoft KB Hotfix:
A backup of virtual machines fails when you use the Hyper-V VSS writer to back up virtual machines concurrently on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971394
But, the VM (web server) is running Windows 2008 R2 - SP1.
Hotfix says - To apply this hotfix, your computer must be running one of the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Does it mean it does not apply to Windows 2008 R2 | SP1 ?
When I checked the :
Swprv.dll version, it was higher than the one mentioned in the hotfix.
Thanks for any help.
-Ashwin

Hi Ashwin,
I am assuming that the VM(web server) is using SQL .
Please try to disable SQL Server VSS Writer in services.msc , then retry WSB again .
Hope this helps
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Backing up Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine

When I try to back my Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual machine up to a NAS, using the Windows Server Utility I get the following errors:
There was a failure in preparing the backup image in one of the volumes in the backup set.
Detailed error: The process can not access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.
When viewing the errors in Event viewer I get the following error:
The backup operation that started at '‎2014‎-‎03‎-‎12T10:23:08.681735200Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). Please review the event details for
a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards
Louis

Have a look, check whether the solution is working for you.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/windows-8-backup-error-code-0x807800c5/0ec7fea0-bb4d-44d2-9381-c364ef2c1f6c
Regards,
Rafic
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Oracle VM 3.1.1: Using iSCSI LUN's as Device-Backed Virtual Machine Disks?

Will Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1 support the use of iSCSI LUN's as device-backed virtual machine disks? i.e., Can iSCSI LUN's be treated like directly-attached storage (DAS) and used as virtual machine disks?
Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA

user12273962 wrote:
I don't personally use ISCSI. BUT, I don't see why you can't create physical pass through attachments to virtual guests using ISCSI LUNS. It is no different than FC or direct attach storage. Worst case scenerio... you can create a repo on the ISCSI LUN and then create virtual disks.
Oracle VM Getting Started Guide for Release 3.1.1Chapter 7. Create a Storage Repository
A storage repository is where Oracle VM resources may reside... Resources include virtual machines, templates for virtual machine creation, virtual machine assemblies, ISO files (DVD image files), shared virtual disks, and so on. This would have the effect of using file-backed virtual machine disks but at least they'd be centrally-located on shared storage (and, therefore, the virtual machine could run as an HA guest)
budachst wrote:
I have kicked this idea around as well, but I decided do it slightly different, by providing the storage repo via multipathed iSCSI and use iSCSI within my guests if needed for better speed or lower disk latency.
If you want to use iSCSI as the virtual devices for your guests in a clustered server pool, you'd have to grant access to all of your iSCSI targets to any VM server and I was not feeling comfortable with that. I rather grant only the guest directly access to "its" iSCSI target. So I will keep all of my guests system images on the clustered server pool - and additionally also the virtual disks that don't need a high performance and have the really heavy-duty vdisks as separate iSCSI targets.That seems logical, Budy:
<ul>
<li>Use a multipathed iSCSI repository for hosting the virtual machine's disk image, and then;
<li>Utilize iSCSI LUN's for "more performant" parts of the guest's file system (e.g., /var).
</ul>
I'm still puzzled about that image, though. +i.e., the fourth image from the bottom of Chapter 7.7, "Creating a Virtual Machine" ("To add a physical disk:...") where it's clear that the exising "physical" disks are actually iSCSI LUN's that are attached to the OVM server.+
I suppose that I'll have to configure some iSCSI LUN's and try it out to be certain. Just another tool that I don't have +but will need to add to my toolbox+.

How do I delete unwanted multiple back-ups of a Virtual Machine?

I just learned that VMWare (Fusions) does not recommend backing up the Virtual Machine onto the Time Machine drive. Now I know why: My 1 Tb Time Machine is full, after just two months. I've tried to drag the unwanted backups into the trash, but that isn't allowed. Does anyone know how to delete selected files from Time Machine?

You could look these over:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057525
hope this helps

Time Machine back up filling with Fusion 2.0.1 Boot Camp virtual machine

Hi all, I want to report and share something (don't actually know if it's a bug).
I finally solved an issue that was maddening me since weeks: my Leopard 10.5.6 Time Machine was backing up lots of gigabytes of data even if I wasn't writing to files that much lately. I tried to exclude everything I was aware of having a large size, and I even did not have a Fusion VM at all at a certain point in */Users/MyUser/Documents/Virtual Machines*. The only virtual machine I am using is the virtualized Bootcamp partition with Vista installed. But I didn't care about it because I was sure Time Machine wasn't going to backup it (i.e. I thought it was excluded by default being another partition!). Instead, I finally succeded in tracking down (with a free app called "Time Tracker", google for it) the culprit to a *Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm* file, several gigabytes large (actually large as much as the used space in the Boot Camp partition), that's found under
*/Users/MyUser/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0*
So I went in Time Machine options dialog and excluded */Users/MyUser/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp*.
Then the problem was solved...now I need only to mount the sparsebundle and erase all the old backups of that file to recover some more space in Time Capsule...
Hopefully this will be helpful to someone else!
Cheers!

AppleRyck wrote:
Hi all, I want to report and share something (don't actually know if it's a bug).
I finally solved an issue that was maddening me since weeks: my Leopard 10.5.6 Time Machine was backing up lots of gigabytes of data even if I wasn't writing to files that much lately. I tried to exclude everything I was aware of having a large size, and I even did not have a Fusion VM at all at a certain point in */Users/MyUser/Documents/Virtual Machines*. The only virtual machine I am using is the virtualized Bootcamp partition with Vista installed. But I didn't care about it because I was sure Time Machine wasn't going to backup it (i.e. I thought it was excluded by default being another partition!).
No, not a bug. By default TM will back-up any drive/partition it can read, except the TM backup drive/partition itself.

I lost virtual machine. how do I get it back?

My iMac has OSX Snow Leopard operating system. Virtual Machine disappeared and I cannot find it ( or anything else) in Time Machine. How else can I restore Virtual Machine?

Which version of OS X are you using and exactly what Virtual Machine are you referring to?

Backing Up Hyper-V Virtual Machines with dynamic vhdx disks attached

Hi folks.
Can i make an online backup
for a virtual machine that has a hard drive
attached dynamic vhdx running on
windows server 2012 r2?
Regards

I think we should try to duplicate this using diskshadow.exe to create a persistent snapshot and manually copy a VM.
1) On the hyper-V host open an administrative command prompt.
2) Run diskshadow.exe - and after it starts enter the following commands as written except for the drive letters used:
   Diskshadow> Set Verbose on
   Diskshadow> Set context Persistent
   Diskshadow> Add Volume X: ALIAS xvol    (Where
X: is the drive letter of the volume containing the Hyper-V guests you want to make a snapshot for)
   Diskshadow> Begin backup
   Diskshadow> create
   Diskshadow>end backup
   DiskShadow> Expose %xvol% S:              (Where S: is a free drive letter)
3) Now Go into explorer and copy out VM's from the S: Drive which is the live shadow copy and see if that duplicates your problem.
When you are done, delete the shadow copy in diskshadow using the following command.
   DiskShadow>Delete shadows exposed S:
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Does Time Machine make complete backups of Virtual Machines?

I am new to the forums, so forgive me if this has been asked before.
I have a MacBook Pro and have VMWare Fusion 3 installed.
I have Windows 7 and XP installed as virtual machines, and use an external hard drive to back up into using Time Machine. I have been given conflicting information regarding the backups being created by Time Machine.
I have been told that I should use a Windows backup program such as Acronis to back up the Windows installations separately from the Mac backups on the separate hard drive.
Someone else has told me that if I use Time Machine, then the Windows installations will be backed up automatically, as the Windows installations are effectively folders and files within the Mac software.
Just to confuse things, I have read somewhere that Time Machine cannot back up Boot partitions of Windows installations, but I can't remember where I read this.
I don't want to lose my Windows installations through not understanding the backup capabilities of Time Machine, so I am hoping that someone here can advise me as to what the best course of action would be please.
Can I trust Time Machine to back everything up and to be able to restore my whole machine, including Windows installations, from a Time Machine backup, or do I need to back up the Windows virtual machines separately by using Acronis.
Thanks
Kevin

1. TM will not backup a Boot Camp Windows volume.
2. TM will backup a VM disc image every time it changes unless you have excluded it via TM's Exclude list.
3. If the VMs change often then TM will backup each change thus consuming large amounts of space on the backup drive which is not recommended. Thus, it's best to backup VMs separately from within Windows using a Windows backup utility.
4. TM will not backup individual files and folders of a VM disc image. It will only backup the entire disc image.

Cannot start Virtual Machine - OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispat

1. Instaleed Virtualbox on Windows 7
2. Installed OracleVM-Manager-3.1.1-build365.ova and OracleVM-Server-3.1.1-build365.ova
3. Completed repository and server pool. They are all runing fine.
4. Crated a Virtual Machine for Linux and tried to start the Virtual Machine and got the following error.
Any comments or help would be appreciated.
Thank you...
ob Construction Phase
begin()
Appended operation 'Virtual Machine Start' to object '0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)'.
Appended operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' to object '0004fb0000200000b137e9cddcdd09b8 (network.BondPort (1) in myserver1.example.com)'.
commit()
Completed Step: COMMIT
Objects and Operations
Object (IN_USE): [VmDiskMapping] 0004fb00001300008e359279b91c2804
Object (IN_USE): [Vnic] 0004fb0000070000cca7bba64be932d0 (00:21:f6:00:00:09)
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualMachine] 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)
Operation: Virtual Machine Start
Object (IN_USE): [BondPort] 0004fb0000200000b137e9cddcdd09b8 (network.BondPort (1) in myserver1.example.com)
Operation: Bridge Configure Operation
Object (IN_USE): [VmDiskMapping] 0004fb0000130000d15838ce48a895f1
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualCdrom] EMPTY_CDROM
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualDisk] 0004fb0000120000efbd814b4b7c0e8d.img
Job Running Phase at 14:57 on Sun, Jul 29, 2012
Job Participants: [c7:c1:6e:69:b9:a7:41:d6:8d:8e:bc:d5:fd:c3:c4:7d (myserver1.example.com)]
Actioner
Starting operation 'Virtual Machine Start' on object '0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)'
Completed operation 'Virtual Machine Start' completed with direction ==> LATER
Starting operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' on object '0004fb0000200000b137e9cddcdd09b8 (network.BondPort (1) in myserver1.example.com)'
Bridge [192.168.1.0] already exists (and should exist) on interface [bond0] on server [myserver1.example.com]; skipping bridge creation
Completed operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' completed with direction ==> DONE
Starting operation 'Virtual Machine Start' on object '0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)'
Job Internal Error (Operation)com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: myserver1.example.com failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg".
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:507)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendDispatchedServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:444)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:378)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.VirtualMachineAction.sendStartVmCommand(VirtualMachineAction.java:121)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.virtual.VirtualMachineStart.asyncAction(VirtualMachineStart.java:65)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAsyncAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1002)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:826)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.virtual.VirtualMachineProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAsyncAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectAsyncStart(JobEngine.java:596)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.virtual.VirtualMachineStart.action(VirtualMachineStart.java:52)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1012)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:826)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.virtual.VirtualMachineProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.operationActioner(JobEngine.java:218)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectActioner(JobEngine.java:309)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.InternalJobDbImpl.objectCommitter(InternalJobDbImpl.java:1140)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.invokeMethod(BasicWork.java:136)
at com.oracle.odof.command.InvokeMethodCommand.process(InvokeMethodCommand.java:100)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.processCommand(BasicWork.java:81)
at com.oracle.odof.core.TransactionManager.processCommand(TransactionManager.java:773)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processCommand(WorkflowManager.java:401)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processWork(WorkflowManager.java:459)
at com.oracle.odof.io.AbstractClient.run(AbstractClient.java:42)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.IllegalOperationException: OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg".
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendAction(ActionEngine.java:798)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:503)
... 41 more
FailedOperationCleanup
Starting failed operation 'Virtual Machine Start' cleanup on object 'first vm'
Complete rollback operation 'Virtual Machine Start' completed with direction=first vm
Rollbacker
Executing rollback operation 'Virtual Machine Start' on object '0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)'
Complete rollback operation 'Virtual Machine Start' completed with direction=DONE
Executing rollback operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' on object '0004fb0000200000b137e9cddcdd09b8 (network.BondPort (1) in myserver1.example.com)'
Complete rollback operation 'Bridge Configure Operation' completed with direction=DONE
Objects To Be Rolled Back
Object (IN_USE): [VmDiskMapping] 0004fb00001300008e359279b91c2804
Object (IN_USE): [Vnic] 0004fb0000070000cca7bba64be932d0 (00:21:f6:00:00:09)
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualMachine] 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255 (first vm)
Object (IN_USE): [BondPort] 0004fb0000200000b137e9cddcdd09b8 (network.BondPort (1) in myserver1.example.com)
Object (IN_USE): [VmDiskMapping] 0004fb0000130000d15838ce48a895f1
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualCdrom] EMPTY_CDROM
Object (IN_USE): [VirtualDisk] 0004fb0000120000efbd814b4b7c0e8d.img
Write Methods Invoked
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=addTransactionIdentifier accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineDbImpl vessel_id=1085 method=start accessLevel=6
Class=VnicDbImpl vessel_id=958 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualCdromDbImpl vessel_id=209 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualDiskDbImpl vessel_id=1107 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VnicDbImpl vessel_id=958 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VmDiskMappingDbImpl vessel_id=1116 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VmDiskMappingDbImpl vessel_id=1122 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualCdromDbImpl vessel_id=209 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualDiskDbImpl vessel_id=1107 method=lock accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineStartingEventDbImpl vessel_id=1351 method=notify accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineStartingEventDbImpl vessel_id=1351 method=setDescription accessLevel=6
Class=BondPortDbImpl vessel_id=554 method=addJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=setCompletedStep accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=setAssociatedHandles accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=setTuringMachineFlag accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineDbImpl vessel_id=1085 method=setCurrentOperationToLater accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=setTuringMachineFlag accessLevel=6
Class=BondPortDbImpl vessel_id=554 method=setCurrentJobOperationComplete accessLevel=6
Class=BondPortDbImpl vessel_id=554 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineDbImpl vessel_id=1085 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=InternalJobDbImpl vessel_id=1342 method=setFailedOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VmDiskMappingDbImpl vessel_id=1116 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VnicDbImpl vessel_id=958 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineDbImpl vessel_id=1085 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=BondPortDbImpl vessel_id=554 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VmDiskMappingDbImpl vessel_id=1122 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualCdromDbImpl vessel_id=209 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualDiskDbImpl vessel_id=1107 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=VirtualMachineDbImpl vessel_id=1085 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Class=BondPortDbImpl vessel_id=554 method=nextJobOperation accessLevel=6
Completed Step: ROLLBACK
Job failed commit (internal) due to OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: myserver1.example.com failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg".
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_4010E Attempt to send command: dispatch to server: myserver1.example.com failed. OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg".
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:507)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendDispatchedServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:444)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendServerCommand(ActionEngine.java:378)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.VirtualMachineAction.sendStartVmCommand(VirtualMachineAction.java:121)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.virtual.VirtualMachineStart.asyncAction(VirtualMachineStart.java:65)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAsyncAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1002)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:826)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.virtual.VirtualMachineProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAsyncAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectAsyncStart(JobEngine.java:596)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.op.virtual.VirtualMachineStart.action(VirtualMachineStart.java:52)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.collectable.ManagedObjectDbImpl.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(ManagedObjectDbImpl.java:1012)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor683.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.storage.Transaction.invokeMethod(Transaction.java:826)
at com.oracle.odof.core.Exchange.invokeMethod(Exchange.java:245)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.virtual.VirtualMachineProxy.executeCurrentJobOperationAction(Unknown Source)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.operationActioner(JobEngine.java:218)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.JobEngine.objectActioner(JobEngine.java:309)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.job.InternalJobDbImpl.objectCommitter(InternalJobDbImpl.java:1140)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1084.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:329)
at com.oracle.odof.core.AbstractVessel.invokeMethod(AbstractVessel.java:289)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.invokeMethod(BasicWork.java:136)
at com.oracle.odof.command.InvokeMethodCommand.process(InvokeMethodCommand.java:100)
at com.oracle.odof.core.BasicWork.processCommand(BasicWork.java:81)
at com.oracle.odof.core.TransactionManager.processCommand(TransactionManager.java:773)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processCommand(WorkflowManager.java:401)
at com.oracle.odof.core.WorkflowManager.processWork(WorkflowManager.java:459)
at com.oracle.odof.io.AbstractClient.run(AbstractClient.java:42)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.IllegalOperationException: OVMAPI_4004E Server Failed Command: dispatch https://?uname?:[email protected]:8899/api/2 start_vm 0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08 0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255, Status: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: exceptions.RuntimeError:Command: ['xm', 'create', '/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg'] failed (1): stderr: Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
stdout: Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb00000300003907f6fd90ef0e08/VirtualMachines/0004fb00000600009526838f3d4be255/vm.cfg".
Sun Jul 29 14:57:14 PDT 2012
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendAction(ActionEngine.java:798)
at com.oracle.ovm.mgr.action.ActionEngine.sendCommandToServer(ActionEngine.java:503)
... 41 more
End of Job

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