Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 13:41:45 CDT 2011
I don't know Microsoft's vm technology, but it should all be managale through Hyper-V Manager. right? by rtfm it looks like you can simply re-import these files through Hyper-V lastly, I'm not too sure why you are complaining about a 10min task vs what could have been a catastrophe because you chose not to run a backup. Suck it up John -Francisco http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > This is MS - Hyper-V. I use raid controllers so that the data environment > doesn't change. I installed a new motherboard / memory in the VM server. > Reinstalled the raid controller and disks and voila, my data environment is > identical. > > The "recovery" of an individual VM is a 10 minute task. Open hyper-V and > build a "new" machine, attaching to the existing virtual disk files. Of > course I have to do that for *every* VM. There is an XML file sitting right > in the VM directory alongside of the virtual disk which describes the VM. > Path to the disk, amount of memory, number of processors. > > Do you think I can get hyper-V to actually *look* at that file? Nope, I > have to build the stinking thing all over. I sure wish Bill Gates had > chewed some ass on this division's bosses. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 10/25/2011 12:39 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote: > >> So your saying that the VMware software is asking you to rebuild the vm >> shell? >> >> This can happen based on the new physical changes of your environment, >> in the past I simply used VMware converter to do the heavy lifting, is >> it not working for you? >> >> Sent from my mobile >> >> On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:34 AM, jwcolby<jwcolby@**colbyconsulting.com<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>> >> wrote: >> >> I don't quite understand the question, but everything is working fine. >>> As long as the virtual disks themselves still exist it is somewhat trivial >>> to get a vm back working, but it is absolutely silly that I have to >>> "rebuild" every VM, attaching the existing virtual disk for the VM(s) when >>> an XML file is sitting right there to use. >>> >>> I have been doing this for years and for the small guy, the process is >>> just pure frigging magic shall we say. Smoke and mirrors and who the heck >>> knows why we have to jump through these hoops. For a fortune 500 company >>> with a million dollar IT payroll this may all make sense. >>> >>> I'm telling you, you guys should try and exist in this IT world when you >>> are a sole proprietor trying to maintain all this stuff and make a living as >>> well. It pretty much sucks! >>> >>> Just understanding networks is a full time career. Then add virtual >>> machines (and their servers), and SQL Server (and their servers), and then >>> maintain the workstations, and finally... learn C# and Access, source >>> control (and the server), 16 different variants of remote access into the >>> client's machines. FTP crap to get and put files. Have I left anything >>> out? Oh yea, in my "spare time" I have to maintain all of the family >>> computers. >>> >>> And my wife wonders why I spend 12 hours a day in my office. >>> >>> My JOB is writing C# and Access database software. My JOB actually >>> consumes about 25% of my total time. Maaaaybe 50% on a good day. >>> >>> So when I spend 2 hours dicking around trying to figure out (for the >>> third or fourth time) how to get my VMs to cleanly back up - AND FAIL!!! >>> (for the third or fourth time!!!) - I get slightly annoyed. >>> >>> It shouldn't be this hard! The technology of all of this stuff is cool, >>> the implementation is crap, and that is being kind. >>> >>> John W. Colby >>> Colby Consulting >>> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>> when you do not believe in it >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer@**databaseadvisors.com <dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com> > http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver> > http://www.databaseadvisors.**com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com> > >