To correct the issue I removed the sysprepDecryptor.exe registry entry from the session manger key.
Here is the location to delete the sysprepDecryptor.exe registry entry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Value name = BootExecute
Default Value = autocheck autochk *
vLogView is a Windows® based application which manages VMware® ESX Server log files.
The product is designed to be installed on an administrators PC, and provides the ability to store, view and search ESX Server log files from multiple ESX Servers, without requiring individual login, navigation and manual file transfer.
source http://www.vmwarewolf.com
Thanks to the previous post (http://lucd.info/?p=1455) and a little extra scripting, i am able to run a script which will run daily scheduled and email the results to my mailbox.
This script will mail a CSV file with all cpu averages in 5 minutes samples between 7.30 and 19:30 off a specific Virtual machine.
If other counters are needed, you can find them in the following document: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk25pubs/visdk25programmingguide.pdf
Beneath is the script i’m using (change all bold items):
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
# Mail variables
$enablemail="yes"
$smtpServer = "smtpserver"
$mailfrom = "emailadres"
$mailto = "emailadres1,emailadres2"
# Server Variables
$VIServer = "viserver"
$vmName = "vmname"
# Log File Location
$log = "path\CPU_Stats" + "_" + $VMname+ ".csv"
# Connect to the VI Server
Connect-VIServer $VIServer
# Script
$esxImpl = Get-VM -Name $vmName
$todayMidnight = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0).AddMinutes(-1)
$workingDays = "Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday"
$dayStart = New-Object DateTime(1,1,1,7,30,0) # 07:30 AM
$dayEnd = New-Object DateTime(1,1,1,19,30,0) # 07:30 PM
$stats = Get-Stat -Entity $esxImpl -Stat cpu.usage.average -Start $todayMidnight.AddDays(-0) -Finish $todayMidnight.AddDays(+1)
$report = $stats | Where-Object {
$workingDays -contains $_.Timestamp.DayOfWeek -and
$_.Timestamp.TimeOfDay -gt $dayStart.TimeOfDay -and
$_.Timestamp.TimeOfDay -lt $dayEnd.TimeOfDay
}
$report | Export-Csv $log -NoTypeInformation
if ($enablemail -match "yes")
{
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
$att = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($log)
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$msg.From = $mailfrom
$msg.To.Add($mailto)
$msg.Subject = “CPU Statistics $VMname”
$msg.Body = “Business-hours CPU Statistics are attached ”
$msg.Attachments.Add($att)
$smtp.Send($msg)
}
$VIServer | Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false
To get the average cpu statistics from a virtual machine use the line below.
Get-Stat -Entity (Get-VM $VMName) -Stat cpu.usage.average -MaxSamples 5 -IntervalMins 5
This will give a cpu average off the last 25 minutes.
Other examples are on this webpage: http://lucd.info/?p=1383
An excellent article which explains a lot of counters from esxtop. With ESXtop you can see a lot of performance counters of your ESX server.
Check MTU settings on ESX 3.5:
esxcfg-vswitch -l
More information: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007654
/usr/sbin/esxcfg-info provides a view of the internal state of the VMkernel and Service Console components. This tool is designed to provide information used in debugging and troubleshooting VMware ESX Servers.
OPTIONS
-N N Print info output for N iterations.
-a –all
Print all information available through esxcfg-info.
-w –hardware
Print hardware information.
-r –resource
Print resource and schedule information.
-s –storage
Print storage and disk-related information.
-n –network
Print console and VMkernel networking information.
-y –system
Print ESX Server system software information.
-o –advopt
Print the advanced options.
Stats like:
\==+Vcpu 0 Times :
|----Up Time...................................5948953771096
|----Used Time.................................121045150047
|----System time...............................757604332
|----Run Time..................................120931466689
|----Total Wait Time...........................5810226229619
|----Ready Time................................17792379668
|----Extra Time................................137103851718
\==+Vcpu 1 Times :
|----Up Time...................................5948953683199
|----Used Time.................................86015359219
|----System time...............................0
|----Run Time..................................86442159816
|----Total Wait Time...........................5841800107575
|----Ready Time................................20711030428
|----Extra Time................................137103851718
\==+Affinity Info :
|----Constrained...............................false
|----Joint.....................................true
|----User set..................................false
|----HyperThreading............................Any
\==+Memory Client Stats :
|----Touched...................................102.40 MB
|----Current Size..............................2.00 GB
|----Target Size...............................1.42 GB
|----Balloon Active............................1 KB
|----Balloon Size..............................0 KB
|----Balloon Target............................0 KB
|----Balloon Maximum...........................1.30 GB
|----Checkpoint Read...........................0 KB
|----Checkpoint Target.........................0 KB
|----Shared....................................1.26 GB
|----Zero......................................166.54 MB
|----Shared Saved..............................797.06 MB
|----COW hint..................................711.30 MB
|----Userworld Overhead........................47.45 MB
|----Overhead..................................116.24 MB
|----Overhead Maximum..........................207.61 MB
We had a new Dell PowerEdge R710 with an additonal Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter network card.
After installing ESX i saw that the intel NIC wasn’t recognized, so i had to install it myself.
What where the steps i performed to install the drivers (after ESX was installed)?
1. Downloaded drivers from the following page: http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx_esxi40_intel_82575_82576_dt/ZHcqYmR0QGpidGR3
2. Extracted the iso to disk
3. Copied the files with WinSCP over to the Dell server
4. Logged in the ESX server as root
5. Placed the ESX server in maintenance mode
6. Run “esxupdate -bundle=INT-intel-ladd-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12.1-offline_bundle-185976.zip update”
7. Issued a “shutdown -r now” command
After the server was rebooted, the nic was recognized and i did a exit maintenance mode.
Use the following CLI to get the state of your ESX hosts, the cpu and memory usage:
t-Datacenter | Sort | Get-VMHost | Sort | Get-View |`
Select Name, OverallStatus, `
@{N="CPU Usage (GHz)";E={[math]::round(
$_.Summary.QuickStats.OverallCpuUsage/1024,2)}}, `
@{N="Memory Usage (GB)";E={[math]::round(
$_.Summary.QuickStats.OverallMemoryUsage/1024,2)}}
Add line 7 to it to get all status except green:
Get-Datacenter | Sort | Get-VMHost | Sort | Get-View | `
Select Name, OverallStatus, `
@{N="CPU Usage (GHz)";E={[math]::round(
$_.Summary.QuickStats.OverallCpuUsage/1024,2)}}, `
@{N="Memory Usage (GB)";E={[math]::round(
$_.Summary.QuickStats.OverallMemoryUsage/1024,2)}} | `
Where { $_.OverallStatus -ne "green" }
source: http://laez.nl/quick-and-simple-vmware-esx-host-statistics/