I have just inherited a vSphere ESXi 6 system and am running into the following problem:
Whenever I try to change any host settings on any of my hosts I receive the following error:
Failed - A specified parameter was not correct: unitNumber
I can't find much info about an incorrect unitNumber anywhere on the web, so I'm hoping that I can find help here! Thanks!
All,
I just upgraded one of my environments from vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7 and I'm experiencing a PSOD right after engaging an upgrade over the assigned dvSwitch to the latest version. So far I'm getting the following PSOD output and I'm more than confident it's not related to a faulty hardware:
I have a single cluster with 3 hosts included in my environment. The first time I noticed the above PSOD was right after I engaged the dvSwitch upgrade via vCenter which resulted with all 3 hosts getting PSOD, rendering the whole cluster completely down. After I rebooted all 3 hosts, they seemed to have been stabilized, however I decided to reboot the third host in order to check few side things related to the new "quick boot" feature and since then the host is getting a constant PSOD almost immediately after making connection with the vCenter instance. When I checked the status of the dvSwitch I noticed that it is complaining about this very same host not yet being upgraded on the dvSwitch side, so I assume something is still not quite OK with the latest vSphere 6.7 binaries.
It seems that I'll have to disconnect the host physically from the network in order to be able to get it back online and probably remove manually the dvSwitch assignment from its configuration, but in any case I'm making this post as a heads up to anyone who might be willing to make a similar upgrade. So for the moment be extremely careful with the dvSwitch upgrades.
So far I didn't see any indications in the release notes nor anywhere on the web about similar behavior situation. Perhaps VMware should include this problem in the following KB article just in case:
Should anyone else experience similar problems, feel free to share your experience and a solution if you have one.
Hello,
I am trying to configure the Auto Deploy service in our instance of VCSA 6.5 but it does not work at all.
I'm using a Dell server (R630), PXE booting is done successfully, as well as loading the iPXE undionly.kpxe.vmw-hardwired image from our TFTP server.
Looking at the rbd-cgi.log file on the VCSA, I see messages like this:
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.945 [19584] INFO: director: request - Request [{'softspace': 0, 'buflist': [], 'headers_out': {}, 'pos': 0, 'len' : 0, 'uri': '/ UclezlWwsaLaE5mO / vmw / rbd / host / 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843 / config', 'about': {'QUERY_STRING': 'bootmac = d0% 3A94% 3A66% 3A14% 3A5e% 3A53', 'REQUEST_METHOD' : 'GET'}, 'rfile': <socket._fileobject object to 0x7f8a700e6e50>, 'closed': False, 'buf': '', 'headers_in': <instance mimetools.Message to 0x7f8a757b3950>, 'remote_ip': ' 192 168 233 198 '}}
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.966 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: active rule sets - [u'RuleSet-3 ']
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.987 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: Finding a Host 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.988 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843: host identifier 'uuid = 44454c4c-3900-1056-8046-c6c04f474d32' is the host specified by the user moref: None
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.988 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843: host identifier 'mac = d0: 94: 66: 14: 5e: 53' maps to the user-specified host moref: None
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.991 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843: found the following host mappings - [None, none, none]
2018-04-18T06: 52: 28.992 [19584] INFO: pxe_context: Host ID 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843 Maps to Vim.HostSystem (1, none)
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.001 [19584] INFO: supported_handlers: matching rules - [['rbd.PxeProfile: PxeProfile-1', 'vim.ClusterComputeResource: domain-c2087']]
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.002 [19584] INFO: hostprofile: cache miss - no cache for <class 'pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.vim.profile.host.HostProfile'> 'vim.ClusterComputeResource: domain-c2087'
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.002 [19584] INFO: plainpxe: plainpx query gpxe.conf
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.003 [19584] INFO: plainpxe: cache miss - no cache for <class 'pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.rbd.PxeProfile'> 'vim.ClusterComputeResource: domain-c2087'
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.005 [19584] INFO: scriptbundle: cache miss - no cache for <class 'pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.rbd.ScriptBundle'> 'vim.ClusterComputeResource: domain-c2087'
2018-04-18T06: 52: 29.006 [19584] INFO: director ('127.0.0.1', 43112) - - "GET / UclezlWwsaLaE5mO / vmw / rbd / host / 3f74909886598a944f9208b0e05d6843 / config? Bootmac = d0% 3A94% 3A66% 3A14% 3A5e% 3A53 HTTP / 1.1 "503 -
The Dell console shows that it is trying to run the tramp file in iPXE, which contains the following items that are pretty defaults:
#! gpxe
set retry-delay 20
post / vmw / rbd / host register? bootmac = $ {mac}
I get the screen below:
I have already tried several times to reregister the Autodeploy service and redefine the deployment rule. But the behavior does not stop to happen. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can try next?
Good evening,
i'm trying to build a VM on a Vsphere server.
I need that VM runs internet connection, but the network adapter is on VM network that doesn't allows internet connection, even is the only network available.
what can i do?
thanks
simone
Hi,
Since the Interopability Matrix is not updated yet, do you know if vCD 9.1 supports vSphere 6.7, and if not, is there any time frame on when it will be supported?
Regards,
Andreas Cederlund
Hi,
I have a problem to connect vCD9 HTTPS REST API base URL with Veeam B&R 9.5 as a vCloud backup,
cell working directly,
throught tool "Postman" returns POST/GET call without any error (Status is 200 OK)
but "HTTPS REST API base URL" example -> https://<vcd-public-FQDN>/API
or https://<vcd-public-FQDN>/API/Versions, ... API is not reasonable ?
returns blank page with error (Status 404 Not Found)
is this networking problems ?
or how to I check if in vCD9 REST API is working correct on vCD9
BTW
on vCD 5.5 all working perfect - network settings on all vDC is identical
THX
Julius
Scan reading through the vCenter 6.7 release notes - a key thing that caught my eye was that we no longer have to worry about complex external PSC and load balancer configurations to get linked mode - Hooray!
I have two questions about it if anyone knows….
1. To move from a vSphere 6.0 multi-site, 2 x PSC’s in an HA config with custom certs + 1 vCenter per site config, to the single embedded vCenter 6.7 per site model, am I right in thinking that we’d have to complete a full upgrade to 6.7 first, and then deploy a new embedded appliance, and backup and restore vcenter into the new embedded appliance?
Seems pretty brutal, but I really do despise the whole PSC / HA / HLB setup, would be glad to get away from it.
2. Aside from SSO performance, what would be the downsides of moving from an external to an embedded model with 6.7?
Thanks
I want to try and build a re-usable PoweShell script to create a vCD ORG, VDC, vAPP, Edge GW and program the edge GW NAT and FW rules. I would like to use the API since it seems like the way things are moving versus powercli. Does anyone have an example similar to the blog below? I know the blog is writing with powercli in mind. I am looking for some example with PowerShell using the Invoke-RestMethod and VDC API.
Automating creation of vCD Organizations, Users and Org vDCs - VMware PowerCLI Blog - VMware Blogs
We had attempted to create a logon task that called on a .bat file to start a disabled service. The contents of the .bat are:
sc config EmOpti.Service start= demand
net start EmOpti.Service
It seems though that regular users, who have just user access locally, are getting denied. Apparently starting a service requires elevated rights.
Is there a better way to go about this? I was thinking of using the "Privilege Elevation" piece of UEM (9.2.1), since that's what it sounds like it's designed for, but, haven't touched it yet. I'd really rather not leave this service enabled by default on our parent image.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
We recently downloaded and installed PowerCLI 6.5 and 10 (the most recent) and have been trying to test the Horizon View API. However, when trying the Connect-HVserver cmdlet we get the error below. We are sure that the username/password/domain is correct since we are able to login to the HV admin panel without a problem (also, if we force a wrong password to the command we get a 'wrong password' error). Any suggestions are welcome!
Connect-HVServer CONN-SERVER_FQDN -user USERNAME -password PASSWORD -domain DOMAIN
Connect-HVServer : ExceptionType : VMware.Hv.InvalidDomainCredentials
ErrorMessage : Invalid credentials on domain svtlab.local (SVTLAB) for query
Id :
Domain : VMware.Hv.ADDomainId
NetbiosDomainName : SVTLAB
DnsDomainName : svtlab.local
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-HVServer view-orl.svtlab.local -user administrator -password **** - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-HVServer], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectHVServer
Hello guys,
I just install a fresh ESXi 6.0 on my new server but in dmesg i got spam like this:
2018-04-07T11:57:07.608Z cpu5:33150)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0870240) 0x85, CmdSN 0x103 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T12:27:07.626Z cpu4:32916)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08528c0) 0x4d, CmdSN 0x10d from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T12:52:21.148Z cpu1:34192)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c088bfc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x110e from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T13:27:07.657Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08daec0) 0x85, CmdSN 0x11b from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T13:57:07.681Z cpu5:33288)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c083bfc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x11c4 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T14:22:22.030Z cpu6:33480)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0850340) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x11fd from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T15:01:01.192Z cpu3:32916)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c084d740) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x126c from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T15:57:07.741Z cpu7:33044)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c085a740) 0x85, CmdSN 0x140 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T15:57:07.748Z cpu7:32863)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c085a740) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x12f5 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T16:32:23.323Z cpu7:32785)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0846e80) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x135e from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T17:27:07.802Z cpu1:32867)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0835900) 0x85, CmdSN 0x158 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T17:27:07.816Z cpu1:32836)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0835900) 0x4d, CmdSN 0x15d from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T18:02:24.194Z cpu5:33226)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07bddc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x144d from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T18:57:07.865Z cpu5:33219)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08bbcc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x172 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T18:57:07.875Z cpu5:33219)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08bbcc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x14d0 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T19:42:25.184Z cpu5:33219)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08bac40) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1542 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T20:27:07.943Z cpu3:33044)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08d0e00) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x18a from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T20:57:07.961Z cpu3:33143)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07e25c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1601 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T21:12:26.060Z cpu2:33290)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c083d940) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1631 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T21:57:07.984Z cpu7:32836)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07c2b00) 0x85, CmdSN 0x1a3 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T22:27:08.004Z cpu7:32803)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08709c0) 0x4d, CmdSN 0x1ad from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T22:52:27.109Z cpu3:32771)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0883880) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1726 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-07T23:27:08.027Z cpu5:33733)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0892e00) 0x85, CmdSN 0x1bb from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-07T23:57:08.072Z cpu5:32838)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0880100) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x17dc from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T00:22:28.016Z cpu2:33226)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c080a1c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1815 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T01:01:01.761Z cpu7:33454)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c085c6c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1884 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T01:57:08.157Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07f3b80) 0x85, CmdSN 0x1e0 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-08T01:57:08.173Z cpu6:33275)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07f3b80) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x190d from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T02:32:29.338Z cpu1:33219)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0845680) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1976 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T03:27:08.211Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0894000) 0x85, CmdSN 0x1f8 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-08T03:27:08.213Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0894000) 0x4d, CmdSN 0x1fd from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-08T04:02:30.247Z cpu3:34200)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0814a40) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1a65 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T04:57:08.264Z cpu7:33043)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08516c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x212 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T04:57:08.280Z cpu7:33043)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08516c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1ae8 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T05:42:31.261Z cpu3:33164)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08be9c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1b5a from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T06:27:08.391Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0802b00) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x22a from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T06:57:08.407Z cpu2:34414)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c081a800) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1c19 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T07:12:32.127Z cpu2:33276)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c07eb200) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1c49 from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2018-04-08T07:57:08.442Z cpu7:33219)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c08581c0) 0x85, CmdSN 0x243 from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-08T08:27:08.472Z cpu3:32863)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0898640) 0x4d, CmdSN 0x24d from world 34414 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b0b2a9c2622" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2018-04-08T08:30:20.129Z cpu7:32984)ScsiDeviceIO: 2636: Cmd(0x43b5c0858640) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x1d2f from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b00cd0cf6022439b052a3716ef" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
This is a server with 2x SSD and 2x HDD i create 2x RAID1 from this all 4 devices.
[root@esx03:~] lspci |grep -i raid
0000:06:00.0 Mass storage controller: Avago (LSI / Symbios Logic) MegaRAID SAS Fusion Controller [vmhba1]
Anyone can tell me what`s that mean and how to disable this spam in dmesg?
Best Regards
TaKeN
hi experts, i have a doubt, how do i know which storage is connected to my esxi hosts san or nas.
how do i confirm i am using san or nas
I opened Fusion 8.5 on my iMac for the first time in several months and got the message "VMX file is corrupted".
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
Thanks!
Hello everyone!
After recent discussion on vSphere Capacity planning, I thought I would share one of the tools I use for this purpose. This is a side project I've been working on for few months.
I present to you, my very own "VMware Capacity & Performance Report PowerCLI script (v2.1 Community edition)"
(Click here then click on "Download")
This is a complex PowerCLI script I wrote, that generates an e-mail report that gives you insight into the current state of your VMware vSphere environment's capacity. It generates tables, pie charts and line charts with information about CPU, Memory & Storage capacity, VM Provisioning Potential, Cluster Resilience and more. Check the script's #INFORMATION block for more information about prerequisites, script input and output.
Have a look at the report it generates and let me know what you think of it!
Please share your thoughts and comments!
Marc Davoli
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/marcvincentdavoli/
Edited on May 25 : Changed OneDrive link to updated script v2.1 with bugfix (for cluster names with a space in it)
I just upgraded with success my VCSA from 6.5 to 6.7 by deploying a new VM, however I can no longer login with AD credentials.
I have set my domain as my default identity source in SSO, however when watching the log file in /var/log/vmware/vpxd/websso.log I keep seeing it try and send the authentication to vsphere.local and not to the domain I have setup.
Does anyone have a similar issue or know how I can fix this?
Thanks!
Hi,
Am trying to configure auto start to correctly start my VMs with a delay between the first and second VM, as the first VM has loopback storage for the second (second VM is unavailable until first VM has fully started).
Here is how I have autostart configured:
As you can see, there is a 10 minute start delay for testing.
However, when looking at the UI during the startup process, there is only a 30 second gap between VM 1 and 2, as below:
Why is it ignoring my start delay, and seemingly using the defaults?
How can I correct this?
Thanks
Eds
Using vCenter Converter Standalone - get permissions denied
Host machine is WIn 10 Pro - i have system admin rights, but it seems with windows these days you don't really have full rights.
In any event here is my error File -
Anyway to get around this - ??? This isn't a Firewall issue with windows I don't believe
I have the BIOS enabled for VM to YES
Section for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, pid=4560, version=6.2.0, build=7348398, option=Release
verbose vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Dumping early logs:
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Logging uses fast path: true
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] The bora/lib logs WILL be handled by VmaCore
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initialized channel manager
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Current working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ThreadPool windowsStackImmediateCommit = true
info vmware-converter-server[07052] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread pool on asio: Min Io, Max Io, Min Task, Max Task, Max Concurency: 1, 121, 2, 60, 2147483647
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Trying converter_server
info vmware-converter-server[07060] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Trying ufa_agent
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [shutdownMgr,25] Ufa shutdown manager registered.
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [helper,454] Initializing SSL Contexts
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Vmacore::InitSSL: handshakeTimeoutUs = 20000000
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [helper,507] Initializing certificates
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2069] [LRO] 32 max LROs
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2071] [LRO] 6 reserved internal LROs
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2073] [LRO] 6 reserved short LROs
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2075] [LRO] 12 reserved long LROs
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2087] [LRO] 86400-second task lifetime
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'hi_IN' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'az_AZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'sr_SP' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'az_AZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'sr_SP' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'uz_UZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\ to locale map
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (de) removeable (false) resmap (0464e320) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (fr) removeable (false) resmap (0464e2e0) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (ja) removeable (false) resmap (0464e180) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (zh_CN) removeable (false) resmap (0464e3e0) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\ to locale map
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (de) removeable (false) resmap (0464e320) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (fr) removeable (false) resmap (0464e2e0) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (ja) removeable (false) resmap (0464e180) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (zh_CN) removeable (false) resmap (0464e3e0) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\ to locale map
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Locale subsystem initialized from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\ with default locale en.
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)
warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Key 'Internal.Tasks.SingleSpacedList' in module 'task' under 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\en/' was previously defined; ignored
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] Local Domain : WORKGROUP
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] IsWorkgroup: Yes
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] Local Machine: BARRYSWORK
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] UUID: SMBIOS UUID is reported as '44 45 4c 4c 43 00 10 39-80 4a b2 c0 4f 44 34 32'.
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] BaseScheduler initialization complete -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::Initialize(const class boost::shared_ptr<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerEnv>,const class boost::optional<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerConstraints const &> &,const class boost::optional<class Converter::VdbConnection &> &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:112")
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Loaded all items from the scheduler's database tables. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::LoadSchedulerItemIdMap(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:70")
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Loaded all items from scheduler's database tables.Scheduler's item map contains 0 items. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::PriorityQScheduler::LoadPriorityQ(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/priorityQScheduler.cpp:185")
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [plugin,158] ServerPlugin Init
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Initializing SSL context
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Plugin initialized
info vmware-converter-server[07496] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [plugin,188] ServerPlugin Start
info vmware-converter-server[07496] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,338] [task-internal-1] -- BEGIN -- TaskManager
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] SOAP pipe name: \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap
info vmware-converter-server[07500] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Using default for nonChunkingAgents: 'VMware VI Client|VMware-client|VMware-client/3.*'
info vmware-converter-server[07504] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Using default for agentsNeedingContentLength: 'VMware-client'
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Max buffered response size is 104857600 bytes
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] enableChunkedResponses: true
info vmware-converter-server[07508] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-1] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version1 (converter/1.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-2] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version2 (converter/2.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-3] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version3 (converter/3.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-4] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version4 (converter/4.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-5] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version5 (converter/5.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-6] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version6 (converter/6.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-7] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version7 (converter/7.0)
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Http Service started: <server p:0x06b71030, '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Soap (over Named Pipe) started on pipe \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap. enableRemoteAccess = false, nonRootAccess = true, useSSL = false
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Plugin started
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Running on OS: Windows 10, 64-bit (Build 9200); ver 6.2.9200; CPUs: 8
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [serviceWin32,879] Panic message will be logged now...
info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [serviceWin32,886] vmware-converter-server service started
info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [user,876] Successfully authenticated user AESIP_SA from this local machine (using pipe)
info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [user,876] Successfully authenticated user AESIP_SA from this local machine (using pipe)
info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,414] Generating Converter.Server log bundle.
I'm trying to resolve a certificate validation issue I'm seeing in PowerCLI.
(I know I can just set -InvalidCertificateAction to Ignore or save the thumbprint as an exception in PSTCS as a workaround.)
When I have InvalidCertificateAction set to Prompt, I get:
> Connect-VIServer myviserver.blah.net -Verbose
WARNING: There were one or more problems with the server certificate for the server myviserver.blah.net:443:
* The certificate's CN name does not match the passed value.
Certificate: [Subject] CN=myviserver.blah.net
[Issuer] CN=myCA DN
I'm not sure what it doesn't like about the CN... it matches and browsers don't complain. I tried messing with [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol based on some other threads but that didn't seem to help.
Does anyone have ideas on how to investigate further?
Thanks!
Hello all,
I'm wondering if anyone tried getting Box Drive to work on an appstack or writable for a non admin user without it asking for admin permissions to move or save files? I have a non admin account with appstack and I can successfully install Box Drive (Latest) but when i go to save or create a new file, I "get Destination Folder Access Denied". If I install it on a non-persistent without appstack or writable it works like it should. I'm currently on the latest version of View, AppVol, and UEM. I'm also using Windows 10 1607 Enterprise. Thanks!
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Hi,
Trying to understand what mix of VMware technology I need to use to allow lab users to access their environments with Horizon View. Within our lab, we have 6 different groups of RHEL 7 VMs that must replicate a real world environment as closely as possible. Therefore each "group" of VMs is contained in its own Port Group and the port group does not have accessibility to any other networks... essentially the VMs are isolated and each port group uses the same range of RFC 1918 addresses (this is required.) To gain access to the VMs via SSH, each port group has a dedicated NAT device with two NICs, one on the internal range and one on the external side. We use 1:1 NAT mappings for each VM in the Port Group.
SSH and other communication works fine in this scenario. However, the task I have is to provide Horizon View access to the RHEL VM's in each "group." The catch is that I need a single point of access, so a single Horizon Connection server for all groups of VMs... not 1 connection server for each group of VMs. So essentiall I have NAT between the Connection server and the RHEL Agent. The agent checks-in and communicates with the Connection server fine.
The problem is when we launch a desktop pool. the connection fails because the Agent is asking the client to use the RFC 1918 address instead of the external address (or at least, the FQDN of the VM.) I know in older Citrix days, there were settings to allow for "AltAddr" where the agents is instructed to send the client a different IP than its actual IP. I also see this is possible with VMware Horizon Direct-Connection Plugin, where an alternate IP can be specified, however Direct-Connection plugin does not support Linux.
Aside from creating 6 different Connection servers and asking my users to rely on 6 different URLs for each "group", any options to keep a single Connection server (or UAG for that matter.)
Thanks!
JTK