Hi all.
I am a new VM user. First installation and problems ((
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x86_64 4.4.0-31-generic new installation on HP Envy laptop.
New WM player 12.1.1 added via "sudo ./VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle"
With few errors:

(vmware-installer.py:32115): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "murrine",

(vmware-installer.py:32115): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "murrine",

(vmware-installer.py:32115): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "murrine",

....

(vmware-installer.py:32115): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "murrine",

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The "vmware-installer" log is attached.

Then adds first VW (with winXP from ISO located at ~/Desktop) and when trying to enable it I have got:

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.

Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

Found in Google and tried:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

and saw:

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

The full log in attachment.

Will provide all necessary info.
Thank you in advance.

I'm having difficulty with a UEM deployment no longer applying certain settings on RDSH 2012 R2 desktops. In particular the "Undo at logoff" option on UEM shortcuts. All shortcuts are created in the users Desktop folder, which has been redirected to a separate share..

When a user logs on, the shortcuts are created by UEM as normal; however, they are not removed from the users desktop at logoff. If I manually delete them and run "FlexEngine - UEMRefresh / UEMRefreshShortcuts" they are not recreated. More to the point, because the "Undo at logoff" does not apply, if I remove a user from an AD group assigned as a condition for a shortcut, they still have it when they next log on.

This has been working without issue up until recently. The only change that was made was a reboot of the server hosting the UEMConfig share.

I've also tested the above on an RDSH server without desktop folder redirection, and the same behaviour is present.

Has anyone come across this, or have any advice on what could be the cause?

Hello,

I am trying to deploy OpenStack through vSphere web client. The deployment fails due to an error "Deploy OpenStack instance failed. Insufficient number of ESXi hosts to meet the anit-affinity rule."

I saw a previous post related to the same issue where it is mentioned that you need atleast 800GB of datastore space on the hosts combined in a cluster.

I have 2 Hosts in Management cluster adding up to 1000GB and 2 Hosts in Computer Cluster about 800GB datastore space combined. I have one host in Edge Cluster with datastore space of 250GB.

How much datastore space should each cluster comprise off to deploy OpenStack instances without failing? Are there any other credentials like CPU/Memory/Disk space that must be considered for the deployment?

I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Radhika

Trying to trigger vRO (7.0.1) workflow (EMC ViPR Plugin workflow) from vRA (7.0.0) using Event subscriptions. 

The workflow gets triggered but fails immediately since the input attribute data is not passed on from vRA to vRO. The attributes are defined in a new property group in property dictionary in vRA which is then added to the blueprint in vRA. Followed steps from http://extendingclouds.com/enabling-the-event-broker/

However, these attribute values which are defined statically are not passed onto the vRO as per the below error message. 

(Running these workflows from vRA after adding them in XaaS blueprints works fine but only the event subscription fails) 

The error message is as follows

2016-06-16 11:07:54,162 vcac: [component="cafe:advanced-designer" priority="INFO" thread="workflowStatusCheckExecutor-13" tenant="" context="er23xyAL" token="oeFsPkRN"] com.vmware.vcac.workflow.event.service.impl.ReplyEventSenderImpl.publishReplyEvent:112 - Error reply event was published as a result of unsuccessful start of workflow with id '72f2f2af-ae61-4d33-8067-5585247f9828' triggered by event with id '8f24fce0-33b2-11e6-9425-ad84324de75f' for event topic with id 'com.vmware.csp.iaas.blueprint.service.machine.lifecycle.provision' 

2016-06-16 11:08:12,127 vcac: [component="cafe:advanced-designer" priority="WARN" thread="workflowStatusCheckExecutor-6" tenant="" context="er23xyAL" token="APerbcc7"] com.vmware.o11n.sdk.rest.client.impl.VcoSessionImpl.doExecute:353 - Error making request to vCO. Reason: 400 Bad Request

2016-06-16 11:08:12,129 vcac: [component="cafe:advanced-designer" priority="ERROR" thread="workflowStatusCheckExecutor-6" tenant="" context="er23xyAL" token="APerbcc7"] com.vmware.vcac.designer.service.impl.ExecutionStatusChecker.call:248 - Cannot execute workflowId '72f2f2af-ae61-4d33-8067-5585247f9828' for Workflow run request 'b0483e6d-539d-4099-af2a-0dfb616d7611'. Error details: 4 error(s) found: [ { Virtual Machine to be provisioned - This field is required. }  { EMC ViPR volume name - This field is required. }  { Size (in GB) - This field is required. }  { EMC ViPR virtual pool name - This field is required. } ]

org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException: 400 Bad Request

        at org.springframework.web.client.DefaultResponseErrorHandler.handleError(DefaultResponseErrorHandler.java:91) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.handleResponse(RestTemplate.java:641) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:597) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at com.vmware.vcac.designer.service.vco.service.CafeVcoSessionImpl$2.doExecute(CafeVcoSessionImpl.java:338) ~[classes/:?]

        at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:557) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.postForEntity(RestTemplate.java:384) ~[spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at com.vmware.o11n.sdk.rest.client.services.ExecutionService.execute(ExecutionService.java:48) ~[o11n-rest-client-services-7.0.0.jar:?]

        at com.vmware.vcac.designer.service.vco.VcoServiceImpl.executeWorkflow(VcoServiceImpl.java:434) ~[classes/:?]

        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2925.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]

        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_72]

        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_72]

        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:302) ~[spring-aop-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:202) ~[spring-aop-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]

        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy718.executeWorkflow(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]

       at com.vmware.vcac.designer.service.impl.ExecutionStatusChecker$WorkflowExecutionTriggerWorker.call(ExecutionStatusChecker.java:164) [classes/:?]

        at com.vmware.vcac.designer.service.impl.ExecutionStatusChecker$WorkflowExecutionTriggerWorker.call(ExecutionStatusChecker.java:135) [classes/:?]

        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_72]

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_72]

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_72]

        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_72]

Hi, I have created a VM with OS win2012R" server. The VM is running int an ESXi 5.5.0.

Every tim I start it, I see the MS critical error 41: "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."

But my shutdown are don in the right way. The VMware tools are running and updated.

Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks in advance

MB

Any thoughts on this matter?

actions seems to be much quicker and run more smoothly if they are placed on the workflow input parameters instead of linked as external values from XAAS blueprints (however seems to get a bit more possibilites on placing them in vra blueprints)

Hi

I  am developing an application in which I want to  create a VM from the template. I have downloaded the SDK . Is there any documentation explaining the entire process of  provisioning of the virtual machine?( code level)

I have a disc in the cd tray, and mapped the cd tray to the instance, but it does not boot from cd, so I cannot install an OS.

I'm trying to build an XP machine as a test.

The wizards all finish happily, but the machine is a no-go. How do I get them to work?

Hi All,

my problem is with VirtualCenter service wich can`t start after OS restart and we couldn`t connect to vCenter server.

This is the third server with this problem. In the first two cases it had to completely reinstall the vCenter server with it components and this solved the problem, but it is too long and can not be a permanent solution.

After some troubleshooting i saw that VMware Secure Token Service didn`t start.

I think that the problem is related to an error when loading tomcat server of STS service, but I could be wrong.

Could you please help me to resolve this problem! Thanks in advance!

vCenter server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2

vCenter version: 5.5.0

vCenter build: 264648

Here is latest content of log files:

c:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\vpxd-2788.log

2016-07-29T03:51:04.013+03:00 [03500 warning 'Default'] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x000000000ac8bee8, h:988, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '146.55.32.155:7444'>>, e: system:10061(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2016-07-29T03:51:05.042+03:00 [03500 warning 'Default'] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x000000000ac88258, h:988, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '[::1]:7444'>>, e: system:10061(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2016-07-29T03:51:05.042+03:00 [03500 error 'HttpConnectionPool-000001'] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:000000000b14b530, TCP:i2k8ru0055vg001.mycompany.com:7444>; cnx: (null), error: class Vmacore::SystemException(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2016-07-29T03:51:05.042+03:00 [03504 error '[SSO][SsoCertificateManagerImpl]'] [RetryOnConnectionFailure] SystemException while trying to connect to SSO Admin server: class Vmacore::SystemException(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2016-07-29T03:51:05.042+03:00 [03504 warning '[SSO][SsoCertificateManagerImpl]'] [RetryOnConnectionFailure] Max handshake attempts (10) reached. Giving up ...

2016-07-29T03:51:05.042+03:00 [03504 info '[SSO][CreateSsoFacade]'] [CreateUserDirectory] Probably connection exception: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

2016-07-29T03:51:05.058+03:00 [03504 error '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Unable to create SSO facade: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

2016-07-29T03:51:05.058+03:00 [03504 warning 'VpxProfiler'] Vpxd::ServerApp::Init [Vpx::Common::Sso::SsoFactory_CreateFacade(sslContext, ssoFacadeConstPtr)] took 110636 ms

2016-07-29T03:51:05.058+03:00 [03504 error 'vpxdvpxdMain'] [Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: Vpx::Common::Sso::SsoFactory_CreateFacade(sslContext, ssoFacadeConstPtr)

--> Backtrace:

--> backtrace[00] rip 000000018018b7fa

--> backtrace[01] rip 0000000180104c78

--> backtrace[02] rip 0000000180105f6e

--> backtrace[03] rip 000000018008ff08

--> backtrace[04] rip 0000000000565bac

--> backtrace[05] rip 0000000000586722

--> backtrace[06] rip 00000001404770ca

--> backtrace[07] rip 0000000140470c2c

--> backtrace[08] rip 00000001406a98eb

--> backtrace[09] rip 000007fefe44a82d

--> backtrace[10] rip 00000000774c59bd

--> backtrace[11] rip 00000000775fa2e1

-->

c:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\runtime\VMwareSTS\logs\wrapper.log

STATUS | wrapper  | 2016/07/29 03:39:28 | --> Wrapper Started as Service

STATUS | wrapper  | 2016/07/29 03:39:30 | Launching a JVM...

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:30 | Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:30 |  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:30 |

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | Jul 29, 2016 3:39:37 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: Error at (7, 91) : com.springsource.tcserver.licensing.LicensingLifecycleListener

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | Jul 29, 2016 3:39:37 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: Error at (7, 91) : com.springsource.tcserver.licensing.LicensingLifecycleListener

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | Jul 29, 2016 3:39:37 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start

INFO  | jvm 1    | 2016/07/29 03:39:37 | SEVERE: Cannot start server. Server instance is not configured.

STATUS | wrapper  | 2016/07/29 03:39:39 | <-- Wrapper Stopped

c:\ProgramData\VMware\CIS\runtime\VMwareSTS\logs\catalina.2016-07-29.log

29-Jul-2016 03:39:34.583 SEVERE [WrapperSimpleAppMain] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.<clinit> Unable to load property source[com.springsource.tcserver.security.PropertyDecoder].

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.springsource.tcserver.security.PropertyDecoder

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

  at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.<clinit>(Digester.java:100)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.createStartDigester(Catalina.java:303)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:552)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:664)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:281)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455)

  at net.covalent.tomcat.wrapper.ThreadDumpWrapper.main(ThreadDumpWrapper.java:74)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:240)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

29-Jul-2016 03:39:37.157 SEVERE [WrapperSimpleAppMain] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement Begin event threw exception

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.springsource.tcserver.licensing.LicensingLifecycleListener

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:144)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1288)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:616)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:664)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:281)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455)

  at net.covalent.tomcat.wrapper.ThreadDumpWrapper.main(ThreadDumpWrapper.java:74)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:240)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

29-Jul-2016 03:39:37.172 SEVERE [WrapperSimpleAppMain] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement Begin event threw exception

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.springsource.tcserver.licensing.LicensingLifecycleListener

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:144)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1288)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:616)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:678)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)

  at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:456)

  at net.covalent.tomcat.wrapper.ThreadDumpWrapper.main(ThreadDumpWrapper.java:74)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

  at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:240)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Does anyone have a workflow to vmotion a vm across vcenters with different SSO domains (supposed to be possible but only through orchestrator in v7)

Hi Team,

I have some queries about the vCenter and Esxi license Upgrade.

We have an existing environment which has a vCenter and 3 Esxi host running on version 5.0. This environment is using for view horizon.

Now we planned to set up new environment for view horizon  and we deployed vCenter and Esxi hosts with version 6 but the evaluation period has been expired. So what we planned  is the take the license key from existing environment and upgrade it to V6 then apply to new environment. My questions are,

1. If we upgrade, will it affect the existing environment, I mean the hosts will disconnect from vcenter or the vcenter features will get deactivated or something will happen ?
2. Also please tell what will happen to the existing environment if we upgrade the license key.

Regards,

Ranjith.

Is there away to get a list of source machines that are data collected from a reservation using rest api.  Looking at the request in VRA its seems to be using a proxy URL to make a call to the VCO plugin api.  What is the easiest way make this rest call without so much indirection?

https://vra_server/vcac/gadgets/makeRequest?url=http://com.vmware.csp.component.iaas.proxy.provider.api.vproxy?source-machine

https://vra_server/vcac/gadgets/makeRequest?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcom.vmware.csp.component.iaas.proxy.provider.api.vproxy%2Fsource-machines%3F_dc%3D1469802112793%26actionId%3DFullClone%26platformTypeId%3DInfrastructure.CatalogItem.Machine.Virtual.vSphere%26loadTemplates%3Dtrue%26page%3D1%26start%3D0%26limit%3D30%26%2524orderby%3Dname&httpMethod=GET&headers=Accept%3Dapplication%252Fjson%26Content-Type%3Dapplication%252Fjson&postData=null&authz=&st=&contentType=JSON&numEntries=3&getSummaries=false&signOwner=true&signViewer=true&gadget=https%3A%2F%2Fcom.vmware.csp.component.cafe.composition.plugin.vproxy%2F%2Fgadget.xml&container=shell-default&bypassSpecCache=0&getFullHeaders=false&refresh=0

I've got a brand new install. consisting of a vCenter, vRA appliance, a SQL box and an IaaS server. Everything (except the appliance) is on W2k12r2.

vRA installs just fine. its a simple install, pretty much everything is default. When I first log into vCAC, and go to catalog > vSphere Initial Setup > Request and enter the requested information, i get the error listed below. I have NO idea what it is, what it means, etc... I've got a ticket open w/ support but was hoping someone here had seen it before.

Validation of connection to vCenter server [https://SERVERNAME/sdk] failed. Error: Validation failed. Error : java.net.MalformedURLException: Invalid authority field: [https: (Dynamic Script Module name : validatevcServerConnection#15) (Workflow:vSphere Initial Setup / Validate Endpoint Configuration (item8)#14)

Thanks!

So I'm running a fairly large ESXi environment with multiple blade chassis.

The most recent chassis was built with HP BL460Gen9 blades, installed with ESXi 6.0 image from HP, and HP FLexLink switches and a separate chassis with more 3120x's in the back.  The older chassis have Gen8 blades with cisco 3120x stacks in the rear.

I have windows 2012R2 VM's running in both environments and on the Gen 8 blades with a D-switch I have these VM's view 9.6Mb/s multicast video streams with VLC and it plays them perfectly or at least close to it with little artifacting.

If I take one of those servers and motion it over to the Gen9 blade the VLC player now only renders the top 15% of the video stream and the rest of it is COMPLETELY GARBLED.  I have played around with hardware settings on the blade and latency settings on the VM to no avail.

The new blades are running Max power / hyperthreading / VT technologies on HASWELL chips

Old ones are Sandy Bridge with the same set of HP tech involved.

Anyone have any insight on whether its the blade or the way the VM is scheduling the processing to render the video?

I have similar issues with the Gen9 blades with the 3120x's in the rear as well.

If I try and save the multicast stream and replay it again locally... it saves the video the same way it displays it... so I figure its in how VMware is handling the handoff to and from the hardware.

The network link on the vm is showing that it is seeing the full data rate.

debating loading the new 6.0 u2 image on the new blades to see if it helps anything, also will attempt to enable splitRx to see if that helps... but if the vm runs fine on one blade and terrible on the other I don't want to do a one off config of it if I don't have to.

let me know if anyone has any clues and i'll keep you posted with what I find.

Hi everyone, we currently have a Vcenter 5.5 that has 3 hosts connected to it

Host 1 that is ESXI 5.5.0 (Build # 1331820)  Dell Poweredge R420

Host 2  ESXI 5.5.0  Build # 2068190  on a Poweredge R520

Host 3 ESXI 5.5.0 Build #2068190 on Poweredge R510

The issue i'm having is that Host #1 doesn't show the storage sensor on either Vcenter or Vsphere client, which can be annoying if a disk fail

All 3 hosts have ESXI installed on  a USB stick and the VMs are on a Datastore that are on the local disk of each host.

I've read that there was a bug in ESXI 5.5 that can make the storage sensor not shown.  So today I just updated host #1 from ESXI 5.5.0 Build 1131820 to ESXI 5.5.0 Build 2403361 in hope it fixed the problem.s

The update went fine, but sadly both Vcenter and Vsphere client still does not show the storage sensor but only on host #1, host 2 and 3 shows the storage.

I cannot update ESXI higher then that atm, since i'd have to update the Vcenter first.

Is there a way to solve my problem without having to update the ESXI and if possible to not have anymore downtime?

Thanks for the possible help

Hi all,

my Client application is using pyvmomi to clone virtual machines, take snapshot and do few thing through vm OS.

when i'm trying to createmore than 770 threads from multiple Clients (every client open 110 connections to the Vcenter simultaneously) i gets many errors says  "connection actively refused by remote host"

I'm trying to understand if it's VirtualCenter Operation system Problem (like max tcp connections) or something in VirtualCenter Software.

i tried switching VirtualCenter OS (Windows 2012R2 to 2008R2)

and add Registry Key "MaxUserPorts= 6500" but nothing helped

Vcenter: 5.5 Windows 2008R2

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

any Suggestions?

Question about compatibility. I have a VMware 5.1 Update 3 environment running Microsoft Exchange 2007 and MS SQL 2008 and SQL 2008 R2. Storage is presented to the VMs via RDMs. The RDMs are all < 1TB in size. Does VMware 5.1 Update 3 support running Exchange 2007 and MS SQL 2008 / 2008 R2 on VMFS/VMDKs rather then RDMs and do you have any supporting documentation that shows this? Thanks!

Hello, I have used Workstation for years and have always been able to find all my own answers. Now I am stumped.

I recent used vCenter Converter to convert a laptop that I was not using any longer and selling. I grab all the files that I can think of to save onto the new laptop and then I save a copy of the laptop as a VM just in case I miss something. I converted the laptop, saved all the files to my desktop and a month later I need something from it and the mouse and keyboard do not work when I try to start it up.

I have tried using two keyboards and mice and connecting one set directly to the VM. I have tried editing the .vmx file a dozen times using everything that I have found on this site and other sites. I have tried rebuilding the .vmx file by deleting it and creating a new VM by using the same virtual disk. Everything I have tried has resulted in the same thing. Neither the keyboard or the mouse work in the VM. The VM starts just fine and it gets to the screen that you click on to get the logon.

I tried booting to safe mode but I cannot get into safe mode. From what I have seen, to get into safe mode I need to hit F8 when the OS is starting up. I hit F8 repeatedly and either it takes forever to start the OS and it misses the key press or it just sits there as the screen showing VMware in black and white. I even tried using a pencil and book to hold the F8 key down while it was trying to start up to see if I just took longer than 10 minutes. Hours later it was the sitting there laughing at me.

Can someone please give me any other ideas I can try or perhaps correct something that I have already tried to do to get this started?

Thank you very much.

Hey all,

i'm going in circles for months now on this with vRA 7.0.1 ... i'm desperate, VMware support does not know what to look at either. Maybe someone here managed to do something that should be very simple ...

we deploy machines into different VLANs (each service their own). There is no DHCP in those VLANs. I think this is standard setup in every enterprise. All those machines get static IP from vRA and need to join the domain.

if I use vSphere guest customization then domain jojn sometimes fails (guest OS customization timeout). sometimes the NIC is not connected when it tries to join domain. it fails. timeout after 2 hours

VMware KB says flat out VRA+static+domain-join it is not possible, use guest agent script: Cannot join a virtual machine to a domain when using vSphere and VMware vRealize Automation Network Profiles to assign s…

This works perfectly fine if its a bare infra machine. However ... as soon as I add a software component to this blueprint (no matter what content, example install IIS) the guest script to join the domain runs a 2nd time (why???) and this causes failure of course, deployment is torn down.

I thought I was smart and just modified my script to do error checking (if it ran before then just don't join domain again) but the software component (install IIS) never runs. its stuck in status "waiting"

it seems this was never tested. I can't reliably deploy machines that join domain using vRA provided IP and add software components .. i could scream ...

anyone?

Kalli

What are the best practices in therms of vmotion.

Do i need a vswitch just for vmotion with dedicated NIC or can i just enable the vmotion on the management vswitch ?

Thank you.