Re: Basic questions on base image creation
Ah, thanks! Not sure how I ended up using the older doc. The new one sure looks familiar... On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 06:51:50AM -0400, Josh Thompson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael, You just highlighted a problem with our documentation. We need to get rid of the VCLDOCS site. Due to some ASF restrictions on how official project documentation is maintained, we tried having two wiki sites. This has not worked well and resulted in the VCLDOCS site being unmaintained. We'll work on removing that site. The up to date documentation on creating a linux base image is here: https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/create-a-linux-base-image.html Sorry for the confusion. Josh On Mon June 11 2012 7:50:11 PM Michael Jinks wrote: I have a pilot VCL setup with a VMware ESXi hypervisor. The hypervisor mounts a read-only NFS export from the VCL management node as nfs-repository. Now I'm trying to stage and capture my first VM image. I've just finished creating a Linux system that I'd like to use as my template. I'm following the instructions at: https://cwiki.apache.org/VCLDOCS/create-a-linux-base-image.html I get confused at Add a New Image to the VCL Database. Does the Image ID matter, or can I just enter any number there that I want, provided it isn't already listed as the image ID of another system? Does the image name correspond to the filename of the VM disk image on my NFS filesystem? Or is it just a name? If it's just a name, how do we associate the virtual disk image with the image record? (I'm confused because the example vmwarelinux-base8-v1 doesn't look like the name of a VMware virtual disk, but I don't know what else it could be.) The instructions say, OS: Linux under VMWare - NOTE: If you are using something else, make sure you set OSid to correctly match the OS table. Where is that OS table? Part of VMware, part of VCL, somewhere else...? The instructions don't say anything about how to stage the template image. Should I just scp it to my VCL management node's NFS share? Finally, at the bottom of the instructions, we have start vcld. If vcld is already running, does it need to be restarted in order to notice the new image? Or is that assuming that I don't already have a running vcl system? - -- - --- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at www.keyserver.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFP1x9LV/LQcNdtPQMRAjcdAJ9LVyHVx7ykFyOEncyxf8yetfGoJwCeKWUZ uN/HwUcxl3VfDUSb1zKDJAE= =Bf6I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Michael Jinks :: mji...@uchicago.edu :: 773-469-9688 University of Chicago IT Services
Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
Hello, Ok, I actually have tried many times to create a base image. I had it with NIC 1 in the private network and NIC 2 in the public previously. Each time, when VCL deletes my base image and copies it back to the VM server, the networks on the nics are REVERSED. When I start with nic 1 in Private and nic 2 in Public, it ends up with nic 1 in Pub and nic 2 in Priv. When I start with nic 1 in Public and nic 2 in Private, it ends up with nic 1 in Priv and nic 2 in Pub. The VM host profile has Virtual Switch 0 in Public and Virtual Switch 1 in Private. The DHCP server is only listening on the private network. I see unauthorized dhcp requests come in for public network IP addresses when VCL swaps them. In the last attempt, I did something new: When the new image is brought up, I manually swapped the nics back before VCL times out waiting for the image to boot. At that time, it declares the image a success, but it should not need such manual intervention. Any clues why VCL decides to swap the networks ? Al Quiros From: Aaron Coburn acob...@amherst.edumailto:acob...@amherst.edu Reply-To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.orgmailto:vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:24:02 -0400 To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.orgmailto:vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP Evelio, in our VCL setup and according to the docs on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Windows+Base+Image you may want to try configuring your base image to use NIC 1 for the private network and NIC 2 for the public network. The sshd configuration script that you ran on your base image typically closes ssh access over the public network, but if the two networks are switched, you may have inadvertently cut off access over the private network. Aaron -- Aaron Coburn Systems Administrator and Programmer Academic Technology Services, Amherst College (413) 542-5451 acob...@amherst.edumailto:acob...@amherst.edu On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Ok, I'm stumped. I continue to have issues creating a base image on our vcl setup. Here is my info: I have a single server running web, management node, and database. It has two interfaces, one on our private network, another on our public net. I have a single Vmware server, also with two interfaces. One interface, switch 0, is on our public net. It also has the VM management net. Another interface, switch 1, is on our private net. Each of these switches is labeled the same as in the Management node config. When I create the base image to capture, I create eth0 (nic1) on the public network, then I create eth1 (nic2) on the private network. I set them both to dhcp, and the dhcp server on the VCL server responds and gives it an address of an image in my database. I set the ssh key in the new image. I set the image in /etc/hosts so that the server can resolve it. I set the vcld to capture the image, It begins and copies the image to the management node directory, It deletes the image from the Vmware server, and re-creates the image All well and good. but then : When the recreated image comes up, The OTHER interface begins asking the dhcp server for addresses in the public network. The dhcp server denies it as non-authoritative, and the private interface never comes up. Even though it was able to dhcp previously. The image creation completes successfully, but the newly created image cannot connect to the vcl server. So, I eventually get a failure message from VCL. WHAT GIVES ??? Here is my error email: reservation failed on image6: process failed after trying to load or make available time: 2011-11-02 16:05:30 caller: State.pm:reservation_failed(213) ( 0) State.pm, reservation_failed (line: 213) (-1) new.pm, process (line: 298) (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcltst.fiu.eduhttp://vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 29777 parent vcld PID: 23341 request ID: 11 reservation ID: 11 request state/laststate: reload/image request start time: 2011-11-02 15:53:56 request end time: 2011-11-02 16:23:56 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: image6 computer id: 7 computer type: virtualmachine computer eth0 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0a computer eth1 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0b computer private IP address: 10.0.0.9 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.59 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware vm host: vcldell01 vm host ID: 1 vm host computer ID: 1 vm profile: VMware ESX - local storage vm profile VM path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile repository path: /images vm profile datastore path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile disk type: localdisk image: vmwarelinux-redhatbase10-v0 image display name: redhatbase image ID: 10
Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Al, I haven't worked with setting up VM hosts much, but it sounds like you need to swap your Virtual Switches so that Virtual Switch 0 is Private and Virtual Switch 1 is Public. Give that a try and let us know how it works. Josh On Thursday November 03, 2011, Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Ok, I actually have tried many times to create a base image. I had it with NIC 1 in the private network and NIC 2 in the public previously. Each time, when VCL deletes my base image and copies it back to the VM server, the networks on the nics are REVERSED. When I start with nic 1 in Private and nic 2 in Public, it ends up with nic 1 in Pub and nic 2 in Priv. When I start with nic 1 in Public and nic 2 in Private, it ends up with nic 1 in Priv and nic 2 in Pub. The VM host profile has Virtual Switch 0 in Public and Virtual Switch 1 in Private. The DHCP server is only listening on the private network. I see unauthorized dhcp requests come in for public network IP addresses when VCL swaps them. In the last attempt, I did something new: When the new image is brought up, I manually swapped the nics back before VCL times out waiting for the image to boot. At that time, it declares the image a success, but it should not need such manual intervention. Any clues why VCL decides to swap the networks ? Al Quiros - -- - --- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6y97gACgkQV/LQcNdtPQMiqgCeK06HLp+6QIYobUvQD1FssukV sSkAn11mo1/j4wUmD98gDI8ZF718kQUF =T16z -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
Hello, Ok, I'm stumped. I continue to have issues creating a base image on our vcl setup. Here is my info: I have a single server running web, management node, and database. It has two interfaces, one on our private network, another on our public net. I have a single Vmware server, also with two interfaces. One interface, switch 0, is on our public net. It also has the VM management net. Another interface, switch 1, is on our private net. Each of these switches is labeled the same as in the Management node config. When I create the base image to capture, I create eth0 (nic1) on the public network, then I create eth1 (nic2) on the private network. I set them both to dhcp, and the dhcp server on the VCL server responds and gives it an address of an image in my database. I set the ssh key in the new image. I set the image in /etc/hosts so that the server can resolve it. I set the vcld to capture the image, It begins and copies the image to the management node directory, It deletes the image from the Vmware server, and re-creates the image All well and good. but then : When the recreated image comes up, The OTHER interface begins asking the dhcp server for addresses in the public network. The dhcp server denies it as non-authoritative, and the private interface never comes up. Even though it was able to dhcp previously. The image creation completes successfully, but the newly created image cannot connect to the vcl server. So, I eventually get a failure message from VCL. WHAT GIVES ??? Here is my error email: reservation failed on image6: process failed after trying to load or make available time: 2011-11-02 16:05:30 caller: State.pm:reservation_failed(213) ( 0) State.pm, reservation_failed (line: 213) (-1) new.pm, process (line: 298) (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 29777 parent vcld PID: 23341 request ID: 11 reservation ID: 11 request state/laststate: reload/image request start time: 2011-11-02 15:53:56 request end time: 2011-11-02 16:23:56 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: image6 computer id: 7 computer type: virtualmachine computer eth0 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0a computer eth1 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0b computer private IP address: 10.0.0.9 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.59 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware vm host: vcldell01 vm host ID: 1 vm host computer ID: 1 vm profile: VMware ESX - local storage vm profile VM path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile repository path: /images vm profile datastore path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile disk type: localdisk image: vmwarelinux-redhatbase10-v0 image display name: redhatbase image ID: 10 image revision ID: 10 image size: 16384 MB use Sysprep: yes root access: yes image owner ID: 1 image owner affiliation: Local image revision date created: 2011-11-02 15:51:12 image revision production: yes OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux user: vclreload user name: vcl reload user ID: 2 user affiliation: Local RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-11-02 16:01:20|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:01:20|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 24: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 360/240, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 25: waiting for image6 to respond to SSH 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 25: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 375/225, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:01:50|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 26: waiting for image6 to respond to SSH 2011-11-02 16:01:51|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:01:51|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 26: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 391/209, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:02:06|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 27: waiting for image6 to respond to SSH 2011-11-02 16:02:07|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:02:07|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 27: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 407/193, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:02:22|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 28: waiting
Re: Base Image creation - problems - PLEASE HELP
Evelio, in our VCL setup and according to the docs on this page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Windows+Base+Image you may want to try configuring your base image to use NIC 1 for the private network and NIC 2 for the public network. The sshd configuration script that you ran on your base image typically closes ssh access over the public network, but if the two networks are switched, you may have inadvertently cut off access over the private network. Aaron -- Aaron Coburn Systems Administrator and Programmer Academic Technology Services, Amherst College (413) 542-5451 acob...@amherst.edu On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Evelio Quiros wrote: Hello, Ok, I'm stumped. I continue to have issues creating a base image on our vcl setup. Here is my info: I have a single server running web, management node, and database. It has two interfaces, one on our private network, another on our public net. I have a single Vmware server, also with two interfaces. One interface, switch 0, is on our public net. It also has the VM management net. Another interface, switch 1, is on our private net. Each of these switches is labeled the same as in the Management node config. When I create the base image to capture, I create eth0 (nic1) on the public network, then I create eth1 (nic2) on the private network. I set them both to dhcp, and the dhcp server on the VCL server responds and gives it an address of an image in my database. I set the ssh key in the new image. I set the image in /etc/hosts so that the server can resolve it. I set the vcld to capture the image, It begins and copies the image to the management node directory, It deletes the image from the Vmware server, and re-creates the image All well and good. but then : When the recreated image comes up, The OTHER interface begins asking the dhcp server for addresses in the public network. The dhcp server denies it as non-authoritative, and the private interface never comes up. Even though it was able to dhcp previously. The image creation completes successfully, but the newly created image cannot connect to the vcl server. So, I eventually get a failure message from VCL. WHAT GIVES ??? Here is my error email: reservation failed on image6: process failed after trying to load or make available time: 2011-11-02 16:05:30 caller: State.pm:reservation_failed(213) ( 0) State.pm, reservation_failed (line: 213) (-1) new.pm, process (line: 298) (-2) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) (-3) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 29777 parent vcld PID: 23341 request ID: 11 reservation ID: 11 request state/laststate: reload/image request start time: 2011-11-02 15:53:56 request end time: 2011-11-02 16:23:56 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: image6 computer id: 7 computer type: virtualmachine computer eth0 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0a computer eth1 MAC address: 00:50:56:00:10:0b computer private IP address: 10.0.0.9 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.59 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware vm host: vcldell01 vm host ID: 1 vm host computer ID: 1 vm profile: VMware ESX - local storage vm profile VM path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile repository path: /images vm profile datastore path: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1 vm profile disk type: localdisk image: vmwarelinux-redhatbase10-v0 image display name: redhatbase image ID: 10 image revision ID: 10 image size: 16384 MB use Sysprep: yes root access: yes image owner ID: 1 image owner affiliation: Local image revision date created: 2011-11-02 15:51:12 image revision production: yes OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux user: vclreload user name: vcl reload user ID: 2 user affiliation: Local RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-11-02 16:01:20|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:01:20|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 24: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 360/240, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 25: waiting for image6 to respond to SSH 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|image6 is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-11-02 16:01:35|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(755)|attempt 25: code returned false, seconds elapsed/remaining: 375/225, sleeping for 15 seconds 2011-11-02 16:01:50|29777|11:11|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(759)|attempt 26: waiting for image6 to respond to SSH
Re: Base Image creation error
Al, The hostname has to resolve. Put an entry in your /etc/hosts file. Aaron On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu wrote: Hello, I am getting an error when I try to capture a linux base image in vcl. I am following the instructions, but perhaps some parts of these may have been misinterpreted. My VCL server is at 10.0.0.1. My Vmware based virtual machine is at 10.0.0.2. I can ssh without passwords using keys from the vcl server to the VM. The computer has been added to the database as hostname redhat64base, although I have no DNS entry to resolve that name, so I use it's private IP of 10.0.0.2. Below is the result of vcld trying to capture the computer to create a new base image….Any ideas about what could be wrong ? Thanks, Al Quiros VCL::image object could not be created and initialized time: 2011-10-25 08:58:38 caller: vcld:make_new_child(571) ( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571) (-1) vcld, main (line: 346) management node: vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 29609 parent vcld PID: 15838 request ID: 2 reservation ID: 2 request state/laststate: image/image request start time: 2011-10-25 08:58:37 request end time: 2011-10-25 09:58:37 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: redhat64base computer id: 12 computer type: blade computer eth0 MAC address: undefined computer eth1 MAC address: undefined computer private IP address: undefined computer public IP address: 10.0.0.2 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware image: vmwarelinux-redhat64linux8-v0 image display name: redhat64linux image ID: 8 image revision ID: 6 image size: 1450 MB use Sysprep: yes root access: yes image owner ID: 1 image owner affiliation: Local image revision date created: 2011-10-25 08:58:37 image revision production: yes OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux user: admin user name: vcl admin user ID: 1 user affiliation: Local RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(1238)|VM host OS module loaded: VCL::Module::OS::Linux 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|Module.pm:create_mn_os_object(335)|management node OS object has already been created, address: 1fbe730, returning 1 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|Module.pm:new(196)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux object created for image vmwarelinux-redhat64linux8-v0, address: 24f12f0 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(1244)|VM host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|utils.pm:run_command(8998)|$? is set to -1, setting exit status to 0, Perl bug likely encountered |29609|2:2|image| WARNING |29609|2:2|image| 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|utils.pm:nmap_port(2645)|error occurred running nmap command: '/usr/bin/nmap redhat64base -P0 -p 22 -T Aggressive', output: |29609|2:2|image| Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-10-25 08:58 EDT |29609|2:2|image| Failed to resolve given hostname/IP: redhat64base. Note that you can't use '/mask' AND '1-4,7,100-' style IP ranges |29609|2:2|image| WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned. |29609|2:2|image| Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.05 seconds |29609|2:2|image| ( 0) utils.pm, nmap_port (line: 2645) |29609|2:2|image| (-1) OS.pm, is_ssh_responding (line: 383) |29609|2:2|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 252) |29609|2:2|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 207) |29609|2:2|image| (-4) Module.pm, create_provisioning_object (line: 423) |29609|2:2|image| (-5) State.pm, initialize (line: 117) |29609|2:2|image| WARNING |29609|2:2|image| 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|utils.pm:nmap_port(2645)|error occurred running nmap command: '/usr/bin/nmap redhat64base -P0 -p 24 -T Aggressive', output: |29609|2:2|image| Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-10-25 08:58 EDT |29609|2:2|image| Failed to resolve given hostname/IP: redhat64base. Note that you can't use '/mask' AND '1-4,7,100-' style IP ranges |29609|2:2|image| WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned. |29609|2:2|image| Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.05 seconds |29609|2:2|image| ( 0) utils.pm, nmap_port (line: 2645) |29609|2:2|image| (-1) OS.pm, is_ssh_responding (line: 384) |29609|2:2|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 252) |29609|2:2|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 207) |29609|2:2|image| (-4) Module.pm, create_provisioning_object (line: 423) |29609|2:2|image| (-5) State.pm, initialize (line: 117) 2011-10-25 08:58:38|29609|2:2|image|OS.pm:is_ssh_responding(386)|redhat64base is NOT responding to SSH, ports 22 or 24 are both closed 2011-10-25
Re: Base Image creation error - The plot thickens
In the log output your missing the vmhost information.
Make sure your vm host server have a correctly configured vmhost
profile and you have assigned your vms to the virtual host server by
using the Virtual Host interface.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+-+Further+Steps+if+Using+VMware
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VMware+Configuration
I'm not seeing the virtual host interface mentioned directly in the
vcl 2.2.1 install guide. I'll added that to the first link.
Here is a link from a bootcamp that you can review this morning while
I work on adding the content to Apache VCL:
https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/vcl-bootcamp/exercises/assign-a-vm-to-a-virtual-host
Aaron
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu wrote:
Thank you Aaron.
Ok, now it can resolve the name redhat64base to the private IP address
10.0.0.2.
I tried to add the base image as the name linux64.
It resides in the database as redhat64base, with the public IP of
10.106.128.53, and set as available.
I'm not sure what this error message is telling meŠ
VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
time: 2011-10-25 09:30:44
caller: vcld:make_new_child(571)
( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571)
(-1) vcld, main (line: 346)
management node: vcltst.fiu.edu
reservation PID: 31318
parent vcld PID: 15838
request ID: 4
reservation ID: 4
request state/laststate: image/image
request start time: 2011-10-25 09:30:37
request end time: 2011-10-25 10:30:37
for imaging: no
log ID: none
computer: redhat64base
computer id: 12
computer type: blade
computer eth0 MAC address: undefined
computer eth1 MAC address: undefined
computer private IP address: 10.0.0.2
computer public IP address: 10.106.128.53
computer in block allocation: no
provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware
image: vmwarelinux-linux6414-v0
image display name: linux64
image ID: 14
image revision ID: 8
image size: 1450 MB
use Sysprep: yes
root access: yes
image owner ID: 1
image owner affiliation: Local
image revision date created: 2011-10-25 09:30:37
image revision production: yes
OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux
user: admin
user name: vcl admin
user ID: 1
user affiliation: Local
RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1293)|attempting
to load VMware control module:
VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1299)|loaded
VMware control module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
2011-10-25 09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'vmhost_data'
key for VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK object from
arguments
2011-10-25 09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'vmhost_os' key
for VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK object from arguments
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:create_mn_os_object(335)|management
node OS object has already been created, address: 21956b8, returning 1
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(200)|VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMwa
re::vSphere_SDK object created for computer redhat64base, address: 21e6980
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1826)|vSphere SDK for
Perl does not appear to be installed on this managment node, unable to
load VMware vSphere SDK Perl modules
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1313)|API object
could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
|31318|4:4|image| WARNING
|31318|4:4|image| 2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(812)|corresponding
data has not been initialized for get_vmhost_computer_id:
$self-request_data-{reservation}{4}{computer}{vmhost}{computerid}
|31318|4:4|image| ( 0) DataStructure.pm, _automethod (line: 812)
|31318|4:4|image| (-1) Autoload.pm, __ANON__ (line: 80)
|31318|4:4|image| (-2) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_datastructure (line: 1161)
|31318|4:4|image| (-3) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1282)
|31318|4:4|image| (-4) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 278)
|31318|4:4|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 207)
|31318|4:4|image| WARNING
|31318|4:4|image| 2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(812)|corresponding
data has not been initialized for get_vmhost_profile_image_id:
$self-request_data-{reservation}{4}{computer}{vmhost}{vmprofile}{imageid}
|31318|4:4|image| ( 0) DataStructure.pm, _automethod (line: 812)
|31318|4:4|image| (-1) Autoload.pm, __ANON__ (line: 80)
|31318|4:4|image| (-2) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_datastructure (line: 1162)
|31318|4:4|image| (-3) VMware.pm,
Re: Base Image creation error - VMware host config
Al,
if you plan to use the vSphere API, then you will need to install the vSphere
SDK for Perl separately. The perl modules are available here -- just make sure
that you download the release that matches your vCenter version.
http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/
Aaron Coburn
On Oct 25, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Evelio Quiros wrote:
Thanks again Aaron. It seems we are taking baby steps here.
Ok, next issue: When I click Configure Host in the vcl web interface,
nothing happens.
My Vmware server is listed there. It is in vmhostinuse state.
I noticed some complaints below about the Vsphere perl module not being
installed.
I thought that was done in the install_perl_libraries script.
Thanks again for all your help.
Al Quiros
On 10/25/11 9:43 AM, Aaron Peeler fapee...@ncsu.edu wrote:
In the log output your missing the vmhost information.
Make sure your vm host server have a correctly configured vmhost
profile and you have assigned your vms to the virtual host server by
using the Virtual Host interface.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+-+Further+Steps+
if+Using+VMware
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VMware+Configuration
I'm not seeing the virtual host interface mentioned directly in the
vcl 2.2.1 install guide. I'll added that to the first link.
Here is a link from a bootcamp that you can review this morning while
I work on adding the content to Apache VCL:
https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/vcl-bootcamp/exercises/assign-a-vm-to-
a-virtual-host
Aaron
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu wrote:
Thank you Aaron.
Ok, now it can resolve the name redhat64base to the private IP address
10.0.0.2.
I tried to add the base image as the name linux64.
It resides in the database as redhat64base, with the public IP of
10.106.128.53, and set as available.
I'm not sure what this error message is telling meŠ
VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
time: 2011-10-25 09:30:44
caller: vcld:make_new_child(571)
( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571)
(-1) vcld, main (line: 346)
management node: vcltst.fiu.edu
reservation PID: 31318
parent vcld PID: 15838
request ID: 4
reservation ID: 4
request state/laststate: image/image
request start time: 2011-10-25 09:30:37
request end time: 2011-10-25 10:30:37
for imaging: no
log ID: none
computer: redhat64base
computer id: 12
computer type: blade
computer eth0 MAC address: undefined
computer eth1 MAC address: undefined
computer private IP address: 10.0.0.2
computer public IP address: 10.106.128.53
computer in block allocation: no
provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware
image: vmwarelinux-linux6414-v0
image display name: linux64
image ID: 14
image revision ID: 8
image size: 1450 MB
use Sysprep: yes
root access: yes
image owner ID: 1
image owner affiliation: Local
image revision date created: 2011-10-25 09:30:37
image revision production: yes
OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux
user: admin
user name: vcl admin
user ID: 1
user affiliation: Local
RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1293)|attempting
to load VMware control module:
VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1299)|loaded
VMware control module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
2011-10-25 09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'vmhost_data'
key for VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK object from
arguments
2011-10-25 09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(172)|set 'vmhost_os'
key
for VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK object from arguments
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:create_mn_os_object(335)|management
node OS object has already been created, address: 21956b8, returning 1
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|Module.pm:new(200)|VCL::Module::Provisioning::VM
wa
re::vSphere_SDK object created for computer redhat64base, address:
21e6980
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1826)|vSphere SDK for
Perl does not appear to be installed on this managment node, unable to
load VMware vSphere SDK Perl modules
2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1313)|API
object
could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK
|31318|4:4|image| WARNING
|31318|4:4|image| 2011-10-25
09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(812)|corresponding
data has not been initialized for get_vmhost_computer_id:
$self-request_data-{reservation}{4}{computer}{vmhost}{computerid}
|31318|4:4|image| ( 0)
Re: Base Image creation error - VMware host config
Thank you Josh. I found the missing Dojo javascript. Now I get the correct response when adding the VM to the host. Cheers, Q On 10/25/11 10:32 AM, Josh Thompson josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If nothing is happening when you click on Configure Host on the Manage Virtual Hosts page, then you are most likely getting a javascript error due to a misconfiguration. Can you check to see if your browser is saying there was an error? If you use Firefox, you can install the Firebug Add-on to really see what is happening. If you can give me an error message, I could probably tell you what is not configured correctly. Josh On Tuesday October 25, 2011, Evelio Quiros wrote: Yes, that was done. The server is set to vmhostinuse. In the Manage Virtual Hosts page, none of the buttons seem to do anything. In troubleshooting this, I did set the state to available, and then found I could not set it back to vmhostinuse. I deleted the entry, and added a new one with a slightly different hostname, but same IP, and set that to vmhostinuse. I added the new hostname to my hosts file. Shall I attempt to add the vSphere perl module with cpan ? Al Quiros On 10/25/11 10:12 AM, Aaron Peeler aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu wrote: When you added your VM host servers did you set the state to vmhostinuse? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+-+Further+Step s+ if+Using+VMware If not then you'll need to go into the mysql cmdline or phpmyadmin and set that server to vmhostinuse state and assigne the vmhost profile. Aaron 2011/10/25 Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu: Thanks again Aaron. It seems we are taking baby steps here. Ok, next issue: When I click Configure Host in the vcl web interface, nothing happens. My Vmware server is listed there. It is in vmhostinuse state. I noticed some complaints below about the Vsphere perl module not being installed. I thought that was done in the install_perl_libraries script. Thanks again for all your help. Al Quiros On 10/25/11 9:43 AM, Aaron Peeler fapee...@ncsu.edu wrote: In the log output your missing the vmhost information. Make sure your vm host server have a correctly configured vmhost profile and you have assigned your vms to the virtual host server by using the Virtual Host interface. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+-+Further+St ep s+ if+Using+VMware https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VMware+Configuration I'm not seeing the virtual host interface mentioned directly in the vcl 2.2.1 install guide. I'll added that to the first link. Here is a link from a bootcamp that you can review this morning while I work on adding the content to Apache VCL: https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/vcl-bootcamp/exercises/assign-a-vm -t o- a-virtual-host Aaron On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Evelio Quiros evq...@fiu.edu wrote: Thank you Aaron. Ok, now it can resolve the name redhat64base to the private IP address 10.0.0.2. I tried to add the base image as the name linux64. It resides in the database as redhat64base, with the public IP of 10.106.128.53, and set as available. I'm not sure what this error message is telling meŠ VCL::image object could not be created and initialized - -- - time: 2011-10-25 09:30:44 caller: vcld:make_new_child(571) ( 0) vcld, make_new_child (line: 571) (-1) vcld, main (line: 346) - -- - management node: vcltst.fiu.edu reservation PID: 31318 parent vcld PID: 15838 request ID: 4 reservation ID: 4 request state/laststate: image/image request start time: 2011-10-25 09:30:37 request end time: 2011-10-25 10:30:37 for imaging: no log ID: none computer: redhat64base computer id: 12 computer type: blade computer eth0 MAC address: undefined computer eth1 MAC address: undefined computer private IP address: 10.0.0.2 computer public IP address: 10.106.128.53 computer in block allocation: no provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::VMware image: vmwarelinux-linux6414-v0 image display name: linux64 image ID: 14 image revision ID: 8 image size: 1450 MB use Sysprep: yes root access: yes image owner ID: 1 image owner affiliation: Local image revision date created: 2011-10-25 09:30:37 image revision production: yes OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux user: admin user name: vcl admin user ID: 1 user affiliation: Local - -- - RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-10-25 09:30:43|31318|4:4|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1293)|attemp ti ng to load VMware control module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK 2011-10-25
Ubuntu Base image creation - VCL 2.2.1
Dear all, Can anyone assist with a Backtrack 5 r1 (Ubuntu based) Base image creation? I’m using: 1) CentOS 6.0 2) VCL 2.2.1 3) VMware ESX 4) BackTrack 5 r1 (BT) is a VM on the ESX Virtual Host. I have followed the documentation under: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image As well as Andy’s solution in the following archive link: http://www.mail-archive.com/vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org/msg01061.html Andy’s script works perfectly fine on the BT VM (if ran locally) without any errors. However, when vcl tries to image BT, it pushes the CentOS/Red Hat variant of the script and overwrites the rc.local removing Andy’s script and causing the image capture to fail. I would be grateful for any advise on the following: 1) vcld –setup, Select OS to be captured (install type: VMware), I choose option 1. Generic Linux (VMware), then the image architecture x86. Should I get a list of Linux OS’s to select from at any stage, i.e.: CentOS, or Fedora, Or Ubuntu, etc..? 2) Where should I place Andy’s script? I’ve placed on the BT VM under /etc/rc.local which gets overwritten as shown in the vcld.log snippet bellow. Please note, I’m Linux newbie, however i've managed to successfully set up VCL so far and capture a Windows XP iamge as well as make successful reservation. Many thanks. Ibrahim 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(5464)|run_ssh_command output: 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(5478)|SSH command executed on vm1, returning (0, ) 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:clear_private_keys(451)|cleared any id_rsa keys from /root/.ssh 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5600)|attempting to copy file via SCP: '/tmp/15.rc.local' -- 'vm1:/etc/rc.local' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5636)|copied file via SCP: '/tmp/15.rc.local' -- 'vm1:/etc/rc.local' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(5380)|executing SSH command on vm1: |9087|15:15|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l root -p 22 -x vm1 'chmod +rx /etc/rc.local' 21 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:generate_rc_local(2235)|executed chmod +rx /etc/rc.local, exit status: 0 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5600)|attempting to copy file via SCP: 'vm1:/etc/ssh/sshd_config' -- '/tmp/15.external_sshd_config' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5636)|copied file via SCP: 'vm1:/etc/ssh/sshd_config' -- '/tmp/15.external_sshd_config' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:generate_ext_sshd_config(2279)|copied sshd_config from vm1 for local processing 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5600)|attempting to copy file via SCP: '/tmp/15.external_sshd_config' -- 'vm1:/etc/ssh/external_sshd_config' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5636)|copied file via SCP: '/tmp/15.external_sshd_config' -- 'vm1:/etc/ssh/external_sshd_config' 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:generate_ext_sshd_config(2323)|copied /tmp/15.external_sshd_config to vm1:/etc/ssh/external_sshd_config 2011-09-20 09:57:20|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5600)|attempting to copy file via SCP: 'vm1:/etc/init.d/sshd' -- '/tmp/15.ext_sshd' |9087|15:15|image| WARNING |9087|15:15|image| 2011-09-20 09:57:21|9087|15:15|image|utils.pm:run_scp_command(5628)|failed to copy via SCP: 'vm1:/etc/init.d/sshd' -- '/tmp/15.ext_sshd' |9087|15:15|image| command: /usr/bin/scp -B -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key -P 22 -p -r vm1:/etc/init.d/sshd /tmp/15.ext_sshd 21 |9087|15:15|image| output: |9087|15:15|image| scp: /etc/init.d/sshd: No such file or directory |9087|15:15|image| ( 0) utils.pm, run_scp_command (line: 5628) |9087|15:15|image| (-1) Linux.pm, generate_ext_sshd_init (line: 2359) |9087|15:15|image| (-2) Linux.pm, pre_capture (line: 173) |9087|15:15|image| (-3) VMware.pm, capture (line: 556) |9087|15:15|image| (-4) image.pm, process (line: 162) |9087|15:15|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |9087|15:15|image| WARNING |9087|15:15|image| 2011-09-20 09:57:21|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:generate_ext_sshd_init(2363)|failed to copied sshd init script from vm1 for local processing |9087|15:15|image| ( 0) Linux.pm, generate_ext_sshd_init (line: 2363) |9087|15:15|image| (-1) Linux.pm, pre_capture (line: 173) |9087|15:15|image| (-2) VMware.pm, capture (line: 556) |9087|15:15|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162) |9087|15:15|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 568) |9087|15:15|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 346) |9087|15:15|image| WARNING |9087|15:15|image| 2011-09-20 09:57:21|9087|15:15|image|Linux.pm:pre_capture(174)|unable to generate /etc/init.d/ext_sshd on vm1 |9087|15:15|image| ( 0) Linux.pm, pre_capture (line: 174) |9087|15:15|image| (-1) VMware.pm, capture (line: 556) |9087|15:15|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line
Re: base image creation
Alright, so after looking into my ssl connection between the VCL server and the ESXi server, I've determined that the two did not have the ability to see one another. My VCL server is a VM on the ESXi server and they are on separate vSwitches. My question is how do I get the VCL VM to talk to the ESXi Management network. Is it as simple as creating a VM port group on the same physical adapter as the VM management network? Or do I need to create a new network group and only add those two machines to it? Unfortunately I am not very well versed in ESX usage and my need some gentle hand holding. On 2/4/2011 8:04 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Jay, Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the log file. First of all welcome to the community. :) VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl using the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the password for the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl web interface. The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, from what I can tell it looks like it's not installed on your management node. The third error is related to the next method that vcl will try to manage vms on esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi server and run local cmds such as vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms. This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make sure you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys setup. Then you should get further. Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response. Aaron Peeler On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys? Aaron On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote: Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first base image and I feel like I've missed a step. I have a ESX 4.1 server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it. When I go to create the image I get this sent to my admin email account: VCL::image object could not be created and initialized Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59 PID: 22852 Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598) ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598) (-2) vcld, main (line: 342) RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-01-28 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin' |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host password is not configured in the database for the VM profile |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API object could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342) |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning object could not be created, returning 0 |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342) 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
Re: base image creation
So I got the VCL VM and the ESX management network on the same vSwitch and I have set up the keys so that I can ssh into the ESX server without having to authenticate. However, when running the vcld setup I still get the same output in my error log. |18078|5:5|image| 2011-02-08 14:40:15|18078|5:5|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH I'm assuming at this point I have something wrong in my web interface setup. How do I go about tracking down the offending part? On 2/8/2011 9:52 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote: Alright, so after looking into my ssl connection between the VCL server and the ESXi server, I've determined that the two did not have the ability to see one another. My VCL server is a VM on the ESXi server and they are on separate vSwitches. My question is how do I get the VCL VM to talk to the ESXi Management network. Is it as simple as creating a VM port group on the same physical adapter as the VM management network? Or do I need to create a new network group and only add those two machines to it? Unfortunately I am not very well versed in ESX usage and my need some gentle hand holding. On 2/4/2011 8:04 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Jay, Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the log file. First of all welcome to the community. :) VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl using the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the password for the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl web interface. The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, from what I can tell it looks like it's not installed on your management node. The third error is related to the next method that vcl will try to manage vms on esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi server and run local cmds such as vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms. This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make sure you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys setup. Then you should get further. Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response. Aaron Peeler On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys? Aaron On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote: Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first base image and I feel like I've missed a step. I have a ESX 4.1 server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it. When I go to create the image I get this sent to my admin email account: VCL::image object could not be created and initialized Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59 PID: 22852 Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598) ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598) (-2) vcld, main (line: 342) RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-01-28 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin' |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host password is not configured in the database for the VM profile |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API object could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld,
Re: base image creation
Jay, Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the log file. First of all welcome to the community. :) VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl using the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the password for the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl web interface. The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, from what I can tell it looks like it's not installed on your management node. The third error is related to the next method that vcl will try to manage vms on esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi server and run local cmds such as vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms. This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make sure you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys setup. Then you should get further. Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response. Aaron Peeler On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys? Aaron On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote: Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first base image and I feel like I've missed a step. I have a ESX 4.1 server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it. When I go to create the image I get this sent to my admin email account: VCL::image object could not be created and initialized Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59 PID: 22852 Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598) ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598) (-2) vcld, main (line: 342) RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS: 2011-01-28 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin' |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host password is not configured in the database for the VM profile |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API object could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342) |22852|8:8|image| WARNING |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning object could not be created, returning 0 |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630) |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132) |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159) |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591) |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342) 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image process 22852 exiting I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks. Jay -- Aaron Peeler Program Manager Virtual Computing Lab NC State University aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu 919-513-4571
