Thanks Dmitri, I was able to ssh to the vm from the management node before I captured.
Curious.. because I never thought about it before... I can re-capture an existing vm that's already been captured? I guess it makes logical sense. It's still just a vm existing in VMWare Server. I'll give that a try. Adam > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New capture failed atttempting Windows post-load tasks > > Adam > > Where you able to 'ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key image-computer-name' before you > captured the image? > > Yes, it seems like a good idea to redo ssh config, run get-node-key.sh from > management node and re-capture the image. > You will have new image under Manage Images and can delete the old image > which is not working. > > Reboot the image before you start capture to make sure Cygwin SSH starts > up. > > Thanks > > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 16:18 , "Hechler, Adam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Dmitri, > > > > I tried that and it's not working. I even went into Cygwin and tried to > manually start sshd from in there and it's giving me the following error > messages: > > > > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key > > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key > > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key > > Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key > > sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. > > > > When I check in etc, there are files for the host keys but they're empty > now. When I check the sshd log there's a bunch of entries showing that it > matched host keys and then three sets of "no host keys available" at the > bottom of the log (presumably from my last three attempts to start sshd > beginning with the reload). > > > > Can I just run the cywin-sshd-config.sh again on the vm and then run the > gen-node-key again on the management node? It's already been captured > so I'm not sure if that would cause havoc. > > > > Adam > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:03 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: New capture failed atttempting Windows post-load tasks > >> > >> Hi Adam > >> > >> Once you connect to Windows XP using VI client, can you start Cygwin SSH > >> service manually under Control Panel -> Services? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> On Aug 2, 2012, at 15:34 , "Hechler, Adam" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi again, > >>> > >>> So after getting the new sshd-config file this morning, I configured it > >>> and > all > >> seemed good. I then attempted to capture my base image. The capture > itself > >> completed successfully but then I got an error that the reload process > failed > >> right after this: > >>> > >>> 2012-08-02 > >> 12:23:18|21124|124:124|reload|Windows.pm:post_load(583)|beginning > >> Windows post-load tasks on vmwg0-120-57 > >>> > >>> After numerous attempts (about 107) to connect to SSH it finally failed > >> reporting: > >>> > >>> 2012-08-02 > >> > 12:38:35|21124|124:124|reload|Module.pm:code_loop_timeout(767)|waiti > >> ng for vmwg0-120-57 to respond to SSH, code did not return true after > >> waiting 900 seconds > >>> > >>> Since it didn't finish the post-load tasks I was still able to login as > >>> root to > my > >> Windows XP image using the VI Client console. I opened Cygwin and > typed ps > >> -ef looking to see if sshd was running but it's not. The only processes > running > >> are ps, bash and mintty. Should I be able to see if sshd is running using > >> this > >> method of checking. I know about ps -ef from very limited unix > interactions > >> so I thought I'd try it. > >>> > >>> I know that in the past, when sshd didn't start (before capturing into > VCL) I > >> would have to open a cmd prompt and run the rebaseall but it looks like > that > >> cmd file gets deleted during the capture? because it's no longer in > >> C:\cygwin\home\root which is where it used to be. I was thinking I would > >> just try to run that again. > >>> > >>> Any clues? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Adam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >>> Adam Hechler > >>> Senior Analyst /PC Systems Administrator > >>> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > >>> 275 Windsor Street > >>> Hartford, CT 06120 USA > >>> Ph: 860-548-2446 > >>> Email: [email protected] > >>> Web: http://www.ewp.rpi.edu > >>> <image001.jpg> <image002.jpg> <image003.jpg> <image004.png> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Dmitri Chebotarov > >> Virtual Computing Lab Systems Engineer, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging > >> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 > >> Phone: (703) 993-6175 > >> Fax: (703) 993-3404 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Thank you, > > Dmitri Chebotarov > Virtual Computing Lab Systems Engineer, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging > 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 > Phone: (703) 993-6175 > Fax: (703) 993-3404 > > >
