Hi Josh, Thanks for this info. I did not have entries for the VMs to use for reservations. I used the multiple computers option and created a range of VM slots. I looked closer at the VM Host profile and instructions link and am using the last option "Network Storage Only - No Repository". I am unsure however regarding the vmpath settings. It shows that a shared datastore can be used for the images but that each host should have its own vmpath. I am not sure how this is possible with a single VCL VM Host profile applied to my vCenter host. In any case the description about vmpath says that If not configured, the Virtual Disk Path location will be used.
I'm going to run through the reservation again, now that I have entries for the VM slots entered and see if there is any difference. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Josh Thompson <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Unable to make reservations Hi Ariel, All VMs that will be managed by VCL need to have an entry created for them in Computer Profiles. They don't need to actually exist on the VM hosts. VCL will take care of creating the actual VMs. VCL needs all of the profiles created for how it schedules reservations. They can be thought of as slots that can be reserved. To aid in adding all of the VM entries, there is a drop down at the top of the dialog displayed when clicking on Add New Computer that allows multiple computers to be added at once. The reason for the failure is that VCL couldn't find the image files for the image. It's looking for vmwarewin10-T1018-v0. I'm guessing the VM Host Profile assigned to your VM host doesn't have one of the paths configured correctly (Resource Path, Repository Path, Virtual Disk Path, or VM Working Directory Path). More information on each of those paths can be found here: https://vcl.apache.org/docs/vmwareconfiguration Josh On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 6:35:55 PM EDT MARTINEZ, ARIEL wrote: > Thanks Josh, > > The VM was indeed in a failed state. After making it available, I was > able to monitor and captured the attached log showing the failure. > > I don't know if I missed steps but I thought that the computer that > gets added into VCL was for imaging and that subsequent reservations > would spin up new vms. From the log, it looks like it is trying to SSH > into the imaging computer and fails. > > Thanks. > > ________________________________________ > From: Josh Thompson <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 5:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Unable to make reservations > > WARNING: This email originated outside the Hostos campus. Do not click > links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the > content is safe. Never provide login credentials, financial or > sensitive details in response to an email or by clicking on a link. Report > suspicious emails to: > [email protected] > > > Hi Ariel, > > The first thing to check would be the state of the VM. If it was left > in a failed state, VCL won't consider it as available for being > reserved. You can check that under Manage->Manage Computers->Edit Computer > Profiles. > Expand the filters and add State to the columns that are displayed. > If it is failed, you can just edit the VM to change it to available. > > Josh > > On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 5:18:12 PM EDT MARTINEZ, ARIEL wrote: > > When I log in to make a reservation, I get the error "There are no > > available times that the selected image can be used." Just prior to > > this, a reservation was made but it failed to provision for the user > > and eventually expired. Now I am trying to go through the logs to > > see why it failed, but I cannot reserve it again to troubleshoot. > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks. > > > > ________________________________ > > This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an > > intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. > > Eco-Tip: Think green before you print. > > -- > ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > my GPG/PGP key can be found on pool.sks-keyservers.net > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -- ------------------------------- Josh Thompson Systems Programmer Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at www.keyserver.net All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
