I haven't gotten windows working with the esx.pm provisioning engine
either, but here are a few things to consider. Do you have a public/
private key pair in your /etc/vcl/ directory?
VCL Keys are configured in vcld.conf with lines that look like these:
IDENTITY_blade_linux=/etc/vcl/bladelinuxkey_id_rsa
IDENTITY_solaris_lab=/etc/vcl/solaris_lab.key
IDENTITY_linux_lab=/etc/vcl/linux_lab.key
IDENTITY_blade_win=/etc/vcl/winxp_blade.key
Usually in my installations I create symbolic links in the /etc/vcl/
directory for things like winxp_blade.key pointing to the /root/.ssh/
id_rsa If you did such a thing for winxp_blade.key, the public key
corresponding to /root/.ssh/id_rsa needs to be placed in the windows
vm in your cygwin area which provides windows with SSH. If the
private key is named id_rsa, usually the public key is in the same
directory and named id_rsa.pub
Best,
Brian
Brian Bouterse
Secure Open Systems Initiative
919.698.8796
On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Melba Lopez wrote:
When trying to reserve a newly created xp image, it is unable to
power on.
Going through the logs, I notice a warning of /etc/vcl/
winxp_blade.key file
missing. The instructions on the wiki do not specify this file
anywhere and
was curious if it should. Is there something I missed in imaging
this xp
image?
Here is the log:
Warning: Identity file /etc/vcl/winxp_blade.key not accessible: No
such file
or directory.
2009-04-07 00:04:46|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:04:46
2009-04-07 00:04:58|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:04:58
2009-04-07 00:05:10|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:05:10
2009-04-07 00:05:22|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:05:22
2009-04-07 00:05:34|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:05:34
2009-04-07 00:05:46|16674|166:33|new|vcld:REAPER(770)|setting $? to
0, exit
status: 0
2009-04-07 00:05:46|16674|166:33|new|vcld:REAPER(770)|setting $? to
0, exit
status: 0
2009-04-07 00:05:46|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(258)|adapter=
buslogic
2009-04-07 00:05:46|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:05:46
2009-04-07 00:05:46|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(300)|wrote vmxarray
to
/mnt/vcl/inuse/windowsxp-bl2/esx3-windowsxp-v0.vmx
2009-04-07 00:05:49|16674|166:33|new|vcld:REAPER(770)|setting $? to
0, exit
status: 0
2009-04-07 00:05:49|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(321)|Registered:
|16674|166:33|new| Register of VM 'windowsxp-bl2' successfully
completed
under host esxibl2.preloads.private
2009-04-07 00:05:49|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(330)|Power on
command:
/usr/lib/vmware-viperl/apps/vm/vmcontrol.pl --server
'esxibl2.preloads.private' --vmname windowsxp-bl2 --operation poweron
--username vcl --password 'd834jfhd734jgfhf7'
2009-04-07 00:05:58|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:05:58
2009-04-07 00:05:59|16674|166:33|new|vcld:REAPER(770)|setting $? to
0, exit
status: 0
2009-04-07 00:05:59|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(333)|Powered on: VM
'windowsxp-bl2' can't be powered on
|16674|166:33|new| SOAP Fault:
|16674|166:33|new| -----------
|16674|166:33|new| Fault string: The attempted operation cannot be
performed
in the current state (Powered Off).
|16674|166:33|new| Fault detail: InvalidPowerState=HASH(0xb46f78c)
2009-04-07 00:06:00|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(349)|deviceinfo-
>summary:
VirtualPCNet32=HASH(0xd3e705c)->deviceinfo->summary
2009-04-07 00:06:00|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(350)|virtualswitch0:
Management
2009-04-07 00:06:00|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(349)|deviceinfo-
>summary:
VirtualPCNet32=HASH(0xd388abc)->deviceinfo->summary
2009-04-07 00:06:00|16674|166:33|new|esx.pm:load(350)|virtualswitch0:
Management
2009-04-07 00:06:00|16674|166:33|new|vcld:REAPER(770)|setting $? to
0, exit
status: 0
2009-04-07 00:06:10|31614|vcld:main(166)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2009-04-07 00:06:10
--
Melba Lopez
[email protected]
