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Andy Kurth updated VCL-977:
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> VMware may fail to register VM if existing invalid VM is registered
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> Key: VCL-977
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-977
> Project: VCL
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: vcld (backend)
> Affects Versions: 2.4.2
> Reporter: Andy Kurth
> Fix For: 2.5
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> Attachments: invalid.png
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> Under some circumstances a VM may become _invalid_. It looks like this:
> VCL will fail to load a VM if an _invalid_ VM exists on the host that is
> using the same .vmx file path as the new VM. As you can see in the image,
> there are 3 _invalid_ VMs all using the same computer, _vi1-154_. Each VM
> had been loaded with a different image revision. If you attempt to load the
> same VM with any of the same revisions, the VMware host would not allow the
> new VM to be registered because it finds the existing _invalid_ VM using the
> same .vmx path. The following appears in *vcld.log*:
> {noformat}
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| ---- WARNING ----
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| 2016-07-27
> 11:35:17VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265|attempt 1/5: failed to execute command on
> VM host blade1a5-3: vim-cmd solo/registervm
> "/vmfs/volumes/local/vi1-154_3705-v6/vi1-154_3705-v6.vmx", exit status: 1,
> output:
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (vim.fault.AlreadyExists) {
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| name = "135",
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| msg = "The specified key, name, or identifier
> '135' already exists."
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| }
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| ( 0) VIM_SSH.pm, _run_vim_cmd (line: 265)
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (-1) VIM_SSH.pm, vm_register (line: 1417)
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (-2) VMware.pm, load (line: 548)
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (-3) new.pm, reload_image (line: 634)
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (-4) new.pm, process (line: 277)
> VIM_SSH.pm:_run_vim_cmd|265| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 587)
> {noformat}
> The code is not detecting the existing _invalid_ VM because it is ignoring
> the _Skipping invalid VM_ lines returned from {{vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms}}:
> {noformat}
> blade1a5-3:~ $ vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
> Skipping invalid VM '142'
> Skipping invalid VM '148'
> Skipping invalid VM '149'
> Vmid Name File
> Guest OS Version Annotation
> 162 vi1-152:win7-ISE716Test-3796-v3 (shared) [local]
> vi1-152_3796-v3/vi1-152_3796-v3.vmx windows7_64Guest vmx-07
> {noformat}
> The invalid VMs can be unregistered via {{vim-cmd vmsvc/unregister}}. The
> code could be updated to try to unregister _invalid_ VMs if it fails to
> register a .vmx file.
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