Hi Dan, Thanks for your valuable inputs. It was really helpful.
Regards, Rajshree On 1/19/2014 11:51 AM, Dan Wendlandt wrote:
Hi Rajshree, Your logic below is correct. nova-compute needs write access for the vSphere API, so it is failing when run against a read-only API. Dan ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Rajshree Thorat" <[email protected]> | To: "openstack Users" <[email protected]>, [email protected] | Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 5:26:52 AM | Subject: [Openstack] Does OpenStack supports VMware ESXi 5.5 free Hypervisor Edition? | | Hi All, | | I tried to configure OpenStack Havana to use ESXi 5.5 as a hypervisor. | When nova-compute tries to | launch VM instance, it throws following error. | | 014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 ERROR nova.compute.manager | [req-f1845866-8929-4f99-b219-c7663e2ca5d7 | dc1ab39557d7405ebcf35d98885c8dcd 1d2b0c8ade234ca08bcef380acdeb8b9] | [instance: b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] Error: Server raised | fault: 'Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the | requested operation.' | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] Traceback (most recent call last): | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1037, | in _build_instance | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] set_access_ip=set_access_ip) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1410, | in _spawn | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] LOG.exception(_('Instance | failed to spawn'), instance=instance) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1407, | in _spawn | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] block_device_info) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line | 186, in spawn | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] admin_password, network_info, | block_device_info) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py", line | 261, in spawn | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] _execute_create_vm() | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py", line | 256, in _execute_create_vm | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] config=config_spec, | pool=res_pool_ref) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line | 839, in _call_method | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] return temp_module(*args, | **kwargs) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] File | "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vim.py", line 172, | in vim_request_handler | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] raise | error_util.VimFaultException(fault_list, excep) | 2014-01-16 15:44:25.188 3228 TRACE nova.compute.manager [instance: | b0554b84-d518-443c-947a-63b4d0842a2b] VimFaultException: Server raised | fault: 'Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the | requested operation.' | | | I have installed vSphere Hypervisor (formerly known as VMware ESXi | Single Server or free ESXi) which locked most of the product features of | VMware. | | The nova-compute communicates with ESXi by using vmwareapi(VSphere API). | Access to the vSphere API is governed by the various vSphere Editions | which provides both read and write access to the API. | As per my understanding the vSphere API is available as read-only for | vSphere Hypervisor (free edition of ESXi). | | I think in my case nova-compute unable to launch VM instance as | vmwareapi does not has write access and it throws an error current | license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation. | Or is there any other reason due to which nova-compute unable to launch | instance? | | Please correct me if this assumption is wrong. | | Any ideas, or pointers in the right direction are welcome. | | Regards, | Rajshree | | _______________________________________________ | Mailing list: | https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=%2FGmAC0C4XZyIEAvm3CvAWMRhdLzlce10LeJNK46NsWU%3D%0A&m=TD9KpIzvmtpWZPEXDCDYO3F4iYObdkJkn32DYYTViDs%3D%0A&s=70833f14ed038bc36365c5779f6f29d44cd826840221b860b2ff2b0958c1d04e | Post to : [email protected] | Unsubscribe : | https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=%2FGmAC0C4XZyIEAvm3CvAWMRhdLzlce10LeJNK46NsWU%3D%0A&m=TD9KpIzvmtpWZPEXDCDYO3F4iYObdkJkn32DYYTViDs%3D%0A&s=70833f14ed038bc36365c5779f6f29d44cd826840221b860b2ff2b0958c1d04e |
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