Hello,
Welcome! You do not need the vSphere SDK and you don't need to
configure the username/password in the profile. All that is required
is that the management node is able to SSH without a password to both
the VM host and VM. It looks like this is working.
I don't think the problem has to do with your VCL configuration but
seems to be related to VMware. I can't recall seeing the Failed to
login: vim.fault.NoPermission error before and was not able to
reproduce it. Can you log in to the VMware web console as root? If
you can login, select the VM host in the Inventory pane and look at
the Permissions tab. Does root have the Administrator role?
Did you install any other VMware products except VMware Server 2.0? I
have seen conflicts before when the vSphere SDK or VIX API was
installed over VMware Server.
At any rate, you'll need to be able to manually run the vmware-vim-cmd
commands before attempting to capture the image with VCL again. When
logged in to the management node shell, do either of these commands
work?:
vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/datastore/listsummary
ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key alpha-vcl 'vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/datastore/listsummary'
If neither works, try restarting the vmware service. If the commands
still don't work, try rerunning vmware-config.pl.
-Andy
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:10 PM, B Hartlieb har...@rpi.edu wrote:
Hi All,
Being a newbie, I need some help in capturing my first Base Image.
I have VMware Server 2.0, with a free license, installed on the same RHEL
5.8 hardware as my Management Node. I am not using the vSphere_SDK software.
I am only using SSH. I believe that, I do not need the SDK in this
situation. Is that true? My guest OS (winXP) is running, and I seem to be
able to ssh to the guest with out a password. I tried my VM Host Profile
with and without a password.
VM Host Profile
Select a profile to configure:
Name: VMware Server 2.x - local storage
Type: vmware
Image: no image
Repository Path: /vms/repository
Data Store Path: /vms/datastore1
VM Path: (empty)
Virtual Switch 0: HostOnly
Virtual Switch 1: Bridged
VM Disk: localdisk
Generate eth0 MAC: No
Generate eth1 MAC: No
Username: root
Password: *
Confirm: * match
Yet, VIM_SSH.pm it seems to be throwing a failed to login error. Which I
think is my first major error message. I am assuming at this point, that
vmi_ssh is trying to sign into the VMware Server.
16:05:55|3559|12:12|image|VIM_SSH.pm:_get_datastore_info(490)|unable to
determine datastore names, unexpected output returned, VIM command
arguments: 'hostsvc/datastore/listsummary', output:
|3559|12:12|image| Failed to login: vim.fault.NoPermission
Any ideas, anyone?
If I do need the vSphere_SDK for perl, what version do I need for VMware
Server 2.0?
A more complete log follows.
Thanks,
/Brian
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Brian Hartlieb
System Administrator
TIS - Rensselaer at Hartford
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
(860) 548-5459
har...@rpi.edu
[root@alpha-vcl ~]# ssh -o CheckHostIP=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o
BatchMode=no -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key 10.5.120.11
Warning: Permanently added '10.5.120.11' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Last login: Mon Apr 9 16:02:39 2012 from 10.5.120.1
root@winxp3 ~
$ exit
logout
Connection to 10.5.120.11 closed.
[root@alpha-vcl ~]# ssh 10.5.120.11
Warning: Permanently added '10.5.120.11' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
[root@alpha-vcl ~]#
[root@alpha-vcl ~]# /usr/local/vcl/bin/vcld -setup
VCL Management Node Setup
Select a module to configure:
1. VCL Base Module
2. VCL Image State Module
3. Windows OS Module
[vcld]
Make a selection (1-3, 'c' to cancel): 2
Choose an operation:
1. Capture Base Image
[vcld/Image]
Make a selection (1, 'c' to cancel): 1
Enter the VCL login name or ID of the user who will own the image: [admin]:
User who will own the image: admin (ID: 1)
Enter the hostname or IP address of the computer to be captured: ('c' to
cancel): 10.5.120.11
Computer to be captured: vmguest-1 (ID: 2)
Provisioning module: provisioning_vmware
Install type: vmware
Select the OS to be captured (install type: vmware):
1. Generic Linux (VMware)
2. Windows 2003 Server (VMware)
3. Windows 7 (VMware)
4. Windows Server 2008 (VMware)
5. Windows Vista (VMware)
6. Windows XP (VMware)
[vcld/Image/Capture Base Image]
Make a selection (1-6, 'c' to cancel): 6
Selected OS: Windows XP (VMware)
Image architecture:
1. x86
2. x86_64
[vcld/Image/Capture Base Image]
Make a selection (1-2, 'c' to cancel): 1
Image architecture: x86
Use Sysprep:
1. Yes
2. No
[vcld/Image/Capture Base Image]
Make a selection (1-2,
