Hi Brian, Was this soft link supposed to exist beforehand? if not, should the wiki state to do this step? I created a soft link like you suggested and it fixed that "missing file" error I was seeing, but the vm still won't power on after deployment.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Brian Bouterse <bmbou...@ncsu.edu> wrote: > 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 >> milo...@gmail.com >> > > -- Melba Lopez milo...@gmail.com
