Re: ESXi host, local disk

Aaron Peeler Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:56:57 -0700

For the VCL2.1 version, this will have to be done manually. The webfront-end assumes that xcat provisioning will install the blade with thehypervisor and place the server into vmhostinuse state.


manually change the stateid to 20 for the computer
update computer set stateid=20 where computerid=1;

I think we are planning or have scheduled a fix in the next release forputting standalone vmware/hypervisor servers into vmostinuse state.


Aaron


On 6/4/10 5:11 PM, My LinuxHAList wrote:

Thanks Andy for the input.

Thanks for the idea. Also, I've got an issue where my ESXi host can't
be switched to the state of "vmhostinuse".
I was advised that ESXi host needs to be in "vmhostinuse" state.
However, I can't switch it to the vmhostinuse state from the web
interface. It would go through fine; but the when I re-checked then it
switches back to "available" state again.

They were labeled "Warning" in the logs -- if it's considered a
"must", the label "Critical" could be more effective in conveying the
message.

Could someone lend a hand in troubleshooting why my ESXi host
(computer.id=1) can't be switched to vmhostinuse state ?

Below are my tables:
mysql>  select * from computer;
+----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+
| id | stateid | ownerid | platformid | scheduleid | currentimageid |
preferredimageid | nextimageid | imagerevisionid | RAM  | procnumber |
procspeed | network | hostname              | IPaddress      |
privateIPaddress | eth0macaddress | eth1macaddress | type           |
provisioningid | drivetype | deleted | notes | lastcheck | location |
dsa  | dsapub | rsa  | rsapub | host | hostpub | vmhostid | vmtypeid |
+----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+
|  1 |       2 |       1 |          1 |          1 |              4 |
               0 |           0 |               0 | 4096 |          2 |
     3200 |     100 | vmnode2.local         | 192.168.88.5   | NULL
         | NULL           | NULL           | blade          |
    4 | hda       |       0 | NULL  | NULL      | NULL     | NULL |
NULL   | NULL | NULL   | NULL | NULL    |     NULL |     NULL |
|  2 |       2 |       1 |          1 |          1 |              4 |
               0 |           0 |               0 |  512 |          1 |
     3200 |     100 | vmwarelinux-base10-v1 | 192.168.88.253 | NULL
         | NULL           | NULL           | virtualmachine |
    4 | hda       |       0 |       | NULL      | NULL     | NULL |
NULL   | NULL | NULL   | NULL | NULL    |        1 |     NULL |
+----+---------+---------+------------+------------+----------------+------------------+-------------+-----------------+------+------------+-----------+---------+-----------------------+----------------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+------+--------+------+--------+------+---------+----------+----------+

mysql>  select * from vmhost;
+----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| id | computerid | vmlimit | vmprofileid | vmkernalnic | vmwaredisk  |
+----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|  1 |          1 |       5 |           6 | NULL        | networkdisk |
+----+------------+---------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
+----+-------------------------------------------+----------+---------+----------+----------------------------------+------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+-------------+----------+----------------+
| id | profilename                               | vmtypeid | imageid
| nasshare | datastorepath                    | vmpath
| virtualswitch0 | virtualswitch1                 | vmdisk      |
username | password       |
+----+-------------------------------------------+----------+---------+----------+----------------------------------+------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+-------------+----------+----------------+
|  1 | VMware GSX standard                       |        3 |       8
| NULL     | /var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines | NULL
| VMnet0         | VMnet2                         | localdisk   | NULL
     | NULL           |
|  2 | Vmware ESX standard network mounted share |        5 |       9
| NULL     | /vmfs/volumes/nfs1               | /vmfs/volumes/storage1
| VM Network     | Virtual Machine Public Network | networkdisk | NULL
     | NULL           |
|  3 | Vmware ESX standard localdisk             |        5 |       9
| NULL     | /vmfs/volumes/storage1           | NULL
| VM Network     | Virtual Machine Public Network | localdisk   | NULL
     | NULL           |
|  4 | Vmware ESX SAN                            |        5 |       9
| NULL     | /vmfs/volumes/NetApp             | /vmfs/volumes/storage1
| Intranet2      | MCNC Public                    | networkdisk | NULL
     | NULL           |
|  6 | MyESXiNode                                |        6 |       4
| NULL     | 192.168.88.4:/export/nfsstore    | /vmfs/volumes/nfsstore
| VM Network     | Virtual Machine Network        | localdisk   | root
     | NOTMYPASSWORD |
+----+-------------------------------------------+----------+---------+----------+----------------------------------+------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+-------------+----------+----------------+

Thanks

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Andy Kurth<andy_ku...@ncsu.edu>  wrote:

No, the management node must be able to login to the VM via SSH during
capture.  If this isn't working, then SSH also won't be working when the
image is loaded and reservations will fail.  The management node must be
able to SSH into the loaded image to configure several things such as adding
the user account, checking for a user connection, etc.

It looks like SSH is working from the management node to the VM host. You'll
need to get it working to the VM before proceeding.  Your log output shows
the VM computer name configured in the VCL database as
'vmwarelinux-base10-v1' matching the image name.  This is a bit odd. You
probably will want to come up with a VM naming scheme and change the name of
your VM computer first to avoid confusion.  You should be able to do this
via Manage Computers ->  Edit Computer Information.  Change the name of the
vmwarelinux-base10-v1 computer to something like vm-1.

The private IP address of the VM needs to be in /etc/hosts on the management
node so that the hostname vm-1 resolves to its private address.  You should
be able to run "ping vm-1".

Next, get SSH working from the management node to vm-1.  The following
command should work:
ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key -l root -p 22 -x vm-1

Once SSH is working, shut down the VM and save a copy of it for safety.
  Power it back on and attempt the VCL image capture process again.

Hope this helps,
Andy


My LinuxHAList wrote:

Ryan, thanks for the input and helpful discussion. I had a similar
discussion with another helpful user on the topic.

I think the management node was going to ssh into the vm machine to
set ethernet to dhcpd, configure the sshd, shut it down, de-register
it from vmware, etc.

My original intention is that if I've properly setup the image; set
ethernet to dhcpd, etc., then this would obviate the needs for the
management node to login (and thus safely ignore the warnings).

By having done what the management node going to do and put it in the
image, will I be able to skip the step of having the management node
to login to the image ?

The process did copy over:
./golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmx
./golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmdk
./golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk

Thanks

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Ryan Johnson<rjoh...@gwmail.gwu.edu>
wrote:

I don't think you are quite there yet.  VCL needs to be able to ssh into
the
image to perform some configuration.  I am pretty sure the VM you are
trying
to capture an image of needs to be registered with the host and powered
on.
  From the looks of the error below, the VM may not have been registered
with
the host.  Or perhaps the Image you are trying to capture is a registered
VM, but its name does not match the virtual machine VCL is looking for.

2010-06-01 13:52:28|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(661)|Powered off:
Virtual Machine vmwarelinux-base10-v1 not found.

I real issue again has to do with this error where VCL is unable to SSH
into
the VM.

|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6252)|attempt 1/3:
failed to execute SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1: echo
vmwarelinux-base10-v1>  /root/currentimage.txt, exit status: 255, SSH
exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
error occurred, output:
|13095|1:10|image| ssh output (echo vmwar...): ssh:
vmwarelinux-base10-v1: Name or service not known
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, run_ssh_command (line: 6252)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) esx.pm, capture (line: 650)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 341)

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:55 PM, My LinuxHAList
<mylinuxhal...@gmail.com>wrote:

I went ahead to switch it to NFS (helpful users have suggested it to
me as work-arounds).
I hope that I'm done with my initial image (given the logs entries, I
think I'm done with the initial image creation - please point out if
I'm wrong).

This message might be more appropriate to vcl-user.

===========================================================
OUTPUT for vcld run on 2010-06-01 13:50:35
===========================================================
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|vcld:main(116)|vcld environment variable set
to 1 for this process
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7901)|renamed
process to 'vcld vcld'
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|utils.pm:
get_management_node_info(6815)|management
node info retrieved from database for managementnode
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|vcld:main(127)|retrieved management node
information from database
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|vcld:main(140)|management_node_id
environment variable set: 1
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|vcld:main(148)|management node checkin
interval is 5 seconds
2010-06-01 13:50:35|13091|vcld:main(149)|vcld started on
managementnode.local
2010-06-01 13:50:40|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:50:40
2010-06-01 13:50:45|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:50:45
2010-06-01 13:50:50|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:50:50
2010-06-01 13:50:55|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:50:55
2010-06-01 13:51:00|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:00
2010-06-01 13:51:05|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:05
2010-06-01 13:51:10|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:10
2010-06-01 13:51:15|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:15
2010-06-01 13:51:20|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:20
2010-06-01 13:51:25|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:25
2010-06-01 13:51:30|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:30
2010-06-01 13:51:35|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:35
2010-06-01 13:51:40|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:40
2010-06-01 13:51:45|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:45
2010-06-01 13:51:50|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:50
2010-06-01 13:51:55|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:51:55
2010-06-01 13:52:00|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:00
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:05
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
reservation_being_processed(9634)|computerloadlog
'begin' entry does NOT exist for reservation 10
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
reservation_being_processed(9686)|reservation
is NOT currently being processed
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|vcld:main(276)|reservation 10 is
NOT already being processed

|13091|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13091|1:10|image| 2010-06-01

13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:get_request_info(5218)|preferredimageid
is not set for computer id=2
|13091|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13091|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, get_request_info (line: 5218)
|13091|1:10|image| (-2) vcld, main (line: 280)

2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
get_request_info(5354)|standalone
affiliation found: Local
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
get_management_node_info(6815)|management
node info retrieved from database for managementnode
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|vcld:main(281)|retrieved request
information from database
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
get_management_node_info(6815)|management
node info retrieved from database for managementnode
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:is_parent_reservation(854)|returning
true: parent reservation ID for this request: 10
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:
update_request_state(2186)|request
1 state updated to: pending, laststate to: image
2010-06-01
13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|utils.pm:insertloadlog(4710)|inserted
computer=2, begin, beginning to process, state is image
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|vcld:make_new_child(509)|loaded
VCL::image module
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|vcld:make_new_child(582)|vcld
environment variable set to 0 for this process
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13091|1:10|image|vcld:make_new_child(566)|current
number of forked kids: 1
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(132)|constructor
called, class=VCL::image
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(154)|VCL::image
object created
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(85)|obtained
a database handle for this state process, stored as $ENV{dbh}
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:check_image_os(839)|no
corrections need to be made to image OS: vmwarelinux
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:is_parent_reservation(854)|returning
true: parent reservation ID for this request: 10
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
rename_vcld_process(7863)|reservation
count: 1
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
rename_vcld_process(7882)|PARENTIMAGE:
1
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
rename_vcld_process(7883)|SUBIMAGE:
0
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
rename_vcld_process(7901)|renamed
process to 'vcld VCL::image 1:10 image imaging'
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:is_parent_reservation(854)|returning
true: parent reservation ID for this request: 10
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:is_parent_reservation(854)|returning
true: parent reservation ID for this request: 10
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(121)|attempting
to load provisioning module: VCL::Module::Provisioning::esx
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:initialize(138)|esx vmware
toolkit root path found: /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:initialize(140)|vmware ESX
module initialized
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(127)|VCL::Module::Provisioning::esx
module loaded
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(132)|constructor
called, class=VCL::Module::Provisioning::esx
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(154)|VCL::Module::Provisioning::esx
object created
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:initialize(138)|esx vmware
toolkit root path found: /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:initialize(140)|vmware ESX
module initialized
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(131)|VCL::Module::Provisioning::esx
provisioner object created
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(145)|attempting
to load OS module: VCL::Module::OS::Linux
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(151)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux
module loaded
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(132)|constructor
called, class=VCL::Module::OS::Linux
2010-06-01
13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|Module.pm:new(154)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux
object created
2010-06-01

13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(154)|VCL::Module::OS::Linux
OS object created
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|State.pm:initialize(169)|returning
1
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|vcld:make_new_child(593)|VCL::image
object created and initialized
No recipient addresses found in header
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:mail(1348)|SUCCESS --
Sending mail To: , VCL IMAGE Creation Started: vmwarelinux-base10-v1
2010-06-01 13:52:05|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'ls -1 /export/nfsstore/golden 2>&1' 2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")

|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:does_image_exist(926)|image
/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1 does NOT exists
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) esx.pm, does_image_exist (line: 926)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) image.pm, process (line: 135)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 341)

2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|image.pm:process(145)|image
vmwarelinux-base10-v1 does not exist in the repository
2010-06-01
13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(697)|data
structure updated:
$self->request_data->{reservation}{10}{image}{lastupdate}
|13095|1:10|image| image_lastupdate = 2010-06-01 13:52:07
2010-06-01
13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|DataStructure.pm:_automethod(697)|data
structure updated:
$self->request_data->{reservation}{10}{imagerevision}{datecreated}
|13095|1:10|image| imagerevision_date_created = 2010-06-01 13:52:07
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|image.pm:process(161)|calling
provisioning module's capture() subroutine
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:
capture(593)|**********************************************************
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(594)|Entering ESX
Capture routine
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'ls -1 /export/nfsstore/inuse/vmwarelinux-base10-v1 2>&1'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1.nvram
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmdk
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmsd
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmx
|13095|1:10|image| vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmxf
|13095|1:10|image| vmware.log
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0,
"vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmd...")
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(646)|found
previous name= vmwarelinux-base10-v1
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(648)|SSHing to
node to configure currentimage.txt
2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
vmwarelinux-base10-v1 'echo vmwarelinux-base10-v1>
/root/currentimage.txt' 2>&1

|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6252)|attempt 1/3:
failed to execute SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1: echo
vmwarelinux-base10-v1>  /root/currentimage.txt, exit status: 255, SSH
exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
error occurred, output:
|13095|1:10|image| ssh output (echo vmwar...): ssh:
vmwarelinux-base10-v1: Name or service not known
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, run_ssh_command (line: 6252)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) esx.pm, capture (line: 650)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 341)

2010-06-01 13:52:07|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6172)|sleeping
for 2 seconds before making next SSH attempt
2010-06-01 13:52:09|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6184)|attempt
2/3: executing SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
vmwarelinux-base10-v1 'echo vmwarelinux-base10-v1>
/root/currentimage.txt' 2>&1

|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:09|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6252)|attempt 2/3:
failed to execute SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1: echo
vmwarelinux-base10-v1>  /root/currentimage.txt, exit status: 255, SSH
exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
error occurred, output:
|13095|1:10|image| ssh output (echo vmwar...): ssh:
vmwarelinux-base10-v1: Name or service not known
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, run_ssh_command (line: 6252)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) esx.pm, capture (line: 650)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 341)

2010-06-01 13:52:09|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6172)|sleeping
for 15 seconds before making next SSH attempt
2010-06-01 13:52:10|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:10
2010-06-01 13:52:15|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:15
2010-06-01 13:52:20|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:20
2010-06-01 13:52:24|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6184)|attempt
3/3: executing SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
vmwarelinux-base10-v1 'echo vmwarelinux-base10-v1>
/root/currentimage.txt' 2>&1

|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:24|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6252)|attempt 3/3:
failed to execute SSH command on vmwarelinux-base10-v1: echo
vmwarelinux-base10-v1>  /root/currentimage.txt, exit status: 255, SSH
exits with the exit status of the remote command or with 255 if an
error occurred, output:
|13095|1:10|image| ssh output (echo vmwar...): ssh:
vmwarelinux-base10-v1: Name or service not known
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, run_ssh_command (line: 6252)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) esx.pm, capture (line: 650)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 341)


|13095|1:10|image| ---- WARNING ----
|13095|1:10|image| 2010-06-01
13:52:24|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6285)|failed to run
SSH command after 3 attempts, command: /usr/bin/ssh -i
/etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x vmwarelinux-base10-v1 'echo
vmwarelinux-base10-v1>  /root/currentimage.txt' 2>&1, exit status:
255, output:
|13095|1:10|image| ssh output (echo vmwar...): ssh:
vmwarelinux-base10-v1: Name or service not known
|13095|1:10|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
|13095|1:10|image| (-1) utils.pm, run_ssh_command (line: 6285)
|13095|1:10|image| (-2) esx.pm, capture (line: 650)
|13095|1:10|image| (-3) image.pm, process (line: 162)
|13095|1:10|image| (-4) vcld, make_new_child (line: 596)
|13095|1:10|image| (-5) vcld, main (line: 341)

2010-06-01 13:52:24|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(658)|Power off
command: /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/vm/vmcontrol.pl --server 'vmnode2'
--vmname vmwarelinux-base10-v1 --operation poweroff --username root
--password 'notmypassword'
2010-06-01 13:52:25|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:25
2010-06-01 13:52:28|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(661)|Powered off:
Virtual Machine vmwarelinux-base10-v1 not found.
2010-06-01 13:52:28|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(663)|Waiting 5
seconds for power off
2010-06-01 13:52:30|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:30
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'mkdir /export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'cp
/export/nfsstore/inuse/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmdk

/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmdk'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(679)|COPIED VMDK
SUCCESSFULLY
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'cp
/export/nfsstore/inuse/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmx
/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmx'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(688)|COPIED VMX
SUCCESSFULLY
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(691)|Rewriting
VMDK and VMX files with new image name
2010-06-01 13:52:33|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'sed -i "s/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/"
/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmx'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'sed -i "s/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/"

/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1.vmdk'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6262)|run_ssh_command
output:
|13095|1:10|image| none
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6276)|SSH
command executed on 192.168.88.4, returning (0, "none")
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(705)|Preparing to
ssh to 192.168.88.4 copy vmdk-flat from


/export/nfsstore/inuse/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk
to

/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|esx.pm:capture(706)|SSHing to
copy vmdk-flat file
2010-06-01 13:52:34|13095|1:10|image|utils.pm:
run_ssh_command(6180)|executing
SSH command on 192.168.88.4:
|13095|1:10|image| /usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key  -l root -p 22 -x
192.168.88.4 'cp


/export/nfsstore/inuse/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk


/export/nfsstore/golden/vmwarelinux-base10-v1/vmwarelinux-base10-v1-flat.vmdk'
2>&1
2010-06-01 13:52:35|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:35
2010-06-01 13:52:40|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:40
2010-06-01 13:52:45|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:45
2010-06-01 13:52:50|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:50
2010-06-01 13:52:55|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:52:55
2010-06-01 13:53:00|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:00
2010-06-01 13:53:05|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:05
2010-06-01 13:53:10|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:10
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:15
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:20
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:25
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:30
2010-06-01 13:53:35|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:35
2010-06-01 13:53:40|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:40
2010-06-01 13:53:45|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:45
2010-06-01 13:53:50|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:50
2010-06-01 13:53:55|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:53:55
2010-06-01 13:54:00|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:00
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:05
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:10
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:16
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management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:21
2010-06-01 13:54:26|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:26
2010-06-01 13:54:31|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:31
2010-06-01 13:54:36|13091|vcld:main(165)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2010-06-01 13:54:36


On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Ryan Johnson<rjoh...@gwmail.gwu.edu>
wrote:

SSH is disabled by default on the ESXi host and is 'unsupported' by

Vmware.

  I've noticed this behavior as well, where the command succeeds but it
is
not reflected in the return code.  You can enable SSH by going to the

ESXi

console.  If you go the NFS route make sure to use the address of the
NFS

on

the exporting computer rather than address of the mount of the ESXi
host

or

you will run into the same problems if SSH is not enabled.  The idea
that
the VCL developers have expressed is that using an NFS setup
distributes

the

workload among multiple drives which improves performance.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:21 PM, My LinuxHAList
<mylinuxhal...@gmail.com
wrote:

Replying to my own thread:

(2) Any updates from an old issue:

http://www.mail-archive.com/vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org/msg00900.html

  The target is ESXi 3.5 host.

To get familiarity of the software, I've been using ESXi 3.5 local
disk storage; so I specify the datastore to be ESXi's IP:/PATH.

Hence, during image capture phase, the ssh commands seem to be going
off to the ESXi host.
The command seems to succeed all the time; however the return code is
mostly 255 and sometimes 0.
It's weird because I'm certain that commands being sent were
successful; I reproduced it manually the weird behavior
( similar to
http://www.mail-archive.com/vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org/msg00900.html
)

I take that this is an sshd oddity on ESXi host.

I saw entries of "localdisk" or "networkdisk" on vmprofile. Not sure
how they are used.

Is the setup of ESXi with local disk considered to be a supported
option

If so, how would I get around the sshd oddity for the ESXi's
IP:/DATASTOREPATH issues during image capture ? Or I should do things
differently for localdisk.

I'll switch to NFS so that I can move forward.

I wish to get some understanding on potentially what I did wrong or
what I did was simply an "unsupported" setup.

Thanks again.



--

Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu
919-513-4571

Re: ESXi host, local disk

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