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You're hitting a bug in 2.2.1. If you go to Manage Computers->Computer Utilities, you can set the VM to the available state successfully. Josh On Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:27:21 PM Michael Jinks wrote: > Hi List. > > I'm still trying to capture my first image and I'm confused. > > I'm following these instructions: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/create-a-linux-base-image.html > > I have a VM running on my ESX server, named "vcl-linux-template-1". > > It's entered in the database as a machine. When I perform that step, > the UI will only allow me to submit the image if it's set to state > "maintenance", which matches what the docs tell me to do, so that seems > fine. > > But, when I run vcld -setup, I get an error: > > [...] > Enter the hostname or IP address of the computer to be captured: ('c' > to cancel): vcl-linux-template-1 > > Computer to be captured: vcl-linux-template-1 (ID: 5) > Provisioning module: provisioning_vmware > Install type: vmware > > ERROR: state of vcl-linux-template-1 is maintenance > > Hm, okay. So I went back to the VCL UI, and tried to set the VM state > to something else, only other option in the dropdown is "available", but > if I try to submit that I get the same error message as before: "Virtual > machines can only be added in the maintenance state." > > What am I missing? > > -- > Michael Jinks :: mji...@uchicago.edu :: 773-469-9688 > University of Chicago IT Services - -- - ------------------------------- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk/aL3QACgkQV/LQcNdtPQP4XACfeqS7FrtqFfj9+owduoyJUFDc rtAAn2WI7HSkOIyQQs9yWXOodh7Uj3jI =+y18 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
