Comments for VMwise http://vmwise.com Info on virtualization among other things Sat, 12 May 2012 15:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by Tommy http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-3021 Tommy Sat, 12 May 2012 15:04:56 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-3021 Never found a solution, finally did a reboot of the ESXi hosts. Things are more normal, but still get disconnected in vCenter. I can at least access from vSphere on another system, which is enough till I can figure this out. Never found a solution, finally did a reboot of the ESXi hosts. Things are more normal, but still get disconnected in vCenter. I can at least access from vSphere on another system, which is enough till I can figure this out.

]]> Comment on SvMotion RDM to VMDK by Scott http://vmwise.com/2012/01/24/svmotion-rdm-to-vmdk/#comment-3000 Scott Wed, 09 May 2012 20:12:27 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=694#comment-3000 I am trying to follow your example here but I can't seem to get it working. I have recently upgraded all my hosts to ESXi 5.0u1 and now want to convert some physical RDMs to VMDKs. It says in the compatitility window, "virtual disk is a mapped direct-access LUN in physical compatibility mode; converting it to a different disk type is not supported for this operation." As I understand in ESXi 5 you could convert physical RDMs to VMDK. I am using the "Advanced" section of the migration wizard still no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks I am trying to follow your example here but I can’t seem to get it working. I have recently upgraded all my hosts to ESXi 5.0u1 and now want to convert some physical RDMs to VMDKs. It says in the compatitility window, “virtual disk is a mapped direct-access LUN in physical compatibility mode; converting it to a different disk type is not supported for this operation.” As I understand in ESXi 5 you could convert physical RDMs to VMDK. I am using the “Advanced” section of the migration wizard still no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by Tommy http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2928 Tommy Wed, 02 May 2012 20:07:57 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2928 No networking has changed. Things have been humming along nicely for months with no modifications. I can still ping both hosts with 1-2ms. 20 processes such as this for vpxa: 43044391 2261423 vpxa /opt/vmware/vpxa/vpx/vpxa Things are getting strange! Now I can't access either host with vSphere from anywhere. I get the error that the host took too long to respond, timed out. I ssh'd in and did an uptime to see if there was any unusual CPU happening and it gives 0 0 0 no matter how often I try it, on both hosts. Should be something! I can still RDP into VMs and they all seem to be running normal. No networking has changed. Things have been humming along nicely for months with no modifications. I can still ping both hosts with 1-2ms.

20 processes such as this for vpxa:
43044391 2261423 vpxa /opt/vmware/vpxa/vpx/vpxa

Things are getting strange!

Now I can’t access either host with vSphere from anywhere. I get the error that the host took too long to respond, timed out.

I ssh’d in and did an uptime to see if there was any unusual CPU happening and it gives 0 0 0 no matter how often I try it, on both hosts. Should be something!

I can still RDP into VMs and they all seem to be running normal.

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by KjB http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2927 KjB Wed, 02 May 2012 19:52:04 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2927 From your vCenter, if you can not open a connection to the ESX host directly using the client, then there may be some networking problems in the mix. have any IPs or names changed? From your vCenter, if you can not open a connection to the ESX host directly using the client, then there may be some networking problems in the mix. have any IPs or names changed?

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by Tommy http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2926 Tommy Wed, 02 May 2012 18:33:25 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2926 I am able to use vSphere from another system and connect to either of the ESXi hosts. I am able to use vSphere from another system and connect to either of the ESXi hosts.

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by Tommy http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2925 Tommy Wed, 02 May 2012 18:23:01 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2925 Ping rate is: 2ms, they are all on the same subnet. Both ESXi hosts have their own storage, both of which state "Normal". I can't find out much more about them as they are in the disconnected state. Both have been fine until sometime this morning when I checked and both were disconnected. vCenter is also saying: Configuration Issues; Cannont synchronize host 'myhost'. Operation timed out. The "configuration issues" caught my eye. Can something be misconfigured? Tks! Ping rate is: 2ms, they are all on the same subnet.

Both ESXi hosts have their own storage, both of which state “Normal”.

I can’t find out much more about them as they are in the disconnected state.

Both have been fine until sometime this morning when I checked and both were disconnected.

vCenter is also saying: Configuration Issues; Cannont synchronize host ‘myhost’. Operation timed out.

The “configuration issues” caught my eye. Can something be misconfigured?

Tks!

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by KjB http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2923 KjB Wed, 02 May 2012 18:13:02 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2923 Make sure you're able to connect to your ESXi host from your vCenter host, and that the latency is low. If pings have a short RTT, then make sure your hosts are not having trouble connecting to storage. The vpx agent is low priority as opposed to managing storage connections, which is another typical reason for the disconnection from vCenter. Once that is corrected, a reconnect should be fairly quick. -KjB Make sure you’re able to connect to your ESXi host from your vCenter host, and that the latency is low. If pings have a short RTT, then make sure your hosts are not having trouble connecting to storage. The vpx agent is low priority as opposed to managing storage connections, which is another typical reason for the disconnection from vCenter. Once that is corrected, a reconnect should be fairly quick.

-KjB

]]> Comment on When a Reconnect is Not Enough by Tommy http://vmwise.com/2011/03/21/when-a-reconnect-is-not-enough/#comment-2922 Tommy Wed, 02 May 2012 17:34:54 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=424#comment-2922 I hope this topic is still open. I checked vCenter today and both ESXi 4.1 hosts were disconnected. When I run the deluser command it gave: userdel: can't find vpxuser in /etc/group userdel: can't find vpxuser in /etc/gshadow I ran the uninstall commands, all went well it seems, though I couldn't interpret all of the output. In reconnecting, it prompts me for the login credentials, which I give, and it takes a while before giving me an error: "Request timed out". I completely removed one host and tried to readd, same error: "Request timed out". I'm lost at this point. Tks for any help on this. ~ Tom I hope this topic is still open.

I checked vCenter today and both ESXi 4.1 hosts were disconnected.
When I run the deluser command it gave:
userdel: can’t find vpxuser in /etc/group
userdel: can’t find vpxuser in /etc/gshadow

I ran the uninstall commands, all went well it seems, though I couldn’t interpret all of the output.

In reconnecting, it prompts me for the login credentials, which I give, and it takes a while before giving me an error: “Request timed out”.

I completely removed one host and tried to readd, same error: “Request timed out”.

I’m lost at this point.

Tks for any help on this.

~ Tom

]]> Comment on View Event Database configuration error by John Hurst http://vmwise.com/2011/11/18/view-event-database-configuration-error/#comment-2910 John Hurst Tue, 01 May 2012 02:05:26 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=658#comment-2910 BAM! is right thanks buddy!! BAM! is right

thanks buddy!!

]]> Comment on HP C7000 iLO user add by KjB http://vmwise.com/2011/04/12/hp-c7000-ilo-user-add/#comment-2866 KjB Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:12:37 +0000 http://vmwise.com/?p=475#comment-2866 There's typically a status after the results. Did the user get created? -KjB There’s typically a status after the results. Did the user get created?

-KjB

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