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Failed to Created Provider vDC in VMware vCloud Director

wsellers — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:20:46 +0000

Last week I was having problems creating a Provider vDC in VMware’s vCloud Director… Here’s the error I was getting

Even though the installation was followed step-by-step from documentation, I was still getting this error… After working with VMware Cloud Technical Support, we were able to resolve the issue. The problem is that when I initially named the VCD System Name I gave it the “exact” name of the VM guest running VCD.

The VCD Installed ran fine — and the installation was successful, — with the exception of errors when creating Provider vCD’s.

So, when you are naming your vCD, give it a unique name—- that will never conflict with the name of a VM guest that exists — or would ever exist…

I will post an update here— once the VMware KB article is created and published.

Happy vClouding,
Will

Linux: Extending “root” partiton with LVM

wsellers — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:11:24 +0000

Here’s a handy PDF, showing a step-by-step procedure for resizing the “/” root partition on a Linux VM guest. Please note, that the guest was running a Red Hat based OS.

http://www.lavmug.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Resize-root-partition-with-LVM.pdf

Thanks,
Will

Restarting the VMware Management service

wsellers — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:11:01 +0000

From time to time, you will need to start/restart the VMware Management service.

Here is the command you would use:

# service mgmt-vmware stop

# service mgmt-vmware start (can take up to 1 minute before fully online)  OR
# service mgmt-vmware restart

This might be a handy command if you are experiencing problems with your ESX host connecting to the VMware Virtual Center server. Also, if you having problems when “kill -9 ” does not stop a VM guest.

Please see this related VMware discussion topic. Be aware of the specific settings your VM guests MUST have before issuing this command.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=631729򚎱

Thanks,
Will

Could not power on VM : No swap file. Failed to power on VM

wsellers — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:07:03 +0000

“Could not power on VM : No swap file. Failed to power on VM” – This issue is caused when a VM guest tries to power on and some other ESX host has one or more guest files open. This is usually due to a crash or fault in the ESX Cluster that HA did not complete successfully.

Here is how to fix:

#1) Login to each ESX’s service console and issue this command: is case sensitive.

For ESX2.x and 3.0.x type: ps -ef | grep vm_guest_name For ESX3.5.x type: ps -efwww | grep vm_guest_name

If the VM is not running on the ESX host you are on, you will get something like:

root 3483 3217 0 10:38 pts/2 00:00:00 grep vm_guest_name

If you get something like this: (This is the process that has your file open in ESX)

root 1092 1 0 10:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmkload_app /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -ssched.group=host/user -# name=VMware ESX Server;version=3.5.0;licensename=VMware ESX Server;licenseversion=2.0 build-82663; -@ pipe=/tmp/vmhsdaemon-0/vmx6a6188c22e804baf; /vmfs/volumes/48729e6e-7cf3b2df-6ca0-001ec9b1b30a/vm_guest_name/vm_guest_name.vmx

#2) You will want to kill the process that is still holding your VM guest files open. You can do this by typing:

kill -9 pid Example using above VM: kill -9 1092 ( you will notice the pid/process ID in bold)

#3) After doing this, you should be able to Power On your VM guest.

*** Please remember that some HA/DRS issue could have caused this error. Please take a close look at your guest/hosts logs OR call VMware support.

-Will

Reset a lost VMware guest (Windows) password

wsellers — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:37:57 +0000

Greetings,

If you never needed to reset a forgotten/corrup Windows administrator password, here is a link and ISO that totally works great. Works fine on Windows-based VMware guests.

http://thebackroomtech.com/2009/08/12/howto-reset-a-lost-vmware-guest-password/

The direct link to the ISO I used: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/data/CD-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip

The link to the Kon-Boot site: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/

*** As always, use this application/method at your own risk… Always remember to do backups of your sever ***

Cheers, Will

Greetings,If you never needed to reset a forgotten/corrup Windows administrator password, here is a link and ISO that totally works great. Works fine on Windows-based VMware guests.http://thebackroomtech.com/2009/08/12/howto-reset-a-lost-vmware-guest-pa…The direct link to the ISO I used: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/data/CD-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zipThe link to the Kon-Boot site: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/*** As always, use this application/method at your own risk… Always remember to do backups of your sever ***Cheers, Will

Video: Windows 7.0 Beta First Look

wsellers — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:27:14 +0000

Head on over to:

http://www.wsellers.com/2009/01/video-windows-70-beta-first-look/ — and take a quick first look at Microsoft Windows 7.0 Beta!!!

Running VMware VI3 in VMware Fusion for Mac OSX

wsellers — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:25:39 +0000

Today, I successfully installed VMware Fusion on my Macbook Pro—-then installed a Virtual-Center server and two ESX3.5 servers in a VM guest, running in Fusion. It was really easy. I initially installed 3.5 Update 3—-but had issues with installing the VPXA agent. I downgraded to 3.5 Update 2 with NO problems.

I’ll getting a copy of iShowU in the next few days; and will be doing a screencast to show everyone.

*** Update: Here is the video:

Viddler: http://www.viddler.com/explore/wsellers/videos/1/

Blip.TV: http://blip.tv/file/1636998