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Re: Could not complete network copy for file - Template deployment

March 27, 2017, 12:09 pm
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I've had a little time to troubleshoot this further.

 

After researching "[VpxdDatastore::UrlToDSPath] Received a non-url" I ran across this kb article.

Deploying multiple virtual machines in VMware vCenter Server 5.x and 6.0.x from the same template fails with the error:

 

While this is not an exact match to my issue it does reference the same error message. I looked at my templates and they all have -ctk.vmdk files because they were created from virtual machines with snapshots. While this makes sense from the perspective that the templates are essentially clones of the existing VMs, it doesn't make sense for a template to have a -ctk file since they are supposed to be static copies. So maybe the presence of the -ctk file is causing this exception... easy enough to test. I created a new virtual machine (no OS loaded), confirmed that no -ctk.vmdk file existed for this VM, cloned the virtual machine to a template. Then confirmed that the new template didn't have a -ctk.vmdk file, updated my one-liner from the original post to reference the new template and fail. Dug into the vpxd.log file again and found the same exception message "[VpxdDatastore::UrlToDSPath] Received a non-url". So, still don't have an answer but thought it was worth mentioning to preventing duplicating effort. Thanks as always for your time and effort.

 

Code:

New-VM -Name TestTemplate -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Datastore esmc4_fucs1_f1c1_incoming_01 | select -First 1) -Datastore "esmc4_fucs1_f1c1_incoming_01" -Template (Get-Template "NewTemplate")

 

Error:

New-VM : 3/27/2017 2:48:10 PM    New-VM        The operation for the entity "NewTemplate" failed with the following message: "Could not complete network copy for file /vmfs/volumes/03195b0e-e6997962/NewTemplate/NewTemplate.vmdk"   

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Re: How to find original CPU

March 27, 2017, 12:15 pm
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Does any of the VMs still have a vmware*.log file with a time stamp prior to the CPU replacement in its datatsore folder?

 

André

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Re: Single Dell Host Refusing to Boot VMs with EVC Compatibility

March 27, 2017, 12:20 pm
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Workstation Player 12.5.4 recent release Network issue?

March 27, 2017, 12:26 pm
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Not sure what happened with this recent release but the NAT vmnet8 is not functioning the way it did in prior versions

 

Win 7 Pro 64b sp 1 

VMware Player 12.5.2

UBUNTU 14.04 VM

Network set to NAT

Norton 360

 

Telnet and ping work to the IP address (192.168.43.128) assigned by vmnet8 (192.168.43.0) Gateway (192.168.43.2)

 

After updating to VMware Player 12.5.4 (nothing else changed)

ping and telnet no longer work to the assigned IP address

 

wire shark capture indicates that this IP address is unknown

 

Bridged mode still causes a Blue Screen Crash when attempting to reboot a vm (this is a known issue with other versions of Player in Windows 7)

 

Turned off Norton to ensure there wasn't a new block put in place by the Security rules ... no change

 

Created a backup image of my current hd then reloaded a backup hd image containing 12.5.2 and compared all the settings for;

vmnet8 ... appear to be the same

vmnet1 ... appear to be the same

vmnetcfg.exe ... appear to be the same

player vm network settings ... appear to be the same

 

restored my current hd image

Found an original download of 12.5.2 ... uninstalled 12.5.4 and installed 12.5.2 ... ping and telnet work again

 

So is vmnet8 broken in 12.5.4 ... or ... is there some new setting we need to be aware of ... or ... something I may have missed?

 

Kind of makes one want to turn off updates when it takes 2 days to restore functionality

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Re: deduplication and Compression overview shows no savings at all

March 27, 2017, 8:47 am
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Hello jbax

 

If they are still in reality thick-provisioned (proportionalCapacity = 100) they will not benefit.

I have seen this occur even when it says that the Default vSAN Storage Policy has been applied (and even more times when MARVIN policies are involved).

 

To start:

Identifying and fixing Thick Objects:

 

All commands run via RVC at the cluster level:

List disks (so that you can focus on disks with high % RESERVED space, this indicates Objects that are indeed Thick, copy+paste this info for later):

#vsan.disks_stats .

 

Check policy applied to all VMs:

#spbm.check_compliance ./resourcePool/vms/*

(any Objects that say 'Unknown' here I would be immediately be suspicious of, you can look at their disks via Edit Settings on the VM in the Web Client, click drop-down for the disk in question and it will show you what Storage Policy it is using, if it says 'Datastore Default' this is NOT the same as vSAN Default Storage Policy and I bet will be thick)

 

Display disk layout for all objects:

#vsan.vm_object_info ./resourcePool/vms/*

(copy-paste into notepad and look for any Objects with "proportionalCapacity = 100", or you can use grep against .txt on a host)

 

If you have a ton of Objects/disks that have "proportionalCapacity = 100" then create a new Storage Policy identical to the policy they are using (except with a new name), apply this policy to the objects and go back to step one to see if the 'Reserved' space on disks has decreased, if it has then we are on the right track.

 

Bob

 

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Replacing a failed capacity device.

March 27, 2017, 12:30 pm
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Hi,

 

We have a vSAN cluster with 5 hosts and FTT initially set to 2, and stripe of 1.

 

I temporary have set FTT to 1 using below command that VMware support told me to use, because I wasn't able to enter the host with the failed drive in maintenance mode

vsan.cluster_set_default_policy . '(("hostFailuresToTolerate" i1) ("forceProvisioning" i1))'

 

Well, even at 1 it is not working. still having the same error :

Failed to enter maintenance mode in the current VSAN data migration mode due to insufficient nodes or disks in the cluster...

 

I have few questions here.

 

1- I restarted the host, looked in the lsi megaraid controller and the disk is not present there.

    so I want to replace it.

    I need to decomission the failed disk from the disk group, right?

 

2- by following VMware steps, which is to delete the disk from the group, I have the following message when I try to delete it.

    Action not available when Deduplication and compression is enabled on cluster.

 

3- So what is the correct step here to replace a failed drive on a 5 host cluster that is (initially set to FTT2)?

 

Jonathan

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Re: Properly load PowerCLI SnapIn or Module

March 27, 2017, 12:32 pm
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I just upgraded to PowerCLI 6.5 and this script can not file   "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"

which generates the error: "Cannot load the VMware Module. Is the PowerCLI installed?"

 

PowerCLI is installed and I am able to run it from the command line. I installed from the VMware site.

 

Any Ideas?

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VMware workstation 12.5.4-5192485 not working on Kali 2.0 (4.6.0) with GCC-6. If you know the fix, please share.

March 27, 2017, 9:24 am
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As new Kali 2 ( 64 )  replaced GCC-5.4 with GCC-6 new VMW WS 12.5.4 not starting and rising the error " A compatible version of gcc was not found. Kali have GCC-6.0. I tried all previous patches on VM and it is not solving the problem. Downgrading GCC is not possible as it is braking core.

log shows;

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: No usable gcc found. Boo!

...

 

If you know the fix, please share.

 

I tried many solutions which I found related to previous release, but non of them worked. I spend 1 week of searching/trying/failing before posting it here:

 

Following fix d't worked : VMware Workstation 12.5.2 build-4638234 does not compile on Fedora 25 4.9.3-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jan 13 01:01:13 UTC 2017

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Re: vSan disk errors when migrate

March 27, 2017, 12:37 pm
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Re: Could not complete network copy for file - Template deployment

March 27, 2017, 12:46 pm
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Just to make sure we're dealing with a PowerCLI issue, and not a more general vSpshere issue, can you create a VM from that template via the Web Client?

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Re: Replacing a failed capacity device.

March 27, 2017, 12:46 pm
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Hello Jonathan,

 

Is the disk gone from the disk-group?

Via Web-Client: Cluster > Configure(assuming 6.5, it is 'Manage' in 6.0) > vSAN > Disk Management

Via SSH to host that the Disk-group is mounted on:

#esxcli vsan storage list

 

If it is gone and rebooting the host doesn't cause ANY VMs to become inaccessible or go offline then powering the host down and replacing the disk should be okay but I can't be sure of how it will rebuild (see next point).

 

Otherwise looks like you will have to evacuate the entire disk-group that this failed disk is located on to do this in a more clean way due to the fact that Dedupe+Compression works on a per disk-group basis:

 

How to Manage Disks in a Cluster with Deduplication and Compression

■ You cannot remove a single disk from a disk group. You must remove the entire disk group to make modifications.

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-65/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc%2FGUID-3D2D80CC-444E-454E-9B8B-25C3F620EFED.html

 

Any chance you could PM me the SR number? (I work there )

 

Bob

 

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Re: Properly load PowerCLI SnapIn or Module

March 27, 2017, 12:47 pm
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With 6.5R1 it became a lot easier, you can try

 

Get-Module-NameVMware*-ListAvailable|Import-Module

 

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guest vm unable to access physical cd drive from esxi 6.0 web host

March 27, 2017, 12:49 pm
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We are using esxi 6.0 and when we run the VM it does not connect to the physical cd drive of the host.

 

We have tried every option, tested the cd in a desktop to see if it would boot, and it will not connect.

 

We found some docs that pointed us to a summary tab or hardware panel and push a button for the cd drive but we are unable to find a panel with these names or to find a cd drive button anywhere.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thaks

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Re: Could not complete network copy for file - Template deployment

March 27, 2017, 12:49 pm
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Re: Replacing a failed capacity device.

March 27, 2017, 12:53 pm
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Re: Could not complete network copy for file - Template deployment

March 27, 2017, 12:55 pm
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Then I would suggest you open a SR for this issue, looks indeed like a bug to me.

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Re: Could not complete network copy for file - Template deployment

March 27, 2017, 12:59 pm
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Problem - Error in registering service in café host

March 27, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Hello guys! How are you?

 

I am trying to put a vRA server in Usage Meter 3.5 and during the process I am receiving the follow message:

 

Error in registering service in café host <vRA Appliance Hostname>: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: certificate must not be null.

 

I search everywhere, but did not find any answer.

Has anyone ever had this problem?

 

Thank you very much!!

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Horizon View 7.0.2

March 27, 2017, 1:13 pm
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Environment:

Horizon View 7.0.2 Cloud Pod with two Pods (A and B)

4 Connection servers for each pod load balanced with a pair of F-5’s with internal connections as LTM and external going through F5 APM)

Floating Linked Clones

Pool is set for 2-hour time out

End user devices are Teradici Zero Clients (Tera 2 laptops and desktops with a few Tera 1 devices) with Imprivata SSO.

Persona Management with minimal retention.  This are floating machines and we try to store just enough information so that the logon times are sped up.

 

Issue:

We have a handful of machines that from time to time remain in session state connected for days at a time and the user is not connected to them. There is no pattern and its purely luck of the draw as to what machine/user will have the issue out of a 1000 VM’s in the pool.   Restarting the View Agent corrects the problem and displays the correct “last session” time for the user.   This is what was done on the first to VM’s in the screenshot.   I completely understand that it might be my image but at the moment it cannot be rebuilt due to a lack of manpower.   The Teradici and VMware logs have nothing useful pertaining to the session. Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

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Problems with upgrade from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5

March 27, 2017, 1:18 pm
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We have the Essentials licenses. I upgraded the vCenter appliance to 5.5 and installed Upgrade Manager. Upgrade Manager and vCenter are all on different hosts than the one I first tried to upgrade. This host is on an IBM System x3650 M3. I was unable to find an IBM ISO for 5.5 U3, so I used the VMware ISO with the assurance from the documentation that the IBM stuff that was already installed would migrate from 5.1 to 5.5.

 

When I did the upgrade with Upgrade Manager, I did not check the box to ensure success by uninstalling 3rd party stuff. My thought was that it might uninstall the IBM stuff I wanted to keep. I manually powered off the VMs before starting. The upgrade got to 25% and then it said the host was disconnected. After waiting some time, I gave up and physically went to the host (located in a different building but not too far away, fortunately). I arrived in time to see it finish booting up. It said version 5.5.

 

Then I opened the vSphere client and saw that it was still disconnected. So I connected directly to the host instead of the vCenter appliance. It connected, but there were no VMs listed. I had to manually import them back in from the datastore. This worked for the ones locally stored, but some of them were on shared storage that is usually connected via iSCSI. At this point I realized that the host configuration that was appearing was from years ago, when I had different virtual network switches and no iSCSI. I changed things as necessary to get the local VMs working, and then realized I could import the ones on shared storage into another host and run them from there at least temporarily. That worked fine (I did have to tell vCenter they had been "moved" rather than "copied") and all the vital VMs were up.

 

I'm struggling to get iSCSI working. I'm configuring it the same way it is on my other hosts, but for some reason in the details under Storage Adapters, it's showing that I'm connected to the enclosure rather than to the disks.

 

vSwitchUSB0 (vusb0) that appears automatically on all my other hosts no longer exists on this one. vusb0 does still show under Network Adapters, but I don't have the option to recreate the switch. Do I need this?

 

Also, I don't know how many patches may still need to be applied to 5.5 U3. Upgrade Manager is still listing the newly upgraded host as being out of compliance with patches going back to 5.0.

 

I'm also a little worried about updating the other hosts, because I don't think things went normally with this one and I'm not quite sure what I should have done differently (would not checking the box have caused the problems I described?). I am thinking the next time I probably just want to be onsite and put the CD in to upgrade.

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