Hi,
Is there any way in which I could manage VM snapshots using vMA? I'm using the command "vmware-cmd" but I see no option to LIST the snapshots and revert to a specific one.
I can only get the command to show me in a boolean fashion if the VM has snapshots, remove them or revert to the last one.
Thanks in advance!
elgreco81
To start, ultimately, I want these (among other metrics which I have already written the script to collect) to go into a CSV file.
I would like to grab the names of the datacenters, and then the number of hosts and VMs in each. There isn't any built in metric for any of those... spitting out the datacenter names is a matter of grabbing them, but how can I get the number of hosts and VMs in each datacenter? Is the best way with some sort of funky (I'd guess for) loop?
Also, is there an easy way to only grab certain metrics (performance counters)? Like if I wanted to ONLY grab the total CPU usage what is the best way to approach that without letting the user specify in the opts?
Sorry if some of these questions are horrible, I just started working with vMA and I may not completely understand the API yet... haven't finished all the documentation (there seems to be quite a lot of it!).
I'm trying to get vMA 4.1 to talk to my ESXi 4.1 host all using Active Directory. I've joined my ESXi host to AD, I've joined my vMA to AD, but after I set my vMA target and try to run a command against that host it asks for username and password and nothing I put in is accepted. I've added my AD account to the administrator role on the particular ESXi host.
I've been scouring the net for something and none of the blogs mention this happening. I do see domain admin mentioned in a couple places, but I don't have that permission and won't in my environment. I wouldn't think that matters as long as I manually add my account to the ESXi host.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks!
I've created an hour long batch capture using resxtop with the following command:
resxtop -b -n 720 --server servername.domain > vmacapture.csv
However when I add the Data Source to perfmon I get:
"Data Source C:\filename.csv is either invavlid or cannot be found. System message: The specified log file type has not been installed on this system.
I completed another small capture earlier, 9 iterations and that loaded fine.
I've tried capturing more batches, 3 more attempts of 2 minutes but all of them come up with the same error..
Any ideas on why this is failing? I can open the data in excel fine...
hey all
Can i edit ESXi files from vMA server?
For example: I want to edit the /etc/vmware/config file (for the copy/paste issue 4.1)
How can i do it on several hosts?
thanks
Harel Shavit.
vMA 5.0.0.0
can anyone tell me the vMA's default web and shell login?
i tried below username:password combinations but no success so far
admin:vmw@re
root@vmw@re
admin:default
how do I reset them?
The vSphere Client is showing that VMware Tools is not installed. Does the VMA need VMware Tools? The vSphere Client Install/Upgrade VMware Tools is not working? I assume I have to do a manual install?
New vMA v6 server. Added two, new ESXi v6 hosts to the vMA with no issues. When I change target to one of these new hosts, and try to run " esxcli system syslog reload ", I receive the error: Connect failed. Server SHA1 thumbprint [thumb print listed here] (not trusted).
Research tells me what to do if I get this error running and ESXCLI command on my PC, but nothing about when it happens in the vMA.
Any help is appreciated folks - thanks!
When attempting to mount CDROM from VIMA client I get errors
end -request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 64
Isofs-fill-super: bread failed, dev-hda, iso_blknum=16, block=16
Mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
Missing codepage or other error
The mount command used is
sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
I have attached screen shot of error along with the mesg file
Hi All,
I installed ESXi 4 and then vma on esix.Now I am trying to shutdown all the guest OS and then host server through vM.I am using the script ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl(check the link http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11902.
but when I am trying to run this script,I am getting following errors--
vi-admin@localhos $ ./ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl --host_operation shutdown --vm_operation shutdown --ups_vm vMA --timeout 5
======= STARTING ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl =======
info: UPS_MONITORING: vMA
info: VM_OPERATION: shutdown
info: HOST_OPERATION: shutdown
info: HOST_LIST: AUTOMATIC
info: ==========================================
info: Found host: "IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE"
debug: Main: Login by vi-fastpass to: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: Begin shutdown operation on VMs ...
info:Hard Powering Off Fedora12, no Vmware Tools..
info: Unable to hard power off Fedora12 !
info: shutting down vSphere Management Assistant!
info: unable to shutdown vSphere Management Assistant!
info: shutdown operation complete!
debug: Main: Disconnect from: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: verifying all VMs are either suspended or powered of - TIMEOUT set to: 5min
debug: Login by vi-fastpass to : IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: Host: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE has 2/5 VMs still powered on!
info: Count: 1 - Sleeping for 60secs...
debug: Login by vi-fastpass to : IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: Host: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE has 2/5 VMs still powered on!
info: Count: 2 - Sleeping for 60secs...
debug: Login by vi-fastpass to : IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: Host: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE has 2/5 VMs still powered on!
info: Count: 3 - Sleeping for 60secs...
debug: Login by vi-fastpass to : IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE
info: Host: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE has 2/5 VMs still powered on!
info: Count: 4 - Sleeping for 60secs...
info: Host: Verification stage completed !
info: putting hosts into "shutdown mode"
use of uninitialized value in string at ./ghettoUPSHostShutdown.pl line 236.
info: ERROR:
SOAP Fault:
Fault string: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary
Fault detail: RestrictedVersionFault
info: IP ADDRESS OF ESXi HOST HERE is now shutting down !
info: finally putting UPS Monitoring VM host int o "shutdown mode"
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/VMware/VIFPLib.pm line 355.
login_by_fastpass: hostname cannot be empty at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/VMware/VIFPLib.pm line 355.
Please help...
Experiencing a problem where i am using vma 4.1 against an esxi 4.1 host. When using esxcli vma asks for username and password. I have tried root and vi-admin but no luck. I am authenticating against the host (not AD connected). Other commands i have used to change networking have worked fine.
any help appreciated
favad
The vMA VM can start and listen on vmci socket after I enabled it in the VM setting. However, the other VMs can't connect to the vMA's vmci socket CID. The same program works when I tried to connect one regular VM to another regular VM.
Is it possible vMA doesn't have vmci driver installed properly? For some reason, the vmware-tool is installed, but it doesn't have vmci directory under /usr/lib/vmware-tools.
Hello,
I use PCNS 3.0.1 on Vsphere ESXi 5.0.1 and VMA to shutdown the VM's and the host in case of a power outage. Last week I upgraded VMA 5.0.0 to the latest version 5.0.0.1 (not really an upgrade, but a fresh install). Unfortunately the automatic shutdown doesn't work anymore.
When I run the shutdown script, it seems the relevant ESXi host can't be find or it isn't being managed by the VMA. Then I tried a complete fresh install of all components, but the problem stays.
Anybody who recognizes this problem? Solution for now is to stick with VMA 5.0.0
Dear Friends,
As we all known, the vMA has only two built-in account vi-admin and vi-user. In our farm there are serveral Esxi engineer, I want them login with their ow IDs on vMA.
Can anyone guide me how to create account on vMA which as the same permission as vi-admin? Thank you.
Hi! Anyone, help me, please. I have vMA 5.5 with conneсtions to some servers, ESXi 5.5 Update 2, APC UPS`s together with servers, customized NUT - software for work with UPS. Purpose is shutdown virtual machines, when electricity is switched off, then UPS`s begin to work. I need a test script for my ESXI that can does it, like these.
But there are old scripts for ESXi Version 3.5 or 4 and when I launch these, my Perl doesn`t work, giving an error.
Probably it`s a conflict between versions. I can`t update my Perl too, because SUSE find system files, which interfer to update (picture 2).
Do you know, where I can find shutdown script for my ESXi version? I couldn`t found it in the Internet.
I've successfully joined vMA to AD domain, however AD users can login to appliance only using local console (login: class\Administrator) but not using ssh.
Here is example:
login as: Administrator@class.local@vma1
Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l).
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Access denied
Messages from /var/log/messages
2015-08-28T11:59:01+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: Invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:59:01+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: input_userauth_request: invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:59:01+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40538 ssh2 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:59:04+02:00 vma1 sshd[5547]: pam_unix2(sshd:auth): Unknown option: `try_first_pass'
2015-08-28T11:59:04+02:00 vma1 sshd[5547]: pam_tally2(sshd:auth): pam_get_uid; no such user
2015-08-28T11:59:08+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: error: PAM: User not known to the underlying authentication module for illegal user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:59:08+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40538 ssh2
2015-08-28T11:59:08+02:00 vma1 sshd[5545]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40538 ssh2 [preauth]
Messages from /var/log/auth.log
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: input_userauth_request: invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: input_userauth_request: invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:57:49+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:57:53+02:00 vma1 sshd[5540]: pam_unix2(sshd:auth): Unknown option: `try_first_pass'
2015-08-28T11:57:53+02:00 vma1 sshd[5540]: pam_tally2(sshd:auth): pam_get_uid; no such user
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: error: PAM: User not known to the underlying authentication module for illegal user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: error: PAM: User not known to the underlying authentication module for illegal user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user 'class\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2 [preauth]
2015-08-28T11:57:57+02:00 vma1 sshd[5538]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for invalid user 'class\\\\Administrator'@vma1 from 10.216.1.143 port 40528 ssh2 [preauth]
already tried different combinations all with similar results
'class\Administrator'@vma1
class\\Administrator@vma1
class\\Administrator@vma1
Administrator@class.local
Administrator@class@vma1
Administrator/class
class/administrator
class\\Administrator@local
'class\\Administrator'@local
Hi.
I need add 3 hosts to vMA.I dont have domain controller.
1. I deploy fresh vMA from OVF and configure IP and password for vi-admin.
2. Add first ESX01 host with success. ( vifp addserver esx02 --authpolicy fpauth )
3. Added second and third ESXi finish with fail.(commands bellow)
vi-admin@vma02:~> vifp addserver esx02 --authpolicy fpauth
root@esx02's password:
vi-admin@vma02:~> vifp listservers
esx02.localdomain ESXi
vi-admin@vma02:~> vifp addserver esx03 --authpolicy fpauth
root@esx03's password:
Error: Failed to add users
in vSphere client we can see something that:
During above tasks is creating vi-user and next vi-admin. After several seconds vi-admin is removed(i dont know why...)
/var/log/vmware/vma/vifpd.log on vMA
[2016-04-07 19:51:07.186 7F220CD47700 info 'App'] command-> 1
[2016-04-07 19:51:07.187 7F220AEC7700 info 'App'] ADDSERVER
[2016-04-07 19:51:07.197 7F220CD47700 info 'App'] MessageQueue::RecvMessage - Queue id is 0
[2016-04-07 19:51:07.595 7F220AEC7700 info 'App'] MessageQueue::SendMessage - Queue id is 0
[2016-04-07 19:51:12.144 7F220CD47700 info 'App'] command-> 1
[2016-04-07 19:51:12.145 7F220CD47700 info 'App'] MessageQueue::RecvMessage - Queue id is 0
[2016-04-07 19:51:12.145 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] ADDSERVER
[2016-04-07 19:51:12.504 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] Already connected.
[2016-04-07 19:51:12.509 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] Already connected.
[2016-04-07 19:51:30.308 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] permissions set for vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain
[2016-04-07 19:51:30.345 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] credstore: added user vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain to credstore of vi-admin
[2016-04-07 19:51:30.361 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] can take ownership of user vi-user01@esx03.localdomain.
[2016-04-07 19:51:30.361 7F220AE45700 warning 'App'] taking ownership of vi-user01@esx03.localdomain as it seems to be created by us.
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.534 7F220AE45700 error 'App'] addserver: Error occured while adding users for esx03.localdomain ..rolling back. Error in Vma
core.
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.582 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] user vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain is created by vifp. Removing it...
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.703 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] failed to remove permissions for vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain.
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.704 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] removed user vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain.
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.733 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] user vi-admin00@esx03.localdomain is removed from credstore of vi-admin.
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.768 7F220AE45700 error 'App'] Failed to add users
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.768 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] MessageQueue::SendMessage - Queue id is 0
[2016-04-07 19:51:52.772 7F220AE45700 info 'App'] MessageQueue::SendMessage - Queue id is 0
In which logs can i find something more ?
var/log/vmkernel.log on host is not clear for me... but if somebody will ask i will paste.
What should i do more ? i want only add 3 esxi servers to vMA and next login to those esxi without puting passwords.
Interesting is when i deployed next vMA02 and VM03 i can only add one esxi to vMA. During adding Second and third esxi generate that same errors... Now i have 1 vMA for each host .....
Please about suggestion and help.... because my adventure with vMA is not good... last time i was problem with this vMA 5.5 The session is not authenticated after connect to target ESXi and dont resolved this in my second lab...
Sebastian
Hi,
If I run resxtop on vma6.5 I get the following error message:
/usr/lin/vmware-vcli/bin/resxtop: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
Anyone else seen this? Is there a workaround?
Thanks
SH
Hello guys, i got an error when i add exi server (6.7) in vma 6.5.
Please help me fix this error, I thank you very much.
This my first post to this forum as I could not find answer through Google search. If I do not use correct terminology or fail to provide full information, please pardon me. I am not an expert on VMWare, just a curious tech enthusiast. I find VMWare to be a very exciting product and easy to use. The VMWare knowledge base is excellent and so is the user community.
I have home setup of free VMWare ESXi 6.0 on Dell T420 and T110 II servers. I recently tested vMA 5 by installing it as a VM on one of the servers. I watched the Youtube tutorial on how to use vifp to add servers. I have setup networking etc. on vMA and it works fine. Auto update worked. When I issues the command sudo vifp addserver 192.168.250.96, I am prompted for the password. When I enter the password, I get an error Error: failed to add users. I have checked the log file at /var/opt/vmware/vma/vifpd.log and the most descriptive message is:
addserver: Error occurred while adding users for 192.168.250.96 ..rolling back. An error occurred while creating users on 192.168.250.96
Then I noticed that since I am using the vMA console to run these commands, as soon as the error occurs, I see that in the bottom area, under Recent Tasks, I see an error: general system error occurred: weak password. The error detail says:
Weak password: not enough different characters or classes.
Now, my password is pretty strong. I cannot post it here but I will post a similar password:
4518Gabdhjg#01
It is 14 characters and has numbers, uppercase letter, lowercase letters and special character. I have read the VMWare documentation on passwords and to me, the password looks just fine. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Arun Gupta