I just upgraded with success my VCSA from 6.5 to 6.7 by deploying a new VM, however I can no longer login with AD credentials.

I have set my domain as my default identity source in SSO, however when watching the log file in /var/log/vmware/vpxd/websso.log I keep seeing it try and send the authentication to vsphere.local and not to the domain I have setup.

Does anyone have a similar issue or know how I can fix this?

Thanks!

Using vCenter Converter Standalone - get permissions denied

Host machine is WIn 10 Pro -  i have system admin rights, but it seems with windows these days you don't really have full rights.

In any event here is my error File -

Anyway to get around this - ??? This isn't a Firewall issue with windows I don't believe

I have the BIOS enabled for VM to YES

Section for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, pid=4560, version=6.2.0, build=7348398, option=Release

verbose vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Dumping early logs:

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Logging uses fast path: true

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] The bora/lib logs WILL be handled by VmaCore

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initialized channel manager

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Current working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ThreadPool windowsStackImmediateCommit = true

info vmware-converter-server[07052] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread pool on asio: Min Io, Max Io, Min Task, Max Task, Max Concurency: 1, 121, 2, 60, 2147483647

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Trying converter_server

info vmware-converter-server[07060] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Trying ufa_agent

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [shutdownMgr,25] Ufa shutdown manager registered.

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [helper,454] Initializing SSL Contexts

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Vmacore::InitSSL: handshakeTimeoutUs = 20000000

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [helper,507] Initializing certificates

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2069] [LRO] 32 max LROs

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2071] [LRO] 6 reserved internal LROs

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2073] [LRO] 6 reserved short LROs

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2075] [LRO] 12 reserved long LROs

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,2087] [LRO] 86400-second task lifetime

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'hi_IN' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'az_AZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'sr_SP' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\iso2win.vlcl', only first one is used

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'az_AZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'sr_SP' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Duplicate key 'uz_UZ' in file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\isodata.vlcl', only first one is used

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\ to locale map

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (de) removeable (false) resmap (0464e320) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (fr) removeable (false) resmap (0464e2e0) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (ja) removeable (false) resmap (0464e180) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (zh_CN) removeable (false) resmap (0464e3e0) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\ to locale map

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (de) removeable (false) resmap (0464e320) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resmap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (fr) removeable (false) resmap (0464e2e0) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (ja) removeable (false) resmap (0464e180) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Delay loading resources: path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (zh_CN) removeable (false) resmap (0464e3e0) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Added locale path C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\ to locale map

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Locale subsystem initialized from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\ with default locale en.

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\locale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\coreLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] LoadResources path (C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\) locale (en) removeable (false) resMap (0464e460) extKeys (00000000)

warning vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Locale] Key 'Internal.Tasks.SingleSpacedList' in module 'task' under 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\vimLocale\en/' was previously defined; ignored

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] Local Domain : WORKGROUP

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] IsWorkgroup: Yes

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] [ADS] Local Machine: BARRYSWORK

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] UUID: SMBIOS UUID is reported as '44 45 4c 4c 43 00 10 39-80 4a b2 c0 4f 44 34 32'.

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] BaseScheduler initialization complete -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::Initialize(const class boost::shared_ptr<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerEnv>,const class boost::optional<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerConstraints const &> &,const class boost::optional<class Converter::VdbConnection &> &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:112")

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Loaded all items from the scheduler's database tables. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::LoadSchedulerItemIdMap(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:70")

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Loaded all items from scheduler's database tables.Scheduler's item map contains 0 items. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::PriorityQScheduler::LoadPriorityQ(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-7348398/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/priorityQScheduler.cpp:185")

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [plugin,158] ServerPlugin Init

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Initializing SSL context

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Plugin initialized

info vmware-converter-server[07496] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [plugin,188] ServerPlugin Start

info vmware-converter-server[07496] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,338] [task-internal-1] -- BEGIN -- TaskManager

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] SOAP pipe name: \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap

info vmware-converter-server[07500] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Using default for nonChunkingAgents: 'VMware VI Client|VMware-client|VMware-client/3.*'

info vmware-converter-server[07504] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Using default for agentsNeedingContentLength: 'VMware-client'

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Max buffered response size is 104857600 bytes

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] enableChunkedResponses: true

info vmware-converter-server[07508] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-1] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version1 (converter/1.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-2] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version2 (converter/2.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-3] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version3 (converter/3.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-4] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version4 (converter/4.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-5] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version5 (converter/5.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-6] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version6 (converter/6.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=SOAP-7] Created SOAP body handler for converter.version.version7 (converter/7.0)

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Http Service started: <server p:0x06b71030, '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Soap (over Named Pipe) started on pipe \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap. enableRemoteAccess = false, nonRootAccess = true, useSSL = false

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa] Plugin started

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Running on OS: Windows 10, 64-bit  (Build 9200); ver 6.2.9200; CPUs: 8

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [serviceWin32,879] Panic message will be logged now...

info vmware-converter-server[06980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [serviceWin32,886] vmware-converter-server service started

info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [user,876] Successfully authenticated user AESIP_SA from this local machine (using pipe)

info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [user,876] Successfully authenticated user AESIP_SA from this local machine (using pipe)

info vmware-converter-server[07056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,414] Generating Converter.Server log bundle.

Current vCenter version : 6.5.0.10000

Current ESX version : VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 5969303

I'm trying to use the vCenter 6.7 ISO to upgrade vCenter on my home lab. I tried from a macOS workstation out of the ESX server, and from a Windows VM in the lab as well, with the same result.

After roughly 30%, not always exactly at the same percentage, the progress bar stalls and this is visible in the logs :

2018-04-18T19:10:21.633+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Exception thrown: N5boost16exception_detail10clone_implINS0_19error_info_injectorI16OvfToolExceptionEEEE(Execution aborted)
--> [context]zKq7AVQGAQAAAHxHeQANT1ZGVG9vbAAAub8gbGlidm1hY29yZS5keWxpYgAApb0FAA9qAQFqUQpvdmZ0b29sAAGYWAgBz8AEARmfBAH1gwQBy3AEAWZODAErYQwCFRAAbGliZHlsZC5keWxpYgCCHiCAkg==[/context]
2018-04-18T19:10:21.634+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Backtrace: 
--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Fusion, version: e.x.p, build: build-7948156, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86_64, os: macosx, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] libvmacore.dylib[0x0020BFB9]
--> backtrace[01] libvmacore.dylib[0x0005BDA5]
--> backtrace[02] libvmacore.dylib[0x00016A0F]
--> backtrace[03] ovftool[0x000A516A]
--> backtrace[04] ovftool[0x00085898]
--> backtrace[05] ovftool[0x0004C0CF]
--> backtrace[06] ovftool[0x00049F19]
--> backtrace[07] ovftool[0x000483F5]
--> backtrace[08] ovftool[0x000470CB]
--> backtrace[09] ovftool[0x000C4E66]
--> backtrace[10] ovftool[0x000C612B]
--> backtrace[11] libdyld.dylib[0x00001015]
--> backtrace[12] (no module)
--> [backtrace end]
2018-04-18T19:10:21.634+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [Abort] started.
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 0
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 0
2018-04-18T19:10:21.645+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.668+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.668+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 16380
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending SSL data of size 5
2018-04-18T19:10:21.669+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005776000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CURL: => Sending data of size 10568
2018-04-18T19:10:41.798+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005B14000] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Setting error in state 3 : N7Vmacore15SystemExceptionE(Operation timed out)
--> [context]zKq7AVQGAQAAAHxHeQAMT1ZGVG9vbAAAub8gbGlidm1hY29yZS5keWxpYgAApb0FAA9qAQCvjBIA+f4WABc4EwAmvxIAickSAOBAIQFhNgBsaWJzeXN0ZW1fcHRocmVhZC5keWxpYgABDTUAAfkrAA==[/context]
2018-04-18T19:10:41.798+02:00 trivia OVFTool[700005B14000] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [DecConnectionCount] Number of connections to <cs p:00007fbac1ccfe10, TCP:esx2.lab.tynsoe.org:443> dec to 0
2018-04-18T19:10:41.807+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [Abort] Caught exception while aborting lease: Operation timed out
2018-04-18T19:10:41.807+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to clean up after failure.
2018-04-18T19:10:41.808+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Backtrace: 
--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Fusion, version: e.x.p, build: build-7948156, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86_64, os: macosx, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] libvmacore.dylib[0x0020BFB9]
--> backtrace[01] libvmacore.dylib[0x0005BDA5]
--> backtrace[02] libvmacore.dylib[0x00016A0F]
--> backtrace[03] libvmacore.dylib[0x00128CAF]
--> backtrace[04] libvmacore.dylib[0x0016FEF9]
--> backtrace[05] libvmacore.dylib[0x00133817]
--> backtrace[06] libvmacore.dylib[0x0012BF26]
--> backtrace[07] libvmacore.dylib[0x0012C989]
--> backtrace[08] libvmacore.dylib[0x002140E0]
--> backtrace[09] libsystem_pthread.dylib[0x00003661]
--> backtrace[10] libsystem_pthread.dylib[0x0000350D]
--> backtrace[11] libsystem_pthread.dylib[0x00002BF9]
--> [backtrace end]
2018-04-18T19:10:41.808+02:00 verbose OVFTool[7FFFA5E2F380] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Destruction of ViTarget

Anyone familiar with this?

After data is migrated, the new VCSA fails to set the IP of the old appliance with the following message :

Error setting network. Details : 18/04/2018 22:18:51 [ERROR] Cannot run /sbin/ifup eth0 command. Unknown error. Return code : 256 output: Make sure the interface is down or not assigned any IP eth0 is DOWN or not assigned an IP. Bringnig eth0 up... Can not find the manual filename, let us search for the auto filename Performing duplicate address check for IPv4 address 10.1.0.10  [1;31mError: IP already exists in the network [0;39m Unable to set the network parameters
Failed to set network

No, there is no other 10.1.0.10 on the network

Dear Alll

Hi

if i create a vm with Raw disk in SAN can i use vmotion ? how can i do that ?

BR

I've made a test lab having the following -

i) 3 ESXi 6.5

ii) vCenter 6.5 in Win2012

iii) FreeNAS for storage

I've added 3 ESXI hosts and storage in vCenter in a HA cluster. Everything was fine till this. After successful testing, I wanted to test my virtual vmware lab configuring vDS. Due to some configuration issue, every went beyond control. And vCenter is unable to connect to any host. Now I want to configure my test virtual data-center from scratch. My question is how can I restore vCenter to its fresh condition without going for uninstall and  install again?

On any given host, what is the maximum CPU and Mem than can be reserved for the VMs running on that host when totaled up?

What is reserved by the host for itself, and unavailable for reservations? Does this vary at all?

We've been working on a new HTML 5 plug-in for vCenter and things are looking pretty good.

However, I recently tested on an iPad using Chrome and noticed a somewhat different behavior than on my MacBook using Chrome.

We have some tables that are wider than will fit on the browser window.

On the Mac, I can scroll to the right and see the table columns.

On the iPad, I can only scroll to the right the amount used in VMware defined webpages, but not to the far right of the tables in our plug-in.

Is there a <div> or something that I could wrap our pages with to cause them to be limited in width to the same amount as VMware plug-ins?

     Best Regards,

         Michael

Hi, All,

we are using two HP physical server DL360 building VCentre.

HOST esxi install on SD memory.

now one SD defective.

My question. after we re-install host esxi. vcentr server is to be re-deployed or not?

thanks!

Cook

First I noticed /etc/vmware-eam/eam.properties was empty, so I poulated it with the correct entries using another working vCSA (changed URLs and CM configuration URL with the correct hostid, but the service still does not start.

I see the following output if I try and start EAM via shell.

I have a VMware ticket open but they are being really slow at getting back to me.

Is it possible to remove the extension and add it again? I suspect that due to the disk running out of space a few weeks ago some files may have become corrupt.

service-control --start vmware-eam

INFO:root:Service: vmware-eam, Action: start

Service: vmware-eam, Action: start

2017-12-20T10:38:45.407Z   Running command: ['/sbin/chkconfig', u'vmware-eam']

2017-12-20T10:38:45.442Z   Done running command

2017-12-20T10:38:45.442Z   Running command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-eam', 'status']

2017-12-20T10:38:45.489Z   Done running command

2017-12-20T10:38:45.489Z   Running command: ['/sbin/chkconfig', '--force', u'vmware-eam', 'on']

2017-12-20T10:38:45.524Z   Done running command

2017-12-20T10:38:45.524Z   Running command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-eam', 'start']

2017-12-20T10:38:49.191Z   Done running command

2017-12-20T10:38:49.192Z   Invoked command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-eam', 'start']

2017-12-20T10:38:49.192Z   RC = 1

Stdout = Starting VMware ESX Agent Manager...

Waiting for VMware ESX Agent Manager......

WARNING: VMware ESX Agent Manager may have failed to start.

Last login: Wed Dec 20 10:31:58 UTC 2017 on pts/1

Stderr =

2017-12-20T10:38:49.192Z   {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-eam', 'start']\nStderr: "

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",

            "localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-eam', 'start']\nStderr: '",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

ERROR:root:Unable to start service vmware-eam, Exception: {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "vmware-eam"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",

            "localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-eam'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

Unable to start service vmware-eam, Exception: {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "vmware-eam"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",

            "localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-eam'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

This is the content of /storage/log/vmware/eam/wrapper.log when I try and start it.

I have looked at the eam-server-beans.xml file and it is identical to a server that is working.

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | --> Wrapper Started as Daemon

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Java Service Wrapper Professional Edition 64-bit 3.5.24

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 |   Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Tanuki Software, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 |     http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 |   Licensed to VMware Global, Inc. for VMware vCenter ESX Agent Manager

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 |

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command line[0] : /usr/sbin/cloudvm-ram-size

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command line[1] : -J

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command line[2] : vmware-eam

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command line[3] : -O

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command line[4] : /etc/vmware/java/vmware-eam_jvm.conf

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command launched (pid: 12435), blocking for up to 3600 seconds...

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command completed with exit code: 0

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'wrapper_start': Command completed with exit code: 0  Continuing.

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command line[0] : /opt/vmware/bin/python

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command line[1] : ../wrapper/bin/update_pnid.py

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command line[2] :

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command line[3] :

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command line[4] :

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command launched (pid: 12442), blocking for up to 15 seconds...

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command completed with exit code: 0

INFO   | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Event Command 'jvm_prelaunch': Command completed with exit code: 0  Continuing.

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Launching a JVM...

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xms32M -Xmx128M

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:30 | WrapperManager: Initializing...

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp:

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: Encountered an error running main:

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Invalid bean definition with name 'vcInventory' defined in class path resource [eam-server-beans.xml]: Could not resolve placeholder 'drs.demandCapacityRatio'

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.processProperties(PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.java:268)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyResourceConfigurer.postProcessBeanFactory(PropertyResourceConfigurer.java:75)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:554)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:528)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:363)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at com.vmware.eam.util.Main.main(Main.java:50)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:290)

INFO   | jvm 1    | 2017/12/20 11:26:31 | WrapperSimpleApp Error:       at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

STATUS | wrapper  | 2017/12/20 11:26:33 | <-- Wrapper Stopped

I've posted this elsewhere and also have a support case in, but a few months into the support case i'm running out of patience. Hoping someone else has had this problem.

Issue: ESXi Hosts become disconnected from vcenter intermittently after upgrading to 6.5U1 VCSA. Especially during template deployments between clusters or veeam backups. There are at least 2 people having this problem so i know its not just me. More details here, but i'll post the relevant bits: https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/7ht23s/vsphere_65u1_cluster_hosts_disconnecting_and/

My issue started when upgrading a 6.0 VCSA to 6.5u1. Everything worked fine before this upgrade. I did not upgrade any of the hosts at the time, and the issue started the next evening after the upgrade (during Veeam backups). I did not touch any of the hosts or config, just a by the book vcenter upgrade. I should add that these hosts were added to this vcenter when it was a VCSA. I did not use the migration tool from Windows vcenter to appliance, I started from scratch, so it should be pretty clean.

Veeam backups sometimes cause the issue, but I can reliably recreate the issue on demand by deploying a template between datacenters/clusters. VMware initially thought it is a network congestion issue. However, I disproved that theory by doing a tcpdump on the vcsa, showing the heartbeats are in fact arriving to the vcenter. They responded by saying

“As we discussed before the heartbeats are reaching vCenter, but the "host sync" is not getting completed and timing out. Why? Because the ACK messages that vCenter is sending are not being processed by the ESXi host. We are currently investigating from the ESXi side which seems to be the top offender, the "miss heartbeats"messages in the vpxd.log are false positives.”

Here are some relevant logs I see (some text redacted)

Vpxd.log on vcenter when the host disconnects: 2017-11-28T15:39:10.827Z info vpxd[7F34FF162700] [Originator@6876 sub=InvtHostCnx opID=HeartbeatStartHandler-5d19501d] [VpxdIntHost] Missed 11 heartbeats for host <hostname>

017-11-28T15:39:25.201Z error vpxd[7F34FFBF7700] [Originator@6876 sub=vmomi.soapStub[103] opID=781d2fe1] Error deserializating SOAP response body: --> Unexpected exception reading HTTP response body: N7Vmacore15SystemExceptionE(Connection reset by peer)

This post https://communities.vmware.com/thread/389935 from 2012 has very similar logs, for what it’s worth. I tried the one suggestion of removing management network redundancy, to no effect. I have not yet tested disabling the firewall as mentioned in this post, as I have multiple host disconnects (even those not involved in vmotions) so I don’t feel like this is an esxi issue.

Veeam ONE also reports the following when hosts disconnect. My hunch is vcenter is sending out some malformed data, but I can’t prove it. Failed to collect performance data for object <esxihostname>. A general system error occurred: Invalid response<br> Initiated by: Veeam ONE Monitor"

My setup: Multiple clusters tied to this one vcenter experience the issue. So there is a variety of hardware/software involved across these two cluster. This is a good thing in my opinion as it rules out a specific esxi software version.

Vcenter; 6.5u1 (no updates)

Hosts in cluster 1: Dell R620s running 6.0 connected to a Nimble iscsi storage array via Solarflare 10G nics. Pretty standard redundancy set up, two 10g connections shared for management/vmotion/vm. Load balancing set to Originating Virtual Port (no LACP/Bonding/etc). Vcenter VCSA is hosted here.

Hosts in cluster 2: Dell R740XD running all flash VSAN on very latest software/hardware/drivers/etc (6.5u1). Just built it a month ago. These hosts also have the disconnect issues. They cannot possibly blame network on this, they had issues when loaded with a minimal number of idle VMs. Hosts are connected to standard Cisco Nexus 9300 switches.

Hello,

I have changed the CBT parameter for ctkEnabled to false, but every time I boot up the VM, it continues to show as true.

What is causing this to happen?

We are using Azure Backup Server for DPM.

Thank you!

Please i have vsphere vcenter 6.0.0 and i try to assign tag to VMs but it fails with the error stack below.

I firstly create the tag with my user account which is defined in global permissions with "Administrator" role and failed to assign the tag to VM.

The list of tags is not displayed to select for assignment. It's like some service could not access to those data.

Moreover, the same error is displayed even if i try to assign the tag to VM, using the account "administrator@vsphere.local".

I don'i know what i missed !

Thanks you for your help.

====================== Error Stack ===========================

TypeError: Error #1009

at com.vmware.vsphere.client.views.tagging.common::TagsDataGridMediator/onGetPrivileges()

at com.vmware.vim.security::AuthorizationManager/handlePendingCalls()

at com.vmware.vim.security::AuthorizationManager/onPrivilegeDataReturn()

at com.vmware.vim.security::AuthorizationManager/onAuthDataReturn()

at EventFunctor/notifyTarget()

at EventFunctor/onEvent()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

at com.vmware.frinje::EventBus/dispatchEvent()

at com.vmware.frinje::EventBus/onEvent()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

at com.vmware.data.query.commands::DataRequestCommand/onMultiEntityDataReturn()

at DataAccessItem/notify()

at DataAccessItem/handleResult()

at DataAccessItem/processResult()

at com.vmware.data.query::DataAccessManager/onDataRetrieved()

at com.vmware.flexutil.proxies::BaseProxy/notify()

at com.vmware.flexutil.proxies::BaseProxy/result()

at com.vmware.flexutil.proxies::BaseProxy/onInvocationComplete()

at OperationInvoker/resultResponseForRequest()

at OperationInvoker/result()

at mx.rpc::AsyncToken/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::applyResult()

at mx.rpc.events::ResultEvent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::callTokenResponders()

at mx.rpc::AbstractOperation/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::dispatchRpcEvent()

at mx.rpc::AbstractInvoker/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::resultHandler()

at mx.rpc::Responder/result()

at mx.rpc::AsyncRequest/acknowledge()

at NetConnectionMessageResponder/resultHandler()

at mx.messaging::MessageResponder/result()

My current project need to support VCVA5.0. We need to automate its deployment with a static IP in VCD environment. Unlike VCVA5.1GA and later versions, VCVA5.0 does not have OVF properties allowing us to preconfigure its network through ovftool. I cannot specify its static IP/gateway/net mask before powering it on. Does anyone know how to work around this issue?

Since we deploy it from VCD's catalog, not drectly from a VC, I want to avoid using pyvmomi API.

Thanks

Tianyong

Hi Guys,

Hopefully something you can assist me with to stop me from ripping anymore of my hair out   For the last few days, I have been trying to add our VCSA to our domain so that I can setup the SSO domain.

This is a brand new deployment - 6.0 all around.  We are using the embedded VCSA with an embedded deployment.  When I go to join the domain, I get the following error:

Idm client exception: Error trying to join AD, error code [11], user [Administrator@mydomain], domain [mydomain], orgUnit []

I have replaced our domain name with 'mydomain' above - any ideas?

ESXI 6.5

When I try to add a new iSCSI adapter for my new SQL Cluster servers

I highlight the Host  select configure tab then select storage adapters hit the GREEN Plus + sign select "software iSCSI adapter"

It fails with an error occurred during host configuration operation failed diagnostics report module iSCSI_vmk not loaded

I have 5 ESXI hosts and on three it works but on the two I need it does not

Any ideas?

Thank you

Tom

When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out.  In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out.  I would like to migrate this VM to another host and datastore.

ESXi version 5.1.0 build 1021289

VMware vCenter Server, 5.1.0 build 947673

I've migrated 154 VMs and out of the 154 VMs migrated approximately a dozen VMs would not allow for live migrations(migrate... option greyed out).  I could not identify any commonality between the dozen VMs that did not allow for live migrations.

I really need to migrate this VM in a live state if at all possible.

When vCenter checks to see if a VM is a valid candidate to migrate, what does it check for because the migrate option is NOT grey for about a second before it becomes greyed out?

Hi All,

our vCenter server (windows 2008 R2, Version 5.5u3) CPU utilization is showing 100%, where unable to access the web client and inventory services. After rebooting also its showing the same. Please provide suggestions asap.

Good morning everyone,

I want to know if it is possibile to configure many vm using vcenter or some external tools.

I need to change boot device order and set a bios password.

I've searched online but i can't find anything useful.

thank you.

Mammer - just came across this post, and just in case someone else stumbles across this I'm going to add some helpful details for them to consume.

The thing to look at is your storage configuration.

- is your storage what I would consider legacy?  that is, is the LUN restricted to a specific set of spindles that handle IO?  if yes, what type of disk is in use, and what is the IOPs rating for the disk?  from there you do some math  that will allow you to understand how many IOPs the LUN can handle, then from there you plan out which VMs should run there so that you don't over load it.  For the most part this is a thing of the past with modern arrays

- does you storage use pools?  storage pools allow for all spindles in the pool to handle IO to the LUNs you provision from this pool of disks, with this array technology you don't need to worry so much about the # of VMs per datastore

- also,  with newer arrays, SSD tiers are used to handle in the incoming IO, and from there throttle the IO to the LUNs, in some cases like the Dell compellent the IO is always written to the "fast track" which is the outer 20% of the disk for faster writes, and later data progression routines place the data elsewhere

We just acquired an HDS G600 array that has 6TB of flash whereby all IOs are written into this flash tier, and will stay there until this tier fills up, then data progress routines will move the data to a slower tier, and HDS auto tier function will move data blocks up to the flash tier when needed.  

So, to summarize, understand your storage..