VMware Communities: Message List - Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

Rockapot — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:14:11 GMT

Nice one..., i spent age's trying to get it working... SP updates, reboots etc... and then i came accross this article..
all fine now...

Carl

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

reeksk — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:40:04 GMT

nice one, that did the trick

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:08:32 GMT

RTFM, they seemed to have changed the defaults from installed to not installed maybe!

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:04:03 GMT

Found the answer

In update 1 it appears Consolidation is not enabled so I navigated to c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\

and removed the following lines from the vpxd.cfg file and rebooted the server.

<vcp2v>
<dontStartConsolidation>true</dontStartConsolidation>
</vcp2v>

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:36:10 GMT

Am i missing something in the licence file?

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:18:38 GMT

oh no..... I need to pop to Boots the chemist and buy some hair growth hormones as I've ripped all mine out.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:36:36 GMT

Here's mine.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:27 GMT

Ok I think think that maybe this functionality is no longer available as other people I have spoken to also have this button missing, if you have installed Update 1 of VC and have this button can you post a jpeg of it.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:19:21 GMT

Again built a new server, new instance completely, still no consolidation button, I have rebuilt 6 times on 6 different servers in everyway possible still rubbish install, this is really mega annoying, nightmare, I'm well not happy to be honest and give up... nasty nasty build version I am skipping update 1 and will not be deploying it period - why is Vmware not releasing any help on this.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:30:15 GMT

Did you select the default install action when you did the install? I also ran this twice, and I got mixed results as well. However, when I ran the custom install with the capacity planner piece checked, the button does show up. As you say, though, this is not good on VMware part to work this way.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:18:20 GMT

Some additional pictures, I'm really lost now!

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:30:34 GMT

Ok I built 2 identical servers (Windows 2003 Standard Server) On one I put pre Update 1 VI and the other Update 1, look the consoidation icon is missing, looking at add/remove programs they have the identical programs installed, everything is identical....this is of major concern to me and worries do arise with regards to the stability of this Update 1 if the installer does not even work correctly

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:37:28 GMT

I had a test vm I reverted back to 2.5, pre Update 1. And upgraded it. When I use the custom install, and select all of the components including capacity planner, all plugins and the consolidation button showed up correctly.

When I only selected the middle radio button (Virtual Center Management Server), It was able to upgrade successfully.

I just downloaded a new ISO yesteday, build 84767. Have you tried a fresh ISO, and tried the custom install for only the consolidation?

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

nsolop — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:58:43 GMT

My 2 cents, had the same problem yesterday. Searching on google found on many sites stating that the problem is related to the ssleay32.dll on winnt\system32. That file it's supposed to be incompatible with the one provided by many of the VMware softwares. After searching on my computer I didn't find that dll on my winnt\system32 folder, so run a search for that on my entire system and found it on many VMware folders under program files.

Then run on a cmd window the following command: regsvr32 "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Converter\ssleay32.dll"

That made it for me, after that I was able to right click on a host and then click on "import machine".

Had tested this procedure on 3 computers and worked like a charm.

Hope this can help and sorry about my english!

Regards,
Nicolas Solop
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:18:22 GMT

Is the capacity planner service set to automatic and running? Also, are there any errors in your system log?

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:17:27 GMT

Still no joy, well I will have to ensure I don't deploy this update 1 just yet as it does not work as I want, very disapointing

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:50:38 GMT

Both of the plugin installs are on the cd, run them manually, and then enable the plugin.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ejward — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:47:59 GMT

I'm having issues too after update 1. Mine is different though. In VC, i have the consolidation icon. It seems to work. When i go to plugins however,it shows that I still need to download and install. If i try to dowenload and install, I get an error. Enabling it is not even an option. Consolidation seems to work fine though.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:20:07 GMT

My button didn't fully show up until after I also rebooted the vc server, after I ran the CapacityPlanner.exe installer.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:40:05 GMT

Looks like the install is not automated any longer. If you mount the cd/iso, go to the vpx folder, and run the CapacityPlanner.exe install manually, you should be able to install without issue.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:30:05 GMT

I have uninstalled and reinstalled on AGAIN and on a different server, the option is still not available next to update manager?

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:28:48 GMT

Easiest thing would be to reinstall. It will be simpler than trying to figure out what happened.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:19:41 GMT

All components are present in the control panel of installed programs.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

CCI-VI — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:02:56 GMT

yes.. capacity planner is still there.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:11:21 GMT

Look in control panel and see if 'Capacity Planner for Virtual Center' is still in add/remove programs. I wonder if this is yet another "feature" of Update 1. = )

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:08:45 GMT

Thats the one since it disappeared i cant remember what it was called, very odd one this as you can see from the screendump i did.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:58:43 GMT

Wait, now I'm confused. Do you mean the consolidation icon? or converter? I'm running a 2.5 VC in my lab, and I don't see an icon for converter, but yes for Consolidation (Capacity Planner?)

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:37:33 GMT

There was an icon before I updated to update 1, is it gone now then! because I could run a CP exercise using that icon.

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

kjb007 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:17:26 GMT

The new converter is a bit different to invoke. After it's been enabled, right-click on a host or a resource pool where you want to add a new vm, right-click, and select 'Import Machine'

The rest should look familiar.

-KjB

Re: Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

CCI-VI — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:40:54 GMT

I'm a newbie and could be wrong but your's looks the same as mine. I don't believe you're supposed to see a "button" but you should be able to right click on your host and "import machine"

Unable to enable convertor plugin with update 1

ZippyDaMCT — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:59:13 GMT

I have upgraded VC to update 1 but I am unable to see the convertor plugin, I have uninstalled/reinstalled it above 5 time to no avail, it shows as installed but the button does not appear in VC next to update manager, has anybody else had this problem - if so how did you cure it.