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How do i get to be part of corp beta testing for vmware

tonyjpone123 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:06:54 GMT

How do i get into the beta tesing for corp beta testing i just finished beta testing windows server 2008 r2 I can be reached at tonyjpone@hotmail.com

Did vCap work with vCenter 4?

small_man — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:15:09 GMT

I have open config.xml and there only configered until vCenter 2.5 client.

If I manually add vCenter 4.0 clien, will it work OK?

vCenter Update Manager "Unknown Failure" with VMA in operation

jaspain — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:09:06 GMT

I have vCenter Mobile Access running on ESX 4. When the VMware Update Manager attempts to download patch definitions, it generates the error message "VMware vCenter Update Manager has an unknown failure. Check Tasks and Events tab and logs for more details." Checking Tasks and Events, there are two related errors: "Repository address not set for vitual appliance vCenter Mobile Access, it doesn't support updates by VC" and "Failed to scan vCenter Mobile Access for VA upgrades".

Shutting down the vCenter Mobile Access appliance makes this error go away.

The release notes for VMware Update Manager 4.0 b162871 (http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vum_40_rel_notes.html) describe a known issue that may relate to this:

VMware Tools Upgrade Remediation Might Fail with a Misleading Event Error Message
When you try to upgrade VMware Tools on a virtual machine with no installed VMware Tools, the remediation fails with a misleading error message:<code>VMware vCenter Update Manager had an unknown failure. Check Tasks and Events tab and logs for more details.</code>Update Manager does not support VMware Tools upgrade for virtual machines on which VMware Tools is not installed.

Busy as you no doubt are, if you get the chance to rebuild the vCenter Mobile Access appliance with the current ESX 4 VMware Tools, it would be interesting to see if that makes this error go away.

Thanks. Jeff.

timezone change

zzmax65 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:17:39 GMT

Hy guys,

how can I change the tz in vcma? The appliance is located in "PDT", but I'm in Italy...

Thanks in advance

Ciao Massimo

One Virtual center shows no data

SpiderIce — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:31:01 GMT

One of my 3 Virtual centers is not showing any data, it is using the same login info from the other VC that is working. I can get to the /sdk as well from a different window. Any ideals?

template deployment on linux vcenter

lugac — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:46:55 GMT

Hello,
it is possible to use sysprep customisation of deployed guest OS template on linux-vcenter? If it is, how...? I've found folder /etc/vmware-vpx/sysprep/, but when I put sysprep files here, it still does not offer me options of customizing deployed template.
Thanks.

any further versions of VCAP planned?

pfuhli — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:15:26 GMT

Hi,

we appreciate the usage of VCAP more and more while the number of VMs in our two VCs is rising and more and more application admins want to have console access to their VMs. Because we have a lot of custom fields it would be very nice if we could filter/search using these fields.
Is it planned to make any further improvements on VCAP?

Regards,

daniel

vCenter on Linux dumping core every 2 days for an offline ESX 3.5u4 host?

rcardona2k — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:56 GMT

In looking for the vpxd logs for an unrelated post below, I noticed vpxd is core dumping every two days. The vpxd.log and core file are 39 MB compressed so I have put them here: http://senduit.com/8d4620 (valid for one week from date of this posting).

The only host that is registered to this vCenter is offline at the moment. This looks like vCenter is attempting to heartbeat that ESX 3.5u4 host that is offline, here's the stack trace:

~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.045 'App' 72334224 verbose~~ VpxdHeartbeat Queuing 10.5.12.5:1444 (host-8)
~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.046 'App' 69176208 verbose~~ HeartbeatHandler 501803e4-25e6-eb2c-fd24-caa5c419f488:1444 (host-8)
~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.046 'App' 69176208 verbose~~ VpxdHostHeartbeat Need inventory sync for: host-8
~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.046 'App' 69176208 verbose~~ VpxdInvtHost Queuing sync LRO for: /vpx/host/#8/
~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.047 'App' 104094608 info~~ VpxLRO -- BEGIN task-internal-7502 -- host-8 -- VpxdInvtHostSyncHostLRO.Synchronize
~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.049 'App' 73386896 error~~

Exception: ASSERT /build/mts/release/bora-135580/bora/lib/vmdb/vmdbDb.c:2410

~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.055 'App' 73386896 error~~ Backtrace:
00 eip 0x8824d2 Vmacore::System::BacktracePosix::BacktracePosix()
01 eip 0x70abd4 Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
02 eip 0x6addb5 Vmacore::Throwable::Throwable(std::string const&)
03 eip 0x6ae6cc Vmacore::PanicExit(std::string const&)
04 eip 0x39de86 signed char*
05 eip 0x838348 unsigned long volatile
06 eip 0x832caa /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/libvmacore.so.1.1 0x832caa
07 eip 0x830e17 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/libvmacore.so.1.1 0x830e17
08 eip 0x82e31f unsigned long volatile
09 eip 0x867a71b /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x867a71b
10 eip 0x867c1d8 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x867c1d8
11 eip 0x8e5187d /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x8e5187d
12 eip 0x5a92db /lib/libpthread.so.0 0x5a92db
13 eip 0xce612e char

~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.057 'App' 104094608 error~~

Exception: ASSERT /build/mts/release/bora-135580/bora/lib/vmdb/vmdbDb.c:2446

~~2009-06-25 00:35:05.060 'App' 104094608 error~~ Backtrace:
00 eip 0x8824d2 Vmacore::System::BacktracePosix::BacktracePosix()
01 eip 0x70abd4 Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
02 eip 0x6addb5 Vmacore::Throwable::Throwable(std::string const&)
03 eip 0x6ae6cc Vmacore::PanicExit(std::string const&)
04 eip 0x39de86 signed char*
05 eip 0x8383ee unsigned long volatile
06 eip 0x832d1a /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/libvmacore.so.1.1 0x832d1a
07 eip 0x830efb /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/libvmacore.so.1.1 0x830efb
08 eip 0x82e31f unsigned long volatile
09 eip 0x8560cd7 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x8560cd7
10 eip 0x86b2e50 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x86b2e50
11 eip 0x86b8c93 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x86b8c93
12 eip 0x867c107 /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x867c107
13 eip 0x8e5187d /usr/lib/vmware-vpx/vpxd 0x8e5187d
14 eip 0x5a92db /lib/libpthread.so.0 0x5a92db
15 eip 0xce612e char

Console in vCenter not displaying properly

kpc — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:54:13 GMT

Hi

Been using the Linux VC however when I click on the console tab for my VM's I sometimes can't see the whole screen whilst sometimes I see part of the summary screen, any else notice this?

Cheers

Refresh of vCenter on Linux

rcardona2k — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:58:40 GMT

I just installed the 2/22 bits and it's 6/10. Is there a planned refresh in the works soon? What can VMware say about the vCenter 4 version? External references also welcome.

Thanks

Free to Blog?

Mike_Laverick — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:04:23 GMT

Am I free to blog about VC4LIN?

or am I constrained by NDA/Beta Agreement?

Regards
Mike Laverick
RTFM Education
http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk
Author of the SRM Book: http://www.lulu.com/content/4343147

Two New Videos: VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA): Installation & Usage

HyperViZor — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:11:53 GMT

Hi all,

I'm so excited about this great addition to the vCenter, i produced two videos one for the back end installation of the vCMA virtual appliance, and the second using the BlackBerry emulator for demonstrating most of the features. One thing however that did not work with me was the SRM, so any suggestions would be most appreciated.

I hope you will like them.

Video: VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA): Installation (1/2)
Video: VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA): BlackBerry (2/2)

Regards

Hany Michael
HyperViZor.com | Virtualization, and everything around it

vMA OVF and vSphere4 RC

Mike_Laverick — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:10:55 GMT

(OK, I know vMA is bad abbreviation as that is in use by another management tool by VMware)

I want to know if the .OVF format used for Mobile Access is compartiable with vSphere4 - as I'm currently getting an error message...

(I'm not sure if the VMX file version will be either - so I'm going to use the vmdk, and vmkfstools and start with clean VMX file.)

Regards
Mike Laverick
RTFM Education
http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk
Author of the SRM Book: http://www.lulu.com/content/4343147

Potential bug under Blackberry browser version 4.6.1 Nextel 8350i

mlangguth — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:48:23 GMT

Nextel 8350i

Using the browser in hotspot mode, i.e. connected to the local network via wifi and bypassing the blackberry proxy.

The first row of icons; search, migrate, hosts and clusters all link to the events page. Happens in both column and page view regardless of zoom level. While hovering the pointer over any of the icons then using the link address option the dialogue box shows http://server_name/vim/action.do?=scheduledTasks as the URL.

Second row of icons is not affected.

Welcome to VMware vCenter Mobile Access Technology Preview program

Srinivas — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:28:35 GMT

Hello,

I’m very excited to share information about a new and exciting project that a few of our wonderful engineering folks have been working on - VMware vCenter Mobile Access. (Thanks BenK, Cabir, Harish!)

Did you ever get paged when you are in a meeting about some virtual machine that needed to be restarted? Or, did you ever get an alert when you are at your kid’s soccer game or at the movies that a particular server is overloaded? Actually, imagine any scenario where you need to actively manage your datacenter but you are nowhere close to a PC. Wouldn’t it be nice to act on the notification from your mobile phone? After all, we are now a generation that doesn’t leave home without a mobile phone…

Introducing VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA). vCMA allows you to monitor and manage VMware Infrastructure from your mobile phone with an interface that is optimized for such devices. Specifically, it allows you to:

• Search for virtual machines in your data center
• Migrate virtual machines from one host to another using vMotion
• Execute recovery plans using VMware Site Recovery Manager
• Access Scheduled Tasks, Alarms and Events
• And much more...

Instead of explaining all the capabilities, we figured it would be easier to show them in a video - you can view a demo at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UxDnV2qaeM.

We will be releasing vCMA as a technology preview in April 2009. You will be able to download the bits (vCMA server virtual appliance) and access the discussion forums at: http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/vcmobileaccess. We enabled the discussion forums already so if you want to jot down your first thoughts or feature requests once you’ve seen the demo, you can get started now. A lot of us associated with this project will be trolling here and will be happy to answer your questions.

I recommend that you bookmark the vCMA portal and check back in early April to download the bits.

Thanks!
Srinivas

VC Administrator Portal

cpfcg — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:16:48 GMT

Will this ever be a full release and not just community preview?

Don't suppose there's way of adding in your ESX3I Servers?

Shigura — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:42:01 GMT

I suspect the answer is a no on many levels - but just in case there is a way!!

How to change hostname of the appliance

ChrisRu — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:40:40 GMT

Hello Guys,

can anybody help me ho can I change the hostname of the appliance.

If I edit /etc/hostname or /etc/hosts the new hostname is away after a reboot .

Thanks for your help.

Chris

Error when opening any console within VCAP

gr1pp3rjay — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:22:07 GMT

Hi all.

I am not able to view any consoles using this tool, which is ashame as i'd really like us to use this.

I am using the linux version and within config.xml am connecting as https with a non standard port of 4443. (this may be the reason?)

Everything else in VCAP works, but just the console doesnt. Getting the following error once the VMware remote Console window pops up:

"Error Opening the remote virtual machine 192.***.**.*** A4443\vm-1057: The Hostname could not be resolved."

Any ideas?

Cheers.

Enable SSL ?

kimono — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:31:06 GMT

Who are the Tomcat Guru's in here?

I wish to enable SSL for the VCAP main page, that's on port 80, presumably get it going on 443.... SSL is already enabled for the administrative port, but the documentation only says "read this apache.org" document to enable SSL for everything else. So presumably the SSL key generation steps can be fixed and I only need to edit server.xml.

Too much for my small brain...

/kimono/

Remote Console on Linux, help!

SillyRegistration — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:51:38 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to get the Remote Console work on a RHEL 5.2 x32.
I could download and install the .XPI add on, it is listed in Firefox's add-on as installed.
When I try to start it to get a Remote Console toward a server, I get no answer and the following error at the console:

VMRC:ConnectWithSession: attempt to connect with invalid viewer delegate!

Any idea?
So far, the Remote Console on Windows in IE 7 has been good, my Linux attempts all disastrous (I am not that good at Linux, I might have missed some config).

Reporting?

hsmith-vmware — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:51:53 GMT

I don't remember the answer to this one. Will there be a reporting feature of this for GA? I am connecting many VCs to this and would like to export an inventory of all VMs in all VCs (rather than connecting to each VC with VIclient and exporting the list).

Thanks!

Welcome!

Rahul_VMware — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:29:56 GMT

Welcome to the VCAP Technology Preview site. To get started, please take a look at the VirtualCenter Administrator Portal (VCAP) Overview document as well as the Installation Guide that spells out the compatibility requirements for the release. Next, download the product, take it for a spin and let us know what you think.

Thanks for the interest,

Rahul Ravulur
VI Product Management