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5 Replies Last post: Sep 29, 2008 4:12 AM by depping
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Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change

Sep 29, 2008 2:23 AM

Click to view s1m0nb's profile Hot Shot s1m0nb 205 posts since
Apr 5, 2004

Hi

I recently had to change my service console & vmotion ip addresses - and to be clever about it I added a second vswitch configured it as a second service console and then removed the original vswitch0.

Everything works fine, I can vmotion between hosts etc....

However Storage vmotion fails to connect to host.....Is there some setting I am missing? (to fully remove the original service console....I am suspecting something along those lines..)

Anyhoo thanks in advance for any ideas..

Reply Re: Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change Sep 29, 2008 2:29 AM
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Jan 17, 2005 VMware Moderator
i would start with flushing DNS on the hosts that you are using to kick off SVmotion. Next step would be checking /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg on the ESX host that causes this problem.




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Reply Re: Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change Sep 29, 2008 2:56 AM
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Click to view s1m0nb's profile Hot Shot s1m0nb 205 posts since
Apr 5, 2004

Yes we are on the right tracks here..the vpxa.cfg file has the old host ip address in there

So I changed it to the correct address and restarted the mgmt-vmware service -- and it changes the ip back to the old one :(

How do I change the address permanently?

Reply Re: Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change Sep 29, 2008 3:05 AM
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Click to view depping's profile Champion depping 2,992 posts since
Jan 17, 2005 VMware Moderator
remove the host from the cluster
check the file, if it's still there delete the file
add the host back to the cluster

there are a couple of other resolutions mentioned on my blog in the comments of the following article:
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/01/24/clone-and-roll-out-template-fail-with-failed-to-connect-to-host/




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Reply Re: Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change Sep 29, 2008 4:03 AM
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Click to view s1m0nb's profile Hot Shot s1m0nb 205 posts since
Apr 5, 2004
Exactly correct

I stopped the vpxa service on the hosts - stopped Virtual Center service - hacked the sql database (changed to old host addresses) and restarted everything - all works fine now
Reply Re: Storage Vmotion fails after Service Console IP change Sep 29, 2008 4:12 AM
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Click to view depping's profile Champion depping 2,992 posts since
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Great thanks for the feedback, will add that bit of info to my blog... seems like more people are experiencing the fact that the database needs an update.




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