Cannot Enable vSphereReplicationNFC

[nicholas1982]

Hi All,

I was able to create a vmk and enable vSphereReplication but I'm unable to enable vSphereReplicationNFC

New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esxiserver -PortGroup $NfcPG.Name -VirtualSwitch $dvSwitch -IP $IpAddress -SubnetMask $SubnetMask

        $vnicMgr = Get-View -Id $esxiserver.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.VirtualNicManager

        $vnicMgr.SelectVnicForNicType('vSphereReplicationNFC',$vmk6.Name)

Exception calling "SelectVnicForNicType" with "2" argument(s): "A specified parameter was not correct: "

At line:3 char:9

+         $vnicMgr.SelectVnicForNicType('vSphereReplicationNFC',$vmk6.N ...

+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException

[LucD]

Did you check that vmk6 is a candidate for that functionality?

$vnicMgr.Info.NetConfig | where{$_.NicType -eq 'vSphereReplicationNFC'} |

select -ExpandProperty CandidateVnic

[nicholas1982]

Hi Luc,

i can confirm its vmk6 but what do you mean candidate? I’m away from my desk but will run that command later.

What at I can say is I was able to ename it via the GUI ok.

[LucD]

Under Info.Netconfig, the possible candidates for each type are listed (and the ones selected).

[nicholas1982]

Hi Luc,

I've ran the command, i have 7 vmk's and they all seem to be candidates, i'm trying to set it on vmk6

Device    : vmk0

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk0

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk3

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk3

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk4

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk4

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk5

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk5

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk6

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk6

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk1

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk1

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

Device    : vmk2

Key       : vSphereReplicationNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk2

Portgroup :

Spec      : VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec

Port      :

[LucD · Accepted solution]

I can select/deselect any of my vmk for that type of traffic.

Are you sure that $vmk6.Name contains 'vmk6'?

I can only reproduce that error when I provide an incorrect name for the VMKernel adapter.

[nicholas1982]

Luc, i figured the issue. i didn't set the variable $vmk6 for  New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esxiserver -PortGroup $VrepPG.Name -VirtualSwitch $dvSwitch

I had it set to $Result =  New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esxiserver -PortGroup $VrepPG.Name -VirtualSwitch $dvSwitch

Instead of $vmk6 =  New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $esxiserver -PortGroup $VrepPG.Name -VirtualSwitch $dvSwitch

Worked perfectly! Thanks again for your help Luc.