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BrianDougherty
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Issue with Timeout trying to query for a new datastore

Good Afternoon,

I am going through the process of adding a datastore in VCenter.  When I do I get a timeout message.  Had the same thing on my other VCenter server, but those are Windows, whereas this is an appliance.  I followed the steps in the following article:

VMware Knowledge Base

Part of that references a file in the following location:

usr/lib/vmware-invsvc/lib/server/config/

When I browse to usr/lib, it tells me there is no such directory. Using the -ls command confirms this.

Am I missing something here?  Is there a way to transfer the .xml file from the ESX Host to my Windows workstation (FYI...WinSCP did not work).

I am trying to avoid opening an SR if I can and am hoping this can be resolved quickly on my own.

Thank You

Brian Dougherty

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Vijay2027
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What version of VCSA is this?

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SupreetK
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1) This is a very generic error. Are you able to create the datastore directly from a host?

2) Can you share the error you received while connecting with WinSCP?

3) With 6.5, the inventory service and the location has changed a bit. The new location is </usr/lib/vmware-vpxd-svcs/lib/server/config>.

Cheers,

Supreet

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