Hardware Certification - how to work with VMs installed outside of Workbench Installation Helper ?

[sfields]

Hello,

I am installing all the stuff needed for the ESXi5 Hardware Certification (Storage).

The VM deployment from the Workbench can install several VMs simultaneously, plus it takes too much time, so I deployed VMs manually.

Workbench Installation Helper can see the installed VMs but when I try to install VMware Tools or STAF, I am getting errors.

When I am trying to install STAF I am getting the following error message :

The action (install STAF) failed

java.lang.Exception: Unable to obtain an IP address for ESXiA-VM5-lin-lsi
    at com.vmware.vide.ih.staf.StafOperation.run(StafOperation.java:195)
    at com.vmware.vide.ih.extensions.StafInstall.runAction(StafInstall.java:67)
     at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionManager$2.perform(ActionManager.java:189)
    at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionJob.run(ActionJob.java:37)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

From the Workbench terminal window I can ping the VM's hostname and IP address without any problem.

When I am trying to install VMware Tools I am getting the following error message :

The action (Install/Upgrade VMware Tools) failed

com.vmware.vim25.GenericVmConfigFault

     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)

    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)

    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)

     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)

    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)

    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)

    at com.vmware.vim25.ws.XmlGen.fromXml(XmlGen.java:210)

     at com.vmware.vim25.ws.XmlGen.parseSoapFault(XmlGen.java:86)

    at com.vmware.vim25.ws.WSClient.invoke(WSClient.java:128)

    at com.vmware.vim25.ws.VimStub.mountToolsInstaller(VimStub.java:1884)

    at com.vmware.vim25.mo.VirtualMachine.mountToolsInstaller(VirtualMachine.java:244)

     at com.vmware.vide.ih.inventory.Vm.mountToolsInstaller(Vm.java:201)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.vmtools.VmToolsOperation.install(VmToolsOperation.java:160)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.vmtools.VmToolsOperation.run(VmToolsOperation.java:198)

     at com.vmware.vide.ih.extensions.VmToolsInstall.runAction(VmToolsInstall.java:49)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionManager$2.perform(ActionManager.java:189)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionJob.run(ActionJob.java:37)

     at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

How can I use the VMs installed by myself, i.e. not by Workbench Installation Helper ?

Thanks in advance,

S.F.

[svenkatraman]

I am also facing similar issue. Installing all the stuff needed for the ESXi5 Hardware Certification (Storage)

Installed VMs by myself and trying to install VMware Tools or STAF through workbench.

Any Help???

Thanks in advance!!!

-Suresh

[john23]

Can you uninstall staf , compete cleanup of staf. Try to install VMware tools first.

[svenkatraman]

Without staf being loaded, still install VMware tools first is giving error. I believe configuration in workbench is fine. I have installed both VMware tools  and STAF successfully. I am seeing the error only for windows VMs. i.e 2k3,2k8 OS.

Something need to be tuned up for windows???

[john23]

I will check in my environment and update you....

[sfields]

Me too :

java.lang.Exception: STAF not detected after 5 minutes. Please make sure the Windows user account is logged in.

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.staf.StafOperation.windowsInstall(StafOperation.java:100)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.staf.StafOperation.run(StafOperation.java:203)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.extensions.StafInstall.runAction(StafInstall.java:67)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionManager$2.perform(ActionManager.java:189)

    at com.vmware.vide.ih.actions.ActionJob.run(ActionJob.java:37)

    at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)