Not trying to thread-jack, but I have a very similar issue:
Running into a very similar issue ... our ESX is pre-production while I wait on a new switch for the iSCSI traffic, vlans etc.
Anyway, I get the errors described above when trying to setup HA and I am pretty sure that it is a DNS issue, and I need some quick help on the resolv.conf and nsswitch.conf.
I do not have a DNS server setup in the test environment (yes I know it is a 'requirement' for HA) and I want to set everything up so that it will work without a DNS server so that in the future it can withstand a DNS server failure. I only have 2 ESX boxes, so it is very manageable.
I have added short & FQDN for each ESX box and Virtual center in both ESX servers. They can all ping each other.
The resolv.conf only has one line "search xxx.edu"
The nsswitch.conf has "hosts: files dns"
Networking wise, I have the Console and Kernel traffic both on their own NIC and separate IP block with no routing between them. I have added a VMKernel port on the Console switch for NFS access.
In the logs I see a few errors:
\[2007-07-23 05:40:47.491 'App' 12782512 warning] Fault Msg: "Unable to change license state as the license server is not available."
\[2007-07-23 05:41:07.859 'App' 9935792 error] \[VpxaVMAP::Invoke] Command /usr/bin/perl /opt/LGTOaam512/vmware/aam_config_util.pl -z -cmd=listnodes -domain=vmware failed with error 1
\[2007-07-23 05:41:07.859 'App' 9935792 error] \[VpxaVMAP::Invoke] Command /usr/bin/perl /opt/LGTOaam512/vmware/aam_config_util.pl -z -cmd=listnodes -domain=vmware failed with error 1
\[2007-07-23 05:41:07.859 'App' 9935792 error] \[VpxaVMAP::Invoke] Command output:
KEY: -z VAL: 1
KEY: domain VAL: vmware
KEY: cmd VAL: listnodes
CMD: hostname -s
RESULT:
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vmesxdl3950
CMD: /opt/LGTOaam512/bin/ft_gethostbyname vmesxdl3950 |grep FAILED
RESULT:
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ft_gethostbyname(vmesxdl3950) FAILED!
VMwareerrortext=failed to resolve hostname/ip using short hostname vmesxdl3950
VMwareerrorcat=hostmisconfigured
VMwareresult=failure
Total time for script to complete: 0 minute(s) and 0 second(s)
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So can any guru's spot the problem right off? I have no clue why the licensing server issue is listed ...
