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mclark
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Post-4.1 upgrade error in converter health status

I upgraded my vCenter 4.0 server to vCenter 4.1. After the upgrade I am seeing an error in the vCenter Service Status. The error is with com.vmware.converter, and the error is "Unable to retrieve health data from https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/converter/health.xml". I rebooted after the upgrade. Anyone else seeing this, or know where I can look to find out what is wrong?

Thanks!

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mclark
Expert
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I uninstalled and reinstalled the Converter piece and the error went away. FYI.

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MJChmiel
Contributor
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I'm having the same issue, uninstall/reinstall did not resolve.

I'm not too concerned however because converter works just fine.

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dougjkamp
Contributor
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I have the same problem. I reinstalled the converter component on the vCenter server but it still shows up as an error for the converter in the service status and my conversions fail.

Anyone else managed to resolve this?

Cheers,

Doug

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ABoeff
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Contributor

Me also have the same problem... Smiley Sad

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Krede
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Same problem here!

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AllanKnudsen
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Contributor

I'm also seeing this problem after upgrade to 4.1 today.

If I check the address: https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/converter/health.xml

1. I'm able to reach the health.xml

2. health.xml say status is green

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AllanKnudsen
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The following I found in release notes for Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server 4.1

vCenter Service Status for com.vmware.converter shows error During the vCenter Converter installation process, if you specify a short server name for vCenter Converter to register with the vCenter Server, the vCenter Service Status might display the error Unable to retrieve health data from [https://servername|https://servername/] for com.vmware.converter. Workaround: Use fully qualified domain name or IP address to register vCenter Converter with vCenter Server.

I did try uninstall converter and reinstall it with fully qualified domain name. But it seems not much has changed - message is now: Unable to retrieve health data from

During installation, where I specify the FQDN a port is also specified - I was unable to set this to 443 as it was with my vCenter 4.0 installation. I have to set this to 80 before it is accepted and installation continues.

//Allan

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Krede
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Allan: I tried the exact same thing - so now I also get the error from the FQDN instead.

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ABoeff
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I also tried it with the full FQDN, shortname and the IP instead.

Problem is still the same...

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mclark
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I marked this answered too quickly. I noticed the other day that the error is back again. This is still a problem for me, also.

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jasonboche
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I'm also seeing this issue with Converter. I was also seeing an error message in Guided Consolidation under the Configuration Tab for vCenter Converter Server status but that seems to have gone away now. Originally I felt the two problems were directly related. I had originally installed Guided Consolidation before installing Converter - There is a dependency there where Guided Consolidation relies on Converter. I uninstalled both components and then installed Converter first, then Guided Consolidation.

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asutosh
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Yes, the functionality is working fine.

Just the UI reports alert.

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Zero70
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Hi we have the exact same problem. Last night I updated the vcenter server to 4.1 and this morning I noticed the error

Vcenter server version

Error in vsphere Client

Actual Health status

So based on the actual Health status being greeen, I don't believe we really have a problem but it's messing up the alarms tab because it constantly shows an error Smiley Sad

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Samirang
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Same problem after a fresh install and no solution

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Krede
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autoreply

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scerazy
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I believe all these strange errors are down to ADAM DB

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101748...

especially in current 4.1 version of vCenter, 4.2 converter etc

No idea yet how to fix it, when it is "broken"

Seb

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pcerda
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I have the same problem!!!

At least i still can use Converter without problems.

have VMware said something about this issue? I've not found anything yet.






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asutosh
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Things are working fine for me if we have VC and Converter in different machines.

With the case of VC and Converter on the same machine, seems like some issue with ssl certs.

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Gallwapa
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Had this issue and it was resolved with this kb