Error when issueing vifp addserver command

[maguar99]

I have a vsphere 4.1 host, that seems to work fine form most actions,

I wanted to install the dell/Equallogic multipathing plugin, which requires VMA, when I did, I am hitting a stange roadblock.

$ vifp addserver "10.32.0.221"

Error: No such file or directory

and sometimes:

$ vifp addserver "10.32.0.221"

Error: Operation now in progress

10.32.0.221 is a fully functioning ESX 4.1 host, with local authentication, and I am able to ssh to it from the VMA box

I am able to use this vifp command on a second 4.1 host 10.32.0.222 without issue..

Are there any VMA logs?

I am logged in a vma-admin, but strangley I dont have access to the /var/log/messages file, and I do not know the "root" password, just the vi-admin password which I set. (su more /var/log/messages requires the "root" password)

[maguar99]

I have a log from

/var/log/vmware/vma/vifpd.log

command-> 1

ADDSERVER

MessageQueue::RecvMessage - Queue

id is 0

Error while connecting. No such f

ile or directory.

Error adding target. 'No such fil

e or directory'

MessageQueue::SendMessage - Queue

id is 0

MessageQueue::SendMessage - Queue

id is 0

It does not provide much information

[lamw]

To view the logs, you'll need to use "sudo" to tail the logs while you add your target to see what errors you're getting

e.g.

tail -f /var/log/vmware/vma/vifpd.log

Have you filled up your vMA system by any chance?

What do you see when you run "vifp listservers"?

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[maguar99]

I was able to view the logs now with that command. .

This is a freshly installed VMA appliance.

$ df

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on

/dev/sda5 3446860 1446888 1822056 45% /

/dev/sda3 505636 10813 468718 3% /var/log

/dev/sda1 101086 11911 83956 13% /boot

tmpfs 255292 0 255292 0% /dev/shm

I am able to add/remove other ESX 4.1 hosts

$ vifp listservers -l

paacsvc01.somewhere.net vCenter fpauth

10.32.0.222 ESX fpauth

There is just a particular ESX host with an issue.. And I am trying to avoid having to re-install that host. Would there by any logs to look for on the host related to this error?

[maguar99]

This issue was resolved by mapping host name to the host IP that was having issues. I am not sure why it fixed it, but it did.

I mapped paesx01.somewhere.net to the host 10.32.0.221 which was giving me issues.

I then issued the vifp addserver paesx01.somewhere.net (instead of by IP) and it worked!