vSphere replication appliance no networking detected

[hcgrobg]

Rolling out vSphere Rep in 2 sites.

Running 6.5 up1 vSphere/ESXi

Installing 6.5.1 vSphere Replication

Site 1 (Main DC) Deployed OVF, VRep appliance installed without any issues.

Site 2 (DR Site) Used the same OVF as Site 1, when the appliance starts up, getting error No Networking detected. I have ran the command, but it will still not allow me to configure the network.

[iopsGent]

So once you run this command, you don't get the menu?

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

[hcgrobg]

I can run the cmd, it allows me to manually set the network info, but it gives an error when setting an IP to eth0

[iopsGent]

Try clearing the contents of this file using VI (take a copy), then reboot.

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

[hcgrobg]

I'm getting no such file or directory when trying to rum the cmd

[SavkoorSuhas]

Did you happen to deploy from the thick client?

# Suhas

[iopsGent]

Can you run a LS command and screen shot it?

[hcgrobg]

Don't know what you mean by "thick client" Used the vSphere Web Client to import the OVF

[hcgrobg]

LS CMD

* just to make sure, I ran /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules on the other vrep appliance (DC side) that file does not show up either and this one configured without any issues.

[vdk1304]

Hi

even i am facing same issue, kindly advice if your issue resolved.@

[vijayku]

had the same issue with one of the replication appliance deployments. turned out the IP address was already in use by one other VM.

[vdk1304]

will check it thank you, any other advise to check.@

[vFantastic · Accepted solution]

Console to VRMS and login.

Get the interface names with:

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_interfaces

Set the IP for the desired interface with: 

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_set_network <interface name> STATICV4 <IP Address> <NETMASK> <GATEWAY>

Set DNS with:

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_set_dns -d <domain suffix> <DNS IP1> <DNS IP2>

REBOOT

Resolved the issue for me on vSphere Replication 8.4. Hope this helps.

[Jason51]

thank you for the manual IP settings.  I have deployed two replication appliances and both needed this configuration change.

[lufegoec]

Thanks a lot, The Manual IP settings Works Perfect.

[Jason51]

I had to do this same thing again after upgrading two 8.4 appliances to the 8.5 release.  One appliance worked and one failed with network config issue.

[ArnoKattenpoelO]

Think I might have found the issue. After deploying the appliance, and before starting it, please have a look at configure --> "vApp options" on the VM. If you press EDIT and check the options, the IP allocation scheme should be OVF environment. So none of the options in the template regarding to IP setting will be applied if left unchecked.

And its nice to know the commands for manually adjusting them but it should not be necessary after changing this setting. Poorly tested OVA template... shame on you VMware.

[marauli]

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@ArnoKattenpoelO wrote:

Think I might have found the issue. After deploying the appliance, and before starting it, please have a look at configure --> "vApp options" on the VM. If you press EDIT and check the options, the IP allocation scheme should be OVF environment. So none of the options in the template regarding to IP setting will be applied if left unchecked.

And its nice to know the commands for manually adjusting them but it should not be necessary after changing this setting. Poorly tested OVA template... shame on you VMware.

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I was wondering why after setting static IPs on these appliances, the IPs never "stick" and I still have to set up networking... Thank you! So you're saying that if I check "OVF Environment" checkbox before powering the thing up for the first time, it'll use the static IP (and other values) I gave it during initial configuration? That's be awesome!

[marauli]

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Get the interface names with:

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_interfaces

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I am trying to deploy vrms add-on appliances into remote sites, and it looks those come w/o "vami" helper.

There's next to nothing in /opt/vmware/share/:

vSphere Replication Management Server version 8.8.0.15606

Please visit the following URL to configure this appliance:
https://localhost :5480

IPv4 Address:
IPv6 Address: ****::***:****:****:****
localhost login: root
root@localhost [ ~ ]# ls -l /opt/vmware/share/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 17 06:15 htdocs

The only thing with "vami" on the appliance is /opt/vmware/etc/vami/ with just an XML file (ovfEnv.xml) and its backup.

So how do I set an IP on this thing?

[marauli]

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So you're saying that if I check "OVF Environment" checkbox before powering the thing up for the first time, it'll use the static IP (and other values) I gave it during initial configuration? That's be awesome!

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Alas - no. Checking the box before powering it up didn't change anything - still DHCP with none of the networking configuration parameters (not even hostname) "sticking" one it's powered up.