"501 Not Implemented" error on vCenter plugin

[ccie8122]

Background:

So i am running vCenter 4.1.0.345043, with a pair of ESXi 4.1.0.348481 hosts.  the storage is a Dell MD3000i iSCSI storage array.  i have thus far used the Dell MD Storage Manager to set up Hosts, Host Groups, Host-to-VD-mappings, etc.

Then I go into vCenter and enable the iSCSI SW initiator, rescan the HBAs and voila, the targets show up, and i am able to share the storage across the hosts just fine.

I noticed that Dell has an MD Storage Array vCenter Plugin Dell MD  Storage Array vCenter Plug-In.  So download the installer for this  (v01.00.3650.0007) and install the plugin on the vCenter server.

(ESXi is installed on a pair of Dell 2950 dual-Xeon; vCenter is installed on a Dell R410 on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.)

Problem:

After install, i go into client and select Manage Plugins, and I see the Dell MD plugin is DISABLED (will not enable) with the following error:

The following error occured while downloading the script plugin from https://<vcenter_IP>:8084/vcenterconfig/configuration.xml:
The remote server returned an error: (501) Not Implemented.

I turn off WIndows Firewall in case that was the problem, and no dice.

Any ideas?

kr

[DSTAVERT]

I don't know whether you might want to try a newer version assumning the a version 2.1 is newer. http://goo.gl/SUvPC

[ccie8122]

Yeah, that is actually the file i downloaded/installed: SMIA_vCenter_WSX64_2.1_R299488.zip

Dont know why it lists the version as v01.00.3650.0007 in vCenter.

[GeLLow]

Hello,

I got exactly the same error !

vCenter (v. 4.1.0 build 258902) on R310 and 3 ESXi hosts on R710 ( v. 4.1.0 build 348481) connected to a SAS MD3200...

Have you found anything yet ? I can't try to install v 2.0 because MD3200 is not supported...

Regards

Gilles

[ccie8122]

nope

[DSTAVERT]

I would check with Dell support. Is there anything about the plugin that requires an updated licence? New or different features that are seperately licensed?

[ccie8122]

tried that. they were not very helpful - said they "can only provide best effort on setup issues/questions" and sent me the UG for the plugin, which was of no help.

[ccie8122]

and no new features that require any licensing that i am aware of.  the UG just says to install the plug and rock n roll.

[paxri01 · Accepted solution]

Most likely this is due to a conflict in the port assignments with the VMware Update Manager service, if the vCenter Plug-In application server is installed on the same system as the vCenter Server.

To resolve the issue, reinstall the vCenter Plug-In and choose an unused port number instead of the default 8084.

User Guide Excerpt:

      5.  Either change the port number of the Jetty server, or accept the default of 8084 and 8081, and click Next

Please update this post with your results.

Thanks!

[GeLLow]

Many thx paxri01 !

That was it !

Cheers

Gilles

[ccie8122]

that was it for me as well.  thanks

[SICN]

i have the same issue. how can you reinstall vcenter plug-in? do you mean reinstall vCenter Server?

[ccie8122]

no, do NOT reinstall vCenter server.  just uninstall the Dell MD plugin from the vCenter server (via Control Panel | Add/Remove programs in W2k3 or Progs & Features in W2k8).  Then reinstall the MD plugin from the executable and during install, when prompted for port to use, change the default port from 8084 to remove the conflict.  I used 8082 and that fixed the issue.

kr

[SICN]

thanx for the fast reply. your advise solved my problem. is the SMI-S provider upgrade procedure required  for the plugin.