Hi :
I am trying software components with my blueprint.
I can confirm that my .Net 3.5 have been installed, and i have my template prepared by following this. Prepare a Windows Reference Machine to Support Software
but my server provision failed with timeout.
when i login to check the logs. it shows "C:\opt\vmware-appdirector\agent\appd.properties not detected"
i can see the service is started.
Did i miss anything?
Any comments would be highly appreciated. Thanks.
You failed on the machine provision, not software component, so you need to look at the error message to determine why.
Thanks a lot for your quick response.
actually the vm is provisioned. i can login to the VM before it is destroying automatically.
and also i have tried this solution, it doesn't work VMware Knowledge Base
Thanks again.
BTW. do you know where i can check the exactly logs of bootstrap service?
There is more to "provisioned" than if the VM is powered on. Look at your error message in your own screenshot. It failed at the provision stage because of an InstallSoftware process (are you installing software via custom properties?). Once again, expand the error message to see where it failed, because it was before when software components run.
Please find the screenshot below. the thing is if i manually created the appd.properties, the whole process can go through.
Thanks again.
This may be the timestamping issue in 7.4. Apply the workaround as noted here and try again.
Thanks. Actually, i have already tried this one. (At least the properties file with a timestamp as a postfix should be generated if it is the problem).
but for my problem, there is no files at all.
Can you show your c:/opt/vmware-appdirector/agent-bootstrap/vcac-appd-gc.bat file? And are you using linked clones?
Thanks a lot for your patience.
@echo off
REM
REM Copyright (c) 2015-2017 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
REM
REM Description:
REM VMware vRealize Automation Software Agent customization script.
REM * Create the appd.properties file based on command-line parameters
REM * The appd.properties file is created under C:\opt\vmware-appdirector\agent
REM
REM Reset error level before beginning this script.
set ERRORLEVEL=0
REM Constants
set APPD_PROPERTIES=appd.properties
set APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY=C:\opt\vmware-appdirector\agent
set APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\logs
set APPD_PROPERTIES_FILE=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\%APPD_PROPERTIES%
set CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_FILE=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\custom.properties
set VCAC_APPDCUSTOM_LOG=%APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY%\vcac-appd-gc.log
set APPD_AGENT_RAN_FLAG=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\agent_ran
set APPD_AGENT_FAILED_FLAG=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\bootstrap_failed
set SLEEP_INTERVAL=30
set set APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\appd.properties_%random%
REM Check if agent directory exists?
if not exist %APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY% (
mkdir %APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%
)
REM Check if agent logs directory exists?
if not exist %APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY% (
mkdir %APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY%
)
call:echo_d INFO "VMware vRealize Automation Software Agent customization script - Begin"
REM Check if an appd.properties file already exists?
if exist %APPD_PROPERTIES_FILE% (
echo OVERRIDE_ERROR_CONTEXT
call:echo:d ERROR "Found existing %APPD_PROPERTIES_FILE% file. Failing provisioning, please re-create the template and try again."
exit 1
)
REM Calling javascript to perform the writing
cscript %~dpn0.js %APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT% %CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_FILE% %* 2>&1 >> %VCAC_APPDCUSTOM_LOG%
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
call:echo_d ERROR "Error writing properties to %APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT%. Abort."
echo OVERRIDE_ERROR_CONTEXT
echo "Error writing properties to %APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT%"
exit 1
)
REM Rename the date time stamped temporary file to appd.properties file
ren %APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT% %APPD_PROPERTIES%
:checkexist
if exist %APPD_AGENT_FAILED_FLAG% (
echo OVERRIDE_ERROR_CONTEXT
for /f "skip=1 delims=" %%a in ('type %APPD_AGENT_FAILED_FLAG%') do (
echo %%a
exit 1
)
echo "Error reading %APPD_AGENT_FAILED_FLAG%"
exit 1
) else if exist %APPD_AGENT_RAN_FLAG% (
call:echo_d "vRA Software agent started"
exit 0
) else (
call:echo_d INFO "Guest Agent waits %SLEEP_INTERVAL% seconds before re-checking Software Agent progress."
TIMEOUT /t 30 /nobreak 2>&1 >> %VCAC_APPDCUSTOM_LOG%
GOTO :checkexist
)
REM The above loop will not reach here.
REM Logging helper function
:echo_d
echo %~1 %date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2% %time:~0,8%,%time:~9,2%0 - %~2 >> %VCAC_APPDCUSTOM_LOG%
:eof
You have a duplicate set command so you didn't edit this file correctly.
REM Constants
set APPD_PROPERTIES=appd.properties
set APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY=C:\opt\vmware-appdirector\agent
set APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\logs
set APPD_PROPERTIES_FILE=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\%APPD_PROPERTIES%
set CUSTOM_PROPERTIES_FILE=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\custom.properties
set VCAC_APPDCUSTOM_LOG=%APPD_AGENT_LOGS_DIRECTORY%\vcac-appd-gc.log
set APPD_AGENT_RAN_FLAG=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\agent_ran
set APPD_AGENT_FAILED_FLAG=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\bootstrap_failed
set SLEEP_INTERVAL=30
set set APPD_PROPERTIES_INPUT=%APPD_AGENT_DIRECTORY%\appd.properties_%random%
Good Catch Sir.
After i correct it. i still got same error. Do you know how to check the exactly output of vcac-appd-gc.bat from windows service.
i would like to see why this file was not created.
The output of that file is going to be the property payload, so if it doesn't exist then there's still a problem. Don't know what you mean by "windows service" in this context. What I'd recommend at this point is to run the PS1 script again to uninstall and then re-install the guest and software agents. Modify the same BAT file again if necessary. Convert to template and re-run. Sometimes, especially if this is an upgrade, things get borked with the guest/software agent files and can cause hang-ups and I've seen it several times.
Sure i will run this to uninstall
C:\opt\vmware-appdirector\agent-bootstrap\appd_bootstrap_removal.bat
And follow Prepare a Windows Reference Machine to Support Software to reinstall and update the bat file.
let's say if i do this on a specific vm and reboot the VM, i should see the appd.properties created successfully.
is this right?
No, not the batch file. Get the PS1 script from the vRA appliance that automates the process to install/uninstall the guest agent. When you go through the install process again, it'll detect and uninstall all the previous agents. Once it recreates everything, edit the file as outlined in the KB I linked. Shutdown, convert to template, and try another deploy.