Getting so much closer now! I've made more progress now that I've left the external address field blank.

Developments:

- I can now see the vco extension in the mob

- I can download the plugin via link in the mob

- Unfortunately, in the web client the vRealize Orchestrator panel is still blank.

- I tried a full remove extension, remove vcenter in VRO and then did a re-add of both the vCenter instance and the extension. Restarted web client and still nothing.

- Interestingly, I think the main panel in VRO is now a very pale shade of orange, rather than the same color as the other panels in the web client. (this could be a sign that I'm going crazy).

Much thanks DVATOV! Any other ideas?

Here's some of what I'm seeing in addition to the original poster's snippet:

[ Certificate Manager Failure Notice ]

...

Updated 26 service(s)

Status : 85% Completed [starting services...]

Error while starting services, please see log for more details

Status : 0% Completed [Operation failed, performing automatic rollback]

Error while replacing Machine SSL Cert, please see /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log for more information.

Performing rollback of Machine SSL Cert...

Get site nameus : 0% Completed [Rollback Machine SSL Cert...]

Error while reverting certificate for store : MACHINE_SSL_CERT

Rollback Status : 0% Completed [Rollback operation failed]

Error while performing rollback operation, please try Reset operation...

please see /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log for more information.

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HOSTNAME:/var/tmp/vmware # less /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log

INFO:root:Service: vmware-vpxd, Action: start

2016-11-16T21:16:31.950Z  Invoked command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']

2016-11-16T21:16:31.950Z  RC = 1

Stdout = vmware-vpxd: VC SSL Certificate does not exist, it will be generated by vpxd

Waiting for the embedded database to start up: success

Executing pre-startup scripts...

vmware-vpxd: Starting vpxd by administrative request.

success

vmware-vpxd: Waiting for vpxd to start listening for requests on 8089

Waiting for vpxd to initialize: ..........................................................Wed Nov 16 16:16:09 EST 2016 Captured live core: /var/core/live_core.vpxd.26479.11-16-2016-16-16-09

[INFO] writing vpxd process dump retry:2 Time(Y-M-D H:M:S):2016-11-16 21:16:08

.Wed Nov 16 16:16:21 EST 2016 Captured live core: /var/core/live_core.vpxd.26479.11-16-2016-16-16-21

[INFO] writing vpxd process dump retry:1 Time(Y-M-D H:M:S):2016-11-16 21:16:19

.failed

failed

vmware-vpxd: vpxd failed to initialize in time.

vpxd is already starting up. Aborting the request.

Stderr =

2016-11-16T21:16:31.951Z  {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']\nStderr: "

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",

            "localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-vpxd', 'start']\nStderr: '",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

ERROR:root:Unable to start service vmware-vpxd, Exception: {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "vmware-vpxd"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",

            "localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-vpxd'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

2016-11-16T21:16:31.958Z ERROR certificate-manager None

2016-11-16T21:16:31.958Z ERROR certificate-manager Error while starting services, please see log for more details

2016-11-16T21:16:31.958Z ERROR certificate-manager Error while replacing Machine SSL Cert, please see /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log for more information.

2016-11-16T21:16:31.958Z ERROR certificate-manager {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "None"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",

            "localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'None'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"

        },

        "Error while starting services, please see log for more details"

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

2016-11-16T21:16:31.959Z INFO certificate-manager Performing rollback of Machine SSL Cert...

----

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HOSTNAME:/certs # tail -f /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log

2016-11-16T16:06:26.675-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Log path: /var/log/vmware/vpxd

2016-11-16T16:06:26.676-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initializing SSL

2016-11-16T16:06:26.675-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD23D74700] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2016-11-16T16:06:26.679-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Vmacore::InitSSL: handshakeTimeoutUs = 120000000

2016-11-16T16:06:26.680-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD23C72700] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2016-11-16T16:06:26.680-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Daemon] Changed working directory to /var/log/vmware/vpxd

2016-11-16T16:06:26.685-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Starting VMware VirtualCenter 6.0.0 build-3634794

2016-11-16T16:06:26.685-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Log directory: /var/log/vmware/vpxd.

2016-11-16T16:06:26.686-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Main] Account name: (Account Removed)

2016-11-16T16:06:26.744-05:00 info vpxd[7FDD34CDF7A0] [Originator@6876 sub=Main] [HandleNetworkIdentityChanges] Machine SSL Cert changed

----

----

HOSTNAME:/certs # tail -f /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vmware-vpxd.log

vmware-vpxd: VC SSL Certificate does not exist, it will be generated by vpxd

Waiting for the embedded database to start up: success

Executing pre-startup scripts...

eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

vmware-vpxd: Starting vpxd by administrative request.

success

vmware-vpxd: Waiting for vpxd to start listening for requests on 8089

Waiting for vpxd to initialize: ....................

----

----

HOSTNAME:/certs # tail -f /var/log/vmware/invsvc/inv-svc.log

2016-11-16T16:06:20.858-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  ERROR com.vmware.vim.vcauthenticate.servlets.AuthenticationHelper  opId=] Hit ServiceFaultException while fetching admin group for the SSO Admin user : (UPN Replaced)

com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceFaultException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.authentication.exception.TokenProviderException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFound

Exception: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

...

Caused by: com.vmware.vim.query.server.authentication.exception.TokenProviderException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFoundException: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

...

Caused by: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFoundException: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

...

Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.ConnectionException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

...

Caused by: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.ConnectionException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

...

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

...

2016-11-16T16:06:23.039-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.cis.common.util.impl.DiskSpaceCheckLog  opId=] [/storage/invsvc/xdb/xdb.bootstrap : 4.00]

2016-11-16T16:06:23.045-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.cis.common.util.impl.DiskSpaceCheckLog  opId=] [/var/log/vmware/invsvc : 3.00]

2016-11-16T16:06:23.102-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.tagging2.vmodl.ManagerInitializer  opId=] TaggingAdminRole : 1001 already exists!

2016-11-16T16:06:23.102-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.tagging2.vmodl.ManagerInitializer  opId=] TagManager initialized

2016-11-16T16:06:23.103-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.tagging2.vmodl.ManagerInitializer  opId=] TagManager initialized

2016-11-16T16:06:23.127-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.cis.authorization.impl.provider.AuthQueryHandlerRegistry  opId=] Registering provider query handler for : SRM

2016-11-16T16:06:23.146-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.dataservices.DataService  opId=] Inventory services server starting up...

2016-11-16T16:06:23.234-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.TcServer  opId=] Starting server on [HTTP:0.0.0.0:10080, maxIdleTime: 120000 ms, maxKeepAliveRequests: 100]

2016-11-16T16:06:23.637-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.ProviderManagerServiceImpl  opId=] starting provider pump for: urn:cis.cls:9fd51f44-f5b6-4f45-9461-aec93077bfb8

2016-11-16T16:06:23.638-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.ProviderManagerServiceImpl  opId=] starting provider pump for: c67d8f7e-6714-49fa-bc63-c11b29c70b2f

2016-11-16T16:06:23.639-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.dataservices.DataService  opId=] Inventory services server started.

2016-11-16T16:06:23.639-05:00 [WrapperListener_start_runner  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.store.impl.QueryPerfLogger  opId=] Server startup time: 493 ms

2016-11-16T16:06:23.883-05:00 [pool-12-thread-1  ERROR com.vmware.vim.vcauthenticate.servlets.AuthenticationHelper  opId=] Hit ServiceFaultException while fetching admin group for the SSO Admin user : (UPN Replaced)

com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceFaultException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.authentication.exception.TokenProviderException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFound

Exception: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

...

2016-11-16T16:06:24.646-05:00 [provider-manager-task-68  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.AtomPullProviderImpl  opId=] Attempting VAPI-based login for provider: urn:cis.cls:9fd51f44-f5b6-4f45-9461-aec93077bfb8 to

URL: http://localhost:16666/cls/ - using scheme Http :true

2016-11-16T16:06:24.660-05:00 [provider-manager-task-69  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.AtomPullProviderImpl  opId=] Attempting SOAP-based login for provider: c67d8f7e-6714-49fa-bc63-c11b29c70b2f to URL: http:/

/localhost:8085/sdk

2016-11-16T16:06:24.702-05:00 [provider-manager-task-69  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.ProviderManagerServiceImpl  opId=] Cannot connect to provider: com.vmware.vim.query.server.store.exception.UnauthorizedExc

eption: not connected

2016-11-16T16:06:24.726-05:00 [provider-manager-task-68  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.provider.impl.ProviderManagerServiceImpl  opId=] Cannot connect to provider: com.vmware.vim.query.server.store.exception.UnauthorizedExc

eption: not connected

2016-11-16T16:06:26.944-05:00 [pool-12-thread-1  ERROR com.vmware.vim.vcauthenticate.servlets.AuthenticationHelper  opId=] Hit ServiceFaultException while fetching admin group for the SSO Admin user : (UPN Replaced)

com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceFaultException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.authentication.exception.TokenProviderException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFound

Exception: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

...

2016-11-16T16:06:32.082-05:00 [pool-30-thread-1  WARN  com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.impl.AdapterServerCertificateInjector  opId=] Could not inject STS certificates into adapter servercom.vmware.vim.query.server

.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFoundException: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

2016-11-16T16:06:32.082-05:00 [pool-30-thread-1  INFO  com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.impl.AdapterServerCertificateInjector  opId=] Failed to fetch trusted certs - Next trusted certs retrieval attempt to happen i

n 10s

2016-11-16T16:06:33.009-05:00 [pool-12-thread-1  ERROR com.vmware.vim.vcauthenticate.servlets.AuthenticationHelper  opId=] Hit ServiceFaultException while fetching admin group for the SSO Admin user : (UPN Replaced)

com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceFaultException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.authentication.exception.TokenProviderException: com.vmware.vim.query.server.ssoauthentication.exception.ServiceNotFound

Exception: Hit ExecutionException during SSO-Lookup

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Hello!

I USB 2.0-RS232 adapters, I need to use them with Win 98 but it doesn't work. I tried for hours ;-(

I have different computers, I have a serial port on one of my computers and it works perfectly, but on the other computers I need to use adapters and I can't make them work.

Do you have a suggestion? A driver?

Thanks for your help!

PJ

Hi there,

vmnet1 is the host-only network. It should not be accessible from outside the Mac, but it could be if your physical network happens to use the same subnet range.

This is expected behavior. We issue an IP from our built in DHCP service for host-only network vms.

You could instead just create a custom network and disable our DHCP so that your DHCP server will issue the IP.

I have the documentation on this card, and of course "enable jbod" is the main setting to allow VSAN to work; but I'm wondering if there are other settings on this specific card that work best for VSAN. Our environment is about to be 4x ESXi 6.x hosts, each with 524Gb RAM, a single 400Gb SSD Cache drive, and 3x 6Tb spinny disks (all disks are on the HCL). We'll also have a "normal" Samsung EVO ssd for the OS (we have a bunch of them laying around so I figured I'd use them for something!). We'll mirror this setup offsite, run replication and SRM for business continuity.

So: has anybody already done the hard work and found optimal settings for this card, for running VSAN in an HCI environment?

Thanks!

It's all versions prior to 8.5.2 for Fusion and 12.5.2 for Workstation Pro and Player.

First off, are you using Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)?  If I remember correctly, USB support was introduced in Win98SE.  And only USB 1.0.  So, it may be a little tougher to find an appropriate driver for the USB-to-Serial adapter.

One possibility - Does the host recognize the adapter, and have correct drivers installed for it?  If so, you should have a COM port in your host via that device.  You should be able to add a Serial port to your Win98 VM, and point the physical port to that COM port number.

Hi Richard,

Thank you for reaching out. I appreciate your input and absolutely see your point here. It is of course important to recognize those who have recently participated.

I am going to make the necessary adjustments to highlight this group.

Please check again in about an hour.

Best,
Katie Bradley

Hi,

Has anyone figured this out yet? We are facing the same issue. We have an SR open with VMware and they are currently asking us to reinstall the Inventory Services, which according to the comment by O.P. most likely will not make a difference.

Cheers,

Milos

Thanks for the information. Does that vulnerability also apply to Copy and Paste since both that and Drag and Drop are in the Isolation panel of Settings?

In web client, do you see a single 'Getting started' page for vRO, or several pages? If the latter, it means the vRO plug-in has been successfully downloaded from vRO server and successfully deployed into web client.

When the plug-in is deployed but there is no content, it usually means there is some user permissions issue. Are you able to login to vRO workflow designed using the same username/password you used to login to vSphere web client, and then able to browse and start workflows?

If you are able to login with the same credentials to both workflow designer and web client, then I'd suggest to check web client log files for errors related to communication between web client and vRO server. The main web client log file is /var/log/vmware/vsphere-client/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log

I thought I'd rattle this off to see if I was just screwing something up.

The vCenter server appliance will get wedged if you attempt to deploy the OVA on a non-internet connected network because of the RPM update process it launches not being able to download updates.

IP settings input during the OVA deployment process are discarded, you have to log in at the console to re-input them after the initial boot and self-setup processes are complete.

The Flash based UI cannot be accessed from Chrome if Chrome cannot connect to the internet (download failed or flash player out of date errors even if chrome and bundled flash are fully up to date).

How large are your base images?  How large are your app layers?

I've been using single SD cards and/or USB (cheap $10 ones) for ESXi installations for 7 years on dozens of hosts for critical production loads.  Being that ESXi only reads the disk on boot up and then loads and runs all operations from memory; the only time the RAID drives or SD/USB disk is written too again is when you make a change to your host configuration. From an admin experience standpoint; unless something drastically changes in the future with how ESXi operates, I'll never install ESXi on RAID drives again. Too costly and zero performance benefit and negligible redundancy gains as a host profile can easily be used to recover a failed SD Card on a fresh install.

Cheerio!

Dan

The first question is, do they have an active subscription?

If they don't have one, it you'd need to compare the price of the reinstatement plus the upgrade, compared to a new purchase.

If they have an active subscription, I think (not sure though, and you will need to verify this with VMware sales) that they are entitled for vSphere Enterprise (Advanced Edition was dropped with v5.0) free of charge. In this case they would only need to upgrade the 6 CPU licenses from Enterprise to Enterprise+ with the appropriate SnS.

I'd suggest you reach out to a VMware representive to have this checked.

André

Hi,

I haven't had a go at this myself but I did find this -  http://www.definit.co.uk/2013/03/powercli-script-to-set-rdm-luns-to-perennially-reserved-fixes-slow-boot-of-esxi-5-1-wit…

I agree.  Scheduling is a needed feature.  I've noticed slowing on computers when uploads occur.  So have employees... to the point of a couple asking not to use Mirage.

Simple scheduling would resolve this issue.  Upload at lunch and end of day in a CVD policy applied to Executives and some on slow WAN link.

But I've seen that VMware is slow to implement features... so I wouldn't count on it.

It's all versions prior to 8.5.2 for Fusion and 12.5.2 for Workstation Pro and Player.

Which means that we are all facing the unpleasant choice of risking the security threat or the frequent virtual machine crashes that have not yet been fixed in VMware Fusion versions 8.5.x.

I am staying with version 8.1.1 for now. For those making a similar choice (staying with version 8.1.1) who are concerned about the threat represented by this vulnerability, I would disable drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste features until the crashing bug has been fixed and new 8.5.x releases are confirmed to be stable. Just my 2 cents worth.

I'd wait to see if both methods of file transfer are affected or just Drag and Drop. And of course, there's always Shared Folders.

I'm working on an NSX related project. I'd like to operate the NSX API, given a vCenter connection (vSphere API). How can I achieve that? I believe that is possible because when I login vCenter web client by specifying vCenter host, user, password, I can see the associated NSX manager, and do operations (issued to NSX manager), without specifying NSX manager address and credential.

My question is how can I do that at API level? I'm assuming that involves creating vCenter connection using vSphere API (I'm familiar with this part), find the associated NSX manager (not sure how to do that in vSphere API), then login NSX API (I know how to do this using NSX API with host/user/password, but don't know how to achieve it using a vCenter connection, sounds like some kind of SSO between vCenter and plugin), and finally do NSX operations (I'm familiar with this part).

Appreciate your help on this. Thanks.