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Posted to user@vcl.apache.org by Jay Diener-Brazelle <ja...@vcu.edu> on 2011/02/01 17:11:52 UTC

base image creation

Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first base 
image and I feel like I've missed a step.  I have a ESX 4.1 server with 
a Win 7 setup loaded on it.  When I go to create the image I get this 
sent to my admin email account:

VCL::image object could not be created and initialized

Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59
PID: 22852
Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598)

( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
(-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598)
(-2) vcld, main (line: 342)

RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
2011-01-28 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin'
|22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
|22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host password is not configured in the database for the VM profile
|22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789)
|22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037)
|22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037)
|22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
|22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
|22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API object could not be created: VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error
|22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040)
|22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
|22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
|22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
|22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
|22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH
|22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254)
|22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
|22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
|22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342)
|22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
|22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning object could not be created, returning 0
|22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
|22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132)
|22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
|22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
|22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342)
2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image process 22852 exiting

I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node.  Any guidance would 
be appreciated. Thanks.  Jay

Re: base image creation

Posted by Jay Diener-Brazelle <ja...@vcu.edu>.
So I got the VCL VM and the ESX management network on the same vSwitch 
and I have set up the keys so that I can ssh into the ESX server without 
having to authenticate. However, when running the vcld setup I still get 
the same output in my error log.

|18078|5:5|image| 2011-02-08 
14:40:15|18078|5:5|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control OS 
of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host 
is not responding to SSH

I'm assuming at this point I have something wrong in my web interface 
setup.  How do I go about tracking down the offending part?

On 2/8/2011 9:52 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote:
> Alright, so after looking into my ssl connection between the VCL 
> server and the ESXi server, I've determined that the two did not have 
> the ability to see one another.  My VCL server is a VM on the ESXi 
> server and they are on separate vSwitches.  My question is how do I 
> get the VCL VM to talk to the ESXi Management network.  Is it as 
> simple as creating a VM port group on the same physical adapter as the 
> VM management network? Or do I need to create a new network group and 
> only add those two machines to it?  Unfortunately I am not very well 
> versed in ESX usage and my need some gentle hand holding.
>
> On 2/4/2011 8:04 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>> Jay,
>>
>> Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the 
>> log file.
>>
>> First of all welcome to the community. :)
>>
>> VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a 
>> couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl 
>> using the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the 
>> password for the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl 
>> web interface. The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, 
>> from what I can tell it looks like it's not installed on your 
>> management node. The third error is related to the next method that 
>> vcl will try to manage vms on esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi 
>> server and run local cmds such as vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms.
>> This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make 
>> sure you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys 
>> setup. Then you should get further.
>>
>> Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response.
>>
>> Aaron Peeler
>>
>>
>> On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>>> Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys?
>>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote:
>>>> Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first 
>>>> base image and I feel like I've missed a step.  I have a ESX 4.1 
>>>> server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it.  When I go to create the 
>>>> image I get this sent to my admin email account:
>>>>
>>>> VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
>>>>
>>>> Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59
>>>> PID: 22852
>>>> Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598)
>>>>
>>>> ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>>> (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598)
>>>> (-2) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>>>
>>>> RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
>>>> 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed 
>>>> process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin'
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host 
>>>> password is not configured in the database for the VM profile
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API 
>>>> object could not be created: 
>>>> VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>>> 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM 
>>>> host OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to 
>>>> control OS of VM host 192 using OS object: 
>>>> VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM host is not responding to SSH
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning 
>>>> object could not be created, returning 0
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>>> 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted 
>>>> rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
>>>> 2011-01-28 
>>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image process 
>>>> 22852 exiting
>>>>
>>>> I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node.  Any guidance 
>>>> would be appreciated. Thanks.  Jay
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


Re: base image creation

Posted by Jay Diener-Brazelle <ja...@vcu.edu>.
Alright, so after looking into my ssl connection between the VCL server 
and the ESXi server, I've determined that the two did not have the 
ability to see one another.  My VCL server is a VM on the ESXi server 
and they are on separate vSwitches.  My question is how do I get the VCL 
VM to talk to the ESXi Management network.  Is it as simple as creating 
a VM port group on the same physical adapter as the VM management 
network? Or do I need to create a new network group and only add those 
two machines to it?  Unfortunately I am not very well versed in ESX 
usage and my need some gentle hand holding.

On 2/4/2011 8:04 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
> Jay,
>
> Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the 
> log file.
>
> First of all welcome to the community. :)
>
> VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a 
> couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl 
> using the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the 
> password for the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl 
> web interface. The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, 
> from what I can tell it looks like it's not installed on your 
> management node. The third error is related to the next method that 
> vcl will try to manage vms on esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi 
> server and run local cmds such as vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms.
> This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make sure 
> you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys setup. 
> Then you should get further.
>
> Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response.
>
> Aaron Peeler
>
>
> On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>> Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>> On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote:
>>> Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first 
>>> base image and I feel like I've missed a step.  I have a ESX 4.1 
>>> server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it.  When I go to create the 
>>> image I get this sent to my admin email account:
>>>
>>> VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
>>>
>>> Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59
>>> PID: 22852
>>> Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598)
>>>
>>> ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>> (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598)
>>> (-2) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>>
>>> RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
>>> 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed 
>>> process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin'
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host 
>>> password is not configured in the database for the VM profile
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API 
>>> object could not be created: 
>>> VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>> 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host 
>>> OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control 
>>> OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, 
>>> VM host is not responding to SSH
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning 
>>> object could not be created, returning 0
>>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>> 2011-01-28 
>>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted 
>>> rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
>>> 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image 
>>> process 22852 exiting
>>>
>>> I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node.  Any guidance 
>>> would be appreciated. Thanks.  Jay
>>
>>
>
>


Re: base image creation

Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Jay,

Sorry - I realized I should have elaborated more on the errors in the 
log file.

First of all welcome to the community. :)

VCL with vmware provisioning can interact with the ESX(i) server in a 
couple different ways. The first error below is related to the vcl using 
the vmware sdk perl tookit, for this you'll need to set the password for 
the ESXi server in the vmware profile in through the vcl web interface. 
The second is also related to the sdk perl toolkit, from what I can tell 
it looks like it's not installed on your management node. The third 
error is related to the next method that vcl will try to manage vms on 
esxi, it's trying to ssh into the esxi server and run local cmds such as 
vmware-vim-cmd to manage the vms.
This latter method is probably the best approach, if you can make sure 
you have ssh enabled on esxi and have your ssh identity keys setup. Then 
you should get further.

Again welcome and I apologize for the initial short response.

Aaron Peeler


On 2/4/11 7:46 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
> Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys?
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote:
>> Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first 
>> base image and I feel like I've missed a step.  I have a ESX 4.1 
>> server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it.  When I go to create the 
>> image I get this sent to my admin email account:
>>
>> VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
>>
>> Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59
>> PID: 22852
>> Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598)
>>
>> ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>> (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598)
>> (-2) vcld, main (line: 342)
>>
>> RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
>> 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed 
>> process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin'
>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host 
>> password is not configured in the database for the VM profile
>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API 
>> object could not be created: 
>> VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error
>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>> 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host 
>> OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control 
>> OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, 
>> VM host is not responding to SSH
>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342)
>> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
>> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning object 
>> could not be created, returning 0
>> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
>> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342)
>> 2011-01-28 
>> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted 
>> rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
>> 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image 
>> process 22852 exiting
>>
>> I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node.  Any guidance 
>> would be appreciated. Thanks.  Jay
>
>


-- 

Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
919-513-4571


Re: base image creation

Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Can you also ssh into the esxi server using identity keys?

Aaron


On 2/1/11 11:11 AM, Jay Diener-Brazelle wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to the community here. I'm trying to set up my first 
> base image and I feel like I've missed a step.  I have a ESX 4.1 
> server with a Win 7 setup loaded on it.  When I go to create the image 
> I get this sent to my admin email account:
>
> VCL::image object could not be created and initialized
>
> Time: 2011-01-28 15:39:59
> PID: 22852
> Caller: vcld:make_new_child(598)
>
> ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
> (-1) vcld, make_new_child (line: 598)
> (-2) vcld, main (line: 342)
>
> RECENT LOG ENTRIES FOR THIS PROCESS:
> 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:58|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:rename_vcld_process(7221)|renamed 
> process to 'vcld 8:8 image node1 vmwarewin7-testcap611-v0 admin'
> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|vSphere_SDK.pm:initialize(1789)|VM host 
> password is not configured in the database for the VM profile
> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) vSphere_SDK.pm, initialize (line: 1789)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) VMware.pm, (eval) (line: 1037)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1037)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_api_object(1040)|API 
> object could not be created: 
> VCL::Module::Provisioning::VMware::vSphere_SDK, no eval error
> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, get_vmhost_api_object (line: 1040)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 224)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
> 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:get_vmhost_os_object(977)|VM host 
> OS object created: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab
> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|VMware.pm:initialize(254)|unable to control 
> OS of VM host 192 using OS object: VCL::Module::OS::Linux::UnixLab, VM 
> host is not responding to SSH
> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) VMware.pm, initialize (line: 254)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) State.pm, initialize (line: 127)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-6) vcld, main (line: 342)
> |22852|8:8|image| ---- WARNING ----
> |22852|8:8|image| 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:initialize(132)|provisioning object 
> could not be created, returning 0
> |22852|8:8|image| ( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 630)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-1) State.pm, initialize (line: 132)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-2) Module.pm, new (line: 159)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-3) vcld, make_new_child (line: 591)
> |22852|8:8|image| (-4) vcld, main (line: 342)
> 2011-01-28 
> 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|utils.pm:delete_computerloadlog_reservation(6876)|deleted 
> rows from computerloadlog for reservation id=8
> 2011-01-28 15:39:59|22852|8:8|image|State.pm:DESTROY(946)|VCL::image 
> process 22852 exiting
>
> I can SSH to the Win 7 VM from the management node.  Any guidance 
> would be appreciated. Thanks.  Jay


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Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
919-513-4571