Cannot prepare ESXi hosts
Hey all,.
I get the error attached when trying to prepare my two 5 ESXi hosts to vCloud Director. I did some research on Google and lead only I found that it was possible the prereqs for DRS were dissatisfied, be they (DRS is enabled on both) in my environment. I went to the hosts and has attempted to examine the agent logs, but they aren't there, so it seems that this process does not quite right from the start. Any suggestions?
This command on its own, must return an output XML of VIBs installed on the ESX host. It is somehow a post-dated check to see if the agent is already there.
If you are in Mode of Support SSH/Local Tech, the output should start something like this:
# > pwd
/ usr/lib/vmware /.
#>. / esxcli-software vib.list
.....
If the command does not work then you will not be able to prepare a host.
Are these images of ESXi embedded by chance? My lab Kit is ESXi Installable on some HP blades.
If these are incorporated, see if there is an update of flash card and that your partition zero is set on a persistent location:
http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1033696
Hope it gets you going to... worst case is to recreate the ESXi host for an installation on a single host CD to see if it clears up the problems.
Best regards
Jon Hemming
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