I recently published an article demonstrating how to inject OVF properties into the VCSA and other virtual appliances when deploying directly onto ESXi using an unreleased version of ovftool (4.0). A fellow reader by the name of VirtualJMills, as he is known on Twitter left an interesting comment using an alternate solution which I thought was actually pretty clever!
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How to create vCenter Alarm to alert on ESXi 5.5u1 NFS APD issue?
As some of you may have heard, there is currently a known issue with NFS based datastores (includes VSA NFS datastores) after upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Update 1. The issue causes NFS datastores to disconnect and go into an APD (All Paths Down) state. VMware is currently aware of the problem and you can follow KB 2076392 for the latest updates.
While going through my Twitter stream this morning, I noticed an interesting question from fellow Blogger and friend Jase McCarty who asked the following:
I was quite surprised to hear that there were no vCenter Alarms being triggered for this issue. I decided to take a look at the KB to better understand the symptoms and see if there was anything I could do to help. From what I can tell, the only way to identify this particular problem is by looking at the logs which the KB has an example of what you would see.
Once I took a look at the logs, I knew there was at least two methods in which one could get alerts. One option would be to leverage vCenter Log Insight and create a query based on the particular string but no every customer is using Log Insight and it does require a bit of setup. The second more obvious option for me would be to key off of the VMkernel VOBs that are being generated which I have written about in the past for detecting duplicate IP Addresses for ESXi and VSAN component threshold count.
Here are the steps to create vCenter Alarm:
Step 1 - Create a new vCenter Alarm and give it a name. Select "Hosts" for Monitor and "Specific event occurring ..." for Monitor for
Step 2 - For the Trigger, you will add the following VOB entries (just copy/paste them in)
- esx.problem.storage.apd.start
- esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.server.disconnect
- esx.problem.storage.apd.timeout
Note: The alarm will activate if ANY of the VOBs are seen since it is an OR statement. It would have been nice to be able to group these together to generate the alarm
Once the alarm has been created, you will at least have a way to get notified if you are potentially affected by this problem. I would still highly recommend you subscribe to KB 2076392 for all the latest updates.
VMware VSX - One plugin download site to rule them all?
VMware PEX (Partner Exchange) took place this week in San Francisco and as you would expect there were many announcements both from VMware as well as from our partners regarding new updates and products. After reading Duncan's latest Startup News Flash I found out that PernixData has just released a new vSphere Web Client plugin and thought I would update my popular article Which Vendor Has A vSphere Web Client Plugin? After sharing the update on Twitter, I received several more updates from couple other vendors which I have also updated.
In talking to Jason Boche and others, it was noted that it was pretty difficult to not only find a complete list of vSphere Web Client Plugins (which is why I created the original article) but also complete list of vC Ops Management Packs and vCO Plugins. I was thinking about creating additional articles to capture these plugin downloads and then realized VMware already provides this through VMware Solution Exchange website also known as VSX which was recently revamped in the last couple of months.
It took me a minutes to find the location of the VMware plugins, but it is listed under Cloud Management Marketplace. Under this section, you will have the ability to filter by the specific VMware product you are interested in for add-ons as well as the content type (e.g. workflow vs documentation).
Here is a quick link to the add-on download page for the following VMware products:
- vCenter Orchestrator - Plugins and Workflow Packages
- vCloud Automation Center - Cloud Services, Application Blueprints, etc.
- vCenter Operations - Management Packs
- vCenter Log Insight - Content Paks
I think it would be really useful to also include a section for vSphere Web Client plugins, but for now you can take a look at the complete list here. I will provide my feedback again to the folks running VSX and hopefully we some luck we will get a section for the vSphere Web Client plugins.
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