When i added a host to an existing vSAN cluster via the SDDC manager the task failed with the following error: “Found zero ssd devices for SSD cache tier”
To quickly fix this we need to set the cache disk on the ESXi host to SSD, you can check the current value with the vdq -q command. As you can see in the picture below the disk I want to use for the cache is marked with a value of “0”, so it is not recognized as SSD drive.
In the past you had to set the the disk to SSD with SATP claim rules, but from version 7.x and 8.x there is a new and simpler command to do this. Run the following ESXCLI command and use the storage device ID and the -M option with value of true (or false to revert the change) to mark the device as an SSD.
esxcli storage hpp device set -d naa.6000c299027de72c68de829e23455e88 -M true
In my lab I tried to deploy Aria Operations for Networks 6.12.1 (AON/vRNI) from Aria Suite LifeCycle 8.16 (ASLC/vRLCM). Before the deployment of AON I successfully deployed other products:
Attempted to deploy Aria Ops for Networks 6.12.1 but it failed with LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000016 error.
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java.io.IOException: com.vmware.vim.binding.vmodl.fault.SystemError
at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65.vlsi.utils.ExceptionMappingUtils.mapAndThrowImportVAppExceptions(ExceptionMappingUtils.java:78)
at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.drivers.vsphere65.deploy.impl.BaseOvfDeploy.importOvf(BaseOvfDeploy.java:713)
at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vsphere.tasks.DeployOvfTask.execute(DeployOvfTask.java:251)
at com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.automata.core.TaskThread.run(TaskThread.java:62)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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Error Code: LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000016 IO Exception occurred while performing the operation. Check the logs for more information. Unexpected ioexception occurred.
After a failed deployment of VCF 5.0, i was left with a vSAN Datastore on the first host in the cluster, and this was blocking a retry of the deployment.
In this state the vsanDatastore is unable to be deleted. If I try to delete it, the option is greyed out.
To delete the datastore and the partitions of the disks, we first need to SSH into the host and get the cluster.
We need the Sub-Cluster Master UUID, copy it to the clipboard. To leave the cluster the command is:
After a Failed VCF bring-up, I wanted to retry the bring-up. Luckily the error I encountered before was resolved but again I ran in to an issue during the retry.
Now the issue was with the import of the SSH Keys
Going through some internal resources i stumbled upon the solution, since this is a nested lab environment on top of VCD you have to reset the MAC address of the ESXi Host.
During my latest deployment of VCF in my lab environment I ran in to the following issue.
Failed to migrate vmnics of host 192.168.11.12 to DVS sfo-m01-cl01-vds01 . Reason: Failed to migrate vmknic vmk0 to DvSwitch 50 22 42 8c d5 a1 d4 8f-6d 9e 8a 1e 93 ac 5b 9d Failed to migrate vmnics of host 192.168.11.12 to DVS sfo-m01-cl01-vds01 . Reason: Failed to migrate vmknic vmk0 to DvSwitch 50 22 42 8c d5 a1 d4 8f-6d 9e 8a 1e 93 ac 5b 9d Failed to migrate vmnics of host 192.168.11.12 to DVS sfo-m01-cl01-vds01 . Reason: Failed to migrate vmknic vmk0 to DvSwitch 50 22 42 8c d5 a1 d4 8f-6d 9e 8a 1e 93 ac 5b 9d Failed to migrate vmnics of host 192.168.11.12 to DVS sfo-m01-cl01-vds01 . Reason: Failed to migrate vmknic vmk0 to DvSwitch 50 22 42 8c d5 a1 d4 8f-6d 9e 8a 1e 93 ac 5b 9d
The error is pretty clear, the migration of vmk0 from the standard vSwitch to the Distributed vSwitch failed on esx02. I checked esx01 and on this host the migration was successfull.
I tried to manually migrating the vmk0 to the distributed vSwitch also ran in to an error in vCenter. Right-click dvSwitch -> Add and Manage Hosts -> Manage Host Networking -> Select esx02
Click Next and leave the physical adapters as is, click next again. On the next screen click on “Assign Port Group” next to vmk0.
Click on ASSIGN next to the management portgroup
Next, Next, Finish…..Task is running and fails after a few seconds.
it is a MAC address conflict when the esxi takes the mac of the physical nic for vmk0. By deleting and recreating the vmk0 interface you generate a new MAC address for vmk0.
Steps to check, delete and recreate vmk0 interface
Login via DCUI
Enable ESXi Shell
Next, Click ALT+F1 to access ESXi console and login as root.
Type the command: esxcli network ip interface list
Make a note of the portgroup, in this case “Management network” and then remove the vmk0 with the following command: esxcli network ip interface remove –-interface-name=vmk0
When vmk0 is deleted, we can immediately create a new interface with the same name and portgroup. This is done by the following command: esxcli network ip interface add -–interface-name=vmk0 -p “Management Network”
To check if vmk0 is created again type the command: esxcli network ip interface list
Click ALT+F2 to access ESXi DCUI and login to disable the ESXi shell. Now we can configure the IP settings again via the DCUI
Go to Configure Management Settings -> IPv4 Configuration and set the static IPv4 configuration
Hit Enter then Esc and Yes to restart the management network
Now we can try to redeploy via cloudbuilder, after this the deployment went on succesfully
