Bug 590304

Created attachment 415157 [details]
Proposed patch of build system

Problem is in build system.

Reassigning back to mgrac because bug is not in fence_vmware and he is responsible for commit which made problem (0886ca800604fa1db013446af27ef715e7658952).

Do you have updated files to test?

I made these changes:

m_vmime> pwd
/sbin
vm_vmime> diff fence_vmware fence_vmware.orig
30,31c30,31
< RELEASE_VERSION="2.0.115";
< REDHAT_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.  2004  All rights reserved.";
---
> FENCE_RELEASE_NAME="2.0.115";
> REDHAT_COPYRIGHT=("Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.  2004  All rights reserved.")
318,319d317
< 
< 
vm_vmime> diff fence_vmware_helper fence_vmware_helper.orig
15d14
< #my ($FENCE_RELEASE_NAME, $REDHAT_COPYRIGHT, $BUILD_DATE);
19,21c18,20
< $RELEASE_VERSION="2.0.115";
< $REDHAT_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.  2004  All rights reserved.";
< $BUILD_DATE="(built Tue Mar 16 10:29:11 EDT 2010)";
---
> FENCE_RELEASE_NAME="2.0.115";
> REDHAT_COPYRIGHT=("Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.  2004  All rights reserved.")
> BUILD_DATE="(built Tue Mar 16 10:29:11 EDT 2010)";
278,279d276
< 
< 


and I still get this error:

vm_vmime> fence_vmware -v -a 158.155.14.15 -l intec -p 3q9aa93q9 -n /vmfs/volumes/4c0952c2-b03ea556-9c41-0017a477000a/vmime/vmime.vmx
fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'intec' --password '3q9aa93q9' --operation status --vmname '/vmfs/volumes/4c0952c2-b03ea556-9c41-0017a477000a/vmime/vmime.vmx'
Please install VI Perl API package to use this tool!
Perl error: Can't locate VMware/VIRuntime.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at (eval 1) line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 1.

fence_vmware_helper returned Please install VI Perl API package to use this tool!
Perl error: Can't locate VMware/VIRuntime.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at (eval 1) line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 1.


What is the "VI Perl API package" ?

fence_vmware relies on the VMware Perl API which is not (can not be) shipped with RHEL.  So you'll need to get this RPM from VMware and install it.  If you need assistance getting the RPM, please contact your VMware support rep.

Also, just to note, fence_vmware is Technical Preview and as of right now we do not have a timeline yet to fully support it for RHEL5.  One of the reasons that fence_vmware will likely remain Technical Preview is that it relies on a 3rd party package/RPM that we can't ship directly in RHEL.

We are investigating options for future versions of RHEL for doing vmware/virtualcenter/vsphere fencing that will not require the 3rd party APIs, but this is still being researched.

I think it is working now.   Added '-x' and used root instead of other user....ooops forgot to specify -o status..... Good thing not production



vm_vmime> fence_vmware -v -a 158.155.14.15 -x -l root -p xxxxx -n vmime
fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password '3q9aa93q9' --operation status --vmname 'vmime'
vmime:[dmx3918_lun96] vmime/vmime.vmx:poweredOn:connected

fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password '3q9aa93q9' --operation off --vmname 'vmime'

What a pain.

(In reply to comment #7)
> I think it is working now.   Added '-x' and used root instead of other
> user....ooops forgot to specify -o status..... Good thing not production

yes, using the correct command line parameters and authentication username is a good thing
 
> 
> 
> vm_vmime> fence_vmware -v -a 158.155.14.15 -x -l root -p xxxxx -n vmime
> fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password
> '3q9aa93q9' --operation status --vmname 'vmime'
> vmime:[dmx3918_lun96] vmime/vmime.vmx:poweredOn:connected
> 
> fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password
> '3q9aa93q9' --operation off --vmname 'vmime'
> 
> What a pain.    

What is a pain?

If you have an issue above/beyond what this particular bug captures, please file another bug report through Red Hat support.  Otherwise I'm unclear as to what you are complaining about here.

Thanks

(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > I think it is working now.   Added '-x' and used root instead of other
> > user....ooops forgot to specify -o status..... Good thing not production
> 
> yes, using the correct command line parameters and authentication username is a
> good thing
> 
> > 
> > 
> > vm_vmime> fence_vmware -v -a 158.155.14.15 -x -l root -p xxxxx -n vmime
> > fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password
> > '3q9aa93q9' --operation status --vmname 'vmime'
> > vmime:[dmx3918_lun96] vmime/vmime.vmx:poweredOn:connected
> > 
> > fence_vmware_helper --server '158.155.14.15' --username 'root' --password
> > '3q9aa93q9' --operation off --vmname 'vmime'
> > 
> > What a pain.    
> 
> What is a pain?
> 
> If you have an issue above/beyond what this particular bug captures, please
> file another bug report through Red Hat support.  Otherwise I'm unclear as to
> what you are complaining about here.
> 
> Thanks    

The pain is after installing 'vmware-tools', you still need to install the 'api'.  There is no rpm, but a tar ball exists.  I think I have the latest sdk.

Nothing like having to hunt around the web to find everything you need when all  of the info should be in 1 place.  That's the pain.

http://www.wcborstel.com/article/creating-virtual-red-hat-cluster-vmware-vsphere.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/

> The pain is after installing 'vmware-tools', you still need to install the
> 'api'.  There is no rpm, but a tar ball exists.  I think I have the latest sdk.
> 
> Nothing like having to hunt around the web to find everything you need when all
>  of the info should be in 1 place.  That's the pain.

Not much we can do about that given that VMware doesn't maintain these APIs as a part of Fedora or as an upstream/open source project.  If you could convince them to do that, then it would be feasible to pull the package into RHEL and then you wouldn't need to go to multiple places to get this working.

And as I mentioned, we are working on a way to remove the API dependency entirely but that work is still in progress.

Thanks for your help.....someone else can find this ticket and hopefully get to the solution quicker.


Everett

Yeah, in addition I'm going to take the info and put it in a knowledge base article so that it's more centrally located rather than having to rely on google searching :)

It seems that RHEL 5.5 comes with new fence_vmware http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/VMware_FencingConfig and requires that vmware api so this bug is related with previous version of RHEL. I don't know how you guys at Redhat will act open that but since it there is 5.4z (with 18 months period) we can say this problem still persists.

@Omer:

This bug is present in RHEL 5.5 so I fixed it there and it will be part of next update. I did not check it in RHEL 5.4 but if there will be a request for such fix then it can be fixed in 5.4.z even if VMWare fence agent is just TechPreview

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0036.html