Hi,
I wonder if OnTAP 8.1.2 simulator is supposed to work on ESXi 5.1 hypervisor?
I downloaded vsim-DOT812-7m-esx.tgz and followed the instructions provided of how to deploy it, the VM fails to start with the following:
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2013-03-05T10:18:34.291Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 2489681, extentType = 0
2013-03-05T10:18:34.294Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 2260306, extentType = 0
2013-03-05T10:18:34.296Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 2620755, extentType = 0
2013-03-05T10:18:34.297Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChainNode: can't create multiextent node 4d4306f3-DataONTAP-s001.vmdk failed with error The system cannot find the file specified (0xbad0003, Not found)
2013-03-05T10:18:34.326Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk" : failed to open (The system cannot find the file specified).
2013-03-05T10:18:34.327Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-s001.vmdk" : closed.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.327Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-s002.vmdk" : closed.
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2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-s124.vmdk" : closed.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-s125.vmdk" : closed.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-s126.vmdk" : closed.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk' with flags 0xa The system cannot find the file specified (25).
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: Msg_Post: Error
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: [msg.disk.fileNotFound] VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk "/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk". Verify the path is valid and try again.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: [msg.disklib.FILENOTFOUND] The system cannot find the file specified
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: [msg.disk.noBackEnd] Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
2013-03-05T10:18:34.337Z| vmx| I120: ----------------------------------------
The file in question is of course there:
/vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01 # ls -al /vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5326 Mar 5 10:17 /vmfs/volumes/4dd2f7fa-10315a8b-a027-e83935b9cf50/vsim-DOT812-7m_01/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Vladimir