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OCUM 6.x on VMware Fusion howto

IMHOTEPSON
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i tried to get the ovf running on my mac with Fusion, but it always stucks on applying the customized ip settings.

- at first it failed to get an IP Address via dhcp

- if i try to change ip settings with the command 2

     changing the parameters for my environment

     it fail on applying the settings, because it is not reachable on configured IP

if i check the Interface IP Settings (eth0) shows a configuration without Network, Gateway and DNS Nameserver

Then i used the Options 2) Changing IP Address Settings to do the settings again,

Are these settings correct? y

9 Commit Changes

Do you want to commit the changes? y

... take some seconds an come back with

Note: Commit failed due to an unexpected error.

The pending changes made in the maintenance console have been discarded.

 

during the apply changes process i saw some successful pings getting through, after the error silence again...

 

wtf is going on in the background, why there is no access to the host itself, looks like the bs script is not properly working !

 

any idea ??

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IMHOTEPSON
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bs guys this will also occure on ESX ;( so this is a general issue since many OCUM OVA Versions, still not fixed, poor quality ;((

will always fail with 

NOTE: Commit failed due to an unexpected error

 

sorry, but this is NOT a 6.4P1 Version this is still Beta 

 

and that's the trick ?! why this is not done on the OVA Appliance since the beginning of...

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2050592

 

as the customer we do NOT have access to the CLI of the Appliance, so YOU should fix this before.

 

 

or just do the hack with the diag user 

http://community.netapp.com/t5/OnCommand-Storage-Management-Software-Discussions/Oncommand-Unified-Manager-6-4-SLLLOOOOWWW-after-upgrade-OVA/td-p/1168...

Launch the OPM console.

Log in as a maintenance user from the VMware console.

  1. In the Main Menu, type 4 to select Support/Diagnostics.
  2. To access the diagnostic console, type erds at the command prompt .You are prompted with the following message: Remote diagnostic access is disabled. Would you like to enable remote diagnostic access? (y/N).
  3. Type y to enable remote diagnostic access.
  4. When prompted, enter a new UNIX password for the diagnostic user.
  5. Type x to exit the maintenance console.

 

Launch the OPM console.

Login as User diag with the UNIX pwd

Enter the Diag Shell

 

Run 'sudo vmware-config-tools.pl' 

1. VMware Host-Guest Filesystem no

2. The vmblock no

3. caf no

sudo reboot

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