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eduardo - 2012-09-12

Hi jogarem,

sorry for last email, I was think, if I send mail from website, I received it on my personal mail, but I dont received. Because this I send my problem here.

My problem is: When I try to login on my esxi4 appears message connection sucessful, but dont showing vms, and appears login again ... every time.

I put here .vEMan/vEMan.log

DEBUG: included >F_NOTREADY< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SCANNET< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SCANDS< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_HOSTMGR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SAVEOVFSET< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_VERSION< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_HELP< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SNAPMGR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_VMEDITOR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_VMMGR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_POWERACT< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_MAINLOOP< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ACTIONS< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_AUTH< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_CHKCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_CONSOLEMGR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_CRTCOOKIE< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_CRTVMLIST< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DEPLOVF< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DEPLVMX< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DETECTVNC< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DISABLEVNC< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ENABLEVNC< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ERR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ESXMGR< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_GETCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_GETFREEPORT< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_GETVMMANUAL< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_GETVMPATH< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_LOGIN< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_MKCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_MKOVFCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_OPENCONSOLE< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_POWER< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SELECTVM< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SPACECONV< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_SUSPEND< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_PARENTF< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DEC< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_DELETEVM< successfully
DEBUG: Res before:
DEBUG: TARGETVM is , AANS is:
DEBUG: F_ESXMGR starting
DEBUG: checking config...
DEBUG: checking config reqs..
DEBUG: Setting file included..
DEBUG: No source file detected.
DEBUG: Server setting file included..
DEBUG: config reqs checks (F_CHKCFG) finished.
DEBUG: config ok.
HASH is U2FsdGVkX1968aZyPAjlrTBvGwOf4ckzyQS/NUXiikc=
DEBUG: checking config...
DEBUG: checking config reqs..
DEBUG: Setting file included..
DEBUG: No source file detected.
DEBUG: Server setting file included..
DEBUG: config reqs checks (F_CHKCFG) finished.
DEBUG: config ok.
No session file detected. Creating one..
HASH is U2FsdGVkX1968aZyPAjlrTBvGwOf4ckzyQS/NUXiikc=
DEBUG: Error checking authentication or creating cookie file (lib F_CRTCOOKIE)
DEBUG: Return message was:
Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-11T20:18:03.108238Z
DEBUG: aborted by user
/home/moreira/vEman/libs/runFUNCTION.vEMan: line 3: : No such file or directory
DEBUG: reached exit function
DEBUG: Cleanup end

If you need more information about my problem, just ask.

Thanks again for your help.

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- secure diversITy - 2012-09-12
  
  Hi eduardo,
  
  oh no problem you can send me emails if you want ;o) It is simply better for the handling if we do it here... and maybe we can find out a problem which would help others, too.
  But it's your choice how you want to communicate - I'am open for everything ;-)
  
  Hm ok I have some questions/requests for you:
  
  1) Does your password may contain special characters and if so could you try to connect with another user/pw without special chars?
  
  2) which version of vEMan do you use (can be found in every window title) ?
  
  3) Please start vEMan at the commandline and post the console output, too.
  
  4) Please provide the content of the following files:
  
  4a) Settings of the current connection ~/.vEMan/settings (<-- I want to see if there is a syntax error here - if you don't want to send that data here you can check the syntax on your own (must be VARIABLE="CONTENT" ensure that there are only 2 " chars on each line) or send it by mail. The password is hashed and can be decrypted with the users password only.) 4b) session data of the current connection ~/.vEMan/sessiondata (<-- this exist only when vEMan is currently started and when entered user/pw at least 1 time. This data is also hashed and save to send)
  
  Thanks
  Thomas
  
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eduardo - 2012-09-12

Thank you for fast answer.

1) no, my password doesnt have special characters, just letters lower and upper case.

2) i tryed many versions, and appears same error ... eg. 0.8.2 / 0.8.5 / 0.9.0 / 0.9.3

3) I tryed to start from console, and appears same error ... I put log below.
root@root:/home/moreira/vEman# ./vEMan
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg found.
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: included >F_MKCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_PARENTF< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_HELP< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_VERSION< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_LICENSE< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_INSTALLER< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ERR< successfully
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/yad met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/general/connect.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/libs/getx509certificate.vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/ovftool met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/vncviewer met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/ovftool met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/vmware-cmd met.
DEBUG: Requirement /bin/nc met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/esxcli met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/libs/runFUNCTION.vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/openssl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/vminfo.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/vmcontrol.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/snapshotmanager.pl met.
DEBUG: vEMan has been executed before. Skipping installer.
DEBUG: starting auth popup
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_GETCFG)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: setting file included successfully
DEBUG: selected 192.168.0.4, root, XXXXXXX (PW hidden), button id: 0
DEBUG: making config
DEBUG: Hashed pass is: U2FsdGVkX18xsKJP0Gzz5FYhhO5EH8LiziQCVvnfPLw=
SRV="192.168.0.5"
Connecting to 192.168.0.5 port 443
Generating Certificate .... done.
DEBUG: Cert fetched successfully.
No session file detected. Creating one..
HASH is U2FsdGVkX18xsKJP0Gzz5FYhhO5EH8LiziQCVvnfPLw=
DEBUG: Error (1) checking authentication or creating session cookie file (F_CRTCOOKIE)
DEBUG: Return message was:
Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-12T19:26:34.288177Z
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_ERR Target said:\n\n
Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-12T19:26:34.288177Z\n)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: Starting keep-alive handler...
DEBUG: Answer was 0
DEBUG: Manage_VM was choosen...
DEBUG: opening action Manage_VM
DEBUG: FIRSTACT was 0
DEBUG: firstrun. will skip keep-alive...
FORCECON (0), FIRSTRUN (1)
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_MAINLOOP)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: Last exit before Texas..
DEBUG: informed keepalive handler about the exit
DEBUG: reached exit function
DEBUG: Cleanup end

4a) VUSER="root"
HASHPW="U2FsdGVkX1968aZyPAjlrTBvGwOf4ckzyQS/NUXiikc="
SRV="192.168.0.5"

4b) i dont have this file on /home/user/.vEMan

thanks again for help me.

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secure diversITy - 2012-09-13

Thanks for your answer and patience..

There is at least one strange thing I can see here:

DEBUG: selected 192.168.0.4, root, XXXXXXX (PW hidden), button id: 0
DEBUG: making config
DEBUG: Hashed pass is: U2FsdGVkX18xsKJP0Gzz5FYhhO5EH8LiziQCVvnfPLw=
SRV="192.168.0.5"
Connecting to 192.168.0.5 port 443

That means I wondering why there are 2 different IPs here. Can you please delete the file:
~/.vEMan/settings

And then try again? Check the log again if the problem with 2 different IPs is still there or not..

Thanks
Thomas

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eduardo - 2012-09-13

Hi Thomas,

No, problem with 2 different ips doesnt appears anymore.

see log.

root@root:/home/moreira/vEman# ./vEMan
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg found.
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: included >F_MKCFG< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_PARENTF< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_HELP< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_VERSION< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_LICENSE< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_INSTALLER< successfully
DEBUG: included >F_ERR< successfully
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/yad met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/general/connect.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/libs/getx509certificate.vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/ovftool met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/vncviewer met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/ovftool met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/vmware-cmd met.
DEBUG: Requirement /bin/nc met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/esxcli met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/libs/runFUNCTION.vEMan met.
DEBUG: Requirement /usr/bin/openssl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/vminfo.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/vmcontrol.pl met.
DEBUG: Requirement /home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/vm/snapshotmanager.pl met.
DEBUG: vEMan has been executed before. Skipping installer.
DEBUG: starting auth popup
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_GETCFG)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: setting file included successfully
DEBUG: selected 192.168.0.5, root, XXXXXXX (PW hidden), button id: 0
DEBUG: making config
DEBUG: Hashed pass is: U2FsdGVkX18MVoIwvXUSlB5ilW7AVYnvCQn2SdszWeA=
SRV="192.168.0.5"
DEBUG: Certificate already fetched and available
DEBUG: skipping certificate activation
No session file detected. Creating one..
HASH is U2FsdGVkX18MVoIwvXUSlB5ilW7AVYnvCQn2SdszWeA=
DEBUG: Error (1) checking authentication or creating session cookie file (F_CRTCOOKIE)
DEBUG: Return message was:
Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-13T10:45:46.360497Z
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_ERR Target said:\n\n
Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-13T10:45:46.360497Z\n)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: Starting keep-alive handler...
DEBUG: Answer was 0
DEBUG: Manage_VM was choosen...
DEBUG: opening action Manage_VM
DEBUG: FIRSTACT was 0
DEBUG: firstrun. will skip keep-alive...
FORCECON (0), FIRSTRUN (1)
DEBUG: Argument given is valid (F_MAINLOOP)
DEBUG: User variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/uservars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: System variable file /home/moreira/vEman/etc/sysvars_vEMan.cfg included successfully.
DEBUG: Last exit before Texas..
DEBUG: informed keepalive handler about the exit
DEBUG: reached exit function
DEBUG: Cleanup end

But problem persist.

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- secure diversITy - 2012-09-14
  
  ok I have some more questions for you ;-)
  
  1) Which version VMware SDK is installed?
  2) Is it a ESX or ESXi where you connect to?
  3) What Firmware version is running at the ESX/i?
  4) What Linux version and type do you use?
  
  Additionally I want to see what happens when you execute that command here:
  
  https_proxy="" ./~vEman/vmapps/general/connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5
  
  --> (This is 1 line) It will ask for your username and password for the ESX/i
  
  Please paste the output of the command here and check if the file "/tmp/auth.vEMan" exists. If so please paste the content here, too.
  
  Thanks
  Thomas
  
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eduardo - 2012-09-14

hi thomas,

thanks again for attention.

1) sorry but I dont know who check version of my vmware sdk ... (please explain how i check it?)
2) VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247
3) vmkload_mod -s mptspi |grep Version
Version: Version 4.21.00.01.1-5vmw, Build: 260247, Interface: ddi_9_1 Built on: May 18 2010
4) Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS \n \l

https_proxy="" ./connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5
Enter username: teste
Enter password:
Error: Server version unavailable at 'https://192.168.0.5/sdk/vimService.wsdl'

this file: /tmp/auth.vEMan doesnt exist.

if you need more information, just ask me.

Thanks again.

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- secure diversITy - 2012-09-14
  
  I dont know who check version of my vmware sdk ..
  
  ... yes, sorry my fault ;-) Here you go:
  
  vmware-cmd --version
  
  and let's do the previous command again but doing it in 3 steps:
  ( "$>" indicates the commandline prompt)
  
  $> PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 $> export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME and then - to be totaly sure: $> PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 https_proxy="" ~/vEman/vmapps/general/connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5 Paste again the output of the console and check the file /tmp/auth.vEMan , too. Regards Thomas
  
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eduardo - 2012-09-17

hi thomas,

when I tryed to type : vmware-cmd --version
appears username and password, after, appears help log ..

root@root:~# vmware-cmd --version
Enter username: root
Enter password:
Usage: vmware-cmd <options> <vm-cfg-path> <vm-action> <arguments>
vmware-cmd -s <options> <server-action> <arguments></arguments></server-action></options></arguments></vm-action></vm-cfg-path></options>

Options: Connection Options: -H or --server <host> specifies an ESX host or a Virtual Center -T <target host> specifies a target host if host is a virtual center

PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 https_proxy="" connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5connect.pl: command not found
root@root:/home/moreira/vEman/vmapps/general# PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 https_proxy="" ./connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5
Enter username: root
Enter password:

Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-17T11:12:10.849376Z

this file: /tmp/auth.vEMan doesnt exist.

these commands doesnt appears anything:
$> PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0
$> export PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME

Thanks
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eduardo - 2012-09-17

I think my problem stay with vmware-cmd, because I dont found this in my linux ... only on vsphere server ... and i copyed this from vmware server to my linux ... maybe this is my problem? and if yes, what I need to install to got vmware-cmd in my linux?

thanks again

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secure diversITy - 2012-09-17

Oh... then we had a big misunderstanding here. :o(
As stated in the README, vEMan needs some additional tools to run. E.g.ovftool and VMware SDK for Perl.
The SDK contains the vmware-cmd command and many others.

Please install the sdk:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=SDKPERL50&productId=229

(If that link is not working check the README file. In any case you need a vmware account to download the sdk)

And please check the README for a download link to the ovftool and other requirements...

Thanks
Thomas

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eduardo - 2012-09-19

hi thomas, ovftools was installed, I installing now sDK, and back soon to say if works.

thanks again.

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eduardo - 2012-09-19

ok, now works.

root@root:/usr/bin# vmware-cmd --version
vSphere SDK for Perl version: 5.0
Script 'vmware-cmd' version: 5.0

PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0 https_proxy="" ./connect.pl --savesessionfile /tmp/auth.vEMan --server 192.168.0.5
Enter username: root
Enter password:

Connection Successful
Server Time : 2012-09-19T11:12:52.275833Z

cat /tmp/auth.vEMan

LWP-Cookies-1.0

Set-Cookie3: vmware_soap_session="\"52fe510e-efe4-0968-a65e-b43329c34650\""; path="/"; domain=192.168.0.5; path_spec; discard; version=0

thanks again for you help me.

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eduardo - 2012-09-19

Thomas,

how I help project ... like you help me?
I think donate ... ?

Do you have paypal or .. ?

Thanks again!

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secure diversITy - 2012-09-20

Hi Eduardo!

great to hear that! So am I right that now vEMan starts as expected?

Well yes, if you want to support the project you can donate or add code to the project. If you want to donate here is the way to do that:
http://sourceforge.net/donate/?user_id=1995733

Hope you have fun with vEMan!

Thanks
Thomas

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