Synchronization and logging. VMware
Synchronization of the list of virtual machines
The system runs automatic synchronization of the list of virtual machines every 30 minutes:
- If there are discrepancies in parameters of virtual machines, these parameters will be changed to the values specified in BILLmanager.
- If a virtual machine has been deleted in vCloud Director, then it will be deleted in BILLmanager.
- If a virtual machine has been added in vCloud Director, then information about this server will be sent to BILLmanager.
Synchronization can also be launched manually: Products/Services → Virtual DC → select a data center → button Virtual servers → button Update.
Logging
The integration module for VMware vCloud Director has a separate log — '/usr/local/mgr5/var/pmvmware.log'
The log contains the detailed information about requests sent to vCloud Director and how the system responded to these requests.
Information about the task is represented in the log as XML:
<Task ... operation="Stopped Virtual Application qwe1(58b81329-ea2a-4f94-b999-1c36923a0340)" operationName="vappUndeployPowerOff" status="running">
...
</Task>
operation — operation name.
status — task status:
- success — completed successfully.
- error — ended with an error.
- canceled — canceled by owner or administrator.
- aborted — aborted by an administrator.
- running — in progress.
The XML can contain additional information such as:
- Error provides information about the error if the task has ended with the error.
- Progress shows the task completion in percents.
Possible errors
General
| Error | Description |
|---|
| auth_token | Authorization token has not been received. Normally, it means that the problem is in an incorrect login or password. |
| forbidden | The user that has been used for integration with vCloud Director does not have sufficient rights for the called function. |
| not_found | The object of the request does not exist. |
| bad_request | It is impossible to process the request.Possible causes:- Not enough resources in VDC.
- Impossible to create a virtual router with the selected IP address.
- No rights to receive information about user roles.
|
| task_error | Request for this operation has ended with an error. |
Errors of the VMware vCloud Director integration module
| Error | Description |
|---|
| createorgnet_task | The error of the task to create a network on the organization level. |
| createedge_task | The error of the task to create Edge Gateway. |
| ratelimit_task | The error of the task to edit the speed limit. |
| editvdc_task | The error of the task to edit VDC parameters. |
| createvdc_task | The error of the task to create a VDC. |
| allocateip_task | The error of the task to add an IP address to the existing VDC. |
| undeploy_task | Failed to suspend one of the virtual machines or vApp when deleting a service. |
| deleteip_task | The error of the task to delete the IP address of VDC. |
| billurl_isnull | URL of the billing platform is not specified in provider settings in BILLmanager. The given error occurs when switching to VMware vCloud Director. |
| bad_rolename | Invalid value of the field User role in the parameters of the processing module. |
| bad_provider | Invalid value of the field Provider in parameters of the processing module. |
| bad_storage_policy | Invalid value of the field Storage policy in parameters of the processing module. |
| bad_netpool | Invalid value of the field Network pool name in parameters of the processing module. |
| gen_orgname | Failed to generate organization name. Before this error shows up, the module will try to generate the unique name 10 times. |
| no_ip | Failed to find a free IP address or the IP address in use has already been added to active service in BILLmanager. |