Failed to download file from guest with error '(vim.fault.InvalidGuestLogin) about vsphere-automated-lab-deployment

[lamw]

From the logs, it looks like it wasn't able to connect to the VCSA using the Guest Operations API to retrieve status and eventually it gives up (which you can see in the vcsa-cli-installer.log file) and hence the failure. The issue is happening outside of the deployment script. Can ask that you try to deploy just the VCSA using the UI or CLI installer to see if you're having success using the inputs you've provided to my script? This should at least verify that you're able to deploy it which my script simply calls the CLI Installer

[dwaynejhall]

William

I have the same problem when I attempt to deploy the VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-4602587 appliance to either venter or ESXi and I found this KB about the root password having expired - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/51124

I only grabbed the GA version of the ISO from a link in one of your articles - can I use any version of 6.5 in this script?

Thanks
Dwayne

[dwaynejhall]

William

I decided to grab the last version of 6.5 (before you couldn't upgrade to the 6.7) VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-8024368 and I was able to properly deploy it to my environment. However when I run your script the vcsa-cli-installer.log file still shows that something is trying to connect to my existing vCenter Appliance and download rpmInstall.json file - I made sure that the creds (both root and [email protected] had the same password). Is it normal for this json file to be downloaded from the existing VCSA? Also I had rebooted my vCenter Appliance yesterday. I will attach the logs once it is done (timesout) but I think it looks the same as before

2018-10-16 18:24:55,398 - vCSACliInstallLogger - TRACE - Cannot download file /var/log/firstboot/rpmInstall.json from vcsa01.hdjlab.int. Got error: Failed to download file from guest with error '(vim.fault.GuestOperationsUnavailable) {
dynamicType = ,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = 'The guest operations agent could not be contacted.',
faultCause = ,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) []

[dwaynejhall]

I think I spoke too soon it looks like it has progressed past the download attempts into the service installs and the starting - looks like it is working. I appreciate the time you have taken to build all this up - will save time for me and likely a lot of others for testing. I will close this issue once I have confirmed everything

[dwaynejhall]

Hi William

Looks like it all deployed properly only one error related to vSAN and when I check the Events it shows one error event for each host "Could not scan vesxi6-#" - I will investigate - now I can play around with vSAN - thanks again - your scripts rock!

[10-16-2018_03:30:58] Enabling VSAN Space Efficiency/De-Dupe & disabling VSAN He
alth Check ...
Set-VsanClusterConfiguration : 10/16/2018 3:31:46 PM
Set-VsanClusterConfiguration General vSAN error.
Reason 1:
At E:\Downloads\Software\VMware\lab\vsphere-6.5-vghetto-standard-lab-deployment
-HDJLAB.ps1:857 char:83

• ... usterName | Set-VsanClusterConfiguration -SpaceEfficiencyEnabled $tru ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Set-VsanClusterConfigurat
    ion], ViError
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Storage_Impl_VsanServiceImpl_ErrorSettingSpaceEf
    ficiency,VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Commands.Cmdlets.Vsan.SetVsanCluster
    Configuration