[libvirt-users] connect to esx: Could not find HostSystem with name '(null)'

[Dimitri Nilsen]

Its a On 05/15/2013 11:18 PM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2013/5/15 Dimitri Nilsen <dimitri.nilsen at kit.edu>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to connect to esx vi libvirt 0.10.2.
> According to line number for esxVI_LookupManagedObjectHelper in the
> debug log this looks like libvirt 0.10.2.1 actually.
>
>> virsh # connect esx://hostname?no_verify=1&auto_answer=1
>> error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor
>> error: internal error Could not find HostSystem with name '(null)'
> First of all you found an error in the bug reporting here. The error
> message should read just 'Could not find HostSystem'.
>
> Anyway, the error says that libvirt couldn't find the HostSystem
> object for that ESX server. This is quite unexpected.
>
> What ESX server version are you using? Is this a standalone server? Or
> is it managed by a vCenter server? Is it part of a cluster?

Hi,

its vCenter, Version 4.1 Update 3.

I am trying to connect from Centos6,
libvirt-0.10.2-18.el6_4.4.x86_64
libvirt-client-0.10.2-18.el6_4.4.x86_64

Regards
> --
> Matthias Bolte
> http://photron.blogspot.com


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