[Linux-cluster] help reqd. - VMware ESX 3.5 fencing

[chris barry]

I'm running RHEL4u5 VMs and VI3.02, and I did not encounter this error.
What versions are you using? VI3.5, and what VM distro?

Ok, what I am getting at is what made you have to change that line!

;)

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:47 +0530, Panigrahi, Santosh Kumar wrote:
> No Chrish, I have copied Apputil directory from viperltoolkit directory
> (/tmp/viperltoolkit/apps) to my site perl directory
> (/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8) as per your suggestion. But after that
> on running your fencing script, I got the same error, as reported by
> Brian. Then I changed the package to VMware::VIruntime at line 45 and
> the script worked fine without giving any compilation problem.
> 
> I don't know how u got the impression from the below mail chain that we
> have executed the script successfully without coping the Apputil
> directory to site_perl directory. 
> 
> Thanks and Regard,
> Santosh
> 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Barry
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:20 PM
> To: linux clustering
> Subject: RE: [Linux-cluster] help reqd. - VMware ESX 3.5 fencing
> 
> 
> What version of redhat are you using?
> 
> Are you saying that instead of copying the AppUtil directory
> post-install of the viperltoolkit, you simply changed the use line to
> use VMware::VIRuntime;?
> 
> Regards,
> -C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Brian Kroth
> Sent: Thu 2/28/2008 8:29 AM
> To: Panigrahi, Santosh Kumar
> Cc: linux clustering
> Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] help reqd. - VMware ESX 3.5 fencing
>  
> That was it.  
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> Panigrahi, Santosh Kumar <Santosh.Panigrahi at in.unisys.com> 2008-02-28
> 09:37:
> >    Hello Brian,
> > 
> >    I had also faced the same problem. Just change the line no 45 in
> your
> >    script. The original line is <use VMware::VIM2Runtime>. Make it to
> > 
> >    <use VMware::VIRuntime;> After changing this it worked fine for me
> and
> >    hopes it will also solve your compilation aborted problem.
> > 
> >    Chris,
> > 
> >    Thanks for giving your precious time on debugging the problem,
> which I
> >    had reported without coping the Apputil directory.
> > 
> >    Thanks and Regards,
> > 
> >    Santosh
> > 
> >    -----Original Message-----
> >    From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com
> >    [[1]mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brian
> Kroth
> >    Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:15 AM
> >    To: chris barry
> >    Cc: linux clustering
> >    Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] help reqd. - VMware ESX 3.5 fencing
> > 
> >    More perl questions:
> > 
> >    $ echo -e
> >
> "server=vmware\nvmname=gfstest3\nusername=fencer\npassword=fencerpw\nop
> >    eration=reset" | /sbin/fence_vi3
> > 
> >    The component 'privilegeList' has already been installed in class
> >    -->AuthorizationManager<-- as a HASH(0x1f779834)
> > 
> >      (this time a scalar)
> > 
> >     at
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux/Class/MethodMaker.pm
> >    line 20
> > 
> >    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> >    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/VMware/VIM25Runtime.pm line 17, <>
> line
> >    6.
> > 
> >    Compilation failed in require at (eval 27) line 3, <> line 6.
> > 
> >    Any thoughts?
> > 
> >    Thanks,
> > 
> >    Brian
> > 
> >    chris barry <Christopher.Barry at qlogic.com> 2008-02-26 17:30:
> > 
> >    > Read the top section of the script itself. I explain that the
> install
> > 
> >    > script of viperltoolkit does not install the AppUtil directory
> with
> >    the
> > 
> >    > rest of itself in your particular site_perl dir.
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    > do a
> > 
> >    > $ locate site_perl
> > 
> >    > to see where on your system has your site_perl director(y|ies),
> and
> >    look
> > 
> >    > in each one to find the other vmware module dirs (includes)
> listed in
> > 
> >    > the top of the script. Then copy the AppUtil dir (from the
> >    viperltoolkit
> > 
> >    > source) into the same site_perl as the rest, and at the same
> level.
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    > e.g.
> > 
> >    > ...site_perl
> > 
> >    >        |-AppUtil
> > 
> >    >        |-VMware
> > 
> >    >        `-other stuff
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    > Once the AppUtil dir is present in the right location, it should
> work
> > 
> >    > ok. I had to figure this out the hard way. ;)
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    >
> > 
> >    > Good Luck,
> > 
> >    > -C
> > 
> > References
> > 
> >    1. mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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