Customization plugin call (issue) and windows cloning (solved)

[chef]

Customization plugin call (issue) and windows cloning (solved)

[jeremymv2]

With version 1.0.0.pre.2 and the fix above, the windows cloning process gets to about 90% then errors with:

Cloning template win2012r2-datacenter_tmpl to new VM HPSDYN-WIN-22
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rbvmomi-1.5.1/lib/rbvmomi/vim/Task.rb:11:in wait_for_completion': NicSettingMismatch: fault.NicSettingMismatch.summary (RbVmomi::Fault) from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/knife-vsphere-1.0.0.pre.2/lib/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:252:inrun'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/knife.rb:492:in run_with_pretty_exceptions' from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/knife.rb:174:inrun'
from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:135:in run' from /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/bin/knife:25:in'
from /opt/chef/embedded/bin/knife:23:in load' from /opt/chef/embedded/bin/knife:23:in'

Any ideas?

[jeremymv2]

Solved my issue. Best I could tell it was because I wasn't setting the adapter IP. Re-wrote the plugin.rb so it made a bit more sense to me. With this I am able to clone a 2012R2 64bit template to a VM.

require 'rbvmomi'

class KnifeVspherePlugin
  attr_accessor :data

  def customize_clone_spec(src_config, clone_spec)

    if File.exists? data
      customization_data = JSON.parse(IO.read(data))
    else
      abort "Customization plugin data file #{data} not accessible"
    end

    cust_guiUnattended = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationGuiUnattended(
      :autoLogon => false,
      :autoLogonCount => 1,
      :password => nil,
      :timeZone => customization_data['timeZone']
    )
    cust_identification = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationIdentification(
      :domainAdmin => nil,
      :domainAdminPassword => nil,
      :joinDomain => nil
    )
    cust_name = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationFixedName(
      :name => customization_data['host_name']
    )
    cust_user_data = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationUserData(
      :computerName => cust_name,
      :fullName => customization_data['fullName'],
      :orgName => customization_data['orgName'],
      :productId => customization_data['windows_key']
    )
    cust_sysprep = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationSysprep(
      :guiUnattended => cust_guiUnattended,
      :identification => cust_identification,
      :userData => cust_user_data
    )
    dhcp_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationDhcpIpGenerator
    cust_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationIPSettings(
      :ip => dhcp_ip
    )
    cust_adapter_mapping = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationAdapterMapping(
      :adapter => cust_ip
    )
    cust_adapter_mapping_list = [cust_adapter_mapping]
    global_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationGlobalIPSettings
    customization_spec = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationSpec(
      :identity => cust_sysprep,
      :globalIPSettings => global_ip,
      :nicSettingMap => cust_adapter_mapping_list
    )
    clone_spec.customization = customization_spec
    puts "New clone_spec object :\n #{YAML::dump(clone_spec)}"
    clone_spec
  end

  def reconfig_vm (target_vm)
    puts "In reconfig_vm method.  No actions implemented.."
  end
end

[kodayashi]

Hi @jeremymv2,

It looks like I'm hitting your same issue with the latest version of knife vsphere. I'm trying to clone a win2012x64 template to a VM with (essentially) the same code above. I've just taken out some customization_data:

class KnifeVspherePlugin
  attr_accessor :data

  def customize_clone_spec(src_config, clone_spec)

    if File.exists? './cplugins/data'
      customization_data = JSON.parse(IO.read('./cplugins/data'))
    else
      abort "Customization plugin data file #{data} not accessible"
    end

    cust_guiUnattended = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationGuiUnattended(
      :autoLogon => false,
      :autoLogonCount => 1,
      :password => nil,
      :timeZone => customization_data['timeZone']
    )
    cust_identification = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationIdentification(
      :domainAdmin => nil,
      :domainAdminPassword => nil,
      :joinDomain => nil
    )
    cust_name = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationFixedName(
      :name => customization_data['host_name']
    )
    cust_user_data = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationUserData(
      :computerName => cust_name
    )
    cust_sysprep = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationSysprep(
      :guiUnattended => cust_guiUnattended,
      :identification => cust_identification,
      :userData => cust_user_data
    )
    dhcp_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationDhcpIpGenerator
    cust_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationIPSettings(
      :ip => dhcp_ip
    )
    cust_adapter_mapping = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationAdapterMapping(
      :adapter => cust_ip
    )
    cust_adapter_mapping_list = [cust_adapter_mapping]
    global_ip = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationGlobalIPSettings
    customization_spec = RbVmomi::VIM.CustomizationSpec(
      :identity => cust_sysprep,
      :globalIPSettings => global_ip,
      :nicSettingMap => cust_adapter_mapping_list
    )
    clone_spec.customization = customization_spec
    puts "New clone_spec object :\n #{YAML::dump(clone_spec)}"
    clone_spec
  end

  def reconfig_vm (target_vm)
    puts "In reconfig_vm method.  No actions implemented.."
  end
end

My data file looks like this:

{
    "host_name": "knife-clone-test",
    "timeZone": "100"
}

I get that same NIC Mismatch error:

C:/Users/test/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.0.0/gems/rbvmomi-1.5.1/lib/rbvmomi/vim/Task.rb:11:in `wait_for_completion': NicSettingMismatch: fault.NicSettingMismatch.summary (RbVmomi::Fault)
        from C:/Users/test/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.0.0/gems/knife-vsphere-0.9.9/lib/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:239:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:493:in `run_with_pretty_exceptions'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/knife.rb:174:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:139:in `run'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/embedded/apps/chef/bin/knife:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:45:in `load'
        from C:/opscode/chefdk/bin/knife:45:in `<main>'

I'm trying to use DHCP, I wonder if that's the issue... Any thoughts?

[hkhkhk1987]

meet this error again,any idea about it?

/Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/rbvmomi-1.5.1/lib/rbvmomi/vim/Task.rb:11:in wait_for_completion': NicSettingMismatch: fault.NicSettingMismatch.summary (RbVmomi::Fault) from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/knife-vsphere-0.9.9/lib/chef/knife/vsphere_vm_clone.rb:239:inrun'
from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/knife.rb:493:in run_with_pretty_exceptions' from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/knife.rb:174:inrun'
from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/chef-11.16.4/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:139:in run' from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/gems/chef-11.16.4/bin/knife:25:in<top (required)>'
from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/knife:23:in load' from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/knife:23:in

'
from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in eval' from /Users/kunhou/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in'

[hvveen]

Also hitting this error, but only in the following situation;

• WIN2012R2 template without any NIC's in it
• Customization file without any NIC's defined
• a cplugin file with only a couple of puts statements

vsphere_vm_clone.rb runs happily until

/ task = src_vm.CloneVM_Task(:folder => dest_folder, :name => vmname, :spec => clone_spec)
/ puts "Cloning template #{config[:source_vm]} to new VM #{vmname}"
/ task.wait_for_completion <<<<<============
/ puts "Finished creating virtual machine #{vmname}"

This happens before the actual customization and plugin will start.

Using the same template, but with 1 NIC defined runs without a problem.

Getting desperate....!

Grtz, Hans

[swalberg]

Hi, is this still a problem? The subject seems to indicate that it is solved, but @hvveen's comments look like he's having a problem. Please let me know as I'm trying to clean up old issues.

There have been several improvements in the Windows cloning lately, so please update your gem and try again.

Thanks.