VMware migration tool: we need your feedback!

brezlord

@olivierlambert what i the esxi vm ID that xo is looking for. I get the below error now.

root@xoa:~# xo-cli vm.importFromEsxi host=192.168.40.203 user='root' password='password' sslVerify=false vm=11 sr=648548b5-a789-6c72-2518-407a12717fad network=b71bcce1-0d59-0c13-7ca9-f28e24982355
✖ method not found: vm.importFromEsxi
JsonRpcError: method not found: vm.importFromEsxi
    at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

olivierlambert

Have you switched to the right branch, as explained in the first post?

brezlord

@olivierlambert yes vmware

olivierlambert

Ah, there's a typo in the command name, I fixed it in our doc, thinking it was just a typo from the example

vm.importFomEsxi is the "right" command. @florent will fix this

FYI: xo-cli list-commands will display all the commands, that's how I found out.

brezlord

@olivierlambert thanks heaps. Now I get the following error.

root@xoa:~# xo-cli vm.importFomEsxi host=192.168.40.203 user='root' password='password' sslVerify=false vm=11 sr=648548b5-a789-6c72-2518-407a12717fad network=83594c5b-8b5b-b45f-d3a7-7e5301468dc8
✖ HANDLE_INVALID(network, OpaqueRef:478f9e9d-7592-40a2-ab07-10a0a6982e45)
JsonRpcError: HANDLE_INVALID(network, OpaqueRef:478f9e9d-7592-40a2-ab07-10a0a6982e45)
    at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

brezlord

@olivierlambert I've created a new network and it's now working, yay.

olivierlambert

Okay please tell us the final outcome

florent

@olivierlambert said in VMware migration tool: we need your feedback!:

Ah, there's a typo in the command name, I fixed it in our doc, thinking it was just a typo from the example

vm.importFomEsxi is the "right" command. @florent will fix this

FYI: xo-cli list-commands will display all the commands, that's how I found out.

my bad, I pushed the branch, with a lot of fixes , and prelminary work for the delta on esxi 7 ( not working for now )

brezlord

@olivierlambert will do, thanks.

brezlord

Thank you both for your help.

olivierlambert

You are welcome Eager to get your feedback on the outcome, keep us posted!

brezlord

@olivierlambert I managed to get a CentOS 7 vm imported and running. I'm now trying to import an Ubuntu vm and I get the bellow error.

root@xoa:~# xo-cli vm.importFomEsxi host=192.168.40.203 user='root' password='password' sslVerify=false vm=12 sr=648548b5-a789-6c72-2518-407a12717fad network=0b3e9312-541d-a036-06b4-2bd63c53d852
✖ Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'
JsonRpcError: Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'
    at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301220427/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

ysageev

Hi, I am getting the following error:

$ xo-cli vm.importFomEsxi host=192.XXX.XXX.XXX user=USERNAME password=MYPASS sslVerify=false vm=3 sr=d5a9a2f3-3e94-b73f-f8fd-dcefdc356804 network=557d6a0f-ff4c-7692-b342-0671c0a8385b

× Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'current')
JsonRpcError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'current')
    at Peer._callee$ (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\json-rpc-peer\dist\index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (C:\Users\asdf\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\xo-cli\node_modules\json-rpc-peer\dist\index.js:182:20)

florent

@brezlord The real error messages are hidden, I will try to fix it

@ysageev does the VM has snapshots ? is it running ?

ysageev

@florent It is off, no snapshots.

Off:

Files:

I also disabled Change Block Tracking and deleted the ctk file.

If it helps, I'm using ESXi-6.7.0-20190802001-standard and the VM is a 10GB old CentOS.

Update: On the server side, the error looks like this:

vm.importFomEsxi
{
  "host": "192.168.1.107",
  "user": "XXXXXXX",
  "password": "* obfuscated *",
  "sslVerify": false,
  "vm": "3",
  "sr": "d5a9a2f3-3e94-b73f-f8fd-dcefdc356804",
  "network": "557d6a0f-ff4c-7692-b342-0671c0a8385b"
}
{
  "message": "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'current')",
  "name": "TypeError",
  "stack": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'current')
    at parseVmsd (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/parsers/vmsd.mjs:48:30)
    at Esxi.getTransferableVmMetadata (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/esxi.mjs:250:23)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at MigrateVm.migrationfromEsxi (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/migrate-vm.mjs:122:28)
    at Xo.importFomEsxi (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1304:10)
    at Api.#callApiMethod (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/api.mjs:394:20)"
}

It looks like the presence/dependency of the VMSD file and the tool's attempt to process it has something to do with the problem.

Update: The .vmsd file is empty.

planedrop

@ysageev I'm running across the same error when trying to do some imports, for testing I deleted the vmsd file (didn't think that would do anything at all) and got an error about not being able to find the VM (which is what I thought would happen), re-added the vmsd but still getting this "cannot read properties of undefined" error.

I also tried with a different VM, this time a Windows one (was Ubuntu on the first try) and get a slightly different error:

Cannot convert undefined or null to object

florent

@brezlord have you got a more detailed error on the xo logs side ?

@planedrop I pushed a little fix to ensure it does not crash when vmsd file is missing or empty

brezlord

@florent I have rebuilt from source and I get the following errors. The host is running VMware ESXi, 7.0.3, 20328353

root@xoa:~# xo-cli vm.importFromEsxi host=192.168.40.203 user='root' password='obfuscated ' sslVerify=false vm=12 sr=648548b5-a789-6c72-2518-407a12717fad network=0b3e9312-541d-a036-06b4-2bd63c53d852
✖ Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'
JsonRpcError: Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'
    at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

vm.importFromEsxi
{
  "host": "192.168.40.203",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "* obfuscated *",
  "sslVerify": false,
  "vm": "12",
  "sr": "648548b5-a789-6c72-2518-407a12717fad",
  "network": "0b3e9312-541d-a036-06b4-2bd63c53d852"
}
{
  "message": "Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'",
  "name": "TypeError",
  "stack": "TypeError: Cannot create property 'detailed' on string 'ubuntu-64'
    at set (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/parsers/vmx.mjs:35:18)
    at set (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/parsers/vmx.mjs:37:7)
    at file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/parsers/vmx.mjs:47:5
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at parseVmx (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/parsers/vmx.mjs:45:20)
    at Esxi.getTransferableVmMetadata (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/@xen-orchestra/vmware-explorer/esxi.mjs:197:17)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at MigrateVm.migrationfromEsxi (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/packages/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/migrate-vm.mjs:171:28)
    at Xo.importFromEsxi (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/packages/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1307:10)
    at Api.#callApiMethod (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202301240816/packages/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/api.mjs:394:20)"
}

florent

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brezlord

@florent I'm ready to test when you have something, thanks.