Description
Set VMhost maintenance mode
Options
Basic Options
The host name or IP address of the vCenter Server.
If the host name or IP address is omitted, an argument error will occur.
The maximum length of the host name or IP address is 1,024 characters. An argument error occurs if this limit is exceeded.
This is the ESX server name of the relevant operating VM host.
ESX Server name can have multiple specifications.
If the ESX Server name is omitted, an argument error will occur.
The upper limit for ESX Server names is 100. An argument error occurs if this limit is exceeded.
ESX Server name multiple specifications are in CSV format. Refer to "3.17 Notes on Specifying Multiple Input Parameters" for examples of multiple specifications.
Advanced Options
The user name for executing operations on the vCenter Server.
If input of the execution username is omitted, an argument error will occur. However, if both the execution username and password are omitted, the configuration management database (CMDB) will be searched based on the specified host name or IP address, and Systemwalker Runbook Automation automatically sets the acquired user linked to the VMware vCenter Server as the value.
The maximum length of the execution user name is 1,024 characters. An argument error occurs if this limit is exceeded.
The password for executing operations on the vCenter Server.
If input of the password required for execution is omitted, an argument error will occur. However, if both the execution username and password are omitted, the configuration management database (CMDB) will be searched based on the specified host name or IP address, and Systemwalker Runbook Automation automatically sets the acquired password linked to the VMware vCenter Server as the value.
The maximum length of the password required for execution is 1,024 characters. An argument error occurs if this limit is exceeded.
This is the maintenance mode set for the VM host.
Click "on" to set the maintenance mode or "off" to disable the maintenance mode.
Default value is "on".
Specify the execution concurrency level of the VM host if multiple ESX Servers are specified for the "vmhost" option.
Values from 1 through 100 can be specified.
If a value is specified that exceeds the number of server names on the VM host, the number of server names on the VM host will be used.
If this option is omitted, 10 is used as the default.
If a large value is specified for this option, there may be a burden on the vCenter Server.
Specify the operating mode of the operation component if multiple ESX Server names are specified to the "vmhost" option.
This option is not case sensitive, and the following values can be used:
continue: Executes the processing till the last VM host specified
abort: Suspends the processing at the VM host where an error is detected
The default value is "continue".
If "abort" is specified, and more than 2 multiple operations are specified, processes on the operating server are stopped at the error detection stage and then cancelled.
If there is one ESX Server name, any value specified in this option will be ignored.
This is the completion timeout (in seconds) for executing the operation component.
Values between 300 and 86400 (1 day) can be specified.
Example: If the completion timeout is 10 minutes: 600
If the operation component has not finished executing when the specified time has passed, the processing for the operation component will be interrupted with return value 201.
This is the retry count for executing the operation component.
Specify the number of retry attempts to be used when the operation component terminates with return value 161. Values between 0 and 5 can be specified.
If the operation component terminates with a return value other than "161" as a result of being re-executed from a retry, the execution of the operation component will terminate even if the specified number of retries has not been reached. The return value for the operation component will be the value from the last time the operation component was executed.
Example: To retry twice: 2
This is the retry interval (in seconds) for the operation component.
Specify the time to wait before a retry is attempted if the operation component terminates with return value 161. Values between 1 and 14400 can be specified.
Example: To retry at 300 second intervals: 300
If the specification of the timeout, retry and retry_interval is omitted, and a value beyond the limits of the above-mentioned is input, the value specified with the operation components definition file becomes effective. Refer to "2.5 Definition File for Operation Components" for details.
Return Values
Icon | Name | Return value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Success | 0 | Successfully set maintenance mode. |
| Failure | 42 | PowerShell could not be executed. There is a problem in vCenter Server's PowerShell execution environment. |
161 | Failed to connect to or operate the vCenter Server. Retry if a retry count has been specified. However, if multiple ESX Server names are specified, there is no retry. | ||
171 | An authentication error occurred in the communications process with the vCenter Server. | ||
180 | Multiple operations failed. For return values for operations on each server, check "Return code" in "vmhost_vmstop_result" output information. | ||
189 | An error occurred in the communication process with the server (file transfer infrastructure) when an operation component executed an operation to a server that has an agent installed. In this case, the error code for the file transfer infrastructure is output to the standard error output results. Refer to "3.21 Detailed Code of File Transfer Infrastructure" for information on error codes. | ||
197 | An invalid content is specified. | ||
- | - | 201 | The execution of the operation component has timed out. |
202 | The operation component has not been executed due to a problem with the settings for executing the operation component. | ||
203 | The operation component has not been executed normally. There is a problem with the environment for the Management Server. | ||
205 | The operation component has not been executed. There is a problem with the input information specification of the operation component. | ||
206 | The operation component has not been executed normally. There is a problem with the output information specification of the operation component. | ||
207 | The operation component has not been executed. The operation component may not have been registered on the Management Server. | ||
208 | The Automated Operation Process has been canceled because the Automated Operation Process was recovered while the operation component was executing. |
Output Information
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
message |
|
vmhost_maintenance_result | Set the execution result for the specified VM host. |
vmhost_maintenance_list | Set the list of servers which successfully operated on the VM host in CSV format. |
vmhost_maintenance_fault_list | Set the list of servers which failed to operate on the VM host in CSV format. |
returnCode | Set the return values. |
Vmhost_maintenance_result output format is as follows:
[hostname], [return values], [output information], [message]
Nothing is output to [output information].
The following is output to [message]:
If the VM host operation is successful, "Success" is output.
If the VM host operation fails, the error content is output.
<Example>
If "esx1, esx2, esx3" are specified for VM host and setting the maintenance mode on esx3 fails:
"vmhost",Return_code,"Output","Message"
"esx1",0,"","Success"
"esx2",0,"","Success"
"esx3",161,"","2012/03/01 15:00:00 Get-VMHost VMHost with name 'esx3' was not found, using the specified filter(s)."
In the case of the above example, the following is output to 'message':
<Example>
"hostname",Return_code,"Output","Message"
"esx3",161,"","2012/03/01 15:00:00 Get-VMHost VMHost with name 'esx3' was not found, using the specified filter(s)"
Notes
If using this operation component to specify VM host operations, then an agent needs to be installed on vCenter Server. The following software is required for vCenter Server:
VMware vSphere Power CLI
Windows PowerShell
On vCenter Server, environment settings to use the above software are required. Refer to "3.19 vCenter Server Settings" for details.
With this operation component, if input of vmusername and vmpassword are omitted, Systemwalker Runbook Automation automatically sets the value stored in CMDB. For that reason, if using the value stored in CMDB, it is necessary to set the required information beforehand. Refer to "If not managing with ServerView Resource Orchestrator" in "3.18.1 Information of Management Product of Virtual Environment" for information on the settings.
Confirm the return values with the Web console. Refer to "Confirming the Operation Component Execution Status/Execution Results" in the Systemwalker Runbook Automation Operation Guide for details.
When the return value of 201-208 is output, the Automated Operation Process enters an abort or error state, and the error message is output to the following places:
Event log of management server (when the management server is Windows(R))
System log of management server (when the management server is Linux)
Custom message of BPMN
Confirm the message in either of the above-mentioned place, and take an appropriate action. Refer to the Systemwalker Runbook Automation Message Guide for details.
The following virtualization software is relevant to this operation component:
VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, or 5.1.
