While running the VMware Workbench 2.0 to certify our iSCSI storage for compatibility with VMware ESXi-5, an error is encountered.
After entering all the information in the "Storage Questionnaire" we get prompted to enter the username for the vcenter server (vcenter-cert.solutions.domainX.com). After that, during the Verify process, Workbench fails with error
2012-01-29 20:19:20 UTC [ MAIN ] [0] ERROR: Trouble creating test instance, Couldn't get the product type for the host esxia.solutions.domainX.com, Result ( RC: 6031 ErrDesc: Host Not Found: ErrMsg: esxia.solutions.domainX.com Exception: com.vmware.qa.staf.common.EObjectNotFound Trace: com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.STAFHost.getHost(STAFHost.java:6105) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.STAFHost.initialize(STAFHost.java:1937) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.STAFHost.<init>(STAFHost.java:129) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.HostSTAFService.getHost(HostSTAFService.java:4918) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.HostSTAFService.getHost(HostSTAFService.java:4874) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.HostSTAFService.handleGetHostValue(HostSTAFService.java:6540) ## com.vmware.qa.staf.vc.host.HostSTAFService.acceptRequest(HostSTAFService.java:754) ## .............................................................................................................................
2012-01-29 20:19:25 UTC Test FAILED
Within CentOS/Workbench, using the command line, YES we can ping all hosts via hostname, FQDN and reverse lookup.
Not using FQDNs or Hostnames, BUT, instead just using an IP address, seems to get rid of the problem. The question now would be if VMware certification will be invalidated if IP addresses are used and hot hostnames/FQDNs.
It seems that Java is at fault here but havent found a way to verify this nor a solution to this.