VMware Cloud Community
efranzen
Contributor
Contributor
‎02-22-2012 01:25 PM

Manually uninstalling vpxa agent

I'm having issues adding one of three ESXi 4.0 host to my Virtual Center Console. I'm getting at timeout error. I followed the steps in KB1003714 and it still doesn't work. It looks like although I'm running /opt/vmware/uninstallers/VMware-vpxa-uninstall.sh it's not really uninstalling the agent. I ran the command and it doesn't look like anything happens.

I ran cat /etc/shadow and the vpxuser is still there, so I ran userdel vpxuser.

I ran cat `ls -t /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa*` | head -1 and it returns "Log for VMware VirtualCenter Agent......."

I ran services.sh restart and tried to connect to the VC. It creates the vpxuser again, but then sits there for 1200 seconds and then times out.

Since it doesn't look like the uninstall script is uninstall vpxa, does anyone know how to manually remove the agent?

Thanks,
Ernie

0 Kudos
5 Replies
athlon_crazy
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎02-22-2012 04:30 PM

I think, this should be the correct way KB

http://www.no-x.org
0 Kudos
efranzen
Contributor
Contributor
‎02-22-2012 07:48 PM

Thanks for the reply. This KB had the same steps for running the .sh command and deleting the vpxuser just in a different order. I gave it a try anyway and still no luck. Looks like I'll open an incident with tech support tomorrow.

Ernie

0 Kudos
athlon_crazy
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎02-22-2012 09:20 PM

How u add your host to VC anyway? by using IP or fqdn?

http://www.no-x.org
0 Kudos
aravinds3107
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎02-22-2012 09:25 PM

Did you check this KB

If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points by marking the answer correct or helpful |Blog: http://aravindsivaraman.com/ | Twitter : ss_aravind
0 Kudos
efranzen
Contributor
Contributor
‎02-23-2012 06:42 AM

Yeah, resolved it today. I found the following entry in the vpx-iupgrade.log. "lockfile: Sorry, giving up on "/tmp/bootbank.lck"" I renamed the bootbank.lck to bootbank.old and now was able to add this host to my 4.1 VC.

Thanks for all the help. Saved me a call  to support, where they ask for logs and then I wait and wait.......

Ernie

[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: Logging to /var/log/vmware/vpx-iupgrade.log
[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: exec /opt/vmware/uninstallers/VMware-vpxa-uninstall.sh
[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: status = 0
[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: Removing /opt/LGTOaam leftovers if any
[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: An AAM bundle is left out in bootbank. Cleaning it up.
[300962506] 2012-02-22 18:53:13: exec /sbin/BootModuleConfig.sh --remove=aam.vgz --verbose
Acquiring lock /tmp/bootbank.lck

0 Kudos