Good morning guys , I need help starting SNMPd using PowerCLI 5.5 on ESX 5.5 .
I can GET perfectly , but cannot do the GET | SET to run without errors.
This Works
Get-VmHostService -VMHost $ESXi | Where-Object {$_.key -eq "snmpd"}
But when I then try and GET | SET , if get errors >
PS C:\PS\ELMOHostBuilder> Get-VmHostService -VMHost $ESXi | Where-Object {$_.key -eq "snmpd"} | Start-VMHostService
Start-VMHostService : 2016/02/09 11:28:37 AM Start-VMHostService An error occurred during host configuration.
At line:1 char:71
+ Get-VmHostService -VMHost $ESXi | Where-Object {$_.key -eq "snmpd"} | Start-VMHo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Start-VMHostService], PlatformConfigFault
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_SystemManagementServiceImpl_SetVMHostService_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StartVMHostService
Ok I used Update manager to patch to our 55.u2 Baseline ESXi Build 2718055 , and it looks like its working now . VERY strange . Will have to try write a sh script to alter the tons of esx5.5u1 Hosts or something .
Will do some more testing , Thank you Very much for all the help . Was lost , still is a bit ..... :smileyconfused:
Looks like you might be running a free ESXi license.
Is that correct ?
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Hi There , no I am running Ent Plus .
Also I tested the same code , but pointing to TSM-SSH and that works .
A Bug perhaps ?
You might be right.
Just tested this with PowerCLI 6R3, and I get the same error.
For other services it seems to work alright.
Could it be the issue described in KB2056832 ?
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I will test this condition ASAP , just updating my ESXi version to latest , just wanted to test if that has an effect .
I must mention this was a clean /fresh install , so not sure how my xml could be bust
I suppose could try and get around this by some sort of hack Get-ESXCLI and run something like /etc/init.d/snmpd start .
Thank you for helping , I thought I was losing my mind .
I agree, with a fresh ESXi install, it would be highly unlikely that the config file got corrupted.
Not sure if you can use esxcli to stop/start the service.
And for /etc/init.d/snmpd you will need something like plink.exe
Blog: lucd.info Twitter: @LucD22 Co-author PowerCLI Reference
Ok I used Update manager to patch to our 55.u2 Baseline ESXi Build 2718055 , and it looks like its working now . VERY strange . Will have to try write a sh script to alter the tons of esx5.5u1 Hosts or something .
Will do some more testing , Thank you Very much for all the help . Was lost , still is a bit ..... :smileyconfused: