Vcenter Integration - Problem with iDRAC Enterprise on R710

Hi Coggi,

Thanks for the post.

Can you check whether the right iDRAC IP is reported by ESXi.

You can verify the iDRAC IP at vCenter Web client,  Mange > Hardware Status > Base Management Controller of the host.

If you know the iDRAC IP, can check whether iDRAC is responding to below WSMAN query ,

winrm e "cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_SystemView" -r:https:// /wsman -a:basic -encoding:utf-8 -SkipCACheck –SkipCNCheck -u: -p:

Please update us with your findings.

Thanks,

Vineeth

Hi,

the Idrac IP is received correctly as for the logs :

I've tried running the command you provided in a command prompt on windows but got an error, also tried with -e in case that was a typo :

The second error means  "Operation name unknown :"

Thanks

Cosimo

Hi,

               ‘Operation name unknown’ error  is seen when you use ‘-e’, do not use ‘-’ .

              As I see at snapshot, looks like you need to configure winrm at the box where you run this query. You can configure it using ‘winrm quickconfig’ command.

              Meanwhile can you reset iDRAC and try to run inventory again.

Thank You,

Vineeth

Hi,

still getting the "Invalid use of command line" message even after using winrm quickconfig. Tried from 2 different machines (Windows 7 32 bit and Windows 2008 R2 64 bit)

How can I reset the Idrac? provided this is a system in production state that I can't reboot right now

Thank you

Hi,

              Please refer link below to configure winrm.

                             msdn.microsoft.com/.../aa384372(v=vs.85).aspx

              You can do a soft reset of iDRAC WITHOUT rebooting the server.

              Soft iDRAC reset can be  performed :

                             Option A : Launch iDRAC Console, ‘Reset iDRAC’ option is available at home page (‘Quick Launch Tasks’ widget).

                             Option B : Run ‘racadmin racreset soft’ command on iDRAC.

Local: racadmin racreset soft

Remote: racadm -r -u -p racreset soft

              Once iDRAC reset is initiated, wait for few minute to complete the reset action before running inventory.

Please let us know if this helps.

Thank You,

Vineeth

Hi,

soft resetting the Idrac resolved the problem!

Thank you!

Glad that I could help.

Thanks for letting us know the results.  

Regards,

Vineeth

This same problem just started after update my iDRAC7/8 hosts to the latest 2.40.40.40 firmware.  I updated a bunch of systems and then when I tried to test the connection profile it fails with a "Could not contact iDRAC" message.  I SSH'd into each host and ran a RACADM RACRESET SOFT and I still cannot connect to them. 

Hi Sean,

Did you have any luck getting this to work? I have the exact same issue and keen to fix it!

I should also mention that in my testing I found that racadm fails to connect when using the FQDN of the iDRAC, but works using the shortname or ip address - because of this OMIV must be failing as it uses the FQDN...

Cheers,

Ben

We have also the same problem here after updating the idrac to 2.40.40.40. Tried different things like racadm racreset etc. without luck.

Rollback to 2.30.30.30 fixed the problem so far.

Maybe there is a communication problem with the security fixes implemented in 2.40.40.40 ?

Unfortunately for us we are still running 2.30.30.30 and are having this issue...

I get the problem as well.  Just updated to 2.40.40.40 and now the plugin fails to contact the iDRAC.  Reset doesn't help.

And Rollback to 2.30.30.30 in the iDRAC GUI solved the problem for me too.  

We can also confirm that upgrading to 2.40.40.40 breaks OMIVC iDRAC connection. Tested on R620's and R630's. Hope we see a fix for OMIVC or iDRAC soon.

Best regards