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Install the SDC on our ESX host
so trialing ScaleIO before we buy it for our production setup.
We are trying to install the SDC on our ESX 6.0.0(3620759) host but are getting an error when running the command:
> esxcli system module load -m scini
The error we are getting is:
Unable to load module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/scini: Bad parameter
What we are run is:
esxcli software acceptance set --level=PartnerSupported
esxcli software vib install -d path\EMC-ScaleIO-sdc-2.0-7536.0.zip
esxcli system module parameters set -m scini -p "IoctlIniGuidStr=12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234-567890ABCDEF IoctlMdmIPStr=172.24.75.200"
/bin/auto-backup.sh
esxcli system module load -m scini
did see that should have just rebooted the server instead of running the last line, will it matter??
pawelw1
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December 16th, 2016 00:00
Hi Dave,
OK - if you install it manually, you might need to reboot it again - I remember that in certain versions you had to reboot twice; can you please give it a go and see if it helps?
Thanks!
Pawel
pawelw1
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December 15th, 2016 00:00
Hi Dave,
Have a look at ScaleIO Deployment Guide, you will find manual installation steps for ESXi SDC. Long story short, you need to reboot the hypervisor right after installing the VIB, then continue with the rest of the configuration (GUID, MDM IPs etc.) after the reboot.
Hope that helps!
cheers,
Pawel
Veggysaurus
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December 15th, 2016 13:00
Sorry, forgot to mention we did the restart as written down in the guide. Followed it step by step
Veggysaurus
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December 16th, 2016 02:00
Have rebooted a few times. Rolled back to ESX 5.5 on another box and it sorta works.. it installs but purple screens.
Dave.
pawelw1
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December 16th, 2016 03:00
OK, that's not normal...
If there is a problem with the scini parameters list, the module might not load - can you please paste the following outputs here:
esxcli system module parameters list -m scini | head
grep scini /etc/vmware/esx.conf
Other than that, can you attach the PSOD screenshot?
Thanks!
Pawel
SanjeevMalhotra
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December 16th, 2016 07:00
You had run the following command:-
esxcli system module parameters set -m scini -p "IoctlIniGuidStr=12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234-567890ABCDEF IoctlMdmIPStr=172.24.75.200"
In the above command only one IP address of the Master MDM is given. Can you please post the output of "scli --query_cluster" and verify that all the MDM IP address IPs are given? (Unless 172.24.75.200 is a virtual IP address). In case it is not a virtual IP address, check if the Master MDM ownership resides on the above mentioned IP address.