Issue deploying Custom Template CentOS 6.x
Hi, For deployment of PivotalHD 1.0 is a custom template based on CentOS 6.x a prerequisite. In the Pivotal/EMC and VMware documents is described how to deploy such a template.There are some minor...
View Articleconnect to managment server port is wrong ,always. why?
I don't understand why it is always wrong,i reinstalled everything ,the VC also,SSO fixed .still same issue. serengeti>connect --host BigDataMGMT.lab.ts.com:8080The port is wrong.serengeti> Why?
View ArticleBig Data bundle survey
Hi all, VMware is considering creating a Big Data bundle that would consist of vSphere, Big Data Extensions, and a Hadoop distribution. Please take a minute to fill out the survey below. Your feedback...
View Article'Cannot find the virtual controller for device VirtualLsiLogicController:0:1'
I get this a quite often when I try to deploy compute-only clusters: 2014 Jan 02 09:51:00,489+0000 ERROR SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor-4| com.vmware.bdd.fastclone.impl.FastClusterCloner: Failed to copy...
View ArticleHow to remove a distribution?
Hi, Does anyone know what the proper steps are to remove a Hadoop distribution from BDE? Thanks. Rgds,Tom
View ArticleUnable to connect to https://xxx.xxx.89.237:8080/register-plugin/ and...
Unable to connect to the Management Server, deployed from OVA correctly, I have the correct IP Address I get the following error:- Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to...
View ArticleCreating BDE Cluster - Stuck at 75%
We've actually been using Serengeti 0.9 up until now, with no issues, you can see what's happening with the command line! So we though maybe best to switch to BDE... but, having more issues with the...
View ArticleInterrupt deployment
Hi, I have started a cluster deployment from the BDE GUI, and since I had forgotten to set one of my ESXi hosts to use NTP, I got the "ERROR: Net::HTTPServerException: 401 "Unauthorized"" error. So I...
View ArticleAnd another bootstrap failure...
Hi, Just tried to set up an Apache cluster again and for some (not all) VMs I get the following error: cat /var/chef/cache/chef*Generated at 2014-01-24 09:16:06...
View ArticleTerasort benchmarking with BDE 1.1
I have moved into the production POC phase of my deployment with BDE and I am looking for guidance on the sort of Terasort benchmarking I should be doing. I am curious what sort of Terasort jobs were...
View ArticleUnrecognized field \"networkName\" when calling Create Cluster Work flow from...
Hi, I'm using BDE 1.1 on vsphere 5.5. I have deployed BDE VCO Plugin version 0.5.0.70. When I try running create basic Hadoop cluster workflow from VCO, it fails with the below error. Can someone help?...
View ArticleREST API Call to get Hadoop distributions in BDE 1.0
Hi All, Can you please let me know what is the REST API call to get and parse Hadoop Distribution with BDE 1.0? Regards,Nagesh
View ArticleLooking for Information on BDE in a cloud environment
I am looking for some general information on if BDE will work in unison with vCD. Basically, will BDE work in a cloud environment? I speaking with some engineers that are running a Hadoop Cluster...
View ArticleUnable to Connect Serengeti to BDE - Check Certificate Failed?
Using BDE 1.1 and Serengeti .0.8. I can install both OVAs fine, and get BDE registered, but when trying to connect a serengeti server with the error "Check certificate failed. Select a correct...
View ArticleCreate a cluster via serengeti without an Hadoop distribution installed?
Hi, Is it possible to have Serengeti create a cluster without Hadoop? I know this sounds like a silly question but I'm wanting to know whether I can use Serengeti to basically create a set of VMs and...
View ArticleSerengeti cluster creation error: failed to get IP address of vm ...
Hi all, I have installed and deployed the Big Data Extension and am trying to create a simple and small (compute-only, PivotalHD) cluster. All seems to go well, a compute and a worker node are being...
View ArticleNetwork specs in json file?
Hi all, Is there a way to specify the network config (mgt, hdfs, mapreduce) for a new cluster in the json file? It is possible as parameters in the cluster create command I think, but I would like to...
View ArticleChange DNS setting in Network IP Pool
Hi, Due to a migration of our DNS servers, I've to change the IP-addresses of the DNS servers defined in the (currently used) IP pools of our BDE server. There is a Hadoop cluster with a large amount...
View ArticleUnable to deploy - issues with SSL keys?
Hi - I've been unable to get the latest (2.0) BDE deployed against a new vCenter environment. The environment is as follows: One ESXi host - 5.5 build 1623387 One vCenter Appliance -...
View ArticleBDE 2.0 : Timeout when set passwordless login to 172.31.0.10
BDE 2.0 : Timeout when set passwordless login to 172.31.0.10vSphere 5.5 During cluster creation job failed on timeout. serengeti.log tells me:[2014-10-09T14:47:20.437+0000] ERROR...
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