Check out the F5 LB Provider for SCVMM 2012!

Hello Everyone!

 

 

Here is an overview of all F5 integrations with System Center 2012:

 

 

MP for SCOM

 

LB provider for VMM

 

SDK and PowerShell for direct integration with BIG-IP or via SCOrch.

 

 

Thanks,

 

James Hendergart

 

F5 Networks

Has anyone else seen this issue? If so, read on for two helps:

 

 

After running the LB provider msi installer on W2K8 R2 SP1 64-bit, F5 does not appear in the list of available load balancers in VMM. Using the installer "repair" feature confirms the default install directory is \Windows\SysWOW64 and the LB provider files did, indeed install.

 

 

1. Please restart VMM (can be done from command line by stopping then restarting "VMMservice"

 

 

2. If the issue persists, you may try moving the LB provider folder and all the install files to windows\system32. Then create these to reg keys manually (obviously, be careful with modifiying the registry and do this on your test system first):

 

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Configuration Providers\{AE7C2456-E475-488C-A835-473115E5C13E}] "Description"="F5 Networks,Inc"

 

"LatestVersion"="3.0.0.0"

 

"Name"="F5 Networks,Inc"

 

"Publisher"="F5 Networks,Inc"

 

"Type"="LoadBalancer"

 

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server\Configuration Providers\{AE7C2456-E475-488C-A835-473115E5C13E}\3.0.0.0]

 

"Manufacturer"="F5 Networks,Inc"

 

"Model"="F5 Networks,Inc"

 

"Module"="F5DCMLoadBalancer"

 

"PublishDate"="8/19/2011"

 

 

 

Interested to know who is running into this and how these work arounds help. Thanks!

 

 

James Hendergart

 

Sr Business Development Manager, F5

 

Im unable to download the installer from the provided link. Zip appears to be corrupted. Can a new file be placed out there?

 

 

Thanks.

Hi Jon66. Thanks for the heads up. We're checking on it. Sorry for the inconvenience. We'll post updates here. James

FYI, I had to follow your subsequent instructions in order to get the provider to show up in SCVMM, it didn't show up after installing and then re-starting the VMM services and console.

Hi Jerry. Thanks for letting us know. You should see an update to the provider coming out this week that corrects a setup issue we've found that is similar to your experience. If we can ask you to wait a couple days we'll post an update for you to try. Also, can you verify which version of BIG-IP you're running against? Is it v10.x or v11.x Thanks. James

Sure, we'll upgrade when you send the update out. We are on version 11.x.

 

 

Thanks!!

We are seeing an issue when trying to deploy with a LB. The error showing up in SCVMM is:

 

 

Error (21426)

 

Execution of DataCenterManager.LB::AddLBVIP on the configuration provider ae7d2456-f475-438c-a135-473215e5b13a failed. Detailed exception:Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataCenterManager.LB.LBException: Exception caught in LocalLB::urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool::create()

 

Exception: Common::OperationFailed

 

primary_error_code : 16908390 (0x01020066)

 

secondary_error_code : 0

 

error_string : 01020066:3: The requested pool (/Common/SCVMM_10_1_1_195_80) already exists in partition Common. ---> F5Networks.Protocols.iControl.iControlException: Exception caught in LocalLB::urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool::create()

 

Exception: Common::OperationFailed

 

primary_error_code : 16908390 (0x01020066)

 

secondary_error_code : 0

 

error_string : 01020066:3: The requested pool (/Common/SCVMM_10_1_1_195_80) already exists in partition Common.

 

 

Recommended Action

 

Check the documentation for the configuration provider or contact the publisher support

 

 

I tried deleting the pool and virtual server and then restarting the job, but it just came back with the same error. Any ideas? It seems like it's trying to create the pool twice for some reason.

The link you provided does not work. I have been trying to download the provider with no luck. Can you please let me know where to download it from? The link you provided downloads a zip file containing a text file called F5LoadBalancerPowerShellSetup-214-x64 and in it the only thing written is whats given below. The below link that the file contains is also broken. The current version of this offering is located here: http://links.f5.com/OTwtQJ