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Fallout1984
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Jan 29, 2018

VCMP guest deployed, but does not appear under VCMP guest status

I have a pair of 7200s running active/active, with four vcmp guests each that run active/standby between them. I noticed that one of the vcmp guests doesn't show up under "guest status," the same guest on both chassis. Does anyone have any experience troubleshooting something like that? The chassis are running 12.1.3, and the "delinquent" vcmp guest is running 11.5.4 HF1. The other guests are currently running 12.1.2 HF2 and 13.0.0 HF3. I intend to upgrade all guests to their current rev's latest maintenance release. The 11.5.4 one I'll upgrade to 11.5.5 (rather than 12.x) due to an older app running behind it (long story...).

 

Thanks!

 

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  • Leonardo_Souza's avatar
    Leonardo_Souza
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    Jan 30, 2018

    Do you have partitions?

    Do you see the guest via command line? Should be something like:

    tmsh list vcmp guest
tmsh show vcmp guest
  • Fallout1984's avatar
    Fallout1984
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    Feb 01, 2018

    It turns out this is expected behavior for pre-11.6.0 guests. The F5 engineer's response is below...

     

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    vmchannel for host <--> guest communication was only introduced in 11.6.0

     

    So there's no way to see health info for their 11.5.4 guests.

     

    from 11.6.0 release notes: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnote-ltm-11-6-0.html

     

    vCMP guest data visible from host This version provides a summary of vCMP guest data from within the vCMP host. This data facilitates access to the current state of each guest. The BIG-IP Configuration utility shows the current active software image, the provisioned modules, and HA status. You can access each guest for additional information, such as Installed Images and Available Images, and other Resource Provisioned information such as License Status, Required Disk and Required Memory. The Guest name link opens the guest's Properties tab. The HA Status shows a Failed link when there is an HA Status failure. The link opens the guest's HA Status tab.

     

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    Case closed... Thanks for responding!

     

  • Aziz_Ur_Rehman's avatar
    Aziz_Ur_Rehman
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    Jul 11, 2020

    i am facing the same issue.

    i can see the guest with the commands

    (1) tmsh list vcmp guest

    (2) tmsh show vcmp guest

     

    but in GUI in VCMP Guest Status i cannot see the Guests Details.

     

    can any one tell me the solution. how i can see the guest status.

     

    in another HOST i have no issue. i have issue only in one HOST

    note: i just upgrade the HOST from 13.1.2 Version to 13.1.4

  • jku's avatar
    jku
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    Nov 18, 2020

    We had the same problem. The trigger was a different clock setting (24h vs AM/PM) on Host and vCMP. The problem has occurred with every version so far. We are currently on 15.1.1.

    After correcting and rebooting the vCMP, the status was displayed correctly.

    Check the setting on vCMP and Host under ...: "System" - "Preferences" - "Clock"

    Maybe this will help you further 😉