• Attempting to prepare an ESXi host for vCloud Director and the operation fails with a broken pipe error.
• In the vcloud-container-debug.log file on the vCD cell, you see entries similar to:

YYYY-MM-DD TIME ,886 | ERROR | pool-preparehost-9035-thread-2 | EsxCliAgentBundle | Failed to copy agent binary /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/agent/vcloudagent-esx51-5.1.0-799577.vib on xxx.domain.com | vcd=a6162db1-a9a3-44ec-9a47-0bbf6c046a39,task=3e459c94-94fc-3a78-8c7b-c853b7c9f5a5
java.io.IOException: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe
...
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe

 

Note:

• ESX/ESXi 4.x hosts are also affected when they are managed by vCenter Server 5.0.
• The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.
   

 

• Cannot configure HA after disabling the Host Welcome login page on an ESXi host (2009546).
• vSphere Client fails to export log bundles when ESX/ESXi host’s Web Acess login page is disabled (2043975).

• ESX 3.x, 4.x:
  
  vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/service_list
   
• ESXi 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.0:
  
  vim-cmd proxysvc/service_list
  
  Note: These procedures require that you connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly, either through a remote KVM or an SSH session.
  
  For more information on making these connections, see:
  • ESXi 4.1, 5.x, and 6.0: Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x, and ESXi 6.0 (1017910)
  • ESXi 3.5, 4.0: Tech Support Mode for Emergency Support (1003677)
  • ESX 3.x, 4.x: Connecting to an ESX host using a SSH client (1019852)

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 3.5, 4.0:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/ui" "httpsWithRedirect"
      
   • ESXi 3.x, 4.x, 5.x:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/ui" "httpsWithRedirect"

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 3.5:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/add_tcp_service "/ui" httpsWithRedirect localhost 8080
      
   • ESX 4.x:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/add_tcp_service "/ui" httpsWithRedirect localhost 8308
      
   • ESXi 4.x and ESXi 5.x:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/add_tcp_service "/ui" httpsWithRedirect localhost 8308

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 4.x:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/mob" "httpsWithRedirect"
      
   • ESXi 4.x, 5.x, and 6.0:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/mob" "httpsWithRedirect"
      
   Notes:

• You may have cached information in your web browser.
• In vSphere 6.0, the MOB is disabled by default. For more information, see The Managed Object Browser is disabled by default in vSphere 6.0 (2108405).
  In vSphere 6.0, the Advanced System Setting Config.HostAgent.plugins.solo.enableMob is used to enable or disable the MOB. This variable also exists in vSphere 5.5, but it is read only and cannot be used to enable or disable the MOB. If you disable the MOB on an ESXi 5.5 host using the steps above, the value of the Config.HostAgent.plugins.solo.enableMob variable remains true.

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 4.x:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/add_np_service "/mob" httpsWithRedirect /var/run/vmware/proxy-mob
      
   • ESXi 4.x, 5.x, and 6.0:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/add_np_service "/mob" httpsWithRedirect /var/run/vmware/proxy-mob

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 4.x:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/" "httpsWithRedirect"
      
   • ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x, ESXi 6.0:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/remove_service "/" "httpsWithRedirect"

Note:

• Running this command in-turn disables the Datastore Browser as well.
• This does not disable vSphere Web Services SDK. See vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/service_list .

1. Connect to the ESXi/ESX host directly.
2. Run these commands:
    
   • ESX 3.5:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/add_np_service "/" httpsWithRedirect /var/run/vmware/proxy-webserver
      
   • ESX 4.x:
     
     vmware-vim-cmd proxysvc/add_tcp_service "/" httpsWithRedirect localhost 8309
      
   • ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x and ESXi 6.0:
     
     vim-cmd proxysvc/add_tcp_service "/" httpsWithRedirect localhost 8309