Problem:
Stratusphere appliance boots up slow and displays the warning: RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table
Symptoms:
During bootup, Stratusphere appliances displays the following error message on console:
The error messages repeats many times.
Possible Resolution(s):
(Resolution from VMware KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2048572)
To work around this issue, add rtc.diffFromUTC=0 to the .vmx file of the affected virtual machine. This forces a time sync, which enables the arping process to complete as expected leading to normal boot times.
To add rtc.diffFromUTC=0 to the .vmx file:
To add rtc.diffFromUTC=0 to the .vmx file:
- Power off the Stratusphere appliance.
- Log in to the ESXi/ESX host on which the Stratusphere appliance is located with a secure shell session.
- Change to the Stratusphere appliance's .vmx file location (located at /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/vm_name).
- Create a backup of the .vmx file (cp vm_name.vmx vm_name.vmx_backup).
- Open and edit the original .vmx file with a text editor.
- Add this entry to the end of the .vmx file:
rtc.diffFromUTC=0 - Close and save the .vmx file.
- Power on the virtual machine.
If the ESXi/ESX host is not accessible:
- Power off the virtual machine.
- Browse the datastore and locate the folder of .
- Change to the virtual machine's .vmx file location (located at /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/vm_name).
- Download the .vmx file, and create a backup copy.
- Open and edit the downloaded .vmx file with a text editor.
- Add this entry to the end of the .vmx file:
rtc.diffFromUTC=0 - Close and save the .vmx file.
- Upload the .vmx file to replace the existing one.
- Power on the Stratusphere appliance.
Product: Stratusphere FIT/UX
Product Version: 5.5.x and above
Expires on: 365 days from publish date
Updated: May 1, 2015 *** Update needed