Why does virt-who not work with VMware ESXi hosts ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The virt-who does not work with ESXi host and throws below traceback,
  @virt-who.py:186 - Error in communication with virt backend, trying to recover:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt-who.py", line 180, in _send
    virtualGuests = self.virt.getHostGuestMapping()
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/vsphere.py", line 268, in getHostGuestMapping
    self.scan()
  File "/usr/share/virt-who/vsphere.py", line 216, in scan
    for propSet in obj.propSet:
AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'propSet'
2013-03-26 10:47:14,098 [ERROR]  @virt-who.py:189 - Unable to recover, retry in 60 seconds.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Subscription Asset Manager(SAM)
  • VMware vCenter with ESXi host(s)

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