This document lists and describes the system messages within the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud platform. The system software sends these messages to the portal user interface (and, depending on the message, to a user of the system) during operation. Not all messages indicate a problem with your system. Some messages are purely informational, while others might help diagnose problems with suggested remediations. When service fulfillment fails within the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud, a predefined error code is assigned at the point of failure and is returned so the user can quickly and accurately troubleshoot what happened. This document lists all defined error codes, along with their descriptions and possible remediations.
This information is intended to be used by Cloud Provider Technical Administrators to understand specific errors encountered during daily operation of Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud . If you are an end-user experiencing difficulty with a cloud service you have requested, please contact customer support with the error code and message displayed.
This document is relevant to Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud version 3.0 through 3.1.1.
This document is relevant to Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud version 3.0 through 3.1.1.
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Error codes within IAC are categorized into the following high-level classifications:
Format | Description |
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1xxx | Cloud Portal Web Services Related Failures |
2xxx | General Process Failures |
3xxx | Unused Reserved |
4xxx | Unused Reserved |
5xxx | Miscellaneous Failures / Validation |
6xxx | Cisco Network Systems Manager (NSM) Related Failures |
7xxx | Cisco Server Provisioner Related Failures |
8xxx | Cisco UCS / Physical Server Related Failures |
9xxx | Hypervisor Related Failures |
Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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1000 | Update Change Request | Failed to update the Cloud Portal change request | Verify the task ID of the change request. Also request may contain an invalid reference to a task ID. |
1001 | Add Service Request Note | Failed to add a note to the Cloud portal service request | Verify the task ID of the change request. Also request may contain an invalid reference to a task ID. |
1002 | Web HTTP Request | Failed to open an HTTP connection to the Cloud Portal server. | Verify the request URI, request parameters, and that the agent for the desired Cloud Portal service is started. |
1003 | Web HTTP Request | Failed nsAPI Authentication | Verify the nsapi user is a member of the correct organizational unit. |
1005 | Update Service Request Parameter | Failed to update the Cloud Portal service request | Verify the task ID of the service request. Also request may contain an invalid reference to a task ID. |
1006 | Web HTTP Request | Failed RAPI Authentication | Verify the user/password of the RAPI user. |
1007 | Web HTTP Request | RAPI Permissions Failure | Verify group membership of the RAPI user. |
1008 | Complete Service Request | Failed to mark Cloud Portal service request as complete | Verify that the service request has not previously marked as complete. |
1009 | General Web Services Failure | Failure in executing web service | Verify the request URI, request parameters, and that the agent for the desired Cloud Portal service is started. |
1010 | SOAP Fault Detected | Invalid SOAP data returned | Verify the request parameters, organizational unit of requested data. If requesting action on a service request action on service item verify the action had not previously been completed. For example a service request may have already been marked as completed. |
1011 | Update Service Item | Failed to updated requested service item. |
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1012 | Retrieve Service Item Data | Failed to to retrieve requested service item data |
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1013 | Create Service Item | Failed to create requested service item |
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1014 | Update Service Item | Failed to update requested service item |
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1015 | Delete Service Item | Failed to delete request service item |
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1016 | Update Service Item by Discovery Table XML | Failed to updated requested service items. |
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1017 | Submit Service Request | Failed to submit Cloud Portal service request |
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1018 | Delete Service Item By Properties | Could not delete Service Items | Verify Service Items exist to be deleted. Verify credentials of Cloud Service Portal User. |
1019 | Check NSAPI Home OU | NSAPI user home OU not Cloud Admin Org | To correctly populate the infrastructure table the NSAPI user's home OU must match the cloud admin OU. Change the home OU to match |
Error Code | Process Name | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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2000 | Set Saved Sync Data | General failure in the set saved sync data process | Verify the object type does not contain any special characters. |
2001 | Reset Stale Sync Data | General failure in the reset stale sync data process | Verify the object type does not contain any special characters. |
2002 | Initialize Lease Management | General failure in the initialize lease management process | Verify the lease input parameters contain valid data. |
2003 | Get Stale Sync Data | General failure in the get stale sync data process | Verify the object type does not contain any special characters. |
2004 | Cloud Portal Update Service Request History | General failure in the cloud portal update service request history | Verify the service request exists |
2005 | Create Service Item Definition XML | General failure in the create service item definition XML process | Verify the input data does not contain any special characters which can cause malformed XML. Such as <>&[]"' |
2006 | Create Service Item XML | General failure in the create service item XML process. | Verify the input data does not contain any special characters which can cause malformed XML. Such as <>&[]"' |
2007 | Set Cisco PO Global Variables | General failure in the set Cisco PO global variables process | Verify the input data does not contain any special characters which can cause malformed XML. Such as <>&[]"' |
2008 | Query vSphere Powershell Install | General failure in the query vSphere Powershell install process |
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Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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4002 | Web HTTP Request | nsAPI Authentication Failure | Verify the nsapi user is a member of the correct organizational unit |
Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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5000 | XPATH Query | Failed to find expected value |
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5001 | Find Target | Failed to find target | Verify that a target exist which matches the specified criteria. |
5002 | Create Lease Requisition | Failed to create a new lease requisition | Verify input parameters does not contain any special characters which can cause malformed XML. Such as <>&[]"' |
5003 | Execute Windows PowerShell Script | Failed to execute Windows PowerShell script |
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5004 | Execute Windows Command | Failed to execute Windows command |
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5005 | Execute Unix/Linux SSH Command | Failed to execute SSH command |
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5006 | Invalid Target | Failed to find target or target is of an invalid type. |
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5007 | Cancel Service Requisition | Failed to cancel Cloud Portal service request |
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5008 | VM Already Exists | A VM with the name already exists |
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5009 | Ping | Failed to ping IP Address |
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5010 | NS Lookup | Failed to Validate Hostname |
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5011 | Find Runtime Users | Failed to find runtime user | Verify the name of the runtime user is correct and that the runtime user exists |
5012 | Update Runtime User | Failed to update runtime user |
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5013 | Delete Runtime User | Failed to delete runtime user |
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5014 | Update Target | Failed to update target |
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5015 | Delete Target | Failed to delete target |
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5016 | Invalid Power Action | An invalid power action was specified | A power action other than on/off/reset was requested |
5100 | Global Variable - Cloud Portal Drop Location | Empty (Not Present) | The global variable Cloud Portal Drop Location is either empty or contains and invalid value |
5101 | Unused |
Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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6000 | Create Provider | Provider creation fails in NSM | |
6001 | Create Tenant | ||
6002 | Create External Network | ||
6003 | Create TNC | ||
6004 | Create Zone | ||
6005 | Create External Network Connection | ||
6006 | Create Network Segment |
Error Code | Related Activity / Action | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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7000 | Create MAC Specific Provisioning Role | Failed to Create MAC Specific Provisioning Role |
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7001 | Delete MAC Specific Provisioning Role | Failed to Delete MAC Specific Provisioning Role |
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7002 | Operation Timed Out | Operation did not complete in a timely manor. | Error preforming operation or too many concurrent tasks |
7003 | Find MAC Specific Provisioning Roles | Failed to find MAC specific provisioning role |
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7004 | Find Provisioning Role Templates | Failed to find the provisioning role template |
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7005 | Generate Authorization APID | Failed to generate a APID | Verify the runtime user username/password for the Cisco Server Provisioner is correct |
Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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8000 | Associate UCS Service Profile | Failed to associate UCS service profile | Verify the service profile/server pool name is valid and exists |
8001 | Associate UCS VLAN To vNIC | Failed to associate UCS VLAN to vNIC | Verify vNIC/VLAN/Native VLAN name is valid and exists |
8002 | Bind Profile to Service Template | Failed to bind UCS service profile to service template | Verify the service profile/server pool name is valid and exists |
8003 | Power On Blade | Failed to power on |
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8004 | Boot UCS Server | Failed to boot UCS Server |
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8005 | Unused | ||
8006 | Unused | ||
8007 | Create UCS Service Profile from Template | Failed to create UCS service profile from template | Verify template name is valid and exists |
8008 | Delete UCS Service Profile | Failed to delete UCS service profile | Verify service profile name is valid and exists |
8009 | Disassociate UCS Service Profile | Failed to disassociate UCS Service Profile | Verify service profile name is valid and exists |
8010 | Disassociate UCS VLAN From vNIC | Failed to Disassociate UCS VLAN From vNIC |
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8011 | Unused | ||
8012 | Find UCS Managed Objects | Failed to find UCS managed objects | Verify the runtime user username/password for the Cisco Server Provisioner is correct |
8013 | Unused | ||
8014 | Unused | ||
8015 | Unused | ||
8016 | Get UCS Server Configuration | Failed to get UCS Server configuration |
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8017 | Unused | ||
8018 | Modify UCS Service Profile | Failed to modify UCS service profile | Verify service profile name is valid and exists |
8019 | Unused | ||
8020 | Reset UCS Server | Failed to reset UCS server |
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8021 | Shutdown UCS Server | Failed to shutdown UCS server |
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Unused | |||
8023 | Unused | ||
8100 | Blade Is Unassigned | Blade is unassigned | Blade does not have an assigned profile, assign a profile |
8101 | Blade does not exist | Unable to find blade |
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Error Code | Related Activity | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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9000 | Add VM Hard Disk | Failed to add VM hard disk |
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9001 | Clone VM | Failed to clone the VM |
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9002 | Add VM Network Adapter | Failed to add network adapter |
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9003 | Reconfigure VM | Failed to reconfigure the VM | Verify VM is in the powered off state |
9004 | Update VM Network Adapter | Failed to update VM network adapter |
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9005 | Power On VM | Failed to power on VM |
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9006 | Customize Linux VM | Failed to customize Linux VM |
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9007 | Query VM Network Adapters | Failed to query VM network adapters |
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9008 | Power Off VM | Failed to power off VM |
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9009 | Add VM Network Adapter | Failed to add network adapter to VM |
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9010 | Query VM Network Adapters | Failed to query VM |
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9011 | Query VM Devices | Failed to query VM devices |
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9012 | Query VM Properties | Failed to query VM properties |
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9013 | Customize Windows VM | Failed to customized Windows VM |
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9014 | Query VMs | Failed to query VM |
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9021 | Update VM Hard Disk | Failed to update VM hard disk | Verify VM is in the powered off state |
9022 | Add Host | Failed to add host |
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9023 | Remove Host | Failed to remove host | Verify the hostname of the host is correct |
9024 | Upgrade VM Tools | Failed to upgrade VMware tools | Verify VMware tools is installed and started |
9025 | Create New VM | Failed to create a new virtual server |
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9026 | Delete VM | Failed to delete VM. |
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9027 | Enumerate Resource Pools | Failed to enumerate resource pools |
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9028 | Revert to Snapshot | Failed to revert to snapshot |
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9029 | Create Snapshot | Failed to create Snapshot |
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9030 | Delete Snapshot | Failed to delete snapshot |
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9031 | Enumerate Networks | Failed to enumerate networks |
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9032 | Enumerate Datastores | Failed to enumerate datastores |
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9033 | Enumerate Clusters | Failed to enumerate clusters |
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9034 | Enumerate Datacenters | Failed to enumerate datacenters |
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9035 | Enumerate Hosts | Failed to enumerate VM hosts |
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9036 | Query VM Templates | Failed to query VM templates |
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9037 | Enter VM Host Maintenance Mode | Failed to enter maintenance mode | Verify all running VMs have been evacuated from the host. |
9038 | Shutdown Host | Failed to shutdown |
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9039 | Exit VM Host Maintenance Mode | Failed to exit maintenance mode |
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9040 | Apply VM Host Profile | Failed to apply VM host profile |
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9041 | Associate VM Host Profile | Failed to associate VM host profile | Verify host profile name is valid and exists |
9042 | Create VM Host Profile | Failed to create VM Host Profile | Communication issue with vCenter or incorrect username/password for vCenter target |
9043 | Query Hosts | Failed to query hosts | Verify specified hosts name is a valid host in vCenter |
9044 | Unused | ||
9045 | Unused | ||
9099 | Check for VMTools | VMware tools not installed | Verify VMware tools is installed and started |
9100 | If Network Adapter not found | No network adapter found | VM does not have a network adapter add a network adapter |
9101 | Unused | ||
9102 | Unused |
Connection Test
Validates VMware vCenter Server target and runtime user created in Cisco Process Orchestrator. Validates Cisco Process Orchestrator connectivity to the VMware vCenter Server target with the stored login credentials.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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6101 | Not Connected: Attempt to connect to VMware vCenter Server failed | Verify VMware vCenter Server details entered in Cisco Cloud Portal during the creation of the connection. |
6102 | Not Connected: Attempt to connect to VMware vCenter Server failed | Verify VMware vCenter Server login credentials provided to create the VMware vCenter Server target in Cisco Cloud Portal has access rights. |
Read Test
Validates the provided login credentials has read access to the VMware vCenter Server by querying the ESXi hosts existing on the VMware vCenter Server.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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6201 | Connected (Read Only): VMware vCenter Server login credentials failed to read information from the VMware vCenter Server. | Verify the provided VMware vCenter Server login credentials has access to appropriate objects in VMware vCenter Server. |
Write Test
Validates the VMware vCenter Server runtime user has write access to VMware vCenter Server using Power CLI. Write access is validated by creating a small Virtual Machine with no operating system and deleting the Virtual Machine that was created.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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6301 | Connected (Read Only): VMware vCenter Server login credentials for read / write. | Verify the provided VMware vCenter Server login credentials has write permissions to appropriate objects in VMware vCenter Server. |
6302 | Connected (Read Only): No ESXi Hosts Found | Validate that the ESXi hosts in the VMware vCenter Server matches the Host Name in the Cisco Cloud Portal. If the hosts does not match, run cloudsync discovery for the discovery of hosts under the registered VMware vCenter Server. |
Connection Test
Validates Cisco Server Provisioner target and runtime users created in Cisco Process Orchestrator. Verifies Cisco Process Orchestrator connectivity to the Cisco Server Provisioner target with the stored login credentials.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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7101 | Not Connected: Attempt to connect to Cisco Server Provisioner failed | Verify Cisco Server Provisioner details entered in Cisco Cloud Portal during the creation of the connection. |
7102 | Not Connected: Attempt to connect to Cisco Server Provisioner failed | Verify Cisco server provisioner login credentials provided to create the Cisco Server Provisioner target in Cisco Cloud Portal has access rights. User must be root and have the valid root password. |
Read Test
Validates the provided login credentials has read access to the Cisco Server Provisioner by querying the Provisioning Role Template(s).
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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7201 | Connected (Read Only): User credentials for read / write. | Verify the provided Cisco Server Provisioner login credentials has read access to provisioning templates stored. |
7202 | Connected (Read Only): Provisioning Role Templates not found. | Ensure the Cisco Server Provisoner has at least one Provisioning Template defined. |
Write Test
Validates the Cisco Server Provisioner runtime user has write access by creating a new MAC Specific Provisioning Role and then deleting the MAC Specific Provisioning Role just created.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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7301 | Connected (Read Only): login credentials for read / write. | Validate login Credentials has write access to appropriate Cisco Server Provisoner. |
7302 | Connected (Read Only): Cannot find Cisco Server Provisoner Template. | Validate that the server provisioner templates in the Cisco Server Provisioner matches the Host Name in the Cisco Cloud Portal. If the server provisioner templates does not match, run cloudsync discovery for the discovery of templates under the Cisco Server Provisioners. |
Connection Test
Validates Cisco UCS manager target and runtime users created in Cisco Process Orchestrator. Verifies Cisco Process Orchestrator connectivity to the Cisco UCS manager target with the stored login credentials.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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8101 | Connection Failed: Cannot connect to the Cisco UCS manager. | Verify Cisco UCS manager details entered in Cisco Cloud Portal during the creation of the connection. |
Read Test
Validates the provided login credentials has read access to the Cisco UCS Manager by reading the Cisco UCS Manager Server configuration.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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8201 | Connected (Read Only): Unable to read Cisco UCS Manager Server Configuration. | Verify the provided Cisco UCS Manager login credentials has read access to the appropriate Cisco UCS Manager. |
Write Test
Validates the Cisco UCS Manager runtime user has write access by creating a dummy Service Profile and deleting the dummy Service Profile that was created.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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8301 | Connected (Read Only): User credentials for read / write. | Validate login Credentials has write access to appropriate Cisco UCS Manager. |
Connection Test
Validates the Cisco Process Orchestrator runtime user can connect to the Cisco Cloud Portal target with the login credentials provided.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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9101 | Connection Failed: Cannot validate run time user | Verify Cisco Process Orchestrator run time user and its credentials. |
Read Test
Validates run time user in Cisco Process Orchestrator has read access for the Cisco Cloud Portal by retrieving Cisco Cloud Portal Service Item data using the Web Services API.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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9201 | Connected (Read Only): Unable to read service item data from the Cisco Cloud Portal. | Validate login Credentials of the run time user and the nsAPI User has access to Cisco Cloud Portal. Also validates that the Web Services are enabled on the Cisco Process Orchestor and Cisco Cloud Portal. |
Write Test
Validates the runtime user has write access by creating or updating the service item utilizing the Cisco Cloud Portal Adapter.
Failures
Error Codes | Possible Cause of Failure | Remediation |
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9301 | Connected (Read Only): User credentials for read / write. | Validate User Credentials of the run time user and the Cisco Cloud Portal Target has access to appropriate Cisco Cloud Portal. Also validates that Web Services are enabled on the Cisco Process Orchestor and Cisco Cloud Portal servers. |
Error Code | Related Activity / Action | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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5001 | Find Target | Failed to find target | Verify that a target exist which matches the specified criteria. |
Note: Validation is designed to return a Status and Description of the current status of the Element, it only produces error if the target cannot be found. The following is a list of Status and Descriptions produced by Validation.
Status | Description | Possible Remediation |
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Not Connected | Attempt to connect to VCenter Failed |
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Not Connected | User credentials for read / write | Validate User Credentials has access to appropriate VCenter and appropriate Datastores |
Connected (Read Only) | User credentials read only | The user only has read access to the VCenter or Datastores |
Connected (Read Only) | Cannot provision servers | vCenter Reason code returned, refer to vCenter documentation |
Connected | Validation Successful | |
Not Connected | Cannot connect to UCS |
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Not Connected | User credentials for read / write | Validate User Credentials has access to appropriate UCS Manager |
Connected (Read Only) | Cannot provision a create a service profile | Most often this is a result of the user not having the correct role ON UCS yo provision a service profile |
Connected | CoValidationSuccessful | |
Not Connected | Cannot connect to CSP |
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Not Connected | APID user does not exist | The user must be associated with a APID on CSP and the APID or user does not match or cannot be found |
Connected (Read Only) | Create Service Profile Failed | User associated with APID was found and able to login to CSP but did not have rights to create a Service Profile |
Connected | Validation Successful |
Error Code | Related Activity / Action | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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5001 | Find Target | Failed to find target | Verify that a target exist which matches the specified criteria. |
Note: Validation is designed to return a Status and Description of the current status of the Element, it only produces error if the target can not be found. The following is a list of Status and Descriptions produced by Validation.
Status | Description | Possible Remediation |
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Not Connected | CP Web Target is unreachable | Validate target name and user credentials |
Not Connected | Cannot access RequestCenter DB | Validate CP DB configuration |
Connected (Read Only) | Cannot create or update SI in CP | Check credentials used to access CP Web Target has correct level of access in CP |
Connected (Read Only) | Connection Failed | Check that the users defined for CP Web Target and in Extended Target Properties for Cloud Portal API user are: |
Connected | Validation Successful |
Error Code | Related Activity / Action | Error Description | Possible Remediation |
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5001 | Find Target | Failed to find target | Verify that a target exist which matches the specified criteria. |
Note: Validation is designed to return a Status and Description of the current status of the Element, it only produces error if the target can not be found. The following is a list of Status and Descriptions produced by Validation.
Status | Description | Possible Remediation |
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Connected (Read Only) | CIM Import failures | Check share location access to CP and PO Check user credentials |
Connected | Validation Successful |
Note: Sends an email trough the SMTP server configured in CP to a specified user
Validates | Description | Possible Remediation |
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Validate Email Failures, PO is not involved in email validation | If the email is not received in a given time verify the SMTP server is configured in CP is reachable and fully functional | Email Validation does not arrive:
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When running Connect Cloud Infrastructure you receive an HTTP 401 or HTTP 403 authentication error, verify the IIS authentication method between PO and CP. The authentication settings should be the same for the CP agents and PO web services.
Revision | Publish Date | Comments |
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1.0 |
18-Feb-2013 |
Initial Release |