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ThischapterprovidesinstructionsontroubleshootingoftheADM.Topicsinclude:
“TroubleshootingtheADMbyUsingtheProductSupportPackageonpage 49
“DetailDiscoveryTroubleshooting”onpage 49
Troubleshooting the ADM by Using the Product Support Package
Ifyourequire,usetheADMproductsupportpackagefortroubleshooting:
1 CreateanADMproductsupportpackageasdescribedin“ProductSupportPackages”onpage 34.
2ContactyourVMwareCustomerSupportrepresentativeandprovidethemwiththeproductsupport
packagethatyougeneratedinStep 1.
Detail Discovery Troubleshooting
Thissectiondescribesutilitiesandprogramsthathelpwithtroubleshooting.
WMI
WMIDetailDiscoveryrequiresspecificpermissionsandconfigurationonthetargethost.Microsoftincludes
atestingtool,calledWBemTest,oneverycomputerthathasWMIinstalled.Thistooltestsforthesame
permissionandconfigurationsthatADMrequires.Forexample,ifanaccessdeniedfailureoccurswhile
connectingtothetarget
host,theWbemTesttoolraisesasimilarerrorindicatingaproblemwiththetargethost
configuration.
Troubleshooting is performed in the following order
1CheckpermissionsandconfigurationusingtheWBemTesttool.Moreinformationisavailableonthe
MicrosoftWebsite:
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2CheckADMDiscoveryusingtheutilitiesdescribedinthefollowingsections.
single.sh
Thesingle.shutilityisastandalonecommandlineutilitythatrunsDetailDiscoveryonaspecifichost.The
single.shutilitycreatesasupportpackagethatcontainstheDetailDiscoveryresultsandmoreuseful
information.VMwareCustomerSupportcanusethissupportpackagetoanalyzetheproblemsoffsite.
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NOTEThissectionreferstosupportpackagesusedspecificallyforDetailDiscoverytroubleshooting.Other
supportpackagesareusedforbackingup,restoring,upgrading,andtroubleshootingoftheADMapplication
andaredescribedinChapter 10.