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    NOT SOLVED !! : Open-VM-Tools - NOT WORKING on vSphere

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      Clouseau
      last edited by

      I will have a try tomorrow and hope that tools runs fine. Unmanaged status is just telling that fact that it's not managed by Vmware vSphere client. Vmware should change this status info to something much better (Open Source Tools OK)

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      Multible Alix 2D13, APU1,APU2,APU3 - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit
      Multible Vmware vSphere - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit

      pfSense - FreeNAS - OwnCloud

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        calvinz
        last edited by

        so anyone had luck installing open-vm-tools up to this point ?

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          @calvinz:

          so anyone had luck installing open-vm-tools up to this point ?

          As I said earlier in the thread, it loads fine on 32 and 64 bit VMs for me now.

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            danswartz
            last edited by

            Ditto here.

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              Clouseau
              last edited by

              Confirm! Open-Vm-Tools works again ! Huh….. Nice job! This was an huge problem for me and I'm happy to see this is over.

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              Multible Alix 2D13, APU1,APU2,APU3 - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit
              Multible Vmware vSphere - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit

              pfSense - FreeNAS - OwnCloud

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Glad to hear it worked.

                (On an unrelated note I also tackled another 800-pound gorilla, ntop, which should also work now)

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                  photonman
                  last edited by

                  I am running a RC1 i386 build from Early april and I just uninstalled my version 2.7xxx vmtools package and installed the latest 3.xxx version and now
                  my ESX server says the tools status is "unmanaged".

                  does that mean my vmtools is running?

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                    cmb
                    last edited by

                    @photonman:

                    I am running a RC1 i386 build from Early april and I just uninstalled my version 2.7xxx vmtools package and installed the latest 3.xxx version and now
                    my ESX server says the tools status is "unmanaged".

                    does that mean my vmtools is running?

                    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,33587.msg188199.html#msg188199

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                      photonman
                      last edited by

                      I got this:

                      20377  ??  S      0:00.00 sh -c ps ax|grep vmware
                      20675  ??  R      0:00.00 sh -c ps ax|grep vmware
                      44364  ??  I      0:21.39 /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-to

                      $ kldstat
                      Id Refs Address    Size          Name
                      1   10 0xc0400000 11426c4  kernel
                      2    1 0xc762a000 4000       vmmemctl.ko
                      3    1 0xc76ae000 5000       vmxnet.ko
                      4    1 0xc76b7000 5000       vmblock.ko
                      5    1 0xc76bd000 b000     vmhgfs.ko

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                        Clouseau
                        last edited by

                        Uups - Open VM Tools for 64bit pfSense works but 32Bit NOT!!

                        Must reopen this.

                        Now after reboot I got WARNING: run_rc_command: cannot run /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd

                        Argh!!!

                        Open-VM-Tools are still broken !!

                        Package version: 313025

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                        Multible Alix 2D13, APU1,APU2,APU3 - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit
                        Multible Vmware vSphere - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit

                        pfSense - FreeNAS - OwnCloud

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Not "still broken". It did work, and there have been commits since to fix other issues that may have broken something again.

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                            Clouseau
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            Not "still broken". It did work, and there have been commits since to fix other issues that may have broken something again.

                            64bit Open-VM-Tools works still after your fixes. Now I had a try on 32bit and it's not working at all.

                            –--------------------------------------------------------------
                            Multible Alix 2D13, APU1,APU2,APU3 - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit
                            Multible Vmware vSphere - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit

                            pfSense - FreeNAS - OwnCloud

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              See above, re: there have been more commits since I fixed it.

                              We moved the repositories over to github over the weekend and it's possible some commits didn't happen where they should have. I know someone was working on that package, I'll have to check into it.

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                Give it about 10 minutes and try to reload the package again.

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  Actually the package sync was broken since the move to github, try it now and see if it's any better. I just fixed the package sync.

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                                    secabeen
                                    last edited by

                                    This package looks like it installs and runs successfully, but doesn't start properly on bootup.  I can run the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/, but if I reboot the PFSense VM, when it comes back up, the vmware daemon and kernel modules aren't loaded.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      ok, I'm seeing that too. The KLDs are loaded but the guest daemon isn't. Shouldn't be hard to fix.

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                                        Clouseau
                                        last edited by

                                        @secabeen:

                                        This package looks like it installs and runs successfully, but doesn't start properly on bootup.  I can run the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/, but if I reboot the PFSense VM, when it comes back up, the vmware daemon and kernel modules aren't loaded.

                                        true, it installs just fine without any errors but vmtools just are not starting. I Still go this error: root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-guestd.sh: WARNING: run_rc_command: cannot run /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd

                                        This is only package I use in my system.

                                        –--------------------------------------------------------------
                                        Multible Alix 2D13, APU1,APU2,APU3 - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit
                                        Multible Vmware vSphere - pfSense 2.4.x 64bit

                                        pfSense - FreeNAS - OwnCloud

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          And that command runs fine for me, and the daemon continues to run once I start it by hand.

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                                            secabeen
                                            last edited by

                                            @Clouseau:

                                            @secabeen:

                                            This package looks like it installs and runs successfully, but doesn't start properly on bootup.  I can run the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/, but if I reboot the PFSense VM, when it comes back up, the vmware daemon and kernel modules aren't loaded.

                                            true, it installs just fine without any errors but vmtools just are not starting. I Still go this error: root: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-guestd.sh: WARNING: run_rc_command: cannot run /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd

                                            This is only package I use in my system.

                                            Do you have problems on both 64-bit and 32-bit VMs?

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