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

    2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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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.

          –--------------------------------------------------------------
          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
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                @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
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                  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

                    –--------------------------------------------------------------
                    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
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                                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
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                                    @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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                                          photonman
                                          last edited by

                                          @secabeen:

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

                                          My 64-bit RC2 loads up fine (I think)

                                          no error messages

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            @Clouseau:

                                            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.

                                            You appear to have an issue that nobody else seems to have. Try these commands, and show the output:

                                            file /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd
                                            ldd /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd
                                            

                                            For comparison, I get this output on my system:

                                            : file /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd
                                            /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for FreeBSD 8.1, stripped
                                            : ldd /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd
                                            /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd:
                                                    libvmtools.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libvmtools.so.0 (0x2809a000)
                                                    libcrypt.so.5 => /lib/libcrypt.so.5 (0x280f5000)
                                                    libthr.so.3 => /lib/libthr.so.3 (0x2810e000)
                                                    libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x28123000)
                                                    libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x28127000)
                                                    libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x2816a000)
                                                    libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x2816f000)
                                                    libintl.so.9 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.9 (0x28241000)
                                                    libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x2824a000)
                                                    libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x28340000)
                                                    libicui18n.so.46 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.46 (0x2837c000)
                                                    libicuuc.so.46 => /usr/local/lib/libicuuc.so.46 (0x2855e000)
                                                    libicudata.so.46 => /usr/local/lib/libicudata.so.46 (0x28694000)
                                                    libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x29513000)
                                                    libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x29607000)
                                                    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x29621000)
                                                    libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x2962c000)
                                            

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