<![CDATA[Dont get vmware tools running on vsphere 5.1]]>hello,
i am trying to install vmware tools on my vsphere 5.1 host.

i installed pfsense 2.1 x64. went good. then i installed vmware tooles like in this howto: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-pfsense-freebsd
i change the ftp link to my need (freebsd 8 and amd-64) no problem.

then i successfull installed vmware tools and the daemon was running. i changed to vmxnet3 and rebooted.

but now there is no daemon running. vmxnet3 is working but when i want to stark the daemon i get this:

VMware Tools is installed, but it has not been
(correctly) configured for the running kernel.
To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/local/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl.

when i stark the command:

Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
  Switching to guest configuration:                                  done
  Guest memory manager:                                              done
  Guest operating system daemon:                                    failed
Unable to start services for VMware Tools

is there any solutions?

best regards

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/54324/dont-get-vmware-tools-running-on-vsphere-5-1RSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:51:09 GMTMon, 18 Mar 2013 22:58:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Dont get vmware tools running on vsphere 5.1 on Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:46:37 GMT]]>I found the answer to this problem here:

http://pastebin.com/kQMiqwF3

The thing that I changed (not sure if it makes a difference) is to use "packages-8.3-release" since pfSense 2.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3.

Oh yeah, that also says ftp-archive, don't put the -archive in the name.

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