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    • P
      pf123user
      last edited by

      I'll preface this by saying I believe this is a config issue on my end and NOT a hardware issue. If any hardware is involved it's the hardware sitting between my eyeballs and my fingertips  8). If someone could please point out what I'm missing I'll owe you big!

      Dedicated Lab/Play/Dev environment on three identical Dell Precision T5500 Machines:

      Dell A16 BIOS
      2x Xeon x5650 CPUs
      72GB Samsung RAM
      LSI 9260 i8 raid card with bbu & ~3TB RAID6 Storage
      Various SS/Flash space (SATA & PCIe) equaling 1.3TB space
      Headless (no video card)
      Broadcom motherboard NIC
      1x Intel Pro 1000 MT (64-bit PCI) quad NIC
      1x Intel Pro 1000 PT dual NIC
      1x Intel X540T2 dual 10GBE NIC
      (plus various USB 2.0 & 3.0 smartcard & biometric devices but nothing to do with the pfSense VM)

      ESX/ESXi Version: VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 1623387
      Image Profile: (Updated) ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-standard
      VMware Tools - version:9349 (Current)

      VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus (not free trial)
      vCenter Server 5 Standard (not free trial)

      pfSense:

      2.1.4-RELEASE (amd64)
      built on Fri Jun 20 12:59:50 EDT 2014
      FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p16
      ESXi 5.5 and later (Version 10)
      Genuine Intel(R) CPU 000 @ 2.67GHz (engineering sample cpus)
      8GB HDD, 3GB RAM, 3x vCPUs

      WAN = 1x e1000 vNIC
      LAN = 1x e1000 vNIC
      OPT1 = 1x VMXNET3

      Running PowerD, also RAM Disks - /tmp=80gb & /var=120GB

      I have been taking snapshots each step and have done this build process 5-6 times today. I found the new link to the FreeBSD package archives (for perl & compat6x-amd64). Everything works perfectly as long as I do not reboot. I can build a pfSense VM out from scratch and get ESXi/vCenter Server Appliance to recognize that VMware Tools are installed and running perfectly - and the VM recognizes the VMXNET3 NIC I attached prior to the build - but as soon as I reboot it dies and doesn't load again.

      Could this be because I have files in my /tmp or /var directories that get lost upon reboot because of the RAM disk? How and/or where do I need to put the files/directories or could anyone please tell me what I'm missing? I think I've been at it long enough that it's staring me in the face and I just can't see the obvious mistakes I'm making. I'm doing everything exactly as the pfSense docs tutorial states.

      Why does VMware Tools fail when I reboot?

      Thanks!

      I don't know what I did but I am now able to show ESXi that VMware Tools have been installed after reboot however it says: Not running, version:9349 (Current) which cannot be good. It recognizes the VMXNET3 NICs but not consistently.

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        pf123user
        last edited by

        I am able to install VMware tools perfectly and ESXi will see it, etc. however upon reboot it is lost. When I try to re-install or check for software I am told perl is already installed as is VMware Tools. I have no idea about the library linkings of compat6x-amd64.

        It appears that I have installed VMware Tools properly however the startup scripts are not working and/or linked properly.

        Can anyone please offer advice?

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          snm777
          last edited by

          Sadly, I've spent the last two weeks troubleshooting this - I got it working on 2.1.4, but not 2.1.5. 
          I started by following these two set of instructions:
          http://www.v-front.de/2013/06/how-to-install-or-update-vmware-tools.html
          https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VMware_Tools

          If you are having the same problem I have, I think you will find that there is a not_configured file in /etc/vmware-tools/ .
          In the instructions on the second link, they have you create 000-ldconfig.sh, and I simply added
          rm -f /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured
          to the end of that script, and on 2.1.4, it worked.  On 2.1.5, for whatever reason, the same method did NOT work for me.  When the script that starts vmware tools runs at startup, it was creating the not_configured file before actually starting the tools, so I could not get it to come up at boot.  I don't NEED the vmxnet3 nics, so I simply gave up and went back to the Open tools.

          I wish you luck, I'll watch the thread to see if someone smarter than me figures it out :)

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            So just updated to 2.1.5 few days back, and didn't have any problems with getting the tools working again

            Via that first link - which have been using for quite a few paste versions.  Just need to do step 4 again after an update, and then run
            /usr/local/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d –clobber-kernel-modules=vmxnet3,pvscsi,vmmemctl

            And tools show running and current.

            Im on esxi 5.5.0, 1746018, there is a couple of builds later but didn't see anything in them that required an update for me - but when I get a chance can update to current build and see if any issues.

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              Heli0s
              last edited by

              When I had pfSense installed in ESXi (2.1), I just used the open-vm-tools package without any issues. Have you tried installing it or have you only used the official tools package?

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              • KOMK
                KOM
                last edited by

                From what I understand the generic open-vm-tools doesn't have any VMXNET drivers, and the E1000 driver can be CPU-heavy.  They're better than nothing, but not as good as the real VMware Tools.

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Well I grabbed the latest patch.  And will update this weekend.  But I don't expect any issues.. that link v-front.de link should work.  But can bring up a new vm with 2.1.5 64bit as well for testing once on current patch.  I have no need of 64bit so run 32bit, seems to have less issues all the way around ;)

                  But from here I show current version is
                  http://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions

                  9350

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Ok I just updated my esxi to latest patch, so on build 1892794

                    ~ # vmware -vl
                    VMware ESXi 5.5.0 build-1892794
                    VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Update 1

                    Had no problems updating the tools, just did step 5 in the v-front link above and bing bang zoom running and current, rebooted to validate autostart and yup up and running tools current

                    [2.1.5-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/usr/local/bin(33): ps ax | grep vmware
                    80851  ??  S      0:02.08 /usr/local/lib/vmware-tools/sbin/vmtoolsd

                    I will have to grab a copy of the 64bit version and see if any issues.  But your version isn't current from what I show see my link to versions.  I show 9.4.6 on pfsense, and all my other vms

                    Your number points to 9.4.5 - see my build link in previous post

                    9349        esx/5.5ep04                            9.4.5        1881737
                    9349        esx/5.5ep03                            9.4.5        1746974
                    9349        esx/5.5ep02                            9.4.5        1750340
                    9349        esx/5.5u1                              9.4.5        1623387

                    edit:  Ok just grabbed 2.1.5 64 iso, created new vm.  booted, ran through the setup - hit the gui, let the wizard finish - click click click, set password - enable ssh, ssh in

                    Now they have moved the old 8.3 packages, so to get packages to install I did

                    setenv PACKAGESITE http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/Latest/

                    then just ran through the install instructions here http://www.v-front.de/2013/06/how-to-install-or-update-vmware-tools.html

                    pkg_add -rv perl
                    pkg_add -rv compat6x-amd64

                    because nano is easier than vi ;)
                    pkg_add -rv nano

                    nano /etc/rc

                    ^W /sbin/ldconfig

                    add /usr/local/lib/compat to end of that line

                    run
                    /sbin/ldconfig -elf /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/local/lib/compat

                    start vmtools install, then

                    mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
                    mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt/cdrom
                    cd /tmp
                    tar xvzf /mnt/cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
                    cd vmware-tools-distrib
                    ./vmware-install.pl -d –clobber-kernel-modules=vmxnet3,pvscsi,vmmemctl

                    reboot

                    Then as you see current tools running without any issues

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                      snm777
                      last edited by

                      When I tired, I was running 64 bit.  I could get ONE reboot in some cases, but on the second reboot, tools would not automatically start.  In 2.1.4, removing the not_configured file was my solution to that. I have run through the instructions with a clean 2.1.5 64 bit build 3 times, all with the same result, but I can certainly try again :)

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Well I can reboot my clean 64bit install a few times and check.. But in the tests I did I had no issues with it starting.  Let me start it up and reboot it a few times.

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                          yu130960
                          last edited by

                          @snm777:

                          When I tired, I was running 64 bit.  I could get ONE reboot in some cases, but on the second reboot, tools would not automatically start.  In 2.1.4, removing the not_configured file was my solution to that. I have run through the instructions with a clean 2.1.5 64 bit build 3 times, all with the same result, but I can certainly try again :)

                          I am having the same exact problem with ESXi 5.5 Update 2 | 09 SEP 2014 | Build 2068190.  This is my first time trying to virtualize pfsense so not sure if it is build specific.  Also using 2.1.5 64 bit.  I can reboot twice and then I get the Not installed sign.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Well strange enough upon reboot of my 64bit test vm, I was running into this as well.  Have not had chance to look into as of yet.

                            Why do you think you need to run 64bit?  Your only giving the VM 3GB of ram, the 3vcpus total waste..

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                              yu130960
                              last edited by

                              Was doing some google research on this issue and it doesn't look like it is a new one.  If the following file /etc/vmware-tools/not_configured file exists, after the NEXT reboot , there will not be a running vmtools any more.

                              I found the following post from http://www.v-front.de/2013/06/how-to-install-or-update-vmware-tools.html

                              Andreas PeetzApril 30, 2014 at 2:32 PM
                              Hi GarFin,
                              
                              I also looked into this issue and noticed that the not_configured file is created by the VMware Tools boot script /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools.sh whenever it thinks that something went wrong.
                              You can just uncomment the code there, but this change will be reverted on the next update or re-installation of the Tools.
                              
                              Andreas
                              

                              Here is the code from  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools.sh just not sure what to comment out.

                              
                              # See how we were called.
                              case "$1" in
                                start)
                                  exitcode='0'
                                  if vmware_inVM; then
                                    if [ -e "$vmware_etc_dir"/not_configured ]; then
                                      echo "`vmware_product_name`"' is installed, but it has not been '
                                      echo '(correctly) configured for the running kernel.'
                                      echo 'To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command: '
                                      echo "$vmdb_answer_BINDIR"'/vmware-config-tools.pl.'
                                      echo
                                      exit 1
                                    fi
                              
                                    echo 'Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:'
                                    vmware_exec 'Switching to guest configuration:' vmware_switch
                                    exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                              
                                    if [ "`is_vmmemctl_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                      vmware_exec 'Guest memory manager:' vmware_start_vmmemctl
                                      exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                    fi
                              
                                    if [ "`is_vmxnet_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                      vmware_exec 'Guest vmxnet fast network device:' vmware_start_vmxnet
                                      exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                    fi
                              
                                    if [ "`is_vmblock_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                      vmware_exec 'Blocking file system:' vmware_start_vmblock
                                    fi
                              
                                    # Signal vmware-user to relaunch itself and maybe restore
                                    # contact with the blocking file system.
                                    if [ "`is_vmware_user_running`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                      vmware_exec 'VMware User Agent:' vmware_restart_vmware_user
                                    fi
                              
                                    vmware_exec 'Guest operating system daemon:' vmware_start_vmtoolsd
                                    exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                  else
                                    echo 'Starting VMware Tools services on the host:'
                                    vmware_exec 'Switching to host config:' vmware_switch
                                    exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                  fi
                              
                                  if [ "$exitcode" -gt 0 ]; then
                                    # Set the 'not configured' flag
                                    touch "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                    chmod 644 "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                    db_add_file "$vmware_db" "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured' \
                                      "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                    exit 1
                                  fi
                                ;;
                              
                              
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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                here is the section you want to get rid of, comment out

                                if [ "$exitcode" -gt 0 ]; then
                                      # Set the 'not configured' flag
                                      touch "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                      chmod 644 "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                      db_add_file "$vmware_db" "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                        "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'

                                I bolded the part that creates the file.

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                                  yu130960
                                  last edited by

                                  # if [ "$exitcode" -gt 0 ]; then
                                        # Set the 'not configured' flag
                                        # touch "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                        # chmod 644 "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                        # db_add_file "$vmware_db" "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured' \
                                          # "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                       # exit 1
                                      # fi
                                    ;;
                                  

                                  Thanks I'll try it

                                  EDIT: The above commenting out worked for me.  I can reboot and there is no longer a not_configured file created.  Would still like to get to the bottom of why this is happening.

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                                    yu130960
                                    last edited by

                                    Bump for confirmation that the "fix" works.

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I wouldn't call it a "fix" ;)  I would look into why there is hit on that rule that says something went wrong don't start the toosl ;)

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                                        yu130960
                                        last edited by

                                        Agreed .  Here is the entire script to see what is going on.

                                        #!/bin/sh
                                        #
                                        # Copyright (c) 1998-2014 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
                                        #
                                        # This script manages the services needed to run VMware software
                                        
                                        # Basic support for IRIX style chkconfig
                                        # chkconfig: 3 90 08
                                        # description: Manages the services needed to run VMware software
                                        
                                        # Basic support for the Linux Standard Base Specification 1.0.0 (to be used by
                                        # insserv for exemple)
                                        ### BEGIN INIT INFO
                                        # Provides: VMware_Tools
                                        # Required-Start: $network $syslog
                                        # Required-Stop:
                                        # Default-Start: 3 5
                                        # Default-Stop:
                                        # Description: Manages the services needed to run VMware Tools
                                        ### END INIT INFO
                                        
                                        # BEGINNING_OF_UTIL_DOT_SH
                                        #!/bin/sh
                                        #
                                        # Copyright (c) 2005-2014 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
                                        #
                                        # A few utility functions used by our shell scripts.  Some expect the settings
                                        # database to already be loaded and evaluated.
                                        
                                        vmblockmntpt="/proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint"
                                        vmblockfusemntpt="/var/run/vmblock-fuse"
                                        
                                        vmware_failed() {
                                          if [ "`type -t 'echo_failure' 2>/dev/null`" = 'function' ]; then
                                            echo_failure
                                          else
                                            echo -n "$rc_failed"
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        vmware_success() {
                                          if [ "`type -t 'echo_success' 2>/dev/null`" = 'function' ]; then
                                            echo_success
                                          else
                                            echo -n "$rc_done"
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Execute a macro
                                        vmware_exec() {
                                          local msg="$1"  # IN
                                          local func="$2" # IN
                                          shift 2
                                        
                                          echo -n '   '"$msg"
                                        
                                          # On Caldera 2.2, SIGHUP is sent to all our children when this script exits
                                          # I wanted to use shopt -u huponexit instead but their bash version
                                          # 1.14.7(1) is too old
                                          #
                                          # Ksh does not recognize the SIG prefix in front of a signal name
                                          if [ "$VMWARE_DEBUG" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            (trap '' HUP; "$func" "$@")
                                          else
                                            (trap '' HUP; "$func" "$@") >/dev/null 2>&1
                                          fi
                                          if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]; then
                                            vmware_failed
                                            echo
                                            return 1
                                          fi
                                        
                                          vmware_success
                                          echo
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Execute a macro in the background
                                        vmware_bg_exec() {
                                          local msg="$1"  # IN
                                          local func="$2" # IN
                                          shift 2
                                        
                                          if [ "$VMWARE_DEBUG" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            # Force synchronism when debugging
                                            vmware_exec "$msg" "$func" "$@"
                                          else
                                            echo -n '   '"$msg"' (background)'
                                        
                                            # On Caldera 2.2, SIGHUP is sent to all our children when this script exits
                                            # I wanted to use shopt -u huponexit instead but their bash version
                                            # 1.14.7(1) is too old
                                            #
                                            # Ksh does not recognize the SIG prefix in front of a signal name
                                            (trap '' HUP; "$func" "$@") 2>&1 | logger -t 'VMware[init]' -p daemon.err &
                                        
                                            vmware_success
                                            echo
                                            return 0
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # This is a function in case a future product name contains language-specific
                                        # escape characters.
                                        vmware_product_name() {
                                          echo 'VMware Tools'
                                          exit 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # This is a function in case a future product contains language-specific
                                        # escape characters.
                                        vmware_product() {
                                          echo 'tools-for-freebsd'
                                          exit 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        is_dsp()
                                        {
                                           # This is the current way of indicating it is part of a
                                           # distribution-specific install.  Currently only applies to Tools.
                                           [ -e "$vmdb_answer_LIBDIR"/dsp ]
                                        }
                                        
                                        # They are a lot of small utility programs to create temporary files in a
                                        # secure way, but none of them is standard. So I wrote this
                                        make_tmp_dir() {
                                          local dirname="$1" # OUT
                                          local prefix="$2"  # IN
                                          local tmp
                                          local serial
                                          local loop
                                        
                                          tmp="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
                                        
                                          # Don't overwrite existing user data
                                          # -> Create a directory with a name that didn't exist before
                                          #
                                          # This may never succeed (if we are racing with a malicious process), but at
                                          # least it is secure
                                          serial=0
                                          loop='yes'
                                          while [ "$loop" = 'yes' ]; do
                                            # Check the validity of the temporary directory. We do this in the loop
                                            # because it can change over time
                                            if [ ! -d "$tmp" ]; then
                                              echo 'Error: "'"$tmp"'" is not a directory.'
                                              echo
                                              exit 1
                                            fi
                                            if [ ! -w "$tmp" -o ! -x "$tmp" ]; then
                                              echo 'Error: "'"$tmp"'" should be writable and executable.'
                                              echo
                                              exit 1
                                            fi
                                        
                                            # Be secure
                                            # -> Don't give write access to other users (so that they can not use this
                                            # directory to launch a symlink attack)
                                            if mkdir -m 0755 "$tmp"'/'"$prefix$serial" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                                              loop='no'
                                            else
                                              serial=`expr $serial + 1`
                                              serial_mod=`expr $serial % 200`
                                              if [ "$serial_mod" = '0' ]; then
                                                echo 'Warning: The "'"$tmp"'" directory may be under attack.'
                                                echo
                                              fi
                                            fi
                                          done
                                        
                                          eval "$dirname"'="$tmp"'"'"'/'"'"'"$prefix$serial"'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Removes "stale" device node
                                        # On udev-based systems, this is never needed.
                                        # On older systems, after an unclean shutdown, we might end up with
                                        # a stale device node while the kernel driver has a new major/minor.
                                        vmware_rm_stale_node() {
                                           local node="$1"  # IN
                                           if [ -e "/dev/$node" -a "$node" != "" ]; then
                                              local node_major=`ls -l "/dev/$node" | awk '{print \$5}' | sed -e s/,//`
                                              local node_minor=`ls -l "/dev/$node" | awk '{print \$6}'`
                                              if [ "$node_major" = "10" ]; then
                                                 local real_minor=`cat /proc/misc | grep "$node" | awk '{print \$1}'`
                                                 if [ "$node_minor" != "$real_minor" ]; then
                                                    rm -f "/dev/$node"
                                                 fi
                                              else
                                                 local node_name=`echo $node | sed -e s/[0-9]*$//`
                                                 local real_major=`cat /proc/devices | grep "$node_name" | awk '{print \$1}'`
                                                 if [ "$node_major" != "$real_major" ]; then
                                                    rm -f "/dev/$node"
                                                 fi
                                              fi
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Checks if the given pid represents a live process.
                                        # Returns 0 if the pid is a live process, 1 otherwise
                                        vmware_is_process_alive() {
                                          local pid="$1" # IN
                                        
                                          ps -p $pid | grep $pid > /dev/null 2>&1
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Check if the process associated to a pidfile is running.
                                        # Return 0 if the pidfile exists and the process is running, 1 otherwise
                                        vmware_check_pidfile() {
                                          local pidfile="$1" # IN
                                          local pid
                                        
                                          pid=`cat "$pidfile" 2>/dev/null`
                                          if [ "$pid" = '' ]; then
                                            # The file probably does not exist or is empty. Failure
                                            return 1
                                          fi
                                          # Keep only the first number we find, because some Samba pid files are really
                                          # trashy: they end with NUL characters
                                          # There is no double quote around $pid on purpose
                                          set -- $pid
                                          pid="$1"
                                        
                                          vmware_is_process_alive $pid
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Note:
                                        #  . Each daemon must be started from its own directory to avoid busy devices
                                        #  . Each PID file doesn't need to be added to the installer database, because
                                        #    it is going to be automatically removed when it becomes stale (after a
                                        #    reboot). It must go directly under /var/run, or some distributions
                                        #    (RedHat 6.0) won't clean it
                                        #
                                        
                                        # Terminate a process synchronously
                                        vmware_synchrone_kill() {
                                           local pid="$1"    # IN
                                           local signal="$2" # IN
                                           local second
                                        
                                           kill -"$signal" "$pid"
                                        
                                           # Wait a bit to see if the dirty job has really been done
                                           for second in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
                                              vmware_is_process_alive "$pid"
                                              if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
                                                 # Success
                                                 return 0
                                              fi
                                        
                                              sleep 1
                                           done
                                        
                                           # Timeout
                                           return 1
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Kill the process associated to a pidfile
                                        vmware_stop_pidfile() {
                                           local pidfile="$1" # IN
                                           local pid
                                        
                                           pid=`cat "$pidfile" 2>/dev/null`
                                           if [ "$pid" = '' ]; then
                                              # The file probably does not exist or is empty. Success
                                              return 0
                                           fi
                                           # Keep only the first number we find, because some Samba pid files are really
                                           # trashy: they end with NUL characters
                                           # There is no double quote around $pid on purpose
                                           set -- $pid
                                           pid="$1"
                                        
                                           # First try a nice SIGTERM
                                           if vmware_synchrone_kill "$pid" 15; then
                                              return 0
                                           fi
                                        
                                           # Then send a strong SIGKILL
                                           if vmware_synchrone_kill "$pid" 9; then
                                              return 0
                                           fi
                                        
                                           return 1
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Determine if SELinux is enabled
                                        isSELinuxEnabled() {
                                           if [ "`cat /selinux/enforce 2> /dev/null`" = "1" ]; then
                                              echo "yes"
                                           else
                                              echo "no"
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Runs a command and retries under the provided SELinux context if it fails
                                        vmware_exec_selinux() {
                                           local command="$1"
                                           # XXX We should probably ask the user at install time what context to use
                                           # when we retry commands.  unconfined_t is the correct choice for Red Hat.
                                           local context="unconfined_t"
                                           local retval
                                        
                                           $command
                                           retval=$?
                                           if [ $retval -ne 0 -a "`isSELinuxEnabled`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                              runcon -t $context -- $command
                                              retval=$?
                                           fi
                                        
                                           return $retval
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Start the blocking file system.  This consists of loading the module and
                                        # mounting the file system.
                                        vmware_start_vmblock() {
                                           mkdir -p -m 1777 /tmp/VMwareDnD
                                        
                                           # Try FUSE first, fall back on in-kernel module.
                                           vmware_start_vmblock_fuse && return 0
                                        
                                           vmware_exec 'Loading module' vmware_load_module $vmblock
                                           exitcode=`expr $exitcode + $?`
                                           # Check to see if the file system is already mounted.
                                           if grep -q " $vmblockmntpt vmblock " /etc/mtab; then
                                               # If it is mounted, do nothing
                                               true;
                                           else
                                               # If it's not mounted, mount it
                                               vmware_exec_selinux "mount -t vmblock none $vmblockmntpt"
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Stop the blocking file system
                                        vmware_stop_vmblock() {
                                            # Check if the file system is mounted and only unmount if so.
                                            # Start with FUSE-based version first, then legacy one.
                                            #
                                            # Vmblock-fuse dev path could be /var/run/vmblock-fuse,
                                            # or /run/vmblock-fuse. Bug 758526.
                                            if grep -q "/run/vmblock-fuse fuse\.vmware-vmblock " /etc/mtab; then
                                               # if it's mounted, then unmount it
                                               vmware_exec_selinux "umount $vmblockfusemntpt"
                                            fi
                                            if grep -q " $vmblockmntpt vmblock " /etc/mtab; then
                                               # if it's mounted, then unmount it
                                               vmware_exec_selinux "umount $vmblockmntpt"
                                            fi
                                        
                                            # Unload the kernel module
                                            vmware_unload_module $vmblock
                                        }
                                        
                                        # This is necessary to allow udev time to create a device node.  If we don't
                                        # wait then udev will override the permissions we choose when it creates the
                                        # device node after us.
                                        vmware_delay_for_node() {
                                           local node="$1"
                                           local delay="$2"
                                        
                                           while [ ! -e $node -a ${delay} -gt 0 ]; do
                                              delay=`expr $delay - 1`
                                              sleep 1
                                           done
                                        }
                                        
                                        vmware_real_modname() {
                                           # modprobe might be old and not understand the --resolve-alias option, or
                                           # there might not be an alias. In both cases we assume
                                           # that the module is not upstreamed.
                                           mod=$1
                                           mod_alias=$2
                                        
                                           modname=$(/sbin/modprobe --resolve-alias ${mod_alias} 2>/dev/null)
                                           if [ $? = 0 -a "$modname" != "" ] ; then
                                                echo $modname
                                           else
                                                echo $mod
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # starts after vmci is loaded
                                        vmware_start_vsock() {
                                          real_vmci=$(vmware_real_modname $vmci $vmci_alias)
                                        
                                          if [ "`isLoaded "$real_vmci"`" = 'no' ]; then
                                            # vsock depends on vmci
                                            return 1
                                          fi
                                        
                                          real_vsock=$(vmware_real_modname $vsock $vsock_alias)
                                        
                                          vmware_load_module $real_vsock
                                          vmware_rm_stale_node vsock
                                          # Give udev 5 seconds to create our node
                                          vmware_delay_for_node "/dev/vsock" 5
                                          if [ ! -e /dev/vsock ]; then
                                             local minor=`cat /proc/misc | grep vsock | awk '{print $1}'`
                                             mknod --mode=666 /dev/vsock c 10 "$minor"
                                          else
                                             chmod 666 /dev/vsock
                                          fi
                                        
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # unloads before vmci
                                        vmware_stop_vsock() {
                                          real_vsock=$(vmware_real_modname $vsock $vsock_alias)
                                          vmware_unload_module $real_vsock
                                          rm -f /dev/vsock
                                        }
                                        
                                        is_ESX_running() {
                                          if [ ! -f "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR"/vmware-checkvm ] ; then
                                            echo no
                                            return
                                          fi
                                          if "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR"/vmware-checkvm -p | grep -q ESX; then
                                            echo yes
                                          else
                                            echo no
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Start vmblock only if ESX is not running and the config script
                                        # built/loaded it (kernel is >= 2.4.0 and  product is tools-for-linux).
                                        # Also don't start when in open-vm compat mode
                                        #
                                        is_vmblock_needed() {
                                          if [ "`is_ESX_running`" = 'yes' -o "$vmdb_answer_OPEN_VM_COMPAT" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            echo no
                                          else
                                            if [ "$vmdb_answer_VMBLOCK_CONFED" = 'yes' ]; then
                                              echo yes
                                            else
                                              echo no
                                            fi
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        VMUSR_PATTERN="(vmtoolsd.*vmusr|vmware-user)"
                                        
                                        vmware_signal_vmware_user() {
                                        # Signal all running instances of the user daemon.
                                        # Our pattern ensures that we won't touch the system daemon.
                                           pkill -$1 -f "$VMUSR_PATTERN"
                                           return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # A USR1 causes vmware-user to release any references to vmblock or
                                        # /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint, allowing vmblock to unload, but vmware-user
                                        # to continue running. This preserves the user context vmware-user is
                                        # running within.
                                        vmware_unblock_vmware_user() {
                                          vmware_signal_vmware_user 'USR1'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # A USR2 causes vmware-user to relaunch itself, picking up vmblock anew.
                                        # This preserves the user context vmware-user is running within.
                                        vmware_restart_vmware_user() {
                                          vmware_signal_vmware_user 'USR2'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Checks if there an instance of vmware-user process exists in the system.
                                        is_vmware_user_running() {
                                          if pgrep -f "$VMUSR_PATTERN" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                                            echo yes
                                          else
                                            echo no
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        wrap () {
                                          AMSG="$1"
                                          while [ `echo $AMSG | wc -c` -gt 75 ] ; do
                                            AMSG1=`echo $AMSG | sed -e 's/\(.\{1,75\} \).*/\1/' -e 's/  [ 	]*/  /'`
                                            AMSG=`echo $AMSG | sed -e 's/.\{1,75\} //' -e 's/  [ 	]*/  /'`
                                            echo "  $AMSG1"
                                          done
                                          echo "  $AMSG"
                                          echo " "
                                        }
                                        
                                        #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        #
                                        # load_settings
                                        #
                                        # Load VMware Installer Service settings
                                        #
                                        # Returns:
                                        #    0 on success, otherwise 1.
                                        #
                                        # Side Effects:
                                        #    vmdb_* variables are set.
                                        #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        
                                        load_settings() {
                                          local settings=`$DATABASE/vmis-settings`
                                          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                                            eval "$settings"
                                            return 0
                                          else
                                            return 1
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        #
                                        # launch_binary
                                        #
                                        # Launch a binary with resolved dependencies.
                                        #
                                        # Returns:
                                        #    None.
                                        #
                                        # Side Effects:
                                        #    Process is replaced with the binary if successful,
                                        #    otherwise returns 1.
                                        #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        
                                        launch_binary() {
                                          local component="$1"		# IN: component name
                                          shift
                                          local binary="$2"		# IN: binary name
                                          shift
                                          local args="$@"		# IN: arguments
                                          shift
                                        
                                          # Convert -'s in component name to _ and lookup its libdir
                                          local component=`echo $component | tr '-' '_'`
                                          local libdir="vmdb_$component_libdir"
                                        
                                          exec "$libdir"'/bin/launcher.sh'		\
                                               "$libdir"'/lib'				\
                                               "$libdir"'/bin/'"$binary"		\
                                               "$libdir"'/libconf' "$args"
                                          return 1
                                        }
                                        # END_OF_UTIL_DOT_SH
                                        
                                        vmware_etc_dir=/etc/vmware-tools
                                        
                                        # Since this script is installed, our main database should be installed too and
                                        # should contain the basic information
                                        vmware_db="$vmware_etc_dir"/locations
                                        if [ ! -r "$vmware_db" ]; then
                                            echo 'Warning: Unable to find '"`vmware_product_name`""'"'s main database '"$vmware_db"'.'
                                            echo
                                        
                                            exit 1
                                        fi
                                        
                                        # BEGINNING_OF_DB_DOT_SH
                                        #!/bin/sh
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Manage an installer database
                                        #
                                        
                                        # Add an answer to a database in memory
                                        db_answer_add() {
                                          local dbvar="$1" # IN/OUT
                                          local id="$2"    # IN
                                          local value="$3" # IN
                                          local answers
                                          local i
                                        
                                          eval "$dbvar"'_answer_'"$id"'="$value"'
                                        
                                          eval 'answers="$'"$dbvar"'_answers"'
                                          # There is no double quote around $answers on purpose
                                          for i in $answers; do
                                            if [ "$i" = "$id" ]; then
                                              return
                                            fi
                                          done
                                          answers="$answers"' '"$id"
                                          eval "$dbvar"'_answers="$answers"'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Remove an answer from a database in memory
                                        db_answer_remove() {
                                          local dbvar="$1" # IN/OUT
                                          local id="$2"    # IN
                                          local new_answers
                                          local answers
                                          local i
                                        
                                          eval 'unset '"$dbvar"'_answer_'"$id"
                                        
                                          new_answers=''
                                          eval 'answers="$'"$dbvar"'_answers"'
                                          # There is no double quote around $answers on purpose
                                          for i in $answers; do
                                            if [ "$i" != "$id" ]; then
                                              new_answers="$new_answers"' '"$i"
                                            fi
                                          done
                                          eval "$dbvar"'_answers="$new_answers"'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Load all answers from a database on stdin to memory (<dbvar>_answer_*
                                        # variables)
                                        db_load_from_stdin() {
                                          local dbvar="$1" # OUT
                                        
                                          eval "$dbvar"'_answers=""'
                                        
                                          # read doesn't support -r on FreeBSD 3.x. For this reason, the following line
                                          # is patched to remove the -r in case of FreeBSD tools build. So don't make
                                          # changes to it.
                                          while read action p1 p2; do
                                            if [ "$action" = 'answer' ]; then
                                              db_answer_add "$dbvar" "$p1" "$p2"
                                            elif [ "$action" = 'remove_answer' ]; then
                                              db_answer_remove "$dbvar" "$p1"
                                            fi
                                          done
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Load all answers from a database on disk to memory (<dbvar>_answer_*
                                        # variables)
                                        db_load() {
                                          local dbvar="$1"  # OUT
                                          local dbfile="$2" # IN
                                        
                                          db_load_from_stdin "$dbvar" < "$dbfile"
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Iterate through all answers in a database in memory, calling <func>with
                                        # id/value pairs and the remaining arguments to this function
                                        db_iterate() {
                                          local dbvar="$1" # IN
                                          local func="$2"  # IN
                                          shift 2
                                          local answers
                                          local i
                                          local value
                                        
                                          eval 'answers="/func>"$dbvar"'_answers"'
                                          # There is no double quote around $answers on purpose
                                          for i in $answers; do
                                            eval 'value="/func>"$dbvar"'_answer_'"$i"'"'
                                            "$func" "$i" "$value" "$@"
                                          done
                                        }
                                        
                                        # If it exists in memory, remove an answer from a database (disk and memory)
                                        db_remove_answer() {
                                          local dbvar="$1"  # IN/OUT
                                          local dbfile="$2" # IN
                                          local id="$3"     # IN
                                          local answers
                                          local i
                                        
                                          eval 'answers="/func>"$dbvar"'_answers"'
                                          # There is no double quote around $answers on purpose
                                          for i in $answers; do
                                            if [ "$i" = "$id" ]; then
                                              echo 'remove_answer '"$id" >> "$dbfile"
                                              db_answer_remove "$dbvar" "$id"
                                              return
                                            fi
                                          done
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Add an answer to a database (disk and memory)
                                        db_add_answer() {
                                          local dbvar="$1"  # IN/OUT
                                          local dbfile="$2" # IN
                                          local id="$3"     # IN
                                          local value="$4"  # IN
                                        
                                          db_remove_answer "$dbvar" "$dbfile" "$id"
                                          echo 'answer '"$id"' '"$value" >> "$dbfile"
                                          db_answer_add "$dbvar" "$id" "$value"
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Add a file to a database on disk
                                        # 'file' is the file to put in the database (it may not exist on the disk)
                                        # 'tsfile' is the file to get the timestamp from, '' if no timestamp
                                        db_add_file() {
                                          local dbfile="$1" # IN
                                          local file="$2"   # IN
                                          local tsfile="$3" # IN
                                          local date
                                        
                                          if [ "$tsfile" = '' ]; then
                                            echo 'file '"$file" >> "$dbfile"
                                          else
                                            # We cannot guarantee existence of GNU coreutils date on all platforms
                                            # (e.g. Solaris).  Ignore timestamps in that case.
                                            date=`date -r "$tsfile" '+%s' 2> /dev/null` || true
                                            if [ "$date" != '' ]; then
                                              date=' '"$date"
                                            fi
                                            echo 'file '"$file$date" >> "$dbfile"
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Remove file from database
                                        db_remove_file() {
                                          local dbfile="$1" # IN
                                          local file="$2"   # IN
                                        
                                          echo "remove_file $file" >> "$dbfile"
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Add a directory to a database on disk
                                        db_add_dir() {
                                          local dbfile="$1" # IN
                                          local dir="$2"    # IN
                                        
                                          echo 'directory '"$dir" >> "$dbfile"
                                        }
                                        # END_OF_DB_DOT_SH
                                        
                                        db_load 'vmdb' "$vmware_db"
                                        
                                        # Make sure the ESC byte is literal: Ash does not support echo -e
                                        rc_done=' done'
                                        rc_failed='failed'
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Global variables
                                        #
                                        vmblock="vmblock"
                                        vmmemctl="vmmemctl"
                                        vmxnet="vmxnet"
                                        
                                        vmblock_mnt="/var/run/vmblock"
                                        
                                        VMTOOLSD_PID_FILE='/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid'
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Utilities
                                        #
                                        
                                        # BEGINNING_OF_IPV4_DOT_SH
                                        #!/bin/sh
                                        
                                        #
                                        # IPv4 address functions
                                        #
                                        # Thanks to Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>for pointing me at bash's arithmetic
                                        # expansion ability, which is a lot faster than using 'expr'
                                        #
                                        
                                        # Compute the subnet address associated to a couple IP/netmask
                                        ipv4_subnet() {
                                          local ip="$1"
                                          local netmask="$2"
                                        
                                          # Split quad-dotted addresses into bytes
                                          # There is no double quote around the back-quoted expression on purpose
                                          # There is no double quote around $ip and $netmask on purpose
                                          set -- `IFS='.'; echo $ip $netmask`
                                        
                                          echo $(($1 & $5)).$(($2 & $6)).$(($3 & $7)).$(($4 & $8))
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Compute the broadcast address associated to a couple IP/netmask
                                        ipv4_broadcast() {
                                          local ip="$1"
                                          local netmask="$2"
                                        
                                          # Split quad-dotted addresses into bytes
                                          # There is no double quote around the back-quoted expression on purpose
                                          # There is no double quote around $ip and $netmask on purpose
                                          set -- `IFS='.'; echo $ip $netmask`
                                        
                                          echo $(($1 | (255 - $5))).$(($2 | (255 - $6))).$(($3 | (255 - $7))).$(($4 | (255 - $8)))
                                        }
                                        # END_OF_IPV4_DOT_SH
                                        
                                        # Are we running in a VM?
                                        vmware_inVM() {
                                          "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR"/vmware-checkvm >/dev/null 2>&1
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Is a given module loaded?
                                        isLoaded() {
                                          local module="$1"
                                        
                                          /sbin/kldstat | awk 'BEGIN {n = "no";} {if ($5 == "'"$module.ko"'") n = "yes";} END {print n;}'
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Is a given Network interface in use?
                                        isInUse() {
                                          local interface="$1"
                                        
                                          LANG=C ifconfig $interface | grep -Eq \
                                          "inet +[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+"
                                          if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
                                            echo 'yes'
                                          else
                                            echo 'no'
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Macro definitions
                                        #
                                        
                                        vmware_switch() {
                                          "$vmdb_answer_BINDIR"/vmware-config-tools.pl --switch
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Start the guest virtual memory manager
                                        vmware_start_vmmemctl() {
                                          /sbin/kldload "$vmmemctl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                        
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Stop the guest virtual memory manager
                                        vmware_stop_vmmemctl() {
                                          if [ "`isLoaded "$vmmemctl"`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            /sbin/kldunload "$vmmemctl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                          fi
                                        
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Start the virtual ethernet kernel service
                                        vmware_start_vmxnet() {
                                          if [ "`isLoaded "$vmxnet"`" = 'no' ]; then
                                            /sbin/kldload "$vmxnet" > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                          fi
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Stop the virtual ethernet kernel service
                                        vmware_stop_vmxnet() {
                                          if [ "`isInUse vxn0`" = 'no' ]; then
                                            /sbin/kldunload "$vmxnet" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                          fi
                                          return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Identify whether there's a mount mounted on the default vmblock mountpoint
                                        is_vmblock_mounted() {
                                           if mount -t vmblock | grep -q "on $vmblock_mnt" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                                              echo "yes"
                                           else
                                              echo "no"
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Mount vmblock filesystem
                                        vmware_mount_vmblock() {
                                           if [ "`is_vmblock_mounted`" = "no" ]; then
                                              mkdir -p -m 1777 /tmp/VMwareDnD
                                              mkdir -p "$vmblock_mnt"
                                              /sbin/mount_vmblock /tmp/VMwareDnD "$vmblock_mnt" || exit 1
                                           fi
                                           return 0
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Unmount vmblock filesystem
                                        vmware_unmount_vmblock() {
                                           if [ "`is_vmblock_mounted`" = "yes" ]; then
                                              # Tell vmware-user to let go of vmblock
                                              vmware_unblock_vmware_user
                                              # Now we should be able to unmount
                                              umount "$vmblock_mnt"
                                           fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Start the vmblock filesystem
                                        vmware_start_vmblock() {
                                          if [ "`isLoaded "$vmblock"`" = 'no' ]; then
                                            /sbin/kldload "$vmblock" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                          fi
                                          vmware_mount_vmblock
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Stop the vmblock filesystem
                                        vmware_stop_vmblock() {
                                          vmware_unmount_vmblock
                                          if [ "`isLoaded "$vmblock"`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            /sbin/kldunload "$vmblock" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        #
                                        # Note:
                                        #  . Each daemon must be started from its own directory to avoid busy devices
                                        #  . Each PID file doesn't need to be added to the installer database, because
                                        #    it is going to be automatically removed when it becomes stale (after a
                                        #    reboot). It must go directly under /var/run, or some distributions
                                        #    (RedHat 6.0) won't clean it
                                        #
                                        
                                        # Start the guest OS daemon
                                        vmware_start_vmtoolsd() {
                                          cd "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR" && "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR"/vmtoolsd \
                                            --background "$VMTOOLSD_PID_FILE"
                                        }
                                        
                                        # Stop the guest OS daemon
                                        vmware_stop_vmtoolsd() {
                                          vmware_stop_pidfile "$VMTOOLSD_PID_FILE"
                                        }
                                        
                                        is_ESX_running() {
                                          if "$vmdb_answer_SBINDIR"/vmware-checkvm -p | grep -q ESX; then
                                            echo yes
                                          else
                                            echo no
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        is_vmmemctl_needed() {
                                          if [ "$vmdb_answer_VMMEMCTL_CONFED" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            echo yes
                                          else
                                            echo no
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        is_vmxnet_needed() {
                                          LANG=C pciconf -l 2>&1 | grep -q 'chip=0x072015ad'
                                          if [ "$?" -eq 0 -a "$vmdb_answer_VMXNET_CONFED" = 'yes' ]; then
                                            echo yes
                                          else
                                            echo no
                                          fi
                                        }
                                        
                                        # See how we were called.
                                        case "$1" in
                                          start)
                                            exitcode='0'
                                            if vmware_inVM; then
                                              if [ -e "$vmware_etc_dir"/not_configured ]; then
                                                echo "`vmware_product_name`"' is installed, but it has not been '
                                                echo '(correctly) configured for the running kernel.'
                                                echo 'To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command: '
                                                echo "$vmdb_answer_BINDIR"'/vmware-config-tools.pl.'
                                                echo
                                                exit 1
                                              fi
                                        
                                              echo 'Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:'
                                              vmware_exec 'Switching to guest configuration:' vmware_switch
                                              exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                        
                                              if [ "`is_vmmemctl_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Guest memory manager:' vmware_start_vmmemctl
                                                exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                              fi
                                        
                                              if [ "`is_vmxnet_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Guest vmxnet fast network device:' vmware_start_vmxnet
                                                exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                              fi
                                        
                                              if [ "`is_vmblock_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Blocking file system:' vmware_start_vmblock
                                              fi
                                        
                                              # Signal vmware-user to relaunch itself and maybe restore
                                              # contact with the blocking file system.
                                              if [ "`is_vmware_user_running`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'VMware User Agent:' vmware_restart_vmware_user
                                              fi
                                        
                                              vmware_exec 'Guest operating system daemon:' vmware_start_vmtoolsd
                                              exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                            else
                                              echo 'Starting VMware Tools services on the host:'
                                              vmware_exec 'Switching to host config:' vmware_switch
                                              exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                            fi
                                        
                                            # if [ "$exitcode" -gt 0 ]; then
                                              # Set the 'not configured' flag
                                              # touch "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                              # chmod 644 "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                              # db_add_file "$vmware_db" "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured' \
                                                # "$vmware_etc_dir"'/not_configured'
                                              #exit 1
                                            #fi
                                          ;;
                                        
                                          stop)
                                            exitcode='0'
                                        
                                            if vmware_inVM; then
                                              echo 'Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:'
                                              vmware_exec 'Guest operating system daemon:' vmware_stop_vmtoolsd
                                              exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                        
                                              if [ "`is_vmblock_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Blocking file system:' vmware_stop_vmblock
                                                exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                              fi
                                              if [ "`is_vmmemctl_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Guest memory manager:' vmware_stop_vmmemctl
                                                exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                              fi
                                              if [ "`is_vmxnet_needed`" = 'yes' ]; then
                                                vmware_exec 'Guest vmxnet fast network device:' vmware_stop_vmxnet
                                                exitcode=`expr "$exitcode" + "$?"`
                                              fi
                                            else
                                              echo -n 'Skipping VMware Tools services shutdown on the host:'
                                              vmware_success
                                              echo
                                            fi
                                          ;;
                                        
                                          status)
                                            echo -n 'vmtoolsd '
                                            if vmware_check_pidfile "$VMTOOLSD_PID_FILE"; then
                                              echo 'is running'
                                              exit 0;
                                            else
                                              echo 'is not running'
                                              exit 1;
                                            fi
                                          ;;
                                        
                                          restart)
                                            "$0" stop && "$0" start
                                          ;;
                                        
                                          *)
                                            echo "Usage: `basename "$0"` {start|stop|status|restart}"
                                            exit 1
                                        esac
                                        
                                        exit 0</owen@delong.com></func></dbvar></dbvar> 
                                        
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                                          justsomeone
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                                          I just tried this "fix" with pfSense:amd64 2.1.5 on ESXi 5.5.0 build: 1331820 and it isn't working. After restart vmware tools isn't running. Can anyone offer some insight?

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                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            And is there a not_configured file?  If so you didn't comment out the .sh correctly.

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