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    • H
      hblandford
      last edited by

      Have a new 2.2 RC machine.  Using the native vmx driver and vmxnet3 under ESXi5.5.

      Everything works fine.  Install VMware Tools according to the docs https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VMware_Tools

      Reboot, redo the interfaces and IP addresses as before.  All I can do is ping.  In or out.  Nothing else seems to work.  Can't SSH or connect to web interface.  Cannot telnet from pfSense to anything else on the network.  Disabled firewall etc, no difference.

      Only thing different is I am now using vmx3f0 etc instead of vmx0 etc.

      Thoughts/suggestions?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        So ran into this as well..  I had them working on the 32 bit version a few back..  Will have to try and see if can duplicate with 32bit.

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          izzarazzu
          last edited by

          Hi, I've the same problem  :'(

          VMware ESXi™ 5.5 Update 2
          With the last patch ESXi550-201412001 | Build 2302651 | Release Date 12/02/2014

          On FreeBSD 10.1 the aren't problem with vmxnet3 and VMware Tools.

          On this pfSense version, when I install VMware Tools (and vmxnet3 vmware drivers) the only thing that works is ping.

          I think it's a big problem  :-X

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            I think my problem was something else..  But have not bothered installing the native tools since open is working and the vmxnet3 are supported out of the box now.  If I get a chance will play tmrw with native drivers.

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              Try open-vm-tools-nox11 from freebsd ports.

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              • J
                Jamerson
                last edited by

                before the update i had vmware running fine,
                after the update can't get network card up,
                logged in and had to reconfigure the NICS,
                names are changed from em0 to VMX1–-
                managed the have the pfsense up and running.
                vmware tools can't run with the next steps "
                  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

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  I didn't have any problems getting the native tools running, other than having to use pkg install to get compat and perl5.20 installed.  The instructions on pfsense doc work after that, and I also created ln for perl..  Tools come up fine.. now see nics vmx3f0 and vmx3f1 etc..

                  But can not get web gui up, can not ssh to pfsense..  I can ping pfsense is about it..

                  Something is off – but again there is really no reason for the vmtools - there is driver for vmx3 in freebsd out of the box now.  And the openvm tools install to give you the ability to shutdown the vm gracefully, etc..

                  As to your mount -- you sure your cdrom is acd0, maybe its just cd0?

                  example

                  [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt/
                  [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: cd /mnt
                  [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/mnt: ls
                  manifest.txt                vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
                  [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/mnt: cd /tmp
                  [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp: tar xvzf /mnt/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
                  x vmware-tools-distrib/
                  x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/
                  x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/open_source_licenses.txt
                  x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/INSTALL
                  x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/README

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                  • J
                    Jamerson
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz:

                    I didn't have any problems getting the native tools running, other than having to use pkg install to get compat and perl5.20 installed.  The instructions on pfsense doc work after that, and I also created ln for perl..  Tools come up fine.. now see nics vmx3f0 and vmx3f1 etc..

                    But can not get web gui up, can not ssh to pfsense..  I can ping pfsense is about it..

                    Something is off – but again there is really no reason for the vmtools - there is driver for vmx3 in freebsd out of the box now.  And the openvm tools install to give you the ability to shutdown the vm gracefully, etc..

                    As to your mount -- you sure your cdrom is acd0, maybe its just cd0?

                    example

                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt/
                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: cd /mnt
                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/mnt: ls
                    manifest.txt                vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/mnt: cd /tmp
                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp: tar xvzf /mnt/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
                    x vmware-tools-distrib/
                    x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/
                    x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/open_source_licenses.txt
                    x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/INSTALL
                    x vmware-tools-distrib/doc/README

                    can you share how did you install PEARL,
                    can't get it installed
                    the below steps arent working for me !

                    Shared object "libutil.so.8" not found, required by "perl"

                    setenv \
                    PACKAGESITE \
                    
                    http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/Latest/
                    
                    pkg_add -rv wget
                    
                    pkg_add -r compat6x-amd64 perl 
                    
                    

                    keep getting the below :

                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@firewall.root.nl]/: pkg
                    The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
                    Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
                    Bootstrapping pkg from ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/Latest/, please wait...
                    pkg: Error fetching ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/Latest//Latest/pkg.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
                    A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
                    Consider changing PACKAGESITE or installing it from ports: 'ports-mgmt/pkg'.
                    
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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      Pfsense 2.2 uses freebsd 10.1

                      You are trying to install 8.3 links and packages

                      Also,  use pkg install instead of old pkg_add

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                      • J
                        Jamerson
                        last edited by

                        @marcelloc:

                        Pfsense 2.2 uses freebsd 10.1

                        You are trying to install 8.3 lins and packages

                        Also,  use pkg install instead of old pkg_add

                        thanks
                        i beleive this the link of the 10.1 ?
                        ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Guess I should edit that doc..

                          Clearly those are for the old pfsense.. I already went over how to install ;)  pkg install

                          pkg install perl5.20

                          if you running 64 bit then compat would be

                          pkg install compat6x-amd64

                          And AGAIN - there really is no reason to install them, vmx3 is support out of the box on freebsd 10 that pfsense is using.  When you setup the vm you can set interfaces to vmx3 and out of the box working..  If you want to be able to send a guest shutdown then install the openvm package..

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                            Jamerson
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz:

                            Guess I should edit that doc..

                            Clearly those are for the old pfsense.. I already went over how to install ;)  pkg install

                            pkg install perl5.20

                            if you running 64 bit then compat would be

                            pkg install compat6x-amd64

                            And AGAIN - there really is no reason to install them, vmx3 is support out of the box on freebsd 10 that pfsense is using.  When you setup the vm you can set interfaces to vmx3 and out of the box working..  If you want to be able to send a guest shutdown then install the openvm package..

                            True vmx3 are working out of the speed,
                            the speed of the NIC is autoset, can't set it on 10Gbps,

                            is it possible to change this somehow for 10Gbps on the NICS?

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              @johnpoz:

                              And AGAIN - there really is no reason to install them, vmx3 is support out of the box on freebsd 10 that pfsense is using

                              Nic ok but what about memory and process management improvements with vmtools ???

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                                Jamerson
                                last edited by

                                @marcelloc:

                                @johnpoz:

                                And AGAIN - there really is no reason to install them, vmx3 is support out of the box on freebsd 10 that pfsense is using

                                Nic ok but what about memory and process management improvements with vmtools ???

                                I've read somewhere Johnpoz is going to update the RC2.2 Doc for vmware tools

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                                • KOMK
                                  KOM
                                  last edited by

                                  Nic ok but what about memory and process management improvements with vmtools

                                  And heartbeat.  Don't forget about the heartbeat.

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Memory and process.. Isn't what this does

                                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.local.lan]/root:dmesg
                                    <snipped>VMware memory control driver initialized
                                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.local.lan]/root:

                                    That is loaded from open tools..  What else are you looking for - heartbeat?

                                    [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.local.lan]/root: kldstat
                                    Id Refs Address            Size    Name
                                    1  10 0xffffffff80200000 22c57e8  kernel
                                    2    1 0xffffffff82611000 22f7    vmmemctl.ko
                                    3    1 0xffffffff82614000 237b    vmxnet.ko
                                    4    1 0xffffffff82617000 2d72    vmblock.ko
                                    5    1 0xffffffff8261a000 890f    vmhgfs.ko</snipped>

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                                    • J
                                      Jamerson
                                      last edited by

                                      i've got this error at the last step :

                                      
                                      [2.2-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib: ./vmware-install.pl -d --clobber-kernel-modules=vmxnet3,pvscsi,vmmemctl
                                      ELF binary type "0" not known.
                                      ELF binary type "0" not known.
                                      ELF binary type "0" not known.
                                      VMware Tools 9.4.11 build-2400950 for Linux will not install on the operating
                                      system you are running. Please be sure you install the version of VMware Tools
                                      that is appropriate for your operating system.
                                      
                                      Execution aborted.
                                      
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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        "VMware Tools 9.4.11 build-2400950 for Linux will not install on the operating"

                                        Why would you try and install linux tools on freebsd (pfsense)?

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                                        • J
                                          Jamerson
                                          last edited by

                                          @johnpoz:

                                          "VMware Tools 9.4.11 build-2400950 for Linux will not install on the operating"

                                          Why would you try and install linux tools on freebsd (pfsense)?

                                          i have followed this tutorial

                                          http://www.v-front.de/2015/01/pfsense-22-was-released-how-to-install.html
                                          

                                          i am on ESXI 5.5 Build 2403361
                                          the Vmware tools i am trying to install is the one mounted

                                          when i am on the cd/mnt i see only

                                          VMwareTools-9.4.11-2400950.tar.gz
                                          vmware-tools-upgrader-32*
                                          vmware-tools-upgrader-64*
                                          run_upgrader.sh*
                                          manifest.txt*

                                          the only file i can extract is VMwareTools-9.4.11-2400950

                                          thank you

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                                          • KOMK
                                            KOM
                                            last edited by

                                            When I mount the VMWare Tools CD under pfSense 2.2, I see

                                            manifest.txt
                                            vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz

                                            If you're seeing VMWare Tools for Linux then I'm guessing you picked the wrong OS type when you created the virtual machine.  Did you select a Linux flavour or Other (FreeBSD 64-bit)?

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