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Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ? posted: Jun 2, 2009 8:27 AM

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lamw
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I was hoping this would have solved the initial problem installing VDDK 1.1: Got problems installing VDDK 1.1 onto VMware vMA 4.0? Solution here but apparently VMware vMA 4.0 does have not fuse installed by default. I've been scouring the net, to find an appropriate rpm package from free rpm distribution sites and they all lead to multiple dependencies that gets pretty convoluted. Even though the VDDK 1.1 documentation specifies downloading fuse from http://fuse.sourceforge.net, there is not a gcc compiler installed on vMA either. Without having to install additional packages/etc. is there a specific version of fuse and libfuse we should be using and that is available for download? or are we out of luck for using a VMware vApp ?

[vi-admin@scofield ~][http://himalaya.primp-industries.com|http://himalaya.primp-industries.com]$ sudo vmware-mount -v ha-datacenter/vm/horrid -h himalaya.primp-industries.com -u root -F pass "[http://himalaya-local-SATA.Storage|http://himalaya-local-SATA.Storage] horrid/horrid.vmdk" vddk_vmfs/horrid/
fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
Fuse daemon exited with error.
Failed to mount disk '[http://himalaya-local-SATA.Storage|http://himalaya-local-SATA.Storage] horrid/horrid.vmdk': The VMware fuse daemon failed to start

Here is the version of libfuse I installed to get VDDK 1.1 installed

[vi-admin@scofield ~][http://himalaya.primp-industries.com|http://himalaya.primp-industries.com]$ rpm -qa | grep fuse
fuse-libs-2.7.4-8_10.el5

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Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

1. Jun 2, 2009 8:20 AM in response to: lamw
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sudarsan
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Sep 20, 2006
Hi,

I am not sure why / how you concluded vMA already has fuse installed, in my experiments, I find it not the case.

Using an RHEL 5 / 64 bit system (is available internally at VMware as a VM), I downloaded and built fuse (I used 2.7.4). I then manually installed fuse on vMA (did whatever make install does). I am able to run vmware-mount / diskmanager etc.

Regarding distributing a pre-built fuse for vMA, I am not sure at this point how feasible it is, but I am following it up.

Thanks for bringing this up.
-Sudarsan

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

2. Jun 2, 2009 8:26 AM in response to: sudarsan
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lamw
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That was a typo, I meant to state that fuse is not available by default but if you were to look into installing the VDDK on vMA, the pre-req is both fuse and libfuse. You're right, one could obtain the RHEL 5 x86_64 distribution and extract the fuse rpm package, but even then you still have quite a few dependencies to fulfill and I've found that some packages may conflict with packages that were initially installed. The challenge will be for those that won't have access to the rpm's or left with scoring the net trying to find something that'll work without too much fuss, I would have liked to have found a simple process for getting VDDK installed on vMA.


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Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

3. Jun 2, 2009 8:44 AM in response to: lamw
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sudarsan
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I agree it should be simpler. As I wrote, I will bring this up with the other team members and see what can be done.

Thanks again,
Sudarsan

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

4. Jun 2, 2009 8:51 AM in response to: sudarsan
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lamw
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Thanks.

btw, which specific version of fuse did you use, could you provide the full build version include the dot/minor build #?

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Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

5. Jun 2, 2009 9:34 AM in response to: lamw
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sudarsan
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I used fuse 2.7.4 - the latest from fuse sourceforge page.

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=121684&filename=fuse-2.7.4.tar.gz&a=56058477

-Sudarsan

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

6. Jun 2, 2009 9:59 AM in response to: sudarsan
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lamw
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Gotcha, so you downloaded the source and compiled on a standard RHEL 5 box and then exported the binaries out to vMA?

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Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

7. Jun 2, 2009 10:04 AM in response to: lamw
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sudarsan
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Yes, just make sure the kernel versions match.

Thanks
Sudarsan

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

8. Jun 24, 2009 4:55 PM in response to: sudarsan
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khedoros
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Oct 6, 2008

I had a similar situation (I deployed a VM running 32-bit CentOS and wanted to run vmware-mount). The following is the package that I used, which seems to work:

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fuse/fuse-2.7.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

The repository is maintained by Dag Wieers, as a part of the RPMForge project (which is itself part of the RPMrepo project, a community RPM packaging effort focused on RHEL and its derivative distributions).

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

9. Jul 11, 2009 11:05 PM in response to: khedoros
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sudarsan
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By the way, you can also get it from http://atrpms.net/dist/el5/fuse/ - you may need to short circuit dependencies or simply extract fuse.ko and copy to the relevant place if you are sure kernel versions are OK.

-Sudarsan

Re: Which version of 'fuse/libfuse' will work with VMware vMA 4.0 & VDDK 1.1 ?

10. Nov 8, 2009 11:46 PM in response to: lamw
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Tashi
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Dec 12, 2004
Hi,

I have the same issue. I am working on linux suse 10 SP 1.

I have installed fuse version 2.8.1 (and the 2.7.4 just to try).


sles10SP164bit:~ # /etc/init.d/fuse status
Checking fuse filesystem ok.

If I try to start vmware-mount I have this message:

sles10SP164bit:~ # vmware-mount -h 10.1.1.38 -u adm "[cbst03_lun_F] VM_for_backup/VM_for_backup.vmdk" /mnt/disk/
Failed to mount disk '[cbst03_lun_F] VM_for_backup/VM_for_backup.vmdk': The VMware fuse daemon failed to start

sles10SP164bit:~ # vmware-mount -h 10.1.1.38 -u adm "[cbst03_lun_F] VM_for_backup/VM_for_backup.vmdk" /mnt/disk/
Failed to mount disk '[cbst03_lun_F] VM_for_backup/VM_for_backup.vmdk': A system call has failed

Any ideas?

Thanks

Mario

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