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Ravi1987
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VM communication interface socket family: failed

I am using redhat 4.7 on vsphere 4.1 environment . i recently update the kernal in my linux machine . update was successfull. but when machine boots it gives some failed error ( VM communication interface socket family: failed and VM communication interface failed).

can any body tell me about this error and resolution

Ravi
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vcentered
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Had the same issue. I had to run the vmware tools uninstall script and then manually remove all VMware Tools related directories from /tmp and /usr/lib/vmware-tools

and then just install tools from scratch.

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MehmetErten
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Probably reconfiguring the vmware-tools service. By changing your directory /etc/vmware-tools and running vmware-config-tools.pl . You should run this script every time after a kernel recompile or update.

scottge
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vmware-config-tools.pl    worked for me but it was in /usr/bin