Load module on booting ESXi 5.5

[Ronil333]

Hi,

- Developing driver for PCI card in VMWare ESXi 5.5.

- For that I've developed one module and transfer into /tmp/ folder.

- Load that module using vmkload_mod <module_name> command.Works properly.

- Now I need to load driver on BOOTING KERNEL .Because when I'm rebooting its unloaded.

- For that what steps i need to follow?

Please help.

Thanks

[Alistar]

Hello there,

by design the bootbank of ESXi is only modified with persistent information only after

• state,tgz changes (all the host's configuration options, etc.)
• chkconfig changes (instruct the hypervisor to load/unload already installed module)
• vib installation
• surely some other means I am not aware of

Therefore, what you need to do is to create a VIB out of your driver with this utility: VIB Author &amp;#8211; VMware Labs and install it via esxcli software vib install -v "/full_path_to_vib/package.vib". Then if the module is not loaded at the boot-time you do chkconfig name_of_your_module on and reboot again.

Good luck!