VmPerl.pm missing

[heinrich82]

Hello,

We are trying to back-up VM's which are running on a ESX4 host with HP Dataprotector 6.

If the VM's are down we can back-up them, if there are running then not.

Then we get the error message:

Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm in @INC (@INC

contains: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7

/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5

/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at /opt/omni/bin/DPvmware_createsnapshot.pl line 14.

I can not found VmPerl.pm in the Perl directory's.

Does someone have a idea?

Greetz Heinrich

[lamw]

You best bet is probably to contact the backup vendor, in this case it's HP to figure out why you're running into this issue. If it's in fact a VMware issue, you'll get better support by opening up an SR with VMware. Though I think your first contact should be HP, as it's their tool that's doing the backup.

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[arkturas]

Got the same error - with ESX4.0 Update 2 /we are using DP6.0 with the integration packet.

I found a vmware KB article referencing the problem but the perl rpm is only for ESX3.5.x - Did you find a solution ?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=994791...

[arkturas]

comparing ESX3.5 & ESX4.0 - I found the following perl module missing: VmPerl.pm

for example on:

ESX3.5, the Dataprotector createsnapshot.pl uses VMware::VmPerl;

found here:

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware

VmPerl.pm

on ESX4.0 udpate 2 - 5.8.0 does not exist.

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/

5.8.5 (empty)

5.8.6 (empty)

5.8.7 (empty)

5.8.8 (empty)

does anyone know how to install the missing perl module ?

[Gelu]

Hello,

Did anyone found a solution on this matter?

I am trying to integrate theese days Hp DP6.0 with ESX 4.1 and I get similar error:

/opt/omni/lbin/DPvmware_preexec.sh

Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at /opt/omni/bin/DPvmware_createsnapshot.pl line 21.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/omni/bin/DPvmware_createsnapshot.pl line 21.
2011-05-11-15:56:21 DPvmware_createsnapshot.pl Script failed. Not proceeding with the DP session.

I must recognize that perl is not my best friend but it seems that VmPerl.pm is missing from our installation.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Gelu

[arkturas]

Unfortunately there is no fix for this - DP6.0 is not supported with vmware vSphere 4. We had to upgrade to DP6.11 & use the vmware VEPA integration module.