com.vmware.kext.vmmemctl panic in OSX 10.9.2 - somtimes

[Henri]

Hi,

have here 2 MacPro 5,1 64GB with a couple of VMs (40) and 3 OSX per box. Running under vSphere 5.5.

Once in 14 days or so, one of the OSX Servers crashes with com.vmware.kext.vmmemctl, even our main OSX Server (20GB memory defined).

Any way to get rid of this panics?

Thanks

Henri

Anonymous UUID:       55A80451-0D8A-4863-2AD3-52B5B62F0E0C

Wed Mar  5 15:44:33 2014

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8019adbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9b18ccec, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff884608eff8, CR3: 0x000000001b80b000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660

RAX: 0x00000000ffffffff, RBX: 0xffffff804608f000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x00000000ffffffff

RSP: 0xffffff8262c43f20, RBP: 0xffffff8262c43f70, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x00014dfdfbe2a210

R8:  0xffffff7f9b18e82c, R9:  0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff8262c43de0, R11: 0xffffff801a089ce8

R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x0000000000000088, R14: 0xffffff7f9b18e780, R15: 0xffffff80489a4280

RFL: 0x0000000000010296, RIP: 0xffffff7f9b18ccec, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0xffffff884608eff8, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0 VMM

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8262c43bb0 : 0xffffff8019a22fa9

0xffffff8262c43c30 : 0xffffff8019adbe2e

0xffffff8262c43e00 : 0xffffff8019af3326

0xffffff8262c43e20 : 0xffffff7f9b18ccec

0xffffff8262c43f70 : 0xffffff7f9b18aba3

0xffffff8262c43fb0 : 0xffffff8019ad6ff7

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.vmware.kext.vmmemctl(128.5.44)[A693AF63-4487-3000-8CDB-65C657A1FA98]@0xffffff7f9b189000->0xffffff7f9b18efff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Boot args: -v serverperfmode=1

Mac OS version:

13C64

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953

Kernel slide:     0x0000000019800000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019a00000

System model name: VMware7,1 (440BX Desktop Reference Platform)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 367229244648624

last loaded kext at 365414220194800: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f9b266000, size 49152)

last unloaded kext at 365476413625819: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f9b266000, size 32768)

loaded kexts:

com.kaspersky.kext.mark.1.0.5 1.0.5

com.kaspersky.kext.kimul.44 44

com.vmware.kext.vmhgfs 0128.05.44

com.vmware.kext.vmmemctl 0128.05.44

com.kaspersky.nke 1.6.2a12

com.kaspersky.kext.klif 3.0.2a39

com.attotech.driver.ATTOiSCSI 3.3.0

com.vmware.kext.VMwareGfx 0128.05.44

com.apple.filesystems.cd9660 1.4.4

com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.1

com.apple.nke.asp-tcp 8.0.1

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.3f10

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.12

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI 3.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 666.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 3.1.3b1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleLSIFusionMPT 3.6.5

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.0d10

com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial 3.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 675.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.2

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

Unable to gather system configuration information.Model: VMware7,1, BootROM VMW71.00V.0.B64.1307300729, 8 processors, 2.28 GHz, 20 GB, SMC 1.16f8

Graphics: Display, PCI, 64 MB

Memory Module: RAM slot #0/RAM slot #0, 16 GB, DRAM, 0 MHz, VMware Virtual RAM, VMW-16384MB

Memory Module: RAM slot #1/RAM slot #1, 4 GB, DRAM, 0 MHz, VMware Virtual RAM, VMW-4096MB

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1

Parallel ATA Device: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, 779,6 MB

Parallel ATA Device: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, 14,5 MB

SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0

SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 2

SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 3

USB Device: VMware Virtual USB Hub

USB Device: VMware Virtual USB Keyboard

USB Device: VMware Virtual USB Mouse

Thunderbolt Bus:

[dariusd]

Hi Henri,

I know this is an ancient question... but I just found it while rummaging around for something else, saw that you never got an answer, and I just happen to know the answer...

This panic in our OS X vmmemctl.kext was fixed in the VMware Tools included with vSphere 5.5 patch 5 or newer, vSphere 6.0 patch 1 or newer and vSphere 6.5.  If you are somehow still encountering this crash in any of your VMs, you should simply upgrade to the latest Tools and it should go away.  Sorry for the trouble -- and for the 3+ year delay in response...

Cheers,

--

Darius