vmtools on centos vm

[Robin1581]

I'm upgrading our VMs to the new tools package after upgrading to vSphere 4.1 and one of my CentOS 5 machines is giving an error of:

Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.

No module ehci-hcd found for kernel 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5, aborting.

ERROR: "/sbin/mkinitrd -f --with=vmxnet --with=vmxnet3 --with=pvscsi

/boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5" exited with non-zero

status.

Your system currently may not have a functioning init image and may not boot

properly. DO NOT REBOOT! Please ensure that you have enough free space

available in your /boot directory and run this configuration script again.

Execution aborted.

I can upgrade VMtools in other CentOS VM's

I checked the /boot partiction and have got enough free space.

[golddiggie]

What update level is the CentOS 5 VM at? Such as 5.4 or 5.5? Do you have the Yum Extender installed? If so, see what it gives you for available updates... I avoid using the included software update tool under RHEL or CentOS since Yum does a more complete job of things. Also check to see if the kernel-devel tools are fully up to date on the VM. I'm going to assume that you do have the gcc headers installed, make sure they are also up to date.

I had zero issue installing the VMTools on my CentOS 5.x VM's, but I also check them for updates at least once a month to make sure I'm not too far behind things.

How much free space do you have on the VM's disk(s)? Is it thick or thin provisioned? If thin, check to make sure the datastore has enough room to grow.

BTW, the kernel version of my CentOS VM's is 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 and above...

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[DSTAVERT]

You might want to have a look at the Operating System Specific Packages (OSP). Once set up you can install / upgrade VMware tools with YUM. http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html

[Robin1581]

Thanks for your response!

all servers up to date and the VM's disk is Thick provisioned and approx, 80% space is free

[Robin1581]

I already have a YUM server setup.

[DSTAVERT]

I already have a YUM server setup.

Did you set up the VMware repository for VMware tools?

[Robin1581]

Yes i have it setup. i followed instructions in http://www.vmware.com/pdf/osp_install_guide.pdf