vmware tools not installed message incorrect?

[hmarsili]

Hi,

I have one vmware UBUNTU 8.04 and it was running OK with vmware tools installed. I assume after same update, the console list "VMWARE TOOLS NOT INSTALLED". I tried reconfiguring it, removing and reinstall but nothing. Both the reconfigure and reinstall process is completed OK but still NOT INSTALLED message.

If the make a "sh /etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart the service restarts OK, but no indication on the console.

Any ideas?

[DSTAVERT]

What does the following show

ps -ef | grep vm

[hmarsili]

Interesting... 99% I think this stops working after we update to ESXI 4.1 UPDATE1.  I started a working backup of the VM and at first it shows a message "OUT OF DATE" and then refresh to NOT INSTALLED.

Here is the ps output:

hmarsili@nagios:~$ ps -ef | grep vm

root      4816     1  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 guestd --background /var/run/vmw                                                                     are-guestd.pid

root      4995  4816  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 guestd --background /var/run/vmw                                                                     are-guestd.pid

root      4996  4995  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 sh -c bash /tmp/vmware-root/run_                                                                     upgrader.sh

root      4997  4996  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 bash /tmp/vmware-root/run_upgrad                                                                     er.sh

root      5005  4997  4 13:51 ?        00:00:02 /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-tools-up                                                                     grader-32

root      5010  5005  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-tools-up                                                                     grader-32

root      5011  5010  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 sh -c ./vmware-install.pl --defa                                                                     ult

root      5012  5011  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -w ./vmware-instal                                                                     l.pl --default

root      5068  5012  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 sh -c '/etc/vmware-tools/install                                                                     er.sh' uninstall --upgrade

root      5069  5068  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/vmware-tools/instal                                                                     ler.sh uninstall --upgrade

root      5074  5069  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/vmware                                                                     -uninstall-tools.pl uninstall --upgrade

[hmarsili]

Here is the output as root

root@nagios:~# ps -ef | grep vm

root      4816     1  0 13:51 ?        00:00:00 guestd --background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid

root     20619     2  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 [vmmemctl]

root     20823 20798  0 13:54 pts/0    00:00:00 grep vm

[DSTAVERT]

Have you tried restarting the VM and re run the configuration script. Kernel upgrade ????

For Debian based distros I would use apt to install open-vm-tools or set up the VMware repositories to do the same. The open-vm-tools are based on the VMware sources. Tools will show up in the vSphere client as unmanaged.

[hmarsili]

Yes, I run the configure Script three times. Power on/OFF the VM on each case. I also update the kernel to the last available version. So far, no luck.

Last time I uninstalled the tools, reboot and reinstall.

Running Out of ideas

[DSTAVERT]

At least in the last output of PS it looked like vmware-guestd is running.

Like I said I since VMware has released the source for the linux distros to include the tools as part of their offering I would forget about using the vSphere client to install tools. Ubuntu has had it available for a while. I have a mixture of Centos and Debian and it makes life much easier.

If you want to use the VMware repositories directly use the following link.

http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html