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noticed, that I never resolved this topic. So, better late than never: I'm happy to report, that the new PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold did the trick. No problem since! ps: strangely I can't modify the original post. no 'modify' option. Obviously I could change this reply but not the orig. So mods fell free to add [solved] to the title. cheers

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Fascinating. I have 8 2tb greens running 24x7 for 2 years now and not a single problem. They must have quite a QA variety. For 4tb I'm aiming for either WD reds or Hitachis (backblaze cant go wrong, right)

This might help too

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FYI: Upgraded from 4.7 to RC12 and so far everything looks great! Added 2 4TB Seagates and they are doing just fine.

Hi, I finally set up vsftpd so I can store pictures from my IP cams every 10 seconds. restricted access to one folder, and one user only with no shell configured. everything works great. But ... I would like for vsftpd connections to NOT show up in syslog.log. With one picture every 10 seconds, the log fills up quickly and is less useful. I deactived the logging within the vsftpd.conf, so I am not getting vsftpd messages, but I still get the standard: Jul 8 14:47:20 Tower vsftpd[10732]: connect from 192.168.5.201 (192.168.5.201) (Routine) message, because the daemon gets a connection. I haven't messed with the syslog.conf yet, so it's still standard: *.debug -/var/log/syslog # Emergency level messages go to all users: *.emerg How do I get rid of the vsftpd messages in syslog.log? Do I need to change inetd.conf or syslog.conf?

and it happened again ... I guess I am going to try a bigger PSU. Maybe with the additional card, drives and memory 400W isnt simply sufficient. I see the seasonics get good reviews. would a SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold be sufficient and work with my Mobo: ASUS M4A78T-M in a cooler master centurion 590?

Hi, yes, rebuilding finishes without a problem and now all drives are green and happy again. Here is the smart report of the drive smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdc smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 Serial Number: WD-WMAZA1098786 Firmware Version: 51.0AB51 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Wed Jan 25 19:19:04 2012 PST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x84) Offline data collection activity was suspended by an interrupting command from host. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (36960) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x3035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 166 165 021 Pre-fail Always - 6675 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 345 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 2922 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 133 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 123 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 193 193 000 Old_age Always - 22216 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 120 110 000 Old_age Always - 30 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 1393 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 1387 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. I thought about the PSU. But with no problems whatsoever during multiple parity checks and this rebuilt, it doesn't seem probable. MyMain - smart view doesnt show anything except green. Update: just tried spinning up and down all drives while writing a large file to the disk to see if there is any impact, but no problem

and as additional info I provide the syslog from fresh start, to removing/re-adding disabled disk to start of rebuilt with all start up messages included syslog-2012-01-24_1.zip

Hi, unRAID Version: 4.7 For the 2nd time yesterday one of my disks had the red ball and was marked as disabled. checking the syslog I saw that a write failed. The first time it happened a few weeks ago, I checked all connections and re-added the same drive and rebuilt parity. Checking smart values everything looked ok. Working great since then, now I have the same problem. The problem seem to relate to the install of a SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 to add more drives. Currently I have 4 drives connected to this controller but both times it was the same drive, drive 7. In the syslog I see some weird stuff, that I cant really identify. It looks like the SuperMicro has a problem, but why only every few weeks? Ps: I replaced the serial ATA breakout cable with a new one already. Additional hardware info: Mobo: ASUS M4A78T-M PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W CPU: AMD Sempron 140 Memory: 8GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 133 (PC3 10600) 9 2T drives plus 1 spare online, plus 160GB cache drive any help appreciated, rebuilt currently in progress and array is up Moderator edit: marked [solved] syslog-20120120-225232.zip

UPDATE: thanks for the support. I decided to go back to square one, and set up a 2.6.32.9 based dev system. I probably screwed up the first install, so I'll give it another try. still not working. I noticed, that there was a screwup with the REALTIME install script. /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID/misc/v*.ko that should have symblinked to the v*.o in the same directory, were pointing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp/misc/v*.o instead. and on my prod box I obviously dont have a /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp directory. so I changed those symlinks: Dev Box: root@unraid-dev:/lib/modules/2.6.32-smp# ls -lisa total 3001 352416 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 656 2010-06-24 16:34 ./ 16744 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 136 2010-06-24 15:42 ../ 352419 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2010-06-24 15:42 build -> /tmp/patch/linux-2.6.32/ 352417 0 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 240 2010-06-24 15:44 kernel/ 368183 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 240 2010-06-24 16:15 misc/ 355183 456 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465037 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.alias 355184 452 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460021 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.alias.bin 13113 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.ccwmap 12 240 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241760 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.dep 13 340 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345912 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.dep.bin 13124 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1257 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.ieee1394map 285733 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.inputmap 284939 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19452 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.isapnpmap 285737 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.ofmap 352420 84 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84092 2010-06-24 15:42 modules.order 15 284 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 288751 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.pcimap 285740 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.seriomap 355185 180 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181048 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.symbols 355186 232 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234418 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.symbols.bin 20 693 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 706451 2010-06-24 16:34 modules.usbmap 352418 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2010-06-24 15:42 source -> /tmp/patch/linux-2.6.32/ root@unraid-dev:/lib/modules/2.6.32-smp# ls -lisa misc total 213 368183 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 240 2010-06-24 16:15 ./ 352416 1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 656 2010-06-24 16:34 ../ 368148 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2010-06-24 16:13 vmci.ko -> /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp/misc/vmci.o 368147 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61054 2010-06-24 16:13 vmci.o 368185 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-06-24 16:13 vmmon.ko -> /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp/misc/vmmon.o 368184 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80702 2010-06-24 16:13 vmmon.o 368157 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-06-24 16:15 vmnet.ko -> /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp/misc/vmnet.o 368156 52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51250 2010-06-24 16:15 vmnet.o 368129 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-06-24 16:13 vsock.ko -> /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp/misc/vsock.o 368128 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17237 2010-06-24 16:13 vsock.o root@unraid-dev:/lib/modules/2.6.32-smp# Prod Box: root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa total 276 438 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 2010-07-02 10:06 ./ 437 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2010-06-24 16:20 ../ 257596 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2010-07-02 10:05 build -> /usr/src/linux// 441 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2010-05-15 18:13 extra/ 456 0 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 0 2010-05-15 18:13 kernel/ 30267 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-07-02 10:02 misc/ 554 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65199 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.alias 557 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.ccwmap 558 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6131 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.dep 559 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.ieee1394map 454 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.inputmap 552 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.isapnpmap 555 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.ofmap 556 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2221 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.order 561 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64800 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.pcimap 560 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.seriomap 455 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9165 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.symbols 439 100 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98472 2010-05-15 18:13 modules.usbmap 257172 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2010-07-02 10:03 source -> /usr/src/linux// root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa misc total 212 30267 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-07-02 10:02 ./ 438 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 2010-07-02 10:06 ../ 256644 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2010-07-02 10:01 vmci.ko -> vmci.o 256450 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61054 2010-06-24 16:13 vmci.o 256721 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-07-02 10:01 vmmon.ko -> vmmon.o 256451 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80702 2010-06-24 16:13 vmmon.o 256763 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-07-02 10:01 vmnet.ko -> vmnet.o 256452 52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51250 2010-06-24 16:15 vmnet.o 256810 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-07-02 10:02 vsock.ko -> vsock.o 256453 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17237 2010-06-24 16:13 vsock.o root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# etc directories Dev root@unraid-dev:/# ls -lisa /etc/vmware/ total 781 355196 0 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 464 2010-06-24 16:16 ./ 361956 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 2010-06-24 16:17 ../ 368079 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073 2010-06-24 16:16 config 361928 1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 736 2010-06-25 05:09 hostd/ 355195 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2010-06-24 16:16 icu -> /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware/icu/ 361955 28 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27879 2010-06-24 16:11 installer.sh* 368114 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2535 2010-06-25 05:09 license.cfg 368082 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 559 2010-06-24 16:15 license.vs.1.0-00 361927 737 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749972 2010-06-24 16:16 locations 368037 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 2010-06-24 16:14 netmap.conf 361951 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2010-06-24 16:11 pam.d/ 361953 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2010-06-24 16:11 service/ 368051 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 2010-06-24 16:15 ssl/ 368080 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2010-06-24 16:15 state/ 368045 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2010-06-24 16:14 vmnet1/ 368038 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 2010-06-24 16:14 vmnet8/ 368061 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 144 2010-06-24 16:15 webAccess/ root@unraid-dev:/# ls -lisa /etc/vmware-vix 368084 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-06-24 16:17 /etc/vmware-vix -> /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/etc/vmware-vix/ root@unraid-dev:/# ls -lisa /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/etc/vmware-vix/ total 68 368490 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 2010-06-24 16:15 ./ 361956 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 2010-06-24 16:17 ../ 368492 28 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27880 2010-06-24 16:15 installer.sh* 368491 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40507 2010-06-24 16:16 locations root@unraid-dev:/# etc directory Prod root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa /etc/vmware/ total 781 7 0 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 464 2010-07-02 10:07 ./ 6 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 2010-06-24 16:17 ../ 49 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073 2010-06-24 16:16 config 11 1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 736 2010-06-24 16:17 hostd/ 7202 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2010-07-02 09:59 icu -> /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware/icu/ 48 28 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27879 2010-06-24 16:11 installer.sh* 64 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2535 2010-06-24 16:16 license.cfg 47 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 559 2010-06-24 16:15 license.vs.1.0-00 51 737 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 750144 2010-07-02 10:07 locations 65 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 2010-06-24 16:14 netmap.conf 41 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2010-06-24 16:11 pam.d/ 45 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2010-06-24 16:11 service/ 8 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 2010-06-24 16:15 ssl/ 43 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2010-06-24 16:15 state/ 52 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2010-06-24 16:14 vmnet1/ 57 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 2010-06-24 16:14 vmnet8/ 50 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 144 2010-07-02 09:59 webAccess/ root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa /etc/vmware-vix/ total 68 66 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 2010-06-24 16:15 ./ 6 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 104 2010-06-24 16:17 ../ 67 28 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27880 2010-06-24 16:15 installer.sh* 68 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40507 2010-06-24 16:16 locations root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# Dont have a /usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so file on the dev box. Looked for the name: Dev root@unraid-dev:/# ls -lisa /lib/libvixAllProducts.so 368617 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 69 2010-06-24 16:16 /lib/libvixAllProducts.so -> /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so* root@unraid-dev:/# ls -lisa /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so 368534 689 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 702380 2010-06-24 16:16 /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so* root@unraid-dev:/# Prod root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa /lib/libvixAllProducts.so 256476 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 69 2010-07-02 10:00 /lib/libvixAllProducts.so -> /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so* root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# ls -lisa /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so 7116 689 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 702380 2010-06-24 16:16 /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/libvixAllProducts.so* root@Tower:/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID# so, a couple of differences to your path names. The v*o are not in /lib/modules/<kernel>/ but in /lib/modules/<kernel>/misc and the libvixAllProducts.so is not in /usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/ but in /lib/ As it is identical on both the dev and the prod box though, that should be ok, right? The only difference I see between dev and prod is that the symbolic links for the v*.ko files include the full path on the dev and only the name on the prod box. hmmmm

Hi, thanks for the feedback. unfortunately that did not help either. As mentioned, previously I tried the step-by-step from page 8 of this thread, with the raducotescus patch. So, instead of step 4 and 5: tar zxpf VMware-server* cd vmware-server-distrib ./vmware-install.pl I did root@unraid-dev:/tmp/raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-592e882# ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh /tmp with the VMware*tgz in /tmp. That's what I did originally and what worked in that sense, that I have a running vmware instance on my unraid dev-server. Now I tried your method, without using the radu package at all. So, after unpacking the server package tar zxpf VMware-server* I replaced the .tar packages in vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source with the ones you provided in the source file. It was succesful in that way, that the vmware instance on the dev server worked fine, but after creating the install packages and copying them over to the production box, I still cannot start vmware on my prod box: root@Tower:/mnt/user/backup# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor failed Virtual machine communication interface failed VM communication interface socket family: failed Virtual ethernet failed Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded before running this script. root@Tower:/mnt/user/backup# So, the problem is not getting vmware server 2.0.2 to run on the 2.6.32-smp unraid dev server, but to get it run on the 2.6.32.9-unRAID production server.

Hi, I am new, happy unraid user and currently trying to get vmware 2.0.2 to work with 4.5.4. So far not successful. Here's what I did so far: - install slackware 13.1 in VMware session - 'downgrade' the kernel from 2.6.33.4 to 2.6.32 - install VMware per instructions on page 8 of this thread (including raducotescus 'patch') - VMware works like a charm on the dev server - make packages, ensuring to change source path to /lib/modules/2.6.32-smp and dest path to 2.6.32.9-unRAID - trying to start VMware on prod server and it fails root@unraid-dev:/tmp# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] Virtual machine communication interface [ OK ] VM communication interface socket family: [ OK ] Virtual ethernet [ OK ] Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ OK ] Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ OK ] DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 [ OK ] Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ OK ] DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ] NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ] VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background) [ OK ] Shared Memory Available [ OK ] Starting VMware management services: VMware Server Host Agent (background) [ OK ] VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access Starting VMware autostart virtual machines: Virtual machines [ OK ] root@unraid-dev:/tmp# uname -r 2.6.32-smp root@unraid-dev:/tmp# Dev server looks ok, now the prod server: root@Tower:/tmp# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor failed Virtual machine communication interface failed VM communication interface socket family: failed Virtual ethernet failed Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded before running this script. root@Tower:/tmp# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start VMware Server is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command: /mnt/cache/.custom/vmware/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl. root@Tower:/tmp# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware status Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is not running Host network detection is not running Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is not running DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is not running Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is not running DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 is not running NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is not running Module vmmon not loaded Module vmnet not loaded root@Tower:/tmp# root@Tower:/tmp# ls /lib/modules/ 2.6.32.9-unRAID/ root@Tower:/tmp# ls /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID/ build@ modules.alias modules.inputmap modules.pcimap source@ extra/ modules.ccwmap modules.isapnpmap modules.seriomap kernel/ modules.dep modules.ofmap modules.symbols misc/ modules.ieee1394map modules.order modules.usbmap root@Tower:/tmp# ls /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-unRAID/misc/ vmci.ko@ vmci.o vmmon.ko@ vmmon.o vmnet.ko@ vmnet.o vsock.ko@ vsock.o root@Tower:/tmp# root@Tower:/tmp# uname -r 2.6.32.9-unRAID root@Tower:/tmp# What am I missing here? I understand that the 2.6.32 complied modules should work on the 2.6.32.9 prod kernel. Should I recompile the dev server to 2.6.32.9? How would I change the kernel name to 2.6.32.9-unRAID instead of the default 2.6.32.9-smp to ensure 1:1 naming? Is that even the problem? How can I check, what exactly the problem is on the prod system? Can I 'test' the vm* modules to see if they are basically compatible with the kernel and there is maybe something wrong with the configuration? Appreciate all help Marco