VMWare tools for unRAID


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it seems 5.0rc16c just came out... where can i go to download rc16b? I'd rather have a version with vmware tools than the latest/greatest

 

I could be wrong (haven't tried yet, intend to upgrade to RC16c later this week when I have some spare time...), but doesn't the latest version of VM tools work with RC15, RC15a, RC16, RC16a, RC16b & RC16c? They all use the same kernel, so I would assume there is no problem using the "latest and greatest"  :P .

 

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For what it's worth, as above, all the recent rc's use the same kernel.

 

The only thing stopping this tools package installing is a simple unraid version check in the install script.

 

If you're so inclined you can take the most recent package, unpack it, fix / change the install script and then repack it and install.

 

It works fine - I did this for 16c.

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I have posted a version for RC16c

 

The install script now checks kernel version not the unRaid version when determining if it will load.

 

So for us non-gurus, is there an easy way/command to tell what the current kernel version is and what kernel version the vmwaretools supports?

 

 

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I have posted a version for RC16c

 

The install script now checks kernel version not the unRaid version when determining if it will load.

 

Thank you - apologies for muddying the water with talk of hacking your previous release.

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I just installed RC16 version fo VMTools on my RC15 VMware unRAID install.  This a bad idea?  I tried to reboot my unRAID vm and it hung trying to take the array offline so I had to shut it down from the command line, this of course resulting in an unclean shutdown. 

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

BR

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It's likely to not work.  You should use the Tools labeled for the version of unRAID you are running.

 

I figured as much.  Anyone know where I can find a how to update my existing vmdk from 5.0 rc15 to rc16?

Use unMenu to mount and share the VMDK then update like you can with the flash - copy bzroot, bzimage and syslinux.cfg.  The only problem you might encounter is if you have to use Make_Bootable.bat again.

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Going over a few things in RC16c I ran into the following while checking the syslog:

 

Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: +==============================================================================
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: | Installing new package /mnt/vmdk/packages/open_vm_tools-2013.04.16.1098359_unRaid5.0rc16c-i686-24Zeron.tgz
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: +==============================================================================
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: Verifying package open_vm_tools-2013.04.16.1098359_unRaid5.0rc16c-i686-24Zeron.tgz.
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: Installing package open_vm_tools-2013.04.16.1098359_unRaid5.0rc16c-i686-24Zeron.tgz:
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: Executing install script for open_vm_tools-2013.04.16.1098359_unRaid5.0rc16c-i686-24Zeron.tgz.
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[1;32m   _____                _____ _____    _____         _^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[1;32m  |     |___ ___ ___   |  |  |     |  |_   _|___ ___| |___^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[1;32m  |  |  | . | -_|   |  |  |  | | | |    | | | . | . | |_ -|^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[1;32m  |_____|  _|___|_|_|   \___/|_|_|_|    |_| |___|___|_|___|^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[1;32m        |_|    ^[[1;34mv. 2013.04.16-1098359 for unRAID 5.0-rc16c^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[0;33mLoading VMWare modules...^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[0;33m  modprobe vmw_vmci^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[0;33m  modprobe vmhgfs^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[0;33mStarting VMWare Tools Daemon.^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: vmw_vmci 0000:00:07.7: Found VMCI PCI device at 0x11080, irq 16
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: vmw_vmci 0000:00:07.7: Using capabilities 0xc
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: vmw_vmci 0000:00:07.7: irq 76 for MSI/MSI-X
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: vmw_vmci 0000:00:07.7: irq 77 for MSI/MSI-X
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: Guest personality initialized and is active
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: VMCI host device registered (name=vmci, major=10, minor=59)
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower kernel: Initialized host personality
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower vmsvc[1601]: [ warning] [GLib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower vmsvc[1601]: [critical] [GLib-GObject] g_signal_emit_by_name: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: ^[[0;33mAttempting to mount /mnt/hgfs^[[0m
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: Package open_vm_tools-2013.04.16.1098359_unRaid5.0rc16c-i686-24Zeron.tgz installed.
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: 
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger: success
Jul 12 16:04:40 Tower logger:  plugin successfully installed

 

I don't recall seeing the warning and critical lines before, something that may need looking into.

 

I also noticed, and maybe its an updated kernel thing, but thought I should mention should it be vmtools related and if anyone less see's this behaviour.

There are times when the vsphere client shows Zero usage of active guest memory, where in the past RC's and vmtools loaded there was at least some usage displayed never zero.

Screenshot attached to lessen any confusion of what I am referring to. THis may not be an issue but a good, thing, just not sure if an OS that's running actually is using nothing...

 

 

vmtools.jpg.44dd91a736827a7441e19a25d028cd96.jpg

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Is anybody else experiencing the same problem or am I alone: with vmtools I still get parity check after each boot!

Running RC16c.Only have problems from RC12a on!

 

No, everything is fine here with rc16c

 

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2

 

 

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