Zeron Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 @ Zeron, Any plans for future releases? Ive noticed this board stopped being used abruptly when 6.0 rolled out. -getting nervous @ the idea of having to learn Xen- Unless a 5.0.x is released with a kernel change; I will not be releasing a new build for unRaid 5. The current build works just fine. I will probably release something for unRaid 6 at some point, but the removal of 32bit support will make it much more difficult. Quote Link to comment
siamsquare Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Strange, Just upgraded to unRAID 5.05 and used zeron's last plg but vmware tools don't show up in the main menu! Hmmm? Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Strange, Just upgraded to unRAID 5.05 and used zeron's last plg but vmware tools don't show up in the main menu! Hmmm? It should be under Settings -> Other Settings If it is not there; check you log file for errors loading it. Quote Link to comment
siamsquare Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Strange, Just upgraded to unRAID 5.05 and used zeron's last plg but vmware tools don't show up in the main menu! Hmmm? It should be under Settings -> Other Settings If it is not there; check you log file for errors loading it. Hahaaaaa! Sneaky bastard had it hidden! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
JohnO Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Greetings, Just did my first unRAID install last night. Installed as a VM on ESXi 5.0u3. Seems fine. I tried to install the VMware tools package as described in the base note. On boot I'm getting the following message on the console as the last message before the "Welcome to Linux 3.9.11p-unRAID (tty1)" message: wget: unable to resolve host address 'unraid.zeron.ca ' If I login to the unraid VM, I can ping unraid.zeron.ca just fine. Any ideas? Thanks, John Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Greetings, Just did my first unRAID install last night. Installed as a VM on ESXi 5.0u3. Seems fine. I tried to install the VMware tools package as described in the base note. On boot I'm getting the following message on the console as the last message before the "Welcome to Linux 3.9.11p-unRAID (tty1)" message: wget: unable to resolve host address 'unraid.zeron.ca ' If I login to the unraid VM, I can ping unraid.zeron.ca just fine. Any ideas? Thanks, John unRaid tries to install plugins before it does DHCP. You will need to either use a static IP, or install the package manually after boot. Quote Link to comment
JohnO Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 unRaid tries to install plugins before it does DHCP. You will need to either use a static IP, or install the package manually after boot. Thanks for the info. Reading the forums today I learned about installplg and was able to use that to successfully install the VMware tools. John Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 I have a test build for unRaid6-b4 available at: http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-i686-11Zeron.tgz I anyone able to give is some testing? Quote Link to comment
Inimical Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I have a test build for unRaid6-b4 available at: http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-i686-11Zeron.tgz I anyone able to give is some testing? Installed and seems to be running - ESXi recognizing 3rd party tools installed. Anything specific you want me to test? Quote Link to comment
Inimical Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Also, maybe a good idea to have this thread moved to the virtualization section for greater visibility. Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Installed and seems to be running - ESXi recognizing 3rd party tools installed. Anything specific you want me to test? Testing if it stops the array at shutdown would be great. I currently do not have a parity drive in my 6Beta test server. There is a slightly updated version here: http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.tgz http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.plg Quote Link to comment
Inimical Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Installed and seems to be running - ESXi recognizing 3rd party tools installed. Anything specific you want me to test? Testing if it stops the array at shutdown would be great. I currently do not have a parity drive in my 6Beta test server. There is a slightly updated version here: http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.tgz http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.plg I don't have time to update to this one at the moment, but the one you posted earlier performs a clean shutdown. Quote Link to comment
Sparkyy Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Installed and seems to be running - ESXi recognizing 3rd party tools installed. Anything specific you want me to test? Testing if it stops the array at shutdown would be great. I currently do not have a parity drive in my 6Beta test server. There is a slightly updated version here: http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.tgz http://unraid.zeron.ca/plugins/open-vm-tools/open_vm_tools-2013.09.16.1328054_unRaid6.0beta4-x86_64-12Zeron.plg Been a little while since any update in this thread but just had to say I downloaded this version of VM Tools as I noticed my unRAID listed it not working. I am using ESXI 5.5 with unRAID 6.0b4 and now have my VMware Tools listed as running (3rd-party/independent). Copied the link for the package and in the unRAID website went to Extensions, pasted the link and hit 'Install' and unRAID did everything it needed and saw 'Open VMware Tools' under Settings. From my ESXI vSphere Client, I right clicked on unRAID and told it to 'Restart Guest' and it unmounted the drives, rebooted and came right back up ready to go. No need for parity check and I am using a cache drive. Just wanted to share my success and thank Zeron for all the hard work on this plugin. Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Any chance for an upgrade for v6.0-beta6 ? The installed version of open-vm-tools was built for kernel: 3.10.24p but version: 3.15.0 is running. Or maybe a quick tutorial to update it ourselves? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Any chance for an upgrade for v6.0-beta6 ? The installed version of open-vm-tools was built for kernel: 3.10.24p but version: 3.15.0 is running. Or maybe a quick tutorial to update it ourselves? Thanks!! I will try to get a build for beta 6 working soon. Each time the kernel changes it is a lot of work becuase of the open-vm-tools is poorly maintained. Often it will not compile with the new kernel and VMWare will not have fixed it. You have to either find existing 3rd party patches to fix it, or make them your self. You would need to download and install all of these: http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/ap/bc-1.06.95-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/binutils-2.23.52.0.1-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/cxxlibs-6.0.18-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/gcc-4.8.2-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/gcc-g++-4.8.2-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/glib2-2.36.4-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/glibc-2.17-x86_64-7.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/kernel-headers-3.10.17-x86-3.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/libffi-3.0.13-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/libmpc-0.8.2-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/make-3.82-x86_64-4.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/patch-2.7-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/pkg-config-0.25-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/pkgtools-14.1-noarch-2.tgz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/perl-5.18.1-x86_64-1.txz Then download and build libdnet: http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.1/network/libdnet.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libdnet/libdnet/libdnet-1.11/libdnet-1.11.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fslackbuilds.org%2Frepository%2F14.1%2Fnetwork%2Flibdnet%2F&ts=1396220448&use_mirror=iweb Then download ans build open-vm-tools http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/Development%20Snapshots/open-vm-tools-2013.09.16-1328054.tar.gz?ts=1380747772&use_mirror=softlayer-dal using this patch to fix shutdown http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/shutdown.patch and this patch for fix the HGFS build http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/vmhgfs-uid-gid-kernel-3.10-tools-2013-09-16.patch and this patch to fix another build error http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/vmbackup-buf-error-tools-2013-09-16.patch If you do manage to build a new version; you may not redistribute the webgui or script files in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/openVMTools Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Thank you!! Thank you!!! I like tinkering... so I will play around with it. Any chance for an upgrade for v6.0-beta6 ? The installed version of open-vm-tools was built for kernel: 3.10.24p but version: 3.15.0 is running. Or maybe a quick tutorial to update it ourselves? Thanks!! I will try to get a build for beta 6 working soon. Each time the kernel changes it is a lot of work becuase of the open-vm-tools is poorly maintained. Often it will not compile with the new kernel and VMWare will not have fixed it. You have to either find existing 3rd party patches to fix it, or make them your self. You would need to download and install all of these: http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/ap/bc-1.06.95-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/binutils-2.23.52.0.1-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/cxxlibs-6.0.18-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/gcc-4.8.2-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/gcc-g++-4.8.2-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/glib2-2.36.4-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/glibc-2.17-x86_64-7.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/kernel-headers-3.10.17-x86-3.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/libffi-3.0.13-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/l/libmpc-0.8.2-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/make-3.82-x86_64-4.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/patch-2.7-x86_64-2.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/pkg-config-0.25-x86_64-1.txz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/a/pkgtools-14.1-noarch-2.tgz http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.1/slackware64/d/perl-5.18.1-x86_64-1.txz Then download and build libdnet: http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.1/network/libdnet.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libdnet/libdnet/libdnet-1.11/libdnet-1.11.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fslackbuilds.org%2Frepository%2F14.1%2Fnetwork%2Flibdnet%2F&ts=1396220448&use_mirror=iweb Then download ans build open-vm-tools http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/Development%20Snapshots/open-vm-tools-2013.09.16-1328054.tar.gz?ts=1380747772&use_mirror=softlayer-dal using this patch to fix shutdown http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/shutdown.patch and this patch for fix the HGFS build http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/vmhgfs-uid-gid-kernel-3.10-tools-2013-09-16.patch and this patch to fix another build error http://unraid.zeron.ca/buildscripts/openvmtools/vmbackup-buf-error-tools-2013-09-16.patch If you do manage to build a new version; you may not redistribute the webgui or script files in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/openVMTools Quote Link to comment
noacess Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Anyone able to build a new version they can post for the latest beta? Thanks Quote Link to comment
bornide Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I'm running UnRAID 5.0.5 with your latest plg and I get the following when I click on Settings>Open VM Tools: The installed version of open-vm-tools was built for kernel: 3.9.11p but version: 3.9.6p is running. 5.0.5 was upgraded from 5.0.1 which was upgraded from 5.0. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 I'm running UnRAID 5.0.5 with your latest plg and I get the following when I click on Settings>Open VM Tools: The installed version of open-vm-tools was built for kernel: 3.9.11p but version: 3.9.6p is running. 5.0.5 was upgraded from 5.0.1 which was upgraded from 5.0. Any ideas? 5.0.5 does not use kernel 3.6.9p Your upgrade did not work correctly. Quote Link to comment
sgibbers17 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I just tried doing a shutdown using ESXi power off button and it does not go through a save shutdown as it is suppose to do when VMware tools is installed. I also suspect it is because I have unraid v5.0.5. Will there be an update to support v5.0.5 and v6.x? If there is not going to be an update is there a way to have ESXi/cyberpower powerpanel appliance tell unraid to use the powerdown command from the powerdown plugin? I have the cyberpower powerpanel appliance VM on my system and I am trying to get it setup to shut down all VMs safely and then shut down the ESXi server. Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I just tried doing a shutdown using ESXi power off button and it does not go through a save shutdown as it is suppose to do when VMware tools is installed. I also suspect it is because I have unraid v5.0.5. Will there be an update to support v5.0.5 and v6.x? The current version works in 5.0.5 - the only issue I am aware of is that it may not shut own correctly if you have a password set on unRAID. A future update will probably support the powerdown plugin. I do not know if / when I will do a release for version 6, but you can compile it your self. Quote Link to comment
sgibbers17 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I just tried doing a shutdown using ESXi power off button and it does not go through a save shutdown as it is suppose to do when VMware tools is installed. I also suspect it is because I have unraid v5.0.5. Will there be an update to support v5.0.5 and v6.x? The current version works in 5.0.5 - the only issue I am aware of is that it may not shut own correctly if you have a password set on unRAID. A future update will probably support the powerdown plugin. I do not know if / when I will do a release for version 6, but you can compile it your self. Apparently I was test the shutdown from ESXi wrong I was using power off instead of shutdown. It is working know using shutdown but I am now going to test to see if it will work when Cyberpower's Powerpanel tell my VMs to shutdown. Quote Link to comment
Bungy Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Has anybody gotten this to work in 5.0.6? I was able to install the package, but the VM doesn't respond to the shutdown command. I supposed I could "downgrade" to 5.0.5 but just wanted to see if anybody had any luck in 5.0.6. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Zeron Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Has anybody gotten this to work in 5.0.6? I was able to install the package, but the VM doesn't respond to the shutdown command. I supposed I could "downgrade" to 5.0.5 but just wanted to see if anybody had any luck in 5.0.6. Thanks! It works fine in 5.0.6 unless you have set a password for the webui Quote Link to comment
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