March 24, 201313 yr hmm getting parity checks again at startup,using RC12 and VMWare tools for RC12! Not having this issue - perhaps something localised? Not sure what it might be but a syslog might hint at the issue. Here's the syslog: syslog-2013-03-24.txt
March 24, 201313 yr Is there a way to test that VMware Tools is actually functioning correctly other than using the shutdown or restart guest? John
March 25, 201313 yr Started with a fresh build of unRAID and installed the opentools v12 package via the PLG. I'm seeing this in the events in ESXi... Error message from ESXi.WORKGROUP: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. John
March 26, 201313 yr Yo, I still get this error with latest Unraid + VMtools and parity check when starting up! Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error 26/03/2013 9:17:42 UNRAID_VM User Anyone?
March 28, 201313 yr I also get that error. I haven't dug into the logs or anything mostly because I haven't noticed anything not working yet.
March 29, 201313 yr Yo, I still get this error with latest Unraid + VMtools and parity check when starting up! Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error 26/03/2013 9:17:42 UNRAID_VM User Anyone? Any idea what is going on here Zeron?
April 3, 201313 yr Still no updates I assume? I follow the instructions to the letter and still see that error in the ESXi Events. I can't say for sure that it prevents a clean shutdown/restart because I have been afraid to try. John
April 3, 201313 yr Regaridng this error in the ESXi Events... Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error I found a quote from Zeron (here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=11449.msg218490#msg218490) where he states: The shut downs script is found at: /etc/vmware-tools/scripts/poweroff-vm-default.d/01-halt However, when I telnet into the unRAID VM and browse to that location, it looks like the scripts live in /etc/VMware-tools/: The /etc/VMware-tools/scripts folder is empty other than for a VMware folder: Maybe just a typo by Zeron??? I don't know. But maybe also what is causing this error. Is it possible that others are not seeing that error because the upgraded from an earlier version of the plugin that placed the scripts in the expected folder? I am going to make a copy of all scripts into the /etc/VMware-tools/scripts folder and see what happens. John
April 3, 201313 yr OK, as stated above I copied (did not delete or move) the scripts from /etc/vmware-tools/ to /etc/vmware-tools/scripts. I stopped the array and rebooted via the unRAID webgui. No errors in the ESXi events. I then initiated a Guest Restart via the Vsphere Client with the array started. The array was stopped and the VM was cleanly restarted. I am now going to remove all scripts from the /etc/vmware-tools folder and try the same again. If successful, that tells me that the TGZ needs to be recompiled to correct the path issue for the scripts. John oh lala! this is awesome! hopefully Zeron sees this post soon.
April 3, 201313 yr ooops...I deleted my post by accident. Oh well, you guys can see it above. I have to say though...I received the same error as I ussually do regarding the Power-On script but it did not seem to affect the Guest Restart.
April 3, 201313 yr Well, it looks like it may have just been a typo on Zeron's part. I deleted the scripts from the /etc/vmware-tools folder and when I tried to Restart Guest, I got a popup error stating that the call failed. The VM did not restart. So, ignore everything I said above. Now, may be it really is a matter of there just being somehting wrong with the Power-On script: Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error I have not seen this error with any of the other scripts (power-off, restart, etc). I don't know anything about scripts so I wouldn't even be able to find the error in teh script if one does indeed exist. John
April 3, 201313 yr A binary comparison of the poweron-vm-default script from the RC10 release and the RC12 release shows no differences.
April 12, 201313 yr I get the same error as well, even with a shut down, the next time i boot it mentions a clean shut down was not successful and does a parity check.
April 13, 201313 yr What is the benefit installing VMWare tools for unRAID? Would it improve Samba read speed?
April 13, 201313 yr Potentially better network speeds (particularly between vms) It won't help samba :-( Also can receive shutdown command. Sent from my SGH-I727R using Tapatalk 2
April 15, 201313 yr For anyone who is receiving the below error message in the ESXi Events: Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error I have rebuilt my unRAID VM and I am no longer receiving these errors. I made quite a few changes since I stopped receiving the errors: 1. New motherboard (Supermicro X8DTH-iF)...although all other HW remained the same 2. I used BateQuasi's pre-built VMDK (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=26639.0) 3. I selected "Ubuntu Linux (32-bit) for the Guest Operating System (as BetaQuasi suggests) for my unRAID VM. Previously I had selected FreeBSD 32-bit (as suggested in the Atlas thread). I really think #3 is the key. Give it a shot....it may help you also! John
April 15, 201313 yr For anyone who is receiving the below error message in the ESXi Events: Error message from ESXi: The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue. error I have rebuilt my unRAID VM and I am no longer receiving these errors. I made quite a few changes since I stopped receiving the errors: 1. New motherboard (Supermicro X8DTH-iF)...although all other HW remained the same 2. I used BateQuasi's pre-built VMDK (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=26639.0) 3. I selected "Ubuntu Linux (32-bit) for the Guest Operating System (as BetaQuasi suggests) for my unRAID VM. Previously I had selected FreeBSD 32-bit (as suggested in the Atlas thread). I really think #3 is the key. Give it a shot....it may help you also! John I have unRAID set as Other Linux (32-bit) and also do not receive this error.
April 16, 201313 yr Tried the above solution and changed the vm to ubuntu linux 32 but still get parity check at reboot!
April 16, 201313 yr Some more info... I right clicked on my unRAID VM and selected Upgrade Virtual Hardware. This took the VM from v8 to v9. After I did this I started to receive the Power-On script error in the Events again. I rebuilt the VM and did not perform the upgrade and once again I don't see the error. I was able to perform a Restart Guest and the array was shutdown nicely, the VM rebooted and a parity check WAS NOT needed. John
April 17, 201313 yr Or is it better to delete the VM and start over, now I just edited the settings of my VM,maybe that's why I still get parity checks? I also have an issue with rights...I can not change the VM tools settings in Unraid nor can I update for instance Unmenu as it states Read-Only!SOLVED! How can I solve this? Thanks
April 20, 201313 yr OK, I have to ask for help on this as well. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I had unRAID (5.0rc12) running native on the hardware with my production config. I had successfully run a test-unraid-vm on ESXi with passthrough, etc. etc. I installed the open_vm_tools plugin on my production box while it was running native. Booted my production server under ESXi using the same setup as my test-vm. I see this on the VMTools plugin tab on my server: VMWare Status Host Time 20 Apr 2013 19:01:37 Speed 2893 MHz Time Sync Enabled Shared Folders /mnt/hgfs is not mounted (shared folders may not be enabled on the host) Session ID 0x51fc486381e6e769 Memory Ballooning 0 MB Memory Swapping 0 MB Memory Limit 4294967295 MB Memory Reservation 2048 MB CPU Reservation 0 MHz CPU Limit 4294967295 MHz open-vm-tools v.2012.10.14-874563 Release 8 compiled for unRAID 5.0-rc12 However, ESXi is telling me on the events tab that the power-on script did not run successfully. VM type is set to Linux-Other(32b) and I have also tried the Ubuntu 32b with no success. Anything else I can try? Thanks!
April 24, 201313 yr I have tried Ubuntu Linux 32 and Other Linux 32 and i am using version 8, still receiving the error and parity checks.
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