December 20, 20205 yr @StevenD Looks like there is an issue with the newest version of the plugin. The error message I'm seeing indicates the files hosted on GitHub are possibly corrupt Verifying package open_vm_tools-10.3.10-5.10.1-Unraid-x86_64-202012191115.tgz. Unable to install /boot/config/plugins/OpenVMTools_compiled/packages/open_vm_tools-10.3.10-5.10.1-Unraid-x86_64-202012191115.tgz: tar archive is corrupt (tar returned error code 2) Starting VMWare Tools Daemon.
December 20, 20205 yr 36 minutes ago, ryanhaver said: @StevenD Looks like there is an issue with the newest version of the plugin. The error message I'm seeing indicates the files hosted on GitHub are possibly corrupt Verifying package open_vm_tools-10.3.10-5.10.1-Unraid-x86_64-202012191115.tgz. Unable to install /boot/config/plugins/OpenVMTools_compiled/packages/open_vm_tools-10.3.10-5.10.1-Unraid-x86_64-202012191115.tgz: tar archive is corrupt (tar returned error code 2) Starting VMWare Tools Daemon. Looks like it didn't upload to Github at all. It should be there now. Sorry about that.
August 13, 20214 yr Hi @StevenD, any plans to produce a 6.10.0-rc1 compatible version? Thanks so much!
August 14, 20214 yr 13 hours ago, doron said: Hi @StevenD, any plans to produce a 6.10.0-rc1 compatible version? Thanks so much! Ive messed around with it and cant get it to properly compile. Unfortunately, I have no time to mess with it right now.
September 20, 20214 yr On 8/14/2021 at 5:15 AM, StevenD said: Ive messed around with it and cant get it to properly compile. Unfortunately, I have no time to mess with it right now. Any news re this?
September 21, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, doron said: Any news re this? No, sorry. I just don't have time right now.
September 21, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, StevenD said: No, sorry. I just don't have time right now. Understood. Thanks for all your good work on this.
November 7, 20214 yr Had a bit of time today, and I managed to get open-vm-tools compiled for 6.10-rc2! I even had a bit of luck on my side, as I was actually able to get it working with the latest VMWare Tools (11.3.5) without the ioctl "errors" spamming the event log. @doron
November 9, 20214 yr On 11/7/2021 at 11:49 PM, StevenD said: Had a bit of time today, and I managed to get open-vm-tools compiled for 6.10-rc2! I even had a bit of luck on my side, as I was actually able to get it working with the latest VMWare Tools (11.3.5) without the ioctl "errors" spamming the event log. @doron Just installed and everything is looking perfect - thanks again @StevenD! This is awesome.
May 28, 20224 yr Install failed on 6.10.2 with the error below. Probably due to the updated kernel 5.15.43? Sorry, OpenVMTools has not yet been compiled for your unRAID version. Edit: latest version solved the issue. Thanks for the great work. Edited June 1, 20224 yr by sjtuross
September 23, 20223 yr Updated for 6.11.0 Stable Release. Some things have changed with 6.11, so I had to do a workaround. In order for VMWare Tools to start, I had to add: ln -s /usr/lib64/libffi.so.7 /usr/lib64/libffi.so.6 This very well could have an unintended consequence, or could cause an issue with another plugin. I am going to see if I can find someone a little more knowledgeable than me to walk through my plugin and see if there is a way to make it work each time unRAID gets updated. That being said, the plugin does allow you to shutdown unRAID cleanly from within vCenter or ESXi, which is all I really care about.
March 25, 20233 yr Since I no longer have to compile a new VMWare Tools package for each release, I added a wildcard to the plugin so that it should work with any version newer than 6.12.x, as long as it uses the v6.x kernel. So if you update to a new version, please let me know if you have any issues. I'll remove the wildcard and go back to the individual releases if there are issues. This currently works fine with 6.12.0-rc1 and -rc2. I expect it to work with any additional -rc and -release when it comes out.
April 9, 20233 yr I'm on version 6.12.0-rc2 and getting the following error. On 3/25/2023 at 12:23 PM, StevenD said: k with any version newer than 6.12.x, as long as it uses the v6.x kernel. So if you update to a new version, please let me know if you have any issues. I'll remove the wildcard and go back to the individual releases if there are issues. This currently works fine with 6.12.0-rc1 and -rc2. I expect it to work w Edited April 9, 20233 yr by inky
April 14, 20233 yr On 4/8/2023 at 10:05 PM, inky said: I'm on version 6.12.0-rc2 and getting the following error. How are you installing it? I just reinstalled it through CA and it installs just fine.
April 14, 20233 yr On 4/8/2023 at 10:05 PM, inky said: I'm on version 6.12.0-rc2 and getting the following error. I upgraded to -rc3 today and it failed as yours did. I found a typo in a variable and updated the plugin. Thanks!
May 8, 20233 yr Maybe it was mentioned before but you don't need a plugin. Vm Tools in docker works perfectly well. I had it running on my Synology VM and it works for Unraid as well! https://github.com/delta-whiplash/docker-xpenology-open-vm-tools Enjoy!
February 14, 20242 yr On 5/8/2023 at 5:37 PM, Jmarc said: Maybe it was mentioned before but you don't need a plugin. Vm Tools in docker works perfectly well. I had it running on my Synology VM and it works for Unraid as well! https://github.com/delta-whiplash/docker-xpenology-open-vm-tools Enjoy! I finally got around to playing with that. Unfortunately, its running a really old version of VMWare Tools (10.1.5). It does work though. Ive never built a Docker image before. Maybe I'll play with it. It would likely be easier to keep upgraded, Thanks!
February 14, 20242 yr Compiled a new version with VMWare Tools 12.3.5 and tested it on unRAID 6.12.7-rc2. I also finally was able to add a status page under the Settings tab again.
February 24, 20251 yr @Zeron / @StevenD can you update the plugin to the latest version please? open-vm-tools 12.5.0 In my ESXi i am getting a warning on the unraid vm that I cannot suppress. Edited February 24, 20251 yr by mikeyosm
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