Backup impossible vm using vcbmounter after vmware tools upgrade

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• VMware Tools upgrade fails with the error

  12 Pro - 12.1.0 workstation build-3272444

  Individual license

  Guest operating system: Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit

  VMware Tools: 9.6.2.31837 (build 1688356)

  Virtual MACHINE works fine except...

  Updated the VMware Tools, download stage publishes a message and is abandoned:
  Error: There was a problem updating a software component.   Try again later and if the problem persists, contact your system administrator or the VMware support.

  I can't find useful this question online resolution.  Perhaps this community can help find a solution?

  Furthermore, I also have a VM for 64-bit Ubuntu 15.10 who works with success the VMware Tools 10.0.1.357 (build 3160059).

  I need to run both versions of Ubuntu for software compatibility.

  Maybe you can try to get the packages of the latest VMTools from their repo upgrade server: filing of CDS - /var/www/public/stage/session-59/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/12.1.0/3272444/windows/packages

• VMware Tools upgrade changes machineID, breaks the issuance of licenses for some applications

  We have this application called localization, manufactured by Hyland Software. Whenever I've upgrade VMware Tools on our ESXi hosts on all virtual machines, it breaks the granting of licenses for the application and localization will not work until the licensing is completely redone. No idea why this is happening?

  Below is the reading of the application regarding the issuance of licenses, and attached is a screenshot of the error in the application. I'm certainly not asking someone to solve the problem of the application, but what on earth could possibly VMTools change that would have caused this? Thanks in advance!

  RegisterName	dateregistered	Networkid	pcserialnum	usernum	stationdesc	wkstationgrpnum	cachenum	MacAddress	lastLogon	badlogincount	MachineId
  DALONBASE	01/02/2013	BVVGRCRGRKRO	715828130	0	DALONBASE (SELF)	0	0	005056b33b87	04/02/2013	0

  C8C2A6CCADFA02BFBAA68E68D9842B25

  DALONBASE

  04/08/2012

  YIEGRCRGRKRO

  715827788

  0

  DALONBASE (SELF)

  0

  0

  005056b33b87

  01/02/2013

  0

  006EEA89FBC395E1DAD4C3BA17DF7DF2

  If this is what is causing the problem?

  I'm sure of it - about 99.9% Yes.

  And if so, what changes would affect a particular software feature licenses?

  "All the virtual machines have a hardware version, which shows the characteristics of virtual hardware that supports the virtual machine, such as BIOS or EFI, number of virtual slots, maximum number of processors, the maximum memory configuration and other features material." - from http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compute.html

  They probably linked the license to an individual (or several) attribute of the "hardware" of the virtual machine. Think of it regarding a physical system - changed nothing in the operating system (at least not GUID, MSN, etc.), it was something that the operating system has access to related material. You could probably bug them enough and get them to reveal madness method they use for this, but I don't know if it would be really useful. You can leave virtual to older material , to some extent, which means that you can reduce the number of times you have to repeat this process.

• automate vmware tools upgrade / installation

  Hello

  I found this on a post on communities to automate the vmware tools update / install:

  $installerArgs = "REBOOT ="ReallySuppress"'"

  Get - VM | % {(Get-vue $_).} UpgradeTools_Task ($installerArgs)}

  Variable initialization happens witout no Pb, but when I copy the second line (with a machine virtual name suite Get - VM of course) it gives me this:

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  nstallerArgs)}

  Get-view: 2010-05-27 15:59:19 invalid Get-view object specified for

  parameter Id - "VirtualMachineImpl". Valid types are ManagedObjectReference and

  Required string.

  On line: 1 char: 32

  + Get - VM GQN00549 | % {(Get-View & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt;  $_). UpgradeTools_Task ($installerArgs)}

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: [(GQN00549:VirtualMachineImpl)]

  Get - view], VimException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Core_GetVIView_TryGetIdParam_InvalidValue, VMware

  . VimAutomation.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

  You can not call a method on a null value expression.

  On line: 1 char: 54

  + Get - VM GQN00549 | % {(Get-vue $_).} UpgradeTools_Task & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt; ($installerArgs)}

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidOperation: (UpgradeTools_Task:String) [].

  RuntimeException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: InvokeMethodOnNull

  I'm a newbie on powerCLI so is someone can debug this for me please?

  THX

  Try:

  $installerArgs = 'REBOOT="ReallySuppress"'
  (Get-VM | Get-View).UpgradeTools_Task($installerArgs)
  

  Regards Robert

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• Backup failed through rescue recovery after HARD drive upgrade

  Hello

  I have a T60p 8743 CTO with Vista Business. I upgraded from 2 GB to 4 GB and 100 GB to 500 GB HARD drive.

  The process that I did was to replace the old HDD with a new one. Recovery discs to load the vista on the new HARD drive. Then loaded the last backup of the old HARD drive. I assumed that I had all the features of the tools think vantage on the new HARD drive too.

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• VMWare Tools Upgrade - incomplete? by taking a lot of time... Ubuntu

  I have a virtual machine that I think that the upgrade of the tools on ESXi 4 does not work properly in - Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27 - 11-server).

  ESXi is CPU utilization after the update is started, but I see no activity in monitors performance of the virtual machine except an initial peak of the CPU.

  The upgrade worked for 25 minutes now (and I left it running longer yesterday, before canceling it). I have also updated the VM (sudo apt - get install upgrade) and it have already restarted etc...

  The funny thing is that my Ubuntu 8.4.01 2.6.24 - 16-virtual VM upgraded properly (as did my xubuntu virtual machine) so I'm not really sure what's going on with this particular virtual machine.

  Is it possible that I can see in ESXi what he does or if it is stuck? Otherwise I'll just run as see if something changes I guess...

  Hello

  VMHGFS is not required for ESX and why it may not be something of predefined. It depends on how the tools were built to begin with. Ideally, you would not not even build vmhgfs if you run in ESX.

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• Upgrade VMware Tools to 11.1 in Xubuntu invited 14.04 fails

  Hello

  Upgrade VMware Tools from 11.0 to 11.1 in Xubuntu 14.04 fails - see the error message below.

  My Xubuntu 14.04 is up-to-date. I've recently performed 'apt - get dist-upgrade'.

  I can continue with the installation, but then shared folders does not work.

  I don't know what the problem... Everything has worked fine up to 11.0 and I never had problems with VMware Tools upgrade. Help, please.

  Annex: Error Message

  Using the kernel build system.

  "do: Verzeichnis" / tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only 'enter wird. "

  / usr/bin/make /lib/modules/3.13.0-46-generic/build/include/ - c... SUBDIRS = $PWD SRCROOT = $PWD. \

  MODULEBUILDDIR = modules

  make [1]: Verzeichnis»/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic«wird enter

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc64.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/file.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsBd.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.o

  CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/link.o

  In file included from usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44:0,

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5.

  of include/linux/preempt.h:18.

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c: in function 'HgfsPermission ':

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:27: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:48: warning: initialization of the [default] incompatible pointer type

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,

  of include/linux/compiler.h:54.

  of include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1.

  of include/linux/stddef.h:4.

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4.

  of include/uapi/linux/types.h:13.

  of include/linux/types.h:5.

  of tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/./shared/driver-config.h:71.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:26:

  include/Linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof (a, b)

  ^

  include/linux/STDDEF.h:17:31: Note: the expansion of the macro '__compiler_offsetof '.

  #define offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER)

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:794:29: Note: the expansion of the macro "offsetof".

  (type *) ((char *) __mptr - offsetof (type, member)) ;})

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:708:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  for (pos = hlist_entry_safe ((head)-> first, typeof (* (pos)), member); \)

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/preempt.h:10:0,

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  include/linux/List.h:710:35: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:697:12: Note: in the definition of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  ({typeof (ptr) ___ptr = (ptr); \})

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:35: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:697:28: Note: in the definition of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  ({typeof (ptr) ___ptr = (ptr); \})

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44:0,

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5.

  of include/linux/preempt.h:18.

  of include/linux/spinlock.h:50.

  of include/linux/mmzone.h:7.

  of include/linux/gfp.h:4.

  of include/linux/mm.h:8.

  of include/linux/pagemap.h:7.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:29:

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:27: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:793:48: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast [default]

  const typeof (((type *) 0)-> member) * __mptr = (ptr); \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,

  of include/linux/compiler.h:54.

  of include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1.

  of include/linux/stddef.h:4.

  of usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4.

  of include/uapi/linux/types.h:13.

  of include/linux/types.h:5.

  of tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/./shared/driver-config.h:71.

  from /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:26:

  include/Linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: 'struct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias '.

  #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof (a, b)

  ^

  include/linux/STDDEF.h:17:31: Note: the expansion of the macro '__compiler_offsetof '.

  #define offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER)

  ^

  include/Linux/kernel.h:794:29: Note: the expansion of the macro "offsetof".

  (type *) ((char *) __mptr - offsetof (type, member)) ;})

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:687:40: Note: the expansion of the macro «container_of»

  #define hlist_entry (ptr, type, member) container_of (ptr, type, member)

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:698:15: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry '.

  ___ptr? hlist_entry (___ptr, type, member): NULL; \

  ^

  include/linux/List.h:710:13: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_entry_safe '.

  POS = hlist_entry_safe ((pos)-> member.next, typeof (* (pos)), member))

  ^

  /tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1920:7: Note: the expansion of the macro 'hlist_for_each_entry '.

  hlist_for_each_entry (dentry,

  ^

  make [2]: * [/ tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only/inode.o] Fehler 1

  make [2]: * Auf noch nicht processes wird going going...

  make [1]: * [_module_/tmp/modconfig snuOuv/vmhgfs-only] error 2

  make [1]: Verzeichnis»/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic«verlassen wird

  make: * [vmhgfs.ko] Fehler 2

  "do: Verzeichnis" / tmp/modconfig-snuOuv/vmhgfs-only "verlassen wird."

  The filesystem (vmhgfs module) driver is used only for the shared folder

  feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

  regardless of this function.

  If you want the shared folders feature, you can install the driver of

  running vmware-config - tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

  and your kernel sources are installed on your computer.

  These packages are available on the installation of your distribution CD.

  [Press the Enter key to continue]

  As Barney42 pointed out, this question comes with the new kernel 3.13.0 - 46. And indeed helped me to find a workaround:

  Tools can be patched manually. In vmhgfs.tar, inode.c d_alias should be replaced by d_u.d_alias put it back to the tar and then recompile tools.

  Here is a script that does this (tested on ubuntu 32 bit 14.04, vmware workstation on a windows host 11.1):

  #!/bin/sh -x
cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source
tar xf vmhgfs.tar
grep -q d_u.d_alias vmhgfs-only/inode.c && echo "already patched" && exit 0
sed -i -e s/d_alias/d_u.d_alias/ vmhgfs-only/inode.c
cp -p vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs.tar.orig
tar cf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only
vmware-config-tools.pl -d -m

  NOTE: This makes incompatible tools with older versions of the kernel, i.e. 3.13.0 - 45.

  (Original post at askubuntu)

  However, @VMware-team, please do run again out of the box, or submit a patch for the Linux kernel. You are a large business, should be no problem.

• How update the vmware tools on the guest or virtualcenter

  Hello

  We run a store where we support some linux boxes.  We had some problems with time drift and other things and on our vmware guy suggested put us the version of VMWare tools on the guest or virtual Center.  The only problem is that I can't find a procedure for this.

  To clarify, I'm not how to install VMWare tools on virtual machines.  We know how to do and we know to recompile after we patch the kernel.  But our guys VMWare suggests that in the end we're just recompile the same old version of VMWare tools to make it work with the new kernel.

  In fact, we suspect the version we have is very old, that we have not successfully updated because we were running on 2.5 and are now running on 4.0 Update 1 (wait for the 4.1 support nexus is added).

  Thank you

  Dan

  Welcome to the forums!

  So I assume you mean updating the source VMware Tools, which is then used to update VMware tools in guests?

  The guy from VMware is true, recompile the tools is necessary after a kernel update has been done. It is not up-to-date version. However, you must do that to make them work again.

  The latest VMware tools comes with the latest product or updates/patches for this product. Information shows that the tools are not updated after you apply this hotfix or an update.

  They also can be downloaded here (for ESX 4.x) : http://www.vmware.com/patch/s3portal.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=SearchPatch&SearchPatch_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2Fpatchupdate%2FdisplayAllBundlePatches&_pageLabel=s3portal_pages_downloadPatch_page

  AWo

  VCP 3 & 4

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• upgrade vmware tools with orchestrator

  I still have many armies ESXi 3.5 although I updated my environment to ESX 4 3/4.  The task of rehabilitation for the vmware tools upgrade does not work for virtual machines running on esx 3.5.  Can orchestrator automate the task of upgrading vmware tools on a host ESX 3.5 and reboot the virtual machine.  Does anyone have an example to help out me with?  I know probably possible, but I have just install Orchestrator and did nothing with it yet.  I was thinking that this may be a task well start with.

  vCO server comes with a plug-in of VC4.0 with which you can configure some hosts/VC only 4.0 and later versions. In order to run workflows on ESX 3.5 hosts, you need to install the plug-in, VI3.5 there in vCO/extras/plugins server. The file has the extension VMOAPP, you can change to .jar then check out the plugin VI3.5 .dar file. After installing correctly, you can then drill library of built-in workflow, for the category of the VMware Tools, which you can find the upgrade tools workflow. It would automate the up-gradation of the tools, as long as the toolsAutoUpdateSupported is set to true in the virtual machine. In addition, this API works successfully if the tools are not updated. For ESX 3.5 hosts, you must run the workflow in the VMS VIM3 management category.

  Hope it will be useful.