UBUNTU 10.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.35-31-generic-pae

Always used standard vmtools not open-vm-tools.

We have several ubuntu linux servers that are not upgrading properly after the last ESXi updates to the hosts prompted a new tools version. They worked fine with 8.3.7, but now when the installers run I get a GRUB error on reboot and the GUI is all scrambled. Some of the users need the GUI so that is why it is needed. Do you think this is a problem with initrd after tools compiles it?

I built a new server using the 10.10 iso image and did the new tools install [this new server never had the older version of tools on it - so this may be why it works] and it worked with the gui installed. Can anyone give advice as to why existing servers can't upgrade? 

I have attached a photo of the GRUB error on reboot.

I have attached a photo of the GUI all squiggly -- probably because xorg is not working right.

I've tried uninstalling gnome-common, gnome-utils, gdm, ubuntu-desktop and fluxbox. When re-installed it results in the same squiggly gui.

Also during the vmtools install, Xorg complains about not being able to find vmwlegacy_drv.so, even when it is in the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers folder.

I am running out of things to try. Does anyone have suggestions?

Hi,

I am using "vmware-vdiskmanager" to convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated. I have had enough of the defrags and poor disk i/o.

To do this I have copied the vmwaredisk.vmdk file of 8.5 GB to D:\Dump, because spaces in (sub)Folder and File names are causing other problems (the D partition has 189 GB FREE space) and want the new file vmwaredisk_2.vmdk to be created in the same folder by putting in Command Prompt:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmware-vdiskmanager -r D:\Dump\vmwaredisk.vmdk -t 2 D:\Dump\vmwaredisk_2.vmdk

Now I keep getting the same error message below (and I know I should have more than enough FREE space). Why is it telling me that the disk is full?

Creating disk 'D:\Dump\VMwareDisk_2.vmdk'

Failed to convert disk: An error occurred while writing a file; the disk is full
. Data has not been saved. Free some space and try again (0xd00000008).

Please your help because I really don't know what to do anymore!

Many thanks in advance,

Erik

Hi everybody

This post is not to send a question, but an answer !

Host OS : Windows XP SP3

I was using VMWare server 2.0 successfully for a while, when my company's laptop has to endure a rebuild.

Since this reformat, I was unable to start VMWare Host agent  , getting the sybilyn error :

VMWare Host agent fail to start 0x40000015 0x781346b4

Even after several uninstall/reinstall, datastores.xml check and so on ...

Finalyy, the trick to make this service running was simple :

My laptop is protected with Mcafee and Mcafee firewall was enable.

The workaround is to disable Mcafee firewall.

VMWare Host agent is then able to run.

I guess a more secure way is to add special permissions for VMWare services, in order of being able to have Mcafee firewall running AND VMware host service able to run normally ...

Hope this message can help some VMWare guests ...

Regards

Jean-Luc

Hello,

I am not sure I am posting in the correct section but here goes.

We have a few servers that started running out of space on the C drive. After investigating we found that VMWare was still sending .dmp files every 5 minutes to the Default Users folder even though they had been converted to Hyper V long ago.

The servers are Windows Server2003, 64bit, SP2.

The only thing VMWare related item that I can still find on any of these servers is VMWare Tools. That service is disabled and the Tools software fails if I try to uninstall it.

I would like to remove/disable whatever is causing the dmp files to be created.

I am "assuming" it has something to do with the Tools but have not been able to figure much out by just Google searches.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Has anyone had any sucess creating a Windows 2012 VM on VMWare Server via loading an iso image?  I tryied loading the iso but keep rebooting, reporting "Your PC Ran into a problem and needs to restart....

I'm stuck since 2 days trying to have my Graphic card working in a Vmware host.

Specifications:

- Vvmware ESXi 5.0.0 running on Windows

- Ubuntu 10.04 running on host

- Graphic card: AMD Radeon 6900 Series

- Everything in 64 bits

Useful output :

   #lspci -v

    03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Cayman PRO [AMD Radeon 6900 Series]

    Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device 186b

    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18

    Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]

    Memory at b2420000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]

    I/O ports at 4400 [size=256]

    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3

    Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00

    Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

    Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information <?>

    Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting <?>

    Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci

    Kernel modules: fglrx

I'm starting my ubuntu in text mode.

I try to have OpenCL running in my VM. I tried a lot of various tutorials with ati-stream and so on and nothing works.

Then I followed [This][1]

After I did it I got this message at startup:

       dmesg|grep radeon

         [    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.6  root=UUID=1b5bd568-6b7f-41c0-be1c-d69ae4f7e438 ro text splash  video=radeon:modeset=1

    [    0.000000]  Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.6  root=UUID=1b5bd568-6b7f-41c0-be1c-d69ae4f7e438 ro text splash  video=radeon:modeset=1

    [    2.670567] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.

    [    2.671623] radeon 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)

    [    2.672877] radeon 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18

    [    2.679567] radeon 0000:03:00.0: BAR 6: can't assign [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x0] (bogus alignment)

    [    2.680456] radeon 0000:03:00.0: BAR 6: can't assign [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x0] (bogus alignment)

    [    2.681299] [drm:radeon_get_bios] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM

    [    2.682179] radeon 0000:03:00.0: Fatal error during GPU init

    [    2.683291] [drm] radeon: finishing device.

    [    2.693101] radeon 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

    [    2.696322] radeon: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -22

So, I know that the passthrough is working since I can see my graphic card in my host but I can't make it work right.

Can anyone help me? Ask me if you need more information!

  [1]: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40213&page=2

I have a client that would like to Install Red Hat Clustering Solution on VMware Environment. Does anyone know if Red hat Clustering is Supported on VMware? Thanks for your input.

I have this weird problem with a guest computer that poweres down every 2 hours according to web management. In the details it says "powered down by guest " (i cant remember exact wording, but it indicates it was a local shutdown)

The twist is that the machine is not really powered off, it is running silently, it can be accesed thru VNC and FTP.
A "power on " restores acces to it, and it runs as before, all programs remain open etc.

Problems started after a server crash.
The hardware was changed (identical server), but some bios sn &mac adresses have changed, could this be cause of problem?

Initially the virtual machines wouldnt start because files were locked, i renamed the lock files and that problem vanished.

Running server 2.0.2 on a proliant ml350 g5

Any suggestions are highly appreciated !

Hallo,

need HELP.

i had 3 virtual machines (1xW2k3 DC and 2xW2k3 as an virtual Cluster) with Virtual Server 1.05 on my Laptop (XP SP2) created.

USB functions great.

Then our IT installs Vista SP1 on my Laptop. OK....no problem i thought...what a great optimism.

On the new installed Laptop i install the new Vmware Server 1.07 and import the old with Virtual Server 1.05 created virtual machines.

But after connecting an USB-Drive i wasn´t able to connect the device in the virtual machine...it was greyed out.

After severel trys to reanimate it i decide to install VMware Server 2.0. But the same Problem. In the Remote Console i can see what type of USB-Drive is connected like "Sandisk USB-Massstorage", but the connect Button is greyed out.

The problem i see is, that on the hostsystem the "VMmware USB-Device"-Driver is not installed and the guest-Systems think that he is installed.

All attempts were in vain to install this driver manually on the Laptop (host-system).

Can anyone help me?

Thanks Juergen

Ubuntu-64 Hardy

Initial VMware Server2 install was fully working, and added two users with permissions.

updated kernel from 2.6.24-19 to 2.6.24-21

changed vmware server from 110949 to 116503

Cannot add a new user; all else appears functional. New roles may be created. I suspect this issue would prevent a new install from adding users, but fortunately I already had some.

hostd.log ===&gt; logging into web access, reported file does not exist! Since other stuff works, this may just be an old artifact.

An error occurred while loading configuration "/usr/lib/vmware/settings",not all entries are being read. It is strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the file and fix any corruptions.

An error occurred while loading configuration "/usr/lib/vmware/settings",not all entries are being read. It is strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the file and fix any corruptions.

Adding permissions for a new user - fails -

Screen message: "RuntimeFault: Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems"

hostd.log ===&gt;

Activation N5Vmomi10ActivationE:0x4f79500 : Invoke done on vim.AuthorizationManager:ha-authmgr

Throw vim.fault.DatabaseError

Result:

(vim.fault.DatabaseError) {

   dynamicType = &lt;unset&gt;,

   msg = ""

}

webAccess/proxy.log ===&gt; Adding permissions for a new user - fails

Error in the method call SetEntityPermissions : Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems.

Error processing action request /cmd/authmanager : Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems.

I have a host server running Server 08 and VMWARE Server 2.0.0

There is a VM on the host running Server 2003. It's been running for about 6 months great. No one has touched it. Recently, only the VM has started to have an extremely slow internet connection. Downloading a 1 MB file from the internet takes about 15 minutes. A 15 MB file takes 4 hours. About a month ago I could restart the VM and it would be good for about a week, then start slowing down more and more every day until it's just unusable.

I ran pings from the host machine's nic to the VM's NIC and attached as txt files. You'll see that on the host machine, 172.16.4.200 is the host IP assigned to the NIC I'm pinging from, and 172.16.4.101 is the VM's IP that is running on the host. It will succeed in pinging .101 sometimes, but frequently returns:

REPLY FROM 172.16.4.200: TTL Expired in transit.

Sometimes it even gives a request timed out, but it mostly alternates back and forth between replies from .101 (the VM) and TTL's from .200 (the host).

Sometimes it will just give pages of TTL's from .200 then eventually start replying from .101 as well.

The VM NIC is configured in Bridged mode. Like I said, it had been working fine for months, then this starts happening suddenly.

Since I know a 1 MB file from the internet takes 15 minutes on the VM to download, I tried copying files between the Host and the VM by browsing network shares between the boxes. Transferring from the VM to the Host over windows network shares takes about 1 minute for a 40 MB file. It's operating at about 1.2 megabytes per second on LAN file transfers. I tried it both ways, from the VM to the host and from the host to the VM. Same results.

It's strange that a direct file copy works MUCH faster than an internet download.

Downloading from the internet on the Host server for a 1 MB file takes about 15 seconds and is on a T-1 line. The default gateway for both the host and the VM is a Cisco 2900 series router that's working fine.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? My Microsoft Server event logs on the VM and Host are clean, I'm not seeing any errors there.

G'day,

I'm running VMServer 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.0.4 (Jaunty) hosting CentOS 4.7 guest VMs.

I am continually seeing the following message when powering on a guest VM:

The network bridge on device vmnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network.

The work-around I've discovered is to restart the vmware services, i.e.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware stop

Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:

  Virtual machines                                                    done

Stopping VMware management services:

VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access

  VMware Server Host Agent                                            done

Stopping VMware services:

  VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

  Virtual machine communication interface                             done

  Virtual machine monitor                                             done

  Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                   done

  Host network detection                                              done

  DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1                                          done

  Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1                                 done

  DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8                                          done

  NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                                          done

  Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8                                 done

  Virtual ethernet                                                    done

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start

Starting VMware services:

  Virtual machine monitor                                             done

  Virtual machine communication interface                             done

  Virtual ethernet                                                    done

  Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                   done

  Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)                    done

  DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1                                          done

  Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)                    done

  DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8                                          done

  NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                                          done

  VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background)                    done

  Shared Memory Available                                             done

Starting VMware management services:

  VMware Server Host Agent (background)                               done

  VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access

Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:

Virtual machines                                                    done

Output from ifconfig and ps -ef |grep vmnet is given below.

Why isn't vmnet0 available after booting, and how can I make it so?

Thanks,

Chris.

$ ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:0b:35:d5:12 

inet addr:10.1.1.2  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: fe80::21e:bff:fe35:d512/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

RX packets:1354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:1798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:100

RX bytes:383251 (383.2 KB)  TX bytes:1126131 (1.1 MB)

Memory:f0500000-f0520000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 

inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

RX packets:6225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:6225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:4962948 (4.9 MB)  TX bytes:4962948 (4.9 MB)

pan0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 96:e2:2c:be:eb:c6 

BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01 

inet addr:172.16.181.1  Bcast:172.16.181.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08 

inet addr:192.168.60.1  Bcast:192.168.60.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

$ ps -ef |grep vmnet

root      2885     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid -n 0 -i eth0

root      2900     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1

root      2911     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1

root      2927     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8

root      2943     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8

root      2948     1  0 11:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -d /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.pid -m /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf

I'm trying to get VMware Server v2.0.1 running on a new machine - Atom 330 CPU, Windows Embedded for Point of Service. (Basically, Windows XP SP3.)

I successfully used VMware Server v2.0.1 on a Celeron CPU with Windows XP Embedded (Windows XP SP2.) The exact VM I'm trying to use now works on that older computer running in VMware Player.

When I try to launch a VM, the resulting hostd log file contains:

Task Created : haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

RecordOp ADD: recentTask, 64

RecordOp ADD: recentTask, ha-taskmgr

Event 2 : Intelio Edge Template on host sserv in ha-datacenter is starting

RecordOp ASSIGN: latestEvent, ha-eventmgr

2009-11-17 16:33:56.945 'vm:C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx' 3564 info State Transition (VM_STATE_OFF -&gt; VM_STATE_POWERING_ON)

RecordOp ASSIGN: disabledMethod, 64

Vimsvc::HaLicenseSourceImpl::CheckLicenses: skipped on this platform

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#65d8f85c9eaf2cb6/ to powerOn with option soft

VMHSVMExecVMX: the VMX process terminated prematurely

VMHSLaunchVM failed: Failed to launch peer process

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed

CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx

Failed to do Power Op: Error: (3008) Cannot connect to the virtual machine

2009-11-17 16:35:28.451 'vm:C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx' 2992 warning Failed operation

Event 3 : Failed to power on Intelio Edge Template on sserv in ha-datacenter: A general system error occurred:

RecordOp ASSIGN: latestEvent, ha-eventmgr

2009-11-17 16:35:28.451 'vm:C:\Intelio\vm\edgeA\Intelio-Edge-rev3.vmx' 2992 info State Transition (VM_STATE_POWERING_ON -&gt; VM_STATE_OFF)

RecordOp ASSIGN: disabledMethod, 64

Task Completed : haTask-64-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-7471212

There's no vmware.log file in the VM's directory. I have uninstalled VMware Server, cleaned up all left behind files, rebooted, reinstall, reconfigure, reboot, and the same thing still happens.

I'm at a loss on what else to try or how to diagnose the problem. The log offers nodetail about why the VM process fails.

I am having trouble with getting accurate hardware monitoring with ESXi 5.1 on an HP (ProLiant DL380p Gen8) server. The build installed is 799733 (HP version, with HP Tools installed)

I am using this server as an example, however we have other servers that don't appear to be showing correct hardware information either. We use N-Able for our RMM software, and I noticed that it detected 5 power supplies for this server (4, 5, and 6 showed normal while 1 and 2 showed a failure). Also, all of the fans were showing a failed status for health state as well. I called N-Able and they looked into it and basically told me that the UI was displaying the information given by VMware, and I would need to contact VMware to see why it wasn't giving out the correct health information.

When I vSphere directly to the Hyper Visor I can see that N-Able may be correct. Under Power it shows the following information:

In N-Able it detected power supply 1-2, 4,5, & 6. 1 & 2 show failed, the rest show that they are fine. There are not 5 power supplies in this server. Also, N-Able detected 6 fans and shows the following for all of them.

N-Able pulls Fan and Power Supply status directly from the ESXi via

https://<insert_IP_address_of_ESXi_server_here>/mob/?moid=ha-host&doPath=runtime.healthSystemRuntime.systemHealthInfo.numericSensorInfo

I installed the VMware Server 2.0.2 (Build 203138), including Web  Access 2.0.0 (Build 128374) to my Ubuntu Linux server (2.6.32-24-server  #39-Ubuntu SMPx86_64). The server host has no console GUI, it's just  acting as server. The server seems to be running fine. I can log in from  a different machine (WinXP using Internet Explorer) and see the virtual  machines overview.

However,  whatever I click, it takes ages to load (client and server are  connected via GigE, just two hubs, no weird networs etc). I often see  error messages in my logfile /var/log/vmware/hostd.log. For example,  when I log in, I read:

[2010-12-31  17:57:41.883 'Proxysvc' 139677796554512 warning] SSL Handshake on  client connection failed: SSL Exception:  error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

repeated a few times

[2010-12-31 17:57:42.035 'Vimsvc' 139677796554512 info] [Auth]: User tinkywinky
[2010-12-31 17:57:42.036 'ha-eventmgr' 139677796554512 info] Event 25 : User tinkywinky@127.0.0.1 logged in
[2010-12-31 17:57:42.036 'PropertyProvider' 139677796554512 verbose] RecordOp ASSIGN: latestEvent, ha-eventmgr
[2010-12-31  17:57:42.036 'PropertyProvider' 139677796554512 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  sessionList["529b9b0c-d7c5-15da-b3e6-cbf705f1aefc"], ha-sessionmgr
[2010-12-31  17:57:42.559 'Proxysvc Req02177' 139677787031312 warning]  PendingServerStrm: client write-completion error: Broken pipe

[2010-12-31 17:57:42.568 'Proxysvc' 139677790881552 warning] SSL Handshake on client connection failed: SSL Exception: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

repeated many times, sometimes intermixed with this one (the BIORead numbers vary):

[2010-12-31  18:03:21.746 'App' 139677789677328 error] SSLStreamImpl::BIORead (  65B8C10) TimedAsyncRead failed: Connection reset by peer

followed by this debug messages:

[2010-12-31  18:03:22.767 'PropertyProvider' 139677791147792 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.view.ViewManager.createInventoryView-304
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.870 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-datacenter"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.870 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-folder-vm"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-folder-host"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-folder-datastore"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-folder-network"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-compute-res"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-host"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["ha-root-pool"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.871 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp ADD:  view["16"],  session[52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec]521f9791-16f1-bd8b-0594-266db9fc7dbe
[2010-12-31  18:03:22.875 'PropertyProvider' 139677797086992 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.view.InventoryView.openFolder-305

and again many times the "SSL Handshake on client connection failed" and "TimedAsyncRead failed" and:

[2010-12-31  18:03:23.793 'Proxysvc Req02623' 139677787297552 warning]  PendingServerStrm: client write-completion error: Broken pipe

Intriguingly, I get

[2010-12-31  18:03:24.469 'App' 139677791147792 error] An error occurred while  loading configuration "/usr/local/lib/vmware/settings",not all entries  are being read. It is strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the  file and fix any corruptions.
[2010-12-31 18:03:24.504 'App'  139677791147792 error] An error occurred while loading configuration  "/usr/local/lib/vmware/settings",not all entries are being read. It is  strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the file and fix any  corruptions.

but I have not any "settings" file in my install dir /usr/local/lib/vmware. After two more lines like this:

[2010-12-31 18:03:25.229 'Proxysvc' 139677791942416 warning] SSL Handshake on client connection failed: SSL Exception:

my  web browser shows an error box: "The server could not complete a  request (HTTP 0). / The server encountered an unexpected condition that  prevented it from fulfilling the request. If this problem persists,  please contact your system administrator." However I am my system administrator and have no clue.

When I press "OK", I see

[2010-12-31  18:09:34.079 'Proxysvc Req02680' 139677852522256 warning]  PendingServerStrm: client write-completion error: Broken pipe

[2010-12-31  18:09:34.080 'Proxysvc' 139677787031312 warning] SSL Handshake on  client connection failed: SSL Exception:  error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.081  'App' 139677788096272 error] SSLStreamImpl::BIORead ( 65B8C10)  TimedAsyncRead failed: Connection reset by peer

[2010-12-31  18:09:34.160 'PropertyProvider' 139677790881552 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter.destroy-318
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.169 'PropertyProvider' 139677787031312 verbose] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.view.View.destroy-319
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.177 'PropertyProvider' 139677789148944 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter.destroy-320
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.186 'PropertyProvider' 139677796554512 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter.destroy-321
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.197 'Vmomi' 139677796820752 info] Activation  [N5Vmomi10ActivationE:0x61e7bd0] : Invoke done [waitForUpdates] on  [vmodl.query.PropertyCollector:ha-property-collector]
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.197 'Vmomi' 139677796820752 info] Throw vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.198 'Vmomi' 139677796820752 info] Result:
(vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled) {
   dynamicType = <unset>,
   msg = ""
}
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.216 'PropertyProvider' 139677796820752 verbose] RecordOp  REMOVE: sessionList["52c1b795-8b17-64b4-8a2a-923dea27f0ec"],  ha-sessionmgr
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.218 'ha-eventmgr' 139677796820752 info] Event 32 : User tinkywinky logged out
[2010-12-31 18:09:34.218 'PropertyProvider' 139677796820752 verbose] RecordOp ASSIGN: latestEvent, ha-eventmgr
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.218 'PropertyProvider' 139677796820752 verbose] RecordOp  ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.SessionManager.logout-322
[2010-12-31  18:09:34.915 'Proxysvc Req02685' 139677796820752 warning]  PendingServerStrm: client write-completion error: Broken pipe

I am really clueless.  I am using VMware for some time now, a Windows XP machine hosts a  virtual Linux. This was an attempt to do it the other way, but at the  current state, this is not usable. The problem doesn't seem to be  relared to any particular activity as it happens even when I do nothing  after login.

Does anybody have any idea where to search for the problem?

Hi,

I have a problem regarding snapshots in a virtual machine.

My server has the bellow  identity:

VMware Infrastructure Web AccessVersion 2.0.0Build 128374

VMware ServerVersion 2.0.1Build 156745

The virtual machine has two disks, one 140GB and one 65GB. My problem resides to the first one that included OS files too.

When I opened the folder of that disk, I found all these:

From a little search I did I found that there are some snapshots in that VM but here:

looks like there is no snapshot...

I tried stopping the machine and by using vmware-vdiskmanager.exe tool to merge all disk files to one (since no snapshots seems to exist) but the result when I used the new file, was a disk more that a year old.

Is there any way to merge all the old snapshots in order to create one disk file in the end?

Here are some more info:

file.vmsd content:

.encoding = "windows-1252"

snapshot.lastUID = "2"

snapshot.numSnapshots = "0"

snapshot.current = "0"

snapshot0.uid = "2"

snapshot0.filename = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010-Snapshot2.vmsn"

snapshot0.displayName = "VMware Server Undopoint"

snapshot0.description = "Snapshot Description."

snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "315877"

snapshot0.createTimeLow = "-1914644888"

snapshot0.numDisks = "1"

snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010-000001.vmdk"

snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0"

snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010_3.vmdk"

snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"

snapshot.needConsolidate = "TRUE"

snapshot0.type = "1"

file.vmxf content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<Foundry>

<VM>

<VMId type="string">52 0e 7f 58 6d 3e b7 63-e0 64 e0 80 58 2f 38 ad</VMId>

<ClientMetaData>

<clientMetaDataAttributes/>

<HistoryEventList/></ClientMetaData>

<vmxPathName type="string">COMPASS new sharepoint 2010.vmx</vmxPathName></VM></Foundry>

file.vmx contents:

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

powerType.powerOff = "soft"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "soft"

displayName = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010"

extendedConfigFile = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010.vmxf"

numvcpus = "2"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.sharedBus = "none"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"

memsize = "4096"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "COMPASS new sharepoint 2010-000002.vmdk"

scsi0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"

ide1:0.present = "FALSE"

ide1:0.fileName = "F:\Sharepoint\Compass\Windows 2008 server R2-x64_<removed_product_id>.iso"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

ide1:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet0.features = "1"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet0.networkName = "VMnet3"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

guestOS = "longhorn-64"

uuid.location = "56 4d 10 6b c3 c6 13 02-f4 24 f7 02 9f f7 e0 ff"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 10 6b c3 c6 13 02-f4 24 f7 02 9f f7 e0 ff"

vc.uuid = "52 6c 4e 1f 8a 99 31 ba-30 28 b7 5f fe 1e 91 45"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:f7:e0:ff"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35"

scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 64 a6 b3 ee 50"

usb:0.present = "TRUE"

usb:1.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1611144961"

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

usb:1.deviceType = "hub"

usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

scsi0:1.fileName = "E:\Compass_F\Compass_Backup_Disk.vmdk"

scsi0:1.mode = "persistent"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.redo = ""

scsi0:1.writeThrough = "TRUE"

Thanks in advance,

Argiris

Message was edited by: a.p. - Removed the Windows product ID from the mapped .iso file name

Since an unexpected reboot of the Linux machine (Ubuntu 8.10), the windows XP Professional that was installed in the vmware server 2 machine stopped working. Now everytimei turn it on, a blue screen appears, with the message "BAD_POOL_CALLER", and it keeps restarting itself. I am unable to start in safe mode, because the same blue screen appears...

Does anybody know the cause, or have any solution to repair the windows machine? I attached a snapshot of the error.

Thank you very much

While it was possible to use USB webcams within vmware-server 1.x, the 2.0 version only detects them as audio devices. As an example a  plugged in Logitech Quickcam shows up as "Logitech Audio Device" in the virtual machine. Even these audio devices are unusable as I am getting the following error when I try to connect them: Remote USB device error: Remote device disconnected: an error occured while sending data. I guess the problem is that the cameras have no audio output and thus sending data would not work (Proper USB handling in Vmware would simply ignore the missing audio output instead of complaining, so I consider this as a bug too). I made sure that no other application was using the cameras and I even removed the associated kernel-modules for a test - did not work.

I tested this on several Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" installations with several webcams (Logitech, Philips): Always the same result, so I think this is a bug.

Does anybody has similar problems or a solution for this?

Hi,

I have a problem with VMware server 2.0 running on Windows 2003: Guests do not start when VMware server starts. Instead vmauthd error is logged in event log and hostd.log.

I already checked the permissions on relevant VMware directories and re-install VMware server, but the problem persists.

Symantec Endpoint Protection is running on the same machine.

Thanks for any help! 

Hi,

I have searched around but could not find the answer , so maybe someone here can help me out.

Recently i upgraded VM Ware server for my home server from V1 to V2. I had to modify the script which suspends the VMs and makes a backup of those VMS.

When making a backup the VMs are suspended, this worked fine on V1 but now on V2 it fails;

/usr/bin/vmrun -T server -h https://10.20.0.10/sdk -P 8333 -u root -p t3l3funk suspend "/VMA/kwek/Windows 2000 Professional.vmx"

Error: Cannot open VM: /VMA/kwek/Windows 2000 Professional.vmx, The virtual machine cannot be found

The VMX is at the shown location, suspending the VM using the webinterface works fine.

When suspending the VM using the commandline a tasks status is reported in the console with the error 'Error:Invalid datastore format '/VMA/kwek/Windows 2000 Professional.vmx'.' on 'Task ID:SearchIndex.findByDatastorePath'.

Who can help me out ? (slashing out of the spaces does not work)