Hi Folks,
I experiment an issue on a 2008R2 running Vmware server 2.0.2 ...
All run fine only this little thing make me crazy !
The autostart of the VM Guest (currently a PFsense 2.0RC3) fail.
The only thing to do after bootup is starting the console and connect manually the interface (directly briged).
Here is what i find in the logs :
[2011-09-28 19:57:51.817 'App' 3560 info] Current working directory: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server
[2011-09-28 19:57:51.817 'App' 3560 info] Trying blklistsvc
[2011-09-28 19:57:51.817 'App' 3560 info] Trying cimsvc
[2011-09-28 19:57:51.817 'App' 3560 info] Trying directorysvc
[2011-09-28 19:57:51.817 'App' 3560 info] Trying hostsvc
[2011-09-28 19:57:52.784 'NetworkProvider' 3560 info] Using netmap configuration file C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server\netmap.conf
[2011-09-28 19:57:52.784 'NetworkProvider' 3560 error] VNL_GetBridgeState call failed -- could not refresh network information
[2011-09-28 19:57:54.298 'NetworkProvider' 3560 info] Active ftp is 1
[2011-09-28 19:57:54.298 'NetworkProvider' 3560 info] Allowanyoui is 1
[2011-09-28 19:57:54.298 'NetworkProvider' 3560 info] udptimeout is 30
[2011-09-28 19:57:54.547 'Hostsvc::AutoStartManager' 3560 info] VM autostart configuration: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server\hostd\vmAutoStart.xml
I suspected, a problem involving a bad boot timing (i guess)
Any help would be appreciate,
Even a crappy bad cheat to globally delay the start of the Vmware services.
I suspect it would do the trick, letting time to native 2008 NIC interface/network service, the time to finishing the booting process.
Regards,
Stephane