I never saw any reply to this. Maybe this list or this project is basically abandoned???
Of particular interest: -1- I'd like to know if there is any documentation regarding the config file. I couldn't find any. -2- If vmtoolsd is logging the "OS_Halt" signal, but then the OS doesn't halt, I'd like to know how to go about figuring out what's wrong. Thank you... > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Ned Harvey [mailto:openvmto...@nedharvey.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:01 AM > To: open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: guest failure to shutdown / reboot > > On my system (pfsense 1.2.3 which is based on an old version of FreeBSD, > running on vmware ESXi 4.0u1) I installed the Open-VM-Tools package > (package ver 167859) via web interface, but I don't know which version of > open-vm-tools that is. > > Rebooted. My vmtoolsd is running. The rc.d scripts seem to work fine during > bootup. The kldstat shows vmmemctl.ko, vmxnet.ko, vmblock.ko, and > vmhgfs.ko loaded into the kernel. > > But my host OS cannot shutdown/reboot the guest OS. (And I don't know > what else it can't do.) > > I don't know what the cause of the problem is, but ps -ax shows me: > /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/share/vmware-tools/tools.conf -p > /usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc > and I noticed the conf file doesn't exist. This seems suspicious. > > I can't seem to find any documentation anywhere, indicating what should go > inside that file? But I'm not sure I should be sticking anything in that file... > > I enabled logging, issued the guest shutdown command from the host, and I > got this in the log: > [Jan 15 21:19:45.931] [ debug] [powerops] State change: OS_Halt > [Jan 15 21:19:45.960] [ debug] [powerops] State change complete, success = > 0. > > Nothing happened. But at least I know the guest got the signal... And I don't > know enough about open-vm-tools to figure out what I should look at > next. Like ... > > When the guest gets that signal, what gets it? Does the signal go directly to > vmtoolsd? > Does vmtoolsd then launch some shutdown command, which is actually > failing? What is that command? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
