Hi, I am using open-vm-tools 8.4.2 stable release but my linux other 2.6.x guest will not clone due to failure of a reported pre-freeze script returning non zero. Similar error to report in Tracker-3107225.
I have also tried with 2010.12.19-339835 release which is working but I would prefer to only stay with stable releases for a "production" environment. Some time ago I was also testing a monthly release (exact one unknown) and cloning with those was also failing with those so I switched to the stable release. Cloning was working for a period with the stable code but I think that changed after moving the vmtoolsd start to a later point in the boot process. Can someone explain the data flow from starting the clone operation in the vSphere client through to the VM processing the request? How is a snapshot different from the clone operation when it comes to quiescing operation? I think the clone operation starts with a snapshot to get a stable/quiesced disk prior to cloning. So what's different that snapshot works but clone does not? I am comfortable examining code but I'm not sure where to start looking. Grepping/cscope has only led me to the vmbackup stateMachine which has anything related to quiescing. Is the vmbackup plugin required for cloning? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
