Marcelo, Ahhh, I missed the rpcin.c recompilation in the libvmtools Makefile. Thanks for setting me straight.
Given that libvmtools should be and is built correctly, I reviewed the /var/log/vmware/hostd.log file containing the history of my initial testing. The log does show the heartbeat with status "green" and then "red" following termination of the vmtoolsd. In the past, with our OpenServer 5.0.7 VMware VM (using Mar 2010 open-vm-tools), the ESX host HA reset would occur when: - the kernel was panic'ed - the kernel debugger was started, suspending all processes - the vmtoolsd daemon was killed. apparently on the loss of a heartbeat. For my OpenServer 6 vmtools port, I was testing for the heartbeat or more specifically, the loss of a heartbeat by killing the vmtoolsd - expecting HA to reset the VM. The reset was not occurring and I assumed that the heartbeat had never been seen. On further testing with OSR 6, the HA reset is happening after the heartbeat changes status from green to red (killing vmtoolsd) and the system comes to a more quiescent state such as "init 0" but with no power-down. That suggests that there is some criteria beyond "loss of heartbeat" necessary to trigger an HA reset/reboot. Can you shed any information on this or point me to a VMware KB article, whitepaper or document that would provide further insight? Thanks, -- John Wolfe Unxis, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
