Tracker item #3297924, was opened at 2011-05-05 06:49 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mvanzin You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=3297924&group_id=204462
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Timo Gurr (tgurr) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Wrong "Guest OS" information in vSphere client displayed Initial Comment: The guest is configured as "Other 2.6x Linux (64-bit)", attached screenshot (vmware-tools_stopped.png). # uname -a Linux wwwproxy 2.6.38.5 #2 SMP Wed May 4 12:33:49 CEST 2011 x86_64 Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2425 HE AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux After starting open-vm-tools-2011.04.25-402641 the information in vCenter changes to "Other (32-bit)", attached screenshot (vmware-tools_started.png) which is obviously wrong. VMware vSphere vCenter Client/Server is Version 4.1.0 Build 345043. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Marcelo Vanzin (mvanzin) Date: 2011-07-21 11:44 Message: I just tried with Fedora 8 (which has a very similar output of "lsb_release -sd") and the code seems to detect Fedora correctly. I'll close this as an issue with the vCenter / VI client code (they may be missing the mapping to show Fedora correctly), but I shouldn't worry much because this is mostly a cosmetic issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Marcelo Vanzin (mvanzin) Date: 2011-07-21 10:56 Message: In general, the OS would be reported as "Other (32-bit)" if the code completely failed to recognize that output. The interesting bit is that we do have a check for Fedora in the code, and it should recognize that output. I'll need to try it out to see what's going on. As for what if affects, there are a couple of vCenter features that will look at that value and decide whether they'll run against the VM or not. But I think those features do not support Fedora anyway, so you should be safe. In your case it's probably just a cosmetic thing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Greg Emerick (gemerick) Date: 2011-07-20 18:21 Message: lsb_release -sd returns: "Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)" I can see where that would get me Other (32-bit). Could you give me some idea of what tools are looking for in the response to indicate 64 bit? If I have to, I'll make this return what's necessary, since it's not used by our appliance for any other purpose. Also, would there be any side-effects to just allowing this to happen? The vmx file is still set to Other (64 bit). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Marcelo Vanzin (mvanzin) Date: 2011-07-20 16:36 Message: Tools will generally use the output of "lsb_release -sd" to figure out the OS information. Fedora 9 should have that; what's the output of that command in your VM? If lsb_release is not available, then that's probably the cause. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Greg Emerick (gemerick) Date: 2011-07-18 19:44 Message: I'm seeing this on Fedora 9 as well with open-vm-tools-2011.06.27-437995. Anything I can provide to assist? vSphere 4.1.0 Build 260247 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=3297924&group_id=204462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Ways to Improve & Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
