Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Bernd Zeimetz]

On 03/17/2018 09:12 AM, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Then the dependency still needs to get fixed in VMware Tools.

which won't help you as that systemd version is not in jessie and stretch.
(just fyi: bug reports to backports versions have to go on the backports
user list, not into the bts).


> 
> Am 17.03.2018 03:12 schrieb Michael Biebl :
> 
> Version: 238-1
> 
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:29:46 +0100 Bernd Zeimetz  wrote:
> > > Why does it need to run before cloud-init i.e. why does
> cloud-init need
> > > open-vm-tools?
> >
> > because cloud-init pulls the configuration it should apply from
> vmtoolsd.
> >
> > But that is not the bug here and nothing that needs to be changed.
> >
> > If you would finally read
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1750780
> >
> > you would learn that there is a race condition that when
> PrivateTmp is
> > being used the necessary mounts are not always available.
> >
> > The workaround for now is After=local-fs.target - which will
> result in a
> > dependency loop at some point, which is discussed in
> >
> >
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1750780/comments/11
> 
> >
> > basically all information is in that bug. Please read it.
> 
> Actually this bug report it doesn't contain any actual information what
> this supposed race condition in systemd should be. It's mostly
> speculation on their part.
> Anyway, they said they can no longer reproduce it anyway on bionic
> which
> ships the same version as unstable, so let's close this bug report.
> 
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Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Bernd Zeimetz]

> Why does it need to run before cloud-init i.e. why does cloud-init need
> open-vm-tools?

because cloud-init pulls the configuration it should apply from vmtoolsd.

But that is not the bug here and nothing that needs to be changed.

If you would finally read
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1750780

you would learn that there is a race condition that when PrivateTmp is
being used the necessary mounts are not always available.

The workaround for now is After=local-fs.target - which will result in a
dependency loop at some point, which is discussed in

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1750780/comments/11

basically all information is in that bug. Please read it.


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Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Michael Biebl]

Am 10.03.2018 um 01:39 schrieb Bernd Zeimetz:
> Hi,
> 
> because it needs to run before cloud-init. 

Why does it need to run before cloud-init i.e. why does cloud-init need
open-vm-tools?
Feel free to point me to the relevant parts of the bug report which
explain that.

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Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Bernd Zeimetz]

Hi,

because it needs to run before cloud-init. Please read free Ubuntu bug I've 
linked, most details are discussed there. 

Thanks,
Bernd

Am 10. März 2018 00:22:32 MEZ schrieb Michael Biebl :
>On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 09:31:28 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Patrick_Matth=c3=a4i?= >
>for
>the public:
>> systemd does not start open-vm-tools at all in this scenario. If you
>> configure open-vm-tools.service to use DefaultDependencies=yes
>instead
>> of =no, it works as a workaround.
>
>Why does open-vm-tools.service need DefaultDependencies=no? Those
>should
>only be used by very few selected early boot services.
>
>vmtoolsd doesn't ship a man page, but from a quick internet search,
>this
>tool does not seem to fall into this category.
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Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Michael Biebl]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 09:31:28 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Patrick_Matth=c3=a4i?= > for
the public:
> systemd does not start open-vm-tools at all in this scenario. If you
> configure open-vm-tools.service to use DefaultDependencies=yes instead
> of =no, it works as a workaround.

Why does open-vm-tools.service need DefaultDependencies=no? Those should
only be used by very few selected early boot services.

vmtoolsd doesn't ship a man page, but from a quick internet search, this
tool does not seem to fall into this category.

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Bug#888955: open-vm-tools.service 10.2.0 does not start on boot on jessie/stretch/etc

[Michael Biebl]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:06:16 +0100 =?UTF-8?Q?Patrick_Matth=c3=a4i?=
 wrote:
> Package: open-vm-tools
> Version: 2:10.2.0-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> here all systems on vSphere 6.0/6.5 fail to start open-vm-tools.service
> on boot.
> The only thing I see is:
> 
> # systemctl status open-vm-tools.service
> ● open-vm-tools.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service; enabled)
>    Active: failed (Result: resources)
>  Docs: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/about.php
> 
> This happens on jessie and stretch:
> 
> Stretch:
> Works: 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u1
> Fails: 2:10.2.0-2~bpo9+1

Please attach the output of /etc/fstab, systemctl show
open-vm-tools.service, systemctl cat open-vm-tools.service and
journalctl -alb from a boot where the service failed.

Is this happening reproducibly?

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