Re: Possible to run external custom programs & scripts on VM, if it is running only with guestd from vmtools package

> I noticed that PowerCLI, VIX and other vSphere management packages having > the ability of running scripts on VM and changing IP of VM etc., Do they talk > to > guestd of vmtools as they send those commands to VM? What is the architecture > there? Yes, any vSphere operation that runs inside

Re: GuestNicInfo and GuestStackInfo

Hi Jesse, The real specification is NicInfoV3 struct which is defined in lib/guestRpc/nicinfo.x. You might want to look at following files to figure how is this structure populated: services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/guestInfo.c services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/guestInfoPosix.c Please ens

Re: Consistent vmtoolsd SIGABRTs on reboot/shutdown with FreeBSD 9.x

Could you please create a tracker for this? And, provide attachments for backtrace and core? http://sourceforge.net/p/open-vm-tools/tracker/ Thanks, Ravindra -- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software

Re: vmw_pvscsi 0000:13:00.0: DMA-API: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x0000000028cbcc40]

Thanks Reindl for reporting the issue. I have forwarded your message to the developers responsible for pvscsi driver. Thanks, Ravindra -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Busines

RE: XDRUTL fails to compile

Could you try following options: 1. Try the patch below: --- lib/dynxdr/xdrutil.c.org2014-12-03 15:30:32.65000 -0800 +++ lib/dynxdr/xdrutil.c2014-12-03 15:30:56.000323000 -0800 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ #include #include -#include "vm_assert.h" #include "vmxrpc.h" +#include "vm_assert.

RE: XDRUTL fails to compile

Matt, including you in the CC list for now, but you need to subscribe to the mailing list to post/receive messages in future. From: Ravindra Kumar Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:33 PM To: open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: XDRUTL fails to compile Could you try

RE: open-vm-tools: still alive? Build against kernel 3.19.0

Including Dominique as he is not a member of the list. Dominique, could you please subscribe to the mailing list to avoid missing on responses to your emails? Thanks, Ravindra -Original Message- From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.rei...@thelounge.net] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 3:04

RE: open-vm-tools-9.10.0 (i586 and gcc4.3): mul64.h: No such file or directory

Thanks for the report Mike. We found that it is a bug in open-vm-tools package. We have an internal bug to track it. The issue is 32-bit build can be done only with GCC version 4.4 or a later version with major version being 4. This is due to a poor compiler version check in vm_basic_asm_x86.h

RE: 2015-03-19 / 2015-04-30 same revision?

Yes, those are same. We uploaded the same version again to fix the download URL. Please let us know if this causes any problems. We can remove the stable-9.10.0 URL. Thanks, Ravindra -Original Message- From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.rei...@thelounge.net] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:48

RE: Compile bug

Chris, AFAIK, there is no dependency for libXrendr package. There are 2 similar named package dependencies: libXrandr-devel and libXrender-devel You would need both of these. Hope this helps! Ravindra From: Chris Isaksen Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1

RE: open-vm-tools in RHEL 6.6

Avinash, > Is there a way to tackle this issue, I tried a lot, but couldn't get > anything. Any help is highly appreciated. libmspack is not available on RHEL 6.x and therefore you have to build/install it yourself from source code. Is there any reason you are not able to use VMware Tools or O