On 02/08/2011 11:33 AM, Jim wrote: > 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.
First, a disclaimer: the 8.4.2 release is a stable release, but was only tested with Workstation and Fusion; so not all features that are used by ESX (such as quiescing) are necessarily stable in that release. I know, this is kinda non-optimal, but it's something we're trying to fix internally, and when we get there it will trickle down to open-vm-tools naturally. With that out of the way... For ESX releases up to 4.1, quiescing for non-Windows VMs is quite simple; it just tries to run a script in the guest (the "freeze" script, normally /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script), and after the snapshot is taken, tries to run another script (the "thaw" script, normally /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script). On Linux, if the vmsync driver is loaded, it will try to use it; but since that driver hasn't really received that much testing (despite its age...), if you have it loaded I'd recommend you unload it. Since that code hasn't really changed in a while, I believe it should work. So I suggest you check the two paths mentioned above, make sure they exist and are executable, and are not returning a non-zero value. If that doesn't help, I'd need logs from your VM to know exactly what's going on when you try to clone (which creates a quiesced snapshot as part of cloning). Let me know if you need instructions on how to set up logging. -- - Marcelo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
