Since this has been fixed in the current development Ubuntu release, I'm
closing this ticket, but leaving it open against Hardy.
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Fix Released
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Shutdown guest using the VI Client with VMware ESX 3.0.2 doesn't work
Err, scratch that - open-vm-tools was removed from Hardy, so there's not
really anything left to fix here.
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Shutdown guest using the VI Client with VMware ESX 3.0.2 doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191776
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** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
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Shutdown guest using the VI Client with VMware ESX 3.0.2 doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191776
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the problem with the VM ware tools package is that it's missing some
very important components, specifically:
poweroff-vm-default
resume-vm-default
poweron-vm-default
suspend-vm-default
there may be something else missing for invoking the scripts but, I
haven't figured out what it is yet.
according to the documentation on the open-VM-tools website, the four
default files listed above should be placed into /etc/vmware-tools with
the execute bit turned on (555 seems to work). Initial, admittedly very
brief testing reset and suspend appear to work. What's still missing is
the VM