hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was
end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone
experience with this?
It works, when I run it normally from shell.
this is my exec resource.
{ "vmwaretools_config":
subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ],
refreshonly => true,
path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/
local/bin",
command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; }
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Hello,> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was > end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone > experience with this?I don''t know what the -d switch is for, but AFAIK vmware-config-tools.pl is an interactive script which waits for user input. This could be the reason for the timeout you''re having. This doesn''t answer your question, but I use openvmtools¹ instead because I found vmware-tools to be much of a pain to maintain (with or without puppet). I just pushed onto github[²] the module I use for debian and redhat. Maybe you''ll find it useful. Marc [¹] http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ [²] http://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-openvmtools -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d should be without asking. When I run it in the bash It ends in a minute, without asking any thing. I found only this bug (http://photographersofficeonline.com/issues/910), but it''s old one and is closed (solved?). Filip On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@camptocamp.com> wrote:> Hello, > >> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was >> end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone >> experience with this? > > I don''t know what the -d switch is for, but AFAIK vmware-config-tools.pl is > an interactive script which waits for user input. This could be the reason > for the timeout you''re having. > > This doesn''t answer your question, but I use openvmtools¹ instead because I > found vmware-tools to be much of a pain to maintain (with or without > puppet). I just pushed onto github[²] the module I use for debian and > redhat. Maybe you''ll find it useful. > > Marc > > [¹] http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ > [²] http://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-openvmtools > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
> should be without asking. When I > run it in the bash It ends in a minute, without asking any thing.Ok, I suppose this is the part where it compiles a kernel module, which can indeed take a while. You have a "timeout" parameter which can be used in this case: exec { "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d": timeout => "-1" }> I found only this bug > (http://photographersofficeonline.com/issues/910), but it''s old one > and is closed (solved?).I wonder why redmine is suddenly reachable through photographersofficeonline.com ? Is this new ? It seems like an error. Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Marc Fournier wrote:>> should be without asking. When I >> run it in the bash It ends in a minute, without asking any thing. >> > > Ok, I suppose this is the part where it compiles a kernel module, which > can indeed take a while. You have a "timeout" parameter which can be > used in this case: > > exec { "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d": > timeout => "-1" } > > >> I found only this bug >> (http://photographersofficeonline.com/issues/910), but it''s old one >> and is closed (solved?). >> > > I wonder why redmine is suddenly reachable through > photographersofficeonline.com ? Is this new ? It seems like an error. > > Marc > > >Wow I never knew about this option to vmware tools, thanks. -- Joe McDonagh AIM: YoosingYoonickz IRC: joe-mac on freenode L''ennui est contre-révolutionnaire -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
I stopped process after 30 minutes (99% CPU whole time). It looks like it''s stuck somewhere. But I don''t know how to realize what is wrong. Filip On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@camptocamp.com> wrote:> >> should be without asking. When I >> run it in the bash It ends in a minute, without asking any thing. > > Ok, I suppose this is the part where it compiles a kernel module, which > can indeed take a while. You have a "timeout" parameter which can be > used in this case: > > exec { "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d": > timeout => "-1" } > >> I found only this bug >> (http://photographersofficeonline.com/issues/910), but it''s old one >> and is closed (solved?). > > I wonder why redmine is suddenly reachable through > photographersofficeonline.com ? Is this new ? It seems like an error. > > Marc > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Filip Slunecko wrote:> I stopped process after 30 minutes (99% CPU whole time). It looks like > it''s stuck somewhere. But I don''t know how to realize what is wrong. > > Filip > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Marc Fournier > <marc.fournier@camptocamp.com> wrote: > >>> should be without asking. When I >>> run it in the bash It ends in a minute, without asking any thing. >>> >> Ok, I suppose this is the part where it compiles a kernel module, which >> can indeed take a while. You have a "timeout" parameter which can be >> used in this case: >> >> exec { "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d": >> timeout => "-1" } >> >> >>> I found only this bug >>> (http://photographersofficeonline.com/issues/910), but it''s old one >>> and is closed (solved?). >>> >> I wonder why redmine is suddenly reachable through >> photographersofficeonline.com ? Is this new ? It seems like an error. >> >> Marc >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> >> > >I''ve seen behavior like this in scripts that expect a TTY, yet there is not one... I''m not sure exactly how to handle that... -- Joe McDonagh AIM: YoosingYoonickz IRC: joe-mac on freenode L''ennui est contre-révolutionnaire -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
the way we solved it is by setting up an additional service which compiles and set the driver (main reason for that was that network gets restarted which might disturb the puppet run) an example can be found here: http://theforeman.org/repositories/entry/foreman/app/views/unattended/snippets/_vmware.erb On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:55 PM, slune <filip.slunecko@gmail.com> wrote:> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was > end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone > experience with this? > It works, when I run it normally from shell. > > this is my exec resource. > > { "vmwaretools_config": > subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ], > refreshonly => true, > path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ > local/bin", > command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; } > > Thx > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
thx, that helps a lot. Filip On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Ohad Levy <ohadlevy@gmail.com> wrote:> the way we solved it is by setting up an additional service which compiles > and set the driver (main reason for that was that network gets restarted > which might disturb the puppet run) > > an example can be found here: > http://theforeman.org/repositories/entry/foreman/app/views/unattended/snippets/_vmware.erb > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:55 PM, slune <filip.slunecko@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was >> end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone >> experience with this? >> It works, when I run it normally from shell. >> >> this is my exec resource. >> >> { "vmwaretools_config": >> subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ], >> refreshonly => true, >> path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ >> local/bin", >> command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; } >> >> Thx >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
You need to add the following to your exec: environment => [''PAGER=/bin/cat'',''DISPLAY=:9''] vmware-config-tools.pl is kind of awful. Trevor On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:55 AM, slune <filip.slunecko@gmail.com> wrote:> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was > end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone > experience with this? > It works, when I run it normally from shell. > > this is my exec resource. > > { "vmwaretools_config": > subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ], > refreshonly => true, > path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ > local/bin", > command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; } > > Thx > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > >-- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 tvaughan@onyxpoint.com -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Thank you very much. I spend 14 days to try to solve this. It was real nightmare :). Filip On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Trevor Vaughan <tvaughan@onyxpoint.com> wrote:> You need to add the following to your exec: > > environment => [''PAGER=/bin/cat'',''DISPLAY=:9''] > > vmware-config-tools.pl is kind of awful. > > Trevor > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:55 AM, slune <filip.slunecko@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was >> end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone >> experience with this? >> It works, when I run it normally from shell. >> >> this is my exec resource. >> >> { "vmwaretools_config": >> subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ], >> refreshonly => true, >> path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ >> local/bin", >> command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; } >> >> Thx >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> > > > > -- > Trevor Vaughan > Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc > (410) 541-6699 > tvaughan@onyxpoint.com > > -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Marc Fournier wrote:> [²] http://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-openvmtoolsPardon my ignorance, but why run the `install-open-vm-tools.sh` or `vmware-config-tools.pl` at all? My manifests for VMWare guests (running RHEL5) just do this: 1. set up a yumrepo for http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0/rhel5/$architecture/ 2. make sure the “vmware-tools” package is installed 3. make sure the "vmware-tools” service runs The only problems I’ve had are that the GPG key for that repo doesn’t seem to work (last I checked) and it doesn’t support RHEL4. What am I missing? -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> The magnitude of a problem does not affect its ownership. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Rob McBroom <mailinglist0@skurfer.com> wrote:> On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Marc Fournier wrote: > >> [²] http://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-openvmtools > > Pardon my ignorance, but why run the `install-open-vm-tools.sh` or `vmware-config-tools.pl` at all? > > My manifests for VMWare guests (running RHEL5) just do this: > > 1. set up a yumrepo for http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0/rhel5/$architecture/ > 2. make sure the “vmware-tools” package is installed > 3. make sure the "vmware-tools” service runs > > The only problems I’ve had are that the GPG key for that repo doesn’t seem to work (last I checked) and it doesn’t support RHEL4. What am I missing?We had issues with certain modules (vmmemctl) not loading until we''d run vmware-config-tools.pl. Running the service might have helped, but at the time there were some widespread performance issues on our ESX hosts and I wanted to be as blameless as possible - so I chickened out and went for the ''official'' RPMs :) We install the (official) RPM with Puppet, and do the tools install on the vmware console when we patch the kernel. I''m not adventurous enough to have Puppet patch kernels and bounce systems (yet). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
I''ve recently deployed on (via puppet) the following script to deal automatically with kernel updates: ----------------------------------- #Automatically updates VMWare tools (to be called from /etc/rc.local) if [ ! -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/.vmware_installed ]; then /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --default touch /lib/modules/`uname -r`/.vmware_installed if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 fi echo "*** Rebooting (VMWare tools update)***" reboot fi ----------------------------------- Kind of a calculated risk, but really handy when you patch lots of machines :) Cheers, Marcello> -----Original Message----- > From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:puppet- > users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dick Davies > Sent: dinsdag 16 februari 2010 20:28 > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] vmwaretools > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Rob McBroom <mailinglist0@skurfer.com> > wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Marc Fournier wrote: > > > >> [²] http://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-openvmtools > > > > Pardon my ignorance, but why run the `install-open-vm-tools.sh` or > `vmware-config-tools.pl` at all? > > > > My manifests for VMWare guests (running RHEL5) just do this: > > > > 1. set up a yumrepo for > http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0/rhel5/$architecture/ > > 2. make sure the “vmware-tools” package is installed > > 3. make sure the "vmware-tools” service runs > > > > The only problems I’ve had are that the GPG key for that repo doesn’t > seem to work (last I checked) and it doesn’t support RHEL4. What am I > missing? > > We had issues with certain modules (vmmemctl) not loading until we''d > run vmware-config-tools.pl. Running the service might have helped, but > at the time there were some widespread performance issues on our ESX > hosts and I wanted to be as blameless as possible - so I chickened out > and went for the ''official'' RPMs :) > > We install the (official) RPM with Puppet, and do the tools install on > the vmware console when we patch the kernel. I''m not adventurous > enough to have Puppet patch kernels and bounce systems (yet). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet- > users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Hey, Many thanks! I was spending way too much time troubleshooting this when found your solution! Rafael On Feb 13, 7:46 am, Trevor Vaughan <tvaug...@onyxpoint.com> wrote:> You need to add the following to your exec: > > environment => [''PAGER=/bin/cat'',''DISPLAY=:9''] > > vmware-config-tools.pl is kind of awful. > > Trevor > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:55 AM, slune <filip.slune...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi, i am trying to run /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d, but i was > > end with exec timeout. I cannot find any think on google. Have anyone > > experience with this? > > It works, when I run it normally from shell. > > > this is my exec resource. > > > { "vmwaretools_config": > > subscribe => [ Package["VMwareTools"] ], > > refreshonly => true, > > path => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ > > local/bin", > > command => "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl -d"; } > > > Thx > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- > Trevor Vaughan > Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc > (410) 541-6699 > tvaug...@onyxpoint.com > > -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information ---- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.