[OmniOS-discuss] VMware tools for Omni

[Jeff Berkembrock]

Hi Jens,

Thanks for this - the link you provided had the tools I needed.

Best Regards,

Jeff Berkembrock
www.1beyond.com
617-591-2200 x2212

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Jens Bauernfeind <
bauernfeind at ipk-gatersleben.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Following the 6.5 Release Notes:
> 8<---
> In ESXi 6.5, only a subset of VMware Tools ISO images are bundled with the
> ESXi 6.5 host.
> 8<---
> windows and linux only, but you can download the tools for other OSes here:
> https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=
> VMTOOLS1015&productId=614 (login needed)
>
> You can either extract the solaris.iso and put it in the correct location
> (so enable esxi shell and scp it) or you extract the solaris.iso and
> transfer the contained tar.gz file directly in your VM
>
> Jens
> ------------------------------
> *From:* OmniOS-discuss [omnios-discuss-bounces at lists.omniti.com] on
> behalf of Jeff Berkembrock [jeff at 1beyond.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 13, 2017 21:05
> *To:* OmniOS-discuss at lists.omniti.com
> *Subject:* [OmniOS-discuss] VMware tools for Omni
>
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone had any success installing VMware tools on Omni r151020?
>
> I'm trying to do so from a ESXi 6.5 host and an Omni r151020 guest that
> runs within. This omni instance was loaded from the omniti ISO install
> media <http://omnios.omniti.com/media/OmniOS_Text_r151020.iso>
>
> root at omnitool:/root# uname -a
> SunOS omnitool 5.11 omnios-r151020-b5b8c75 i86pc i386 i86pc
>
> This link <https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/VMwareNotes> refers to a VMware
> KB
> <https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1023956>
> article that explains how to perform the install. Unfortunately when I get
> to step 4 (mounting the virtual DVD install media) I see the error below.
>
> I'm seeing the same error with a Solaris 11.3 host.
>
> It seems like VMware removed their installers for Solaris & related OS.
>
>
> Call "VirtualMachine.MountToolsInstaller" for object "omni" on ESXi
> "10.1.10.11" failed.
> vix error code = 21001
> Unable to install VMware Tools. An error occurred while trying to access
> image file "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/solaris.iso" needed to install
> VMware Tools: 2 (No such file or directory). Please refer the product
> documentation or KB article 2129825 for details about how to get VMware
> Tools package for this guest operating system.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff Berkembrock
> www.1beyond.com
> 617-591-2200 x2212 <(617)%20591-2200>
>
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