[Samba-it] [OT Vmware] Samba+Ldap

Tue Jun 26 07:09:52 MDT 2007

On Tuesday 26 June 2007, fede wrote:
> Forse rischio di essere un po' OT ma vedo che in lista non sono l'unico
> ad utilizzare vmware server.
>
> Ho notato che quando uso installo vmware in una macchina con Samba+Ldap
> ho dei problemi ad avviare le macchine virtuali, soprattutto da linea di
> comando. Tali problemi si presentano più raramente se sto usando la
> Server-Console grafica oppure a volte spegnere "nscd" sembra migliorare
> la situazione.
>
> L'unica cosa che sono riuscito a notare sono delle istanze (2-3) di
> vmware-authd che rimangono appese durante i lunghi time-out e questo è
> un log che sono riuscito a recuperare (al momento non ho a disposizione
> un ambiente di test):
>
>
> - -  13:29:05: app| LimitResources: limited address space size to 122976 kB
> - -  13:29:05: app| LimitResources: limited open fds to 2048
> - -  13:29:05: app| DB Handle: 0x8965098
> - -  13:29:05: app| Debug level changing: Old: 0 : New: 2
> - -  13:29:05: app| SP: Adding from MemPool
> - -  13:29:05: app| SP: Allocated a new security policy
> - -  13:29:05: app| SP: Ref count incremented to :1
> - -  13:29:05: app| SP: Ref count incremented to :2
> - -  13:29:05: app| SP: Ref count decremented to :1
> - -  13:29:06: app| HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCoresPerCPU 1
> numThreadsPerCore 2.
> - -  13:29:06: app| HOSTINFO: This machine has 1 physical CPUS, 1 total
> cores, and 2 logical CPUs.
> - -  13:29:06: app| SP: Host ID set to : /host2/#78cb7dab40c902a2/
> - -  13:29:06: app| SP: Registered with poll loop
> - -  13:29:06: app| vmsd_register: vm-list path is: /etc/vmware/vm-list
> - -  13:29:06: app| vmsd_register: Loading VM:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:29:06: app| SP: Adding VM:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx,
> /vm/#f5212fc7884c42d8, 0000000, 0000000
> - -  13:29:06: app| SP: Removing VM:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:29:06: app| SP: Adding VM:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx,
> /vm/#f5212fc7884c42d8, 0000001, 0000001
> - -  13:29:06: app| vm-list: private vm-list path is:
> /etc/vmware/vm-list-private
> - -  13:29:06: app| Set my connectionID to localhost.localdomain
> - -  13:29:06: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf
> /build/mts/release/bora-39867/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:170
> - -  13:29:06: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf
> exists.
> /build/mts/release/bora-39867/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:177 - - 
> 13:29:06: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf exists.
> netmap 0x8b708f8.
> /build/mts/release/bora-39867/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:183
> - -  13:29:06: app| VmsdNetworkPopulate: There is nothing in netmap
> - -  13:29:06: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
> - -  13:29:06: app| impersonate Impersonate_Undo called when refCount == 0
> - -  13:29:06: app| Serverd hostname: localhost.localdomain
> - -  13:29:06: app| Setting up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
> - -  13:29:06: app| Successfully set up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
> - -  13:29:06: app| Performed: poweron on cfg file:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:29:06: app| Tried to power on the VM
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:29:06: app| Waiting for tools upto: 180 seconds
> - -  13:29:06: app| Adding to list of running vms:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:29:06: app| Attempting to launch vmx :
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:30:36: app| Error during launch: 11, The
> "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx" process did not start properly
> - -  13:30:36: app|  Try running "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx" from the
> command-line on the server.
> - -  13:30:36: app| VmsdVmStatePendingCmdFailed: cmd status is already set
> - -  13:30:37: app| New connection on socket server-vmxvmdb from host
> localhost (ip address: local) , user: root
> - -  13:30:37: app| Connection from :
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:30:37: app| VMServerdConnect: connecting to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:30:37: app| Connected to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:32:06: app|
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx could not be
> Auto Powered On. May be it takes longer to determine the state. Please
> check the log of the VM.
> - -  13:32:07: app| vmware-serverd entering main loop.
> - -  13:33:22: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx (0x8317548)
> - -  13:33:22: app| Lost connection to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> (/srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx) unexpectedly.
> - -  13:33:22: app| vmdbPipe_Streams Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF
> - -  13:33:22: app| VMHS: Connection to VM broken: cfg:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx; error: Pipe:
> Read failed; state: 3
> - -  13:33:22: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
> - -  13:33:47: app| New connection on socket server-vmxvmdb from host
> localhost (ip address: local) , user: root
> - -  13:33:47: app| Connection from :
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:33:47: app| VMServerdConnect: connecting to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:33:47: app| Connected to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> - -  13:34:38: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOn.
> - -  13:34:39: app| cleanup: cleaned up 2 objects
> - -  13:35:06: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> May 28 23:05:20: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx (0x8317548)
> May 28 23:05:20: app| Lost connection to
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> (/srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx) unexpectedly.
> May 28 23:05:20: app| vmdbPipe_Streams Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF
> May 28 23:05:20: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
> May 28 23:05:20: app| Removing from running vm list:
> /srv/vmware/zimbra/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.vmx
> May 28 23:05:20: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
> May 28 23:05:20: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
> May 28 23:05:20: app| cleanup: cleaned up 1 objects
> May 28 23:10:10: app| Signal 15 caught.  Requesting shutdown.
> May 28 23:10:10: app| Shutting down vmserverd (0).
>
>
>
> Il problema si presenta con tutte le versioni di vmware-server (1.0.1 ->
> 1.0.3), sospetto sia un problema legato all'autenticazione e quindi
> probabilmente a PAM e Nss-Ldap, ma non ho trovato documentazione su come
> muovermi.
>
> Qualcuno ha già affrontato un problema simile? oppure ha qualche idea in
> merito?

altro problema piu' o meno noto di vmware
c'e' una incomptabilita' tra vmware e nss-ldap
si risolve aggiornando nss-ldap (cosa non semplice dato che si incasina 
l'avvio)

per darti un'idea la versione di ubuntu dapper (238-1.1ubuntu1) da il problema
quella di debian etch (251-7.5) no

>
> Grazie... e scusate l'OT ;)
>
> Federico


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Cordiali saluti

Alessandro Bono