No free space left on device

[Liksx]

Hello all

VMTools located in /usr/lib/vmware/isoimage ( simlink ? )

Now, i create a host, Guest -> Install\Upgrade VMTools

But see this warning

Call "VirtualMachine.MountToolsInstaller" for object "X" on ESXi "x.x.x.250" failed.

vix error code = 21002

This virtual machine does not have a CD-ROM drive configured. A virtual machine must have a CD-ROM drive configured for this option to work.

ok, go manual add iso

CD\DVD Browse and select vmimages BUT this folder empty! few days ago all iso stored here

Ok go ssh

delete isoimage simlink ? in  /usr/lib/vmware/isoimage

mkdir isoimage

copy from another ESXI host all ISO in this folder, but see this warning!

cp: write error: No space left on device

what wrong?

thx all for advice

and sorry for the bad english

[lvaibhavt]

try running the command df -h and check for the space. If you have space available then try copying the iso on a different location and check if it lets you do it

Also you can download the VM tools iso and mount it directly on the VM

[Liksx]

Filesystem   Size   Used Available Use% Mounted on

VMFS-5       1.8T   1.7T     88.4G  95% /vmfs/volumes/

VMFS-5     931.2G 502.3G    428.9G  54% /vmfs/volumes/

ok go root

#mkdir isotools

#cd /vmfs/volumes/516af705-94df6ebe-f646-6805ca21d40d/VMTools 

#/vmfs/volumes/516af705-94df6ebe-f646-6805ca21d40d/VMTools # ls

ISO

/vmfs/volumes/516af705-94df6ebe-f646-6805ca21d40d/VMTools # cd ISO/

/vmfs/volumes/516af705-94df6ebe-f646-6805ca21d40d/VMTools/ISO # ls

darwin.iso                 linux.iso                  netware.iso.sig            winPre2k.iso               windows.iso.sig

darwin.iso.sig             linux.iso.sig              solaris.iso                winPre2k.iso.sig           windows_avr_manifest.txt

freebsd.iso                linux_avr_manifest.txt     solaris.iso.sig            winPre2k_avr_manifest.txt

freebsd.iso.sig            netware.iso                tools-key.pub              windows.iso

and try again

/vmfs/volumes/516af705-94df6ebe-f646-6805ca21d40d/VMTools # cp ISO/*.* /isotools/

cp: write error: No space left on device

cp: write error: No space left on device

cp: write error: No space left on device

cp: error writing to '/isotools/netware.iso': No space left on device

cp: write error: No space left on device

cp: error writing to '/isotools/solaris.iso': No space left on device

cp: write error: No space left on device

cp: write error: No space left on device

not problem for update VMTools, problem why ESXI not working correctly cuz this error mb affected another services

[a_p_]

What you described sounds like a failed installation, e.g. due to a bad installation ESXi image/CD. Did you verify the checksum for the image yet?

Depending on whether this is a newly installed host or whether there are already VMs installed, you may consider to re-install the host (there's an option to preserve VMFS partitions) to see whether this fixes the issue.

Just creating a folder on the root doesn't work, because the root is too small for this. VMware Tools are stores in a separate partition as shown in e.g. http://rickardnobel.se/esxi-5-0-partitions/.

André