Hi,
Apologies if this is the incorrect place to post - I could not find a decent location to post a question regarding VMware tools. If there is a better place, please let me know.
- ESXi Host v8
- VMware tools Windows version: 11.3.5.31214 (build-18557794)
- OpenVM tools Linus version: 11.3.0.29534 (build-18090558)
I have noted that several of my VMware tools scripts do not run, both on Windows (2022) and Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 server) guests. I enabled additional logging (as per https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1007873), then grepped the logs. You can see various `powerop` changes and then script executions.
On the Windows 2022 box, the "power on" and "power off" scripts are left as the default, but I am using a custom script for suspend and resume. The "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\tools.conf" show the correct location for both the resume and suspend scripts, but I never see the suspend script powerop or the script being executed.
The `tools.conf` files show:
[powerops]
resume-script=C:\\Script\\resume-vm-custom.bat
suspend-script=C:\\Script\\suspend-vm-custom.bat
Looking at just the script executions on the Windows VM, we things like:
[2023-07-29T11:57:35.600Z] [ message] [powerops] [2824] Executing script: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweron-vm-default.bat"
[2023-07-29T12:17:36.906Z] [ message] [powerops] [2824] Executing script: "C:\Script\resume-vm-custom.bat"
[2023-07-29T12:33:36.290Z] [ message] [powerops] [2824] Executing script: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweroff-vm-default.bat"
[2023-07-29T11:44:07.173Z] [ message] [powerops] [2904] Executing script: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweron-vm-default.bat"
[2023-07-29T12:34:45.731Z] [ message] [powerops] [2916] Executing script: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweron-vm-default.bat"
[2023-07-29T12:35:53.118Z] [ message] [powerops] [2916] Executing script: "C:\Script\resume-vm-custom.bat"
[2023-07-29T12:51:47.360Z] [ message] [powerops] [2916] Executing script: "C:\Script\resume-vm-custom.bat"
Obviously, the VM has resumed from a suspended state, but the suspend script is never run (and there is no state change `powerop` of "OS_suspend").
On the Linux VM, there is only one `vmsrv.log` file (even though the `tools.conf` defines there should be 3), but again we see other scripts get executed:
[2023-07-29T14:05:42.984Z] [ message] [vmsvc] [759] Executing script for state change 'OS_PowerOn'.
[2023-07-29T14:05:42.984Z] [ message] [powerops] [759] Executing script: '/etc/vmware-tools/poweron-vm-default'
[2023-07-29T14:07:00.113Z] [ message] [vmsvc] [759] Executing script for state change 'OS_Resume'.
[2023-07-29T14:07:00.113Z] [ message] [powerops] [759] Executing script: '/etc/vmware-tools/resume-vm-default'
I have edited the VM, unchecked all the VM tools options, saved them, then rechecked them and saved them again. I also tried to use suspend as a power option rather than standby, but there is no difference.
This screenshot was taken with the VM switched on so obviously the option highlighted are greyed out, but you should get the idea.