* Alexander Farber <alexander.far...@gmail.com> [090411 16:42]: > Hello, > > I use several OpenBSD/i386 (versions 4.3 and 4.4) > VMs under VMWare Workstation and ESX. > They work great for my purposes (few LAMP servers + > 1 OpenVPN server), but there is one annoyance: > > when I close the VMWare or shutdown the host, > then the OpenBSD VMs aren't shutdown properly. > > I've tried to install the FreeBSD-version of VMWare-Tools > as described in http://www.linux.com/feature/56683 > but still the proper shutdown doesn't happen > even though I see the daemon being run in the VM: > > $ ps uawwwx | grep vmware > root 26568 98.3 0.2 500 216 ?? Rs/0 12:24PM 607:02.63 > /emul/freebsd/sbin/vmware-guestd --background > /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid --halt-command /sbin/shutdown -p -h now > > I wonder how does this daemon work? > Does it listen at some TCP or UDP port maybe? >
Take a look at the vmt driver dlg@ recently added to the tree. Last I tried it, it wasn't hooked to the build yet and didn't include the shutdown functionality. Just calling some attention to it in hopes that greases the skids for further development. Jim
