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Install notes

Install the 64 bit perl package first.

= root@msurox /tmp > tar -zxf VMware-VIPerl-1.6.0-104313.x86_64.tar.gz = root@msurox /tmp > ./vmware-viperl-distrib/vmware-install.pl

The following Perl modules were found on the system but may be too old to work with VIPerl:

Crypt::SSLeay Compress::Zlib URI LWP

The installation of VMware VIPerl Toolkit 1.6.0 build-104313 for Linux completed successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-viperl.pl".

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

yum list...

Installed Packages perl-Crypt-SSLeay.x86_64 0.51-5 installed

Installed Packages perl-Compress-Zlib.x86_64 1.16-12 installed Available Packages perl-Compress-Zlib.x86_64 1.42-1.el4 slc4-update

Installed Packages perl-URI.noarch 1.30-4 installed

Not sure about LWP...

Will atleast load...

= root@msurox /tmp > perl -e 'use VMware::VIRuntime;' = root@msurox /tmp > perl -e 'use VMware::VILib;' = root@msurox /tmp > perl -e 'use VMware::VIExt;'

Now install the 32 bit RCLI, but modify the install script to not verify system arch and to not install the 32bit perl from the same package. 

=== root@msurox /tmp > diff vmware-rcli-distrib/vmware-install.pl vmware-rcli-distrib/vmware-install.pl.orig
27d26
<   return 0;
2794d2792
<    return 0;
2963,2966c2961,2964
< #  system("vmware-viperl-distrib/vmware-install.pl --default --prefix=$rootdir --nested");
< #  if (!($? >> 8 eq 0)) {
< #     error("Unable to install VIPerl.\n\n");
< #  }
---
>   system("vmware-viperl-distrib/vmware-install.pl --default --prefix=$rootdir --nested");
>   if (!($? >> 8 eq 0)) {
>      error("Unable to install VIPerl.\n\n");
>   }
3245d3242
<   return 0;

Mixed results

vmware-cmd getstate for a client on ESXi works.

vicfg-backup fails: 

=== root@msurox /home/install/site-profiles/4.3/nodes > vicfg-cfgbackup --save 10.10.2.41
Enter username: root
Enter password: 
Error: Server version unavailable at 'https://localhost/sdk/vimService.wsdl' :1: parser error : Space required after the Public Identifier
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
                                                 ^
:1: parser error : SystemLiteral " or ' expected
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
                                                 ^
:1: parser error : SYSTEM or PUBLIC, the URI is missing
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
                                                 ^
:9: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: hr line 7 and body
</body></html>
       ^
:9: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: body line 4 and html
</body></html>
              ^
:10: parser error : Premature end of data in tag html line 2

^ at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/VMware/VICommon.pm line 323

-- TomRockwell - 19 Mar 2009
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