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ERROR: "/sbin/dracut --force --add-drivers "vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi vmxnet" while installing vmware tools. (78695)

Last Updated: 4/19/2020Categories: TroubleshootingTotal Views: 10211Language:
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Symptoms

Unable to install/upgrade VMware tools

widely observed for the Linux machine

While upgrading the vmtools on one of the RHEL 6.7 version encounter an ERROR: "/sbin/dracut --force --add-drivers "vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi vmxnet" /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-573.e16.x86_64.img 2.6.32-573.e16.x86_64 >/dev/null2>&1" exited with non-zero status. your system currently may not have a functioning init image and may not boot properly. DO NOT REBOOT! Please ensure that you have enough free space available in your /boot directory and run this configuration script again

vmware-install.log will have similar entries

This program previously created the directory /var/lib/vmware-caf/pme/data/input, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /var/lib/vmware-caf/pme/data, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /usr/lib/vmware-caf/pme/bin, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /etc/vmware-caf/pme/config, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /etc/vmware-caf/pme, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this prograam did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /etc/vmware-tools, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

This program previously created the directory /etc/vmware-caf, and was about to remove it. Since there are files in that directory that this program did not create, it will not be removed.

ERROR: "/sbin/dracut --force /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64.img 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64" exited with non-zero status.

Your system currently may not have a functioning init image and may not boot properly.  DO NOT REBOOT!  Please ensure that you have enough free space available in your /boot directory and run this command: "/sbin/dracut --force /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64.img 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64" again.

Execution aborted.

Purpose

Install / upgrade vmware tools fails for Linux Virtual Machine.

Cause

This happens when the underline Linux machine has been modified, this is not VMware issue, to resolve please do follow the steps or else contact OS vendor.

This is not related to space query, Inside the OS and also on the datastore level there could be a plenty of space available.

Resolution

1. Reinstall the coreutils package using YUM method
# yum reinstall coreutils
2.  Execute rpm -va and verify that there is no "missing" entry for mkfifo as shown below.
# rpm -Va |& tee /tmp/rpmva2.out
3.  If no errors exist, execute the below command to verify completion.
#  dracut -v -f --debug /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64.img 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 |& tee /tmp/dracutmkfifo.out

After performing above steps go ahead and installed vmware-tools.

If YUM is not configured in your Linux Machine, then you need to manually download the coreutils package [ Link will be provided as it depends on linux distributions ]

If any error appears then do check the logs of Dracut log, the log would be available in /var/log  inisde the OS.  You might see similar to ERROR  Failed to install /etc/system-fips

1. Look whether the system-fips file is present under /etc  and make sure the extension is proper. In an occasion you might see it as system-fips.bak which you can copy it as system-fips

2. Post correcting the extension re-try installation of vmware tools should go through without a problem

3.Reboot the VM

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