dkindlund
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14 years ago Author: kindlund Here's the crux of the problem:
{{{ 2009-02-17 15:13:52 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::answerVM - Could not answer known question for VM (/vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx). (-16: Virtual machine requires user input to continue) 2009-02-17 15:13:52 ERROR HoneyClient::Util::SOAP::_handleFault - Error occurred during processing. HoneyClient::Manager::VM->answerVM(): Could not answer known question for VM (/vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx). }}}
When the Manager tries to clone your Master VM, VMware Server prompts for a question that the code has never seen before. In order to troubleshoot further, I need to know what the question text (along with question ID) looks like. This information is visible if you happen to connect to the newly created clone VM immediately after it gets created.
If that's not possible, upload the latest vmware.log file and I'll check to see if the prompt information is in there.
When this happens, to cleanup, you'll need to make sure the clone VM is shutdown (manually). Then, unregister the clone and then delete the clone VM directory.
-- Darien
When trying to start the HoneyClient Manager script on the host it fails and kills itself with the following output: {{{ hcuser@ubuntu:~/honeyclient$ perl -Ilib bin/StartManager.pl Starting new session... 2009-02-17 15:13:04 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::init - Initializing VM daemon at PID: 7808 2009-02-17 15:13:05 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::new - Setting VM (/vm/master/master.vmx) as master. 2009-02-17 15:13:18 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_init - Quick cloning master VM (/vm/master/master.vmx). 2009-02-17 15:13:52 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::answerVM - Could not answer known question for VM (/vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx). (-16: Virtual machine requires user input to continue) 2009-02-17 15:13:52 ERROR HoneyClient::Util::SOAP::_handleFault - Error occurred during processing. HoneyClient::Manager::VM->answerVM(): Could not answer known question for VM (/vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx). HoneyClient::Manager::VM->answerVM(): {'err' => bless( {'errNo' => '-16','errStr' => 'Virtual machine requires user input to continue'}, 'err' )} HoneyClient::Util::SOAP->handleFault(): Error occurred during processing. HoneyClient::Manager::VM->answerVM(): Could not answer known question for VM (/vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx). HoneyClient::Manager::VM->answerVM(): {'err' => bless( {'errNo' => '-16','errStr' => 'Virtual machine requires user input to continue'}, 'err' )} Killed hcuser@ubuntu:~/honeyclient$ }}} It leaves a clone registered but inoperable. Un-registering the clone which shows up in {{{ $vmware-cmd -l /vm/firewall-3/honeywall.vmx /vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx }}}
After unregistering this listed clone, there is still a running clone process in memory shown by ps here: {{{ $ps ax | grep clone 7853 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -C /vm/clones/476a3980b7d7927a9bc8702b75/master.vmx -@ "" }}}
Running this command as root leads to the following output (I pressed Ctr-C after the SOAP server error occurred a few times): {{{ root@ubuntu:/home/user/honeyclient# perl -Ilib bin/StartManager.pl Starting new session... 2009-02-17 15:23:45 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::init - Initializing VM daemon at PID: 7882 2009-02-17 15:23:46 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::new - Setting VM (/vm/master/master.vmx) as master. 2009-02-17 15:23:59 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_init - Quick cloning master VM (/vm/master/master.vmx). 2009-02-17 15:24:57 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_init - Initialized clone VM (af01bbf0606fb0a094c19b243f) using IP (10.0.0.130) and MAC (00:0c:29:13:44:b6). 2009-02-17 15:25:19 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_handleFault - Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone->_handleFault(): Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/SOAP/Lite.pm line 3412 2009-02-17 15:25:24 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_handleFault - Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone->_handleFault(): Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/SOAP/Lite.pm line 3412 2009-02-17 15:25:28 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::_handleFault - Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone->_handleFault(): Error occurred during processing. soap:Client: Failed to locate method (getStatus) in class (HoneyClient::Agent) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/SOAP/Lite.pm line 2586.
at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/SOAP/Lite.pm line 3412 2009-02-17 15:25:30 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::_cleanup - Cleaning up. 2009-02-17 15:25:31 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::Clone::DESTROY - Suspending clone VM (/vm/clones/af01bbf0606fb0a094c19b243f/master.vmx). 2009-02-17 15:25:32 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::destroy - Destroying VM daemon at PID: 7882 2009-02-17 15:25:32 WARN HoneyClient::Manager::VM::destroy - Killing VM daemon at PID: 7882 2009-02-17 15:25:34 INFO HoneyClient::Manager::VM::init - Initializing VM daemon at PID: 7959 Killed }}} This also leaves a clone registered but allows it to be unregistered cleanly. {{{ root@ubuntu:/home/user/honeyclient# vmware-cmd -l /vm/firewall-3/honeywall.vmx /vm/clones/af01bbf0606fb0a094c19b243f/master.vmx root@ubuntu:/home/user/honeyclient# ps ax | grep vmware 7344 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd 7496 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -d /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.pid -m /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf 7528 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1 7529 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8 7559 pts/0 S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh /usr/lib/vmware/lib /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware /usr/lib/vmware/libconf 7575 pts/0 S 0:02 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware 7576 pts/0 S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh /usr/lib/vmware/lib /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware /usr/lib/vmware/libconf 7707 ? S<sl 1:26 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -C /vm/firewall-3/honeywall.vmx -@ "" 7722 ? S< 0:06 [vmware-rtc] 7982 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep vmware }}}
Any suggestions greatly appreciated. [[br]] Thanks