steps taken from vmware server 2.0 dropping vms under load

Notes from vmware server 2.0 dropping vms under load


Here are the steps that I have taken:
1 - Create the directory /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6
2 - Grab /lib/libc-2.5.so and copy it to /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6 the version that I retrieved came from glibc-2.5-34 I got mine from a backup. If you do not have a backup version follow instructions 3a to 3e. I explain on how to get this library from the CentOS repository.
3a - mkdir /tmp/glibc-2.5.34
3b - cd /tmp/glibc-2.5.34
3c - wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/glibc-2.5-34.i686.rpm
3d - rpm2cpio glibc-2.5-34.i686.rpm | cpio –ivd
3e - Grab /tmp/glibc-2.5.34/lib/libc-2.5.so and copy it to /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6
4 - Rename the file libc-2.5.so within /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6 to libc.so.6
5 - Open /usr/sbin/vmware-hostd and add /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6 to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I just added:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libc.so.6:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
before the last line.
6 - Restart your VMware service and your Virtual Machine(s)



rpm -Uvh --oldpackage http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/glibc-2.5-34.x86_64.rpm

reference tools on nix

ldd lists the libraries the executable uses

nm lists the references

view pf rules

To view the rules being used by pf

pfctl -g -s rules

from http://www.thedeepsky.com/howto/newbie_pf_guide.php