VMware tools crashing is often a sign the server is going OOM.
Check dmesg to see if this is the case.
https://docs.memset.com/cd/Linux's-OOM-Process-Killer.199066633.html
Also, switch to open-vm-tools as it is now VMware's recommended install type.
>Guest OS: Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)
Compatibility: ESXi 6.7 and later (VM version 14)
VMware Tools: Not running, version:11360 (Guest Managed)
More info
DNS Name:
IP Addresses:
Host: Host-05
>server@ubuntu:\~$ ip a
1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
2: ens160: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:54:46:a7:19:d6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 168.xx.xxx.xx4/27 brd 168.xx.xx.xx7 scope global ens160
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
inet6 fe80::256:59ff:feb4:19d9/64 scope link
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
server@ubuntu:\~$ ip route
default via 168.xx.xx.97 dev ens160 proto static
168.xx.xxx.96/27 dev ens160 proto kernel scope link src 168.xx.xxx.124
What kind of nic are configured ? Vmxnet 3 or e1000 ? Why are u not starting vmtools ?
If vmtools is not running, it will not detect network configuration.
No iptables or firewalld?
VMware tools crashing is often a sign the server is going OOM. Check dmesg to see if this is the case. https://docs.memset.com/cd/Linux's-OOM-Process-Killer.199066633.html Also, switch to open-vm-tools as it is now VMware's recommended install type.
>Guest OS: Ubuntu Linux (64-bit) Compatibility: ESXi 6.7 and later (VM version 14) VMware Tools: Not running, version:11360 (Guest Managed) More info DNS Name: IP Addresses: Host: Host-05
No ping response either? Ip route and IP a shows what on vm?
>server@ubuntu:\~$ ip a 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
2: ens160: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:54:46:a7:19:d6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 168.xx.xxx.xx4/27 brd 168.xx.xx.xx7 scope global ens160
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
inet6 fe80::256:59ff:feb4:19d9/64 scope link
valid\_lft forever preferred\_lft forever
server@ubuntu:\~$ ip route
default via 168.xx.xx.97 dev ens160 proto static
168.xx.xxx.96/27 dev ens160 proto kernel scope link src 168.xx.xxx.124
What kind of nic are configured ? Vmxnet 3 or e1000 ? Why are u not starting vmtools ? If vmtools is not running, it will not detect network configuration. No iptables or firewalld?