{"id":2998,"date":"2013-02-15T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T14:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:06:53","slug":"workaround-for-vsphere-5-1-guest-unable-to-collect-ipv4-routing-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscolotti.us\/vmware\/workaround-for-vsphere-5-1-guest-unable-to-collect-ipv4-routing-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaround for vSphere 5.1 Guest Unable to collect IPv4 routing table"},"content":{"rendered":"

Folks this has become an interesting discussion on a VMware Community Forum as of a few weeks ago about this vSphere 5.1 error. \u00a0In fact I myself ran into the same issue on a new build with the vCloud Service Evaluation cloud a couple of weeks ago. \u00a0I decided being a good\u00a0citizen\u00a0and VMware employee to start an internal discussion of this to see where it could lead. \u00a0Below is a screen show you MIGHT see showing the error, however what I can tell you now is this error actually has NOTHING to do with the root cause issue so let me explain.<\/p>\n

\"vSphere\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The vSphere Setup To Reproduce:<\/h3>\n
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  1. vSphere 5.1 and\/or vCloud Director<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. CentOS 6.3 Guest (although other versions also seem to hang)<\/li>\n
  3. Tools installed post OS installation<\/li>\n
  4. Wait about 10-15 minutes<\/li>\n
  5. Reboot the Guest Virtual Machine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is rather easy and is something anyone can do. \u00a0What I can say for sure, this is not tools version related, it is not even virtual hardware related, it is something with the tools and vSphere 5.1 specifically, regardless of versions. \u00a0I actually tested both:<\/p>\n