Workstation User’s Manual
78 VMware, Inc.
3Runthesupportscript:
cscript vm-support.vbs
Afterthescriptruns,itdisplaysthenameofthedirectorywhereithasstoredits
output.
4UseafilecompressionutilitysuchasWinZiporPKZIPtozipthescriptoutput
directory,andincludethezipfilewithyoursupportrequest.
IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingVM
wa
re
Workstation,alsoincludetheinstallationlogfile.
OnaWindowshost,thefileisVMInst.log.ItissavedintheTempfolder.Ona
WindowsXPorWindowsServer2003host,thedefaultlocationisC:\Documents
and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp.
Youcanusethecommandcd %temp%tolocatetheLocal Settingsfolder,which
ishiddenbyde
fault.Toseeitscontents,openMyComputer,gotoTools>Folder
Options,clicktheViewtabandselectShowHiddenFilesandFolders.
Run the Support Script from a Linux Terminal Window
RunthisscriptonlywhenrequestedtodosobyVMwaretechnicalsupport.
Beforeyoubegin,createasupportrequest.See“RegisterandCreateaSupport
Request”onpage 75.Increasetheleveloflogging,asdescribedin“GatherDebugging
InformationforaVirtualMachine”onpage 75.
To run the support script from a Linux terminal window
1Openaterminalwindow.
2Runthesupportsc
riptastheuserwhoisrunningthevirtualmachine:
vm-support
Ifyouarenotrunningthescriptasroot,thescriptdisplaysmessagesindicating
thatitcannotcollectsomeinformation.Thisisnormal.IftheVMwaresupport
teamneedsthatinformation,asupportrepresentativewillaskyoutorunthescript
againasroot.
Thescriptcreatesacompressed.TGZfileintheus
er’shomedirectory.
3Includethatoutputfilewithyoursupportrequest.
IfyouarereportingaproblemyouencounteredwhileinstallingWorkstation,also
includetheinstallationlogfile.
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