vRangerPro restore of a VM did not automatically register the VM after restore.
The root cause of the issue was the ESX server being upgraded from a previous version to ESX 3.5- not a new installation.
The folder VMware and content was not present in the dirs /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi and usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto
Also a file was missing /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod
opy the folder and content missing listed above from another ESX server to this ESX server.
Or
Run:vmware-config.pl script on the ESX host
Additional Details-
An attempt to register the restored VM's vmx file, the esx host renders this error:
commandText = [/usr/bin/vmware-cmd -s register /vmfs/volumes/storage2-ESX01/SRVTS00/SRVTS00.vmx]
initial stdOut = [Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: blib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 -I. /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 . blib/arch blib/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 .) at /usr/bin/vmware-cmd line 133.
/usr/bin/vmware-cmd requires the VMware::VmPerl Perl libraries to be installed.
Check that your installation did not encounter errors.]
initial response = []
last stdOut = [Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm in @INC (@INC contains: blib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 -I. /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 . blib/arch blib/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 .) at /usr/bin/vmware-cmd line 133.
/usr/bin/vmware-cmd requires the VMware::VmPerl Perl libraries to be installed.
Check that your installation did not encounter errors.]
