Build Debian packages with VMWare plugin

Sébastien WENSKE

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Nov 15, 2024, 10:28:45 AM11/15/24

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Hello Folks

I am trying to build bareos from source and I am having a problem with the 'bareos-vmware-plugin' package.

At best, the process ends with this kind of errors:

dh_shlibdeps -l/builds/veepee/vptech/sre/iac/debian-packages/bareos/bareos-Release-23.0.4/debian/tmp/usr/lib/bareos
dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for /lib/libvixDiskLib.so.8.0.3 (used by debian/bareos-vadp-dumper/usr/sbin/bareos_vadp_dumper)
Hint: check if the library actually comes from a package.

I am using "dpkg-buildpackage" to build the packages.

Do you have any clues or a way to include the "VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.x" libraries and generate the "bareos-vmware-plugin" package (and "bareos-vmware-vix-disklib" at the same time, if I understand correctly)?

Vielen Dank und ein schönes Wochenende!

Andreas Rogge

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Nov 18, 2024, 10:06:08 AM11/18/24

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Am 15.11.24 um 16:28 schrieb Sébastien WENSKE:

> Hello Folks
>
> I am trying to build bareos from source and I am having a problem with
> the 'bareos-vmware-plugin' package.

I bet you do :)

> Do you have any clues or a way to include the "VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.x"
> libraries and generate the "bareos-vmware-plugin" package (and "bareos-
> vmware-vix-disklib" at the same time, if I understand correctly)?

You'll need the runtime package bareos-vmware-vix-disklib and also need
the devel package bareos-vmware-vix-disklib-dev which contains the headers.
The latter one is sadly non-redistributable (thank you VMware) so you'll
have to roll your own package from the VDDK.

If you really need it, I can check if I am allowed to provide the debian
control-files.

Best Regards,
Andreas

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Ruth Ivimey-Cook

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Nov 19, 2024, 1:55:02 AM11/19/24

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Hi,

I have built bareos this way and it does work, but the vixdisklib mentioned has to be obtained from broadcom (owners of vmware), and you have to register to get it, though it is free of charge. If you don't need to interact with vmware, I suggest you don't try to build the plugin package, as getting vixdisklib is fiddly.

When I build it, I expand the broadcom download (I can't remember if you need to build vixdisklib too - refer to the readme), set the environment vars, as shown below, and run "debuild". Check that the file "debian/rules" is set correctly for your needs.

$ export VIXDISKLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS=$PWD/vmware-vix-disklib-distrib/include

$ export VIXDISKLIB_LIBRARIES=$PWD/vmware-vix-disklib-distrib/lib64

$ debuild -b -ui -uc -us -eVIXDISKLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS -eVIXDISKLIB_LIBRARIES

Regards,

Ruth

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Sébastien WENSKE

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Nov 22, 2024, 2:56:54 AM11/22/24

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Hi Ruth and Andreas !

I succeeded yesterday by starting building bareos-vmware-vix-disklib_amd64.deb first, then installing it before building the rest of the packages:

- - - - 8< - - - -
-- checking for library vixDiskLib and vixDiskLib.h header ...
-- VIXDISKLIB_FOUND=TRUE
-- VIXDISKLIB_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/vmware-vix-disklib/lib64/libvixDiskLib.so
-- VIXDISKLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include
-- HAVE_VIXDISKLIB=1
-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE
-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE - success
[...]
dpkg-deb: build package 'bareos-vmware-plugin' in '../bareos-vmware-plugin_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: build package 'bareos-vadp-dumper' in '../bareos-vadp-dumper_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.
- - - - 8< - - - -

That said, thank you, I will try your solution later.

Sébastien WENSKE

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Nov 22, 2024, 2:56:54 AM11/22/24

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Hi Ruth

I succeeded yesterday by building bareos-vmware-vix-disklib_amd64.deb first, then installing it before building the rest of the packages.

- - - - 8< - - - -

-- checking for library vixDiskLib and vixDiskLib.h header ...
-- VIXDISKLIB_FOUND=TRUE
-- VIXDISKLIB_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/vmware-vix-disklib/lib64/libvixDiskLib.so
-- VIXDISKLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include
-- HAVE_VIXDISKLIB=1
-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE

-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE - Success
[...]
dpkg-deb: building package 'bareos-vmware-plugin' in '../bareos-vmware-plugin_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: building package 'bareos-vadp-dumper' in '../bareos-vadp-dumper_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.

- - - - 8< - - - -

That said, thanks, I will test your solution later.

Sebastian

Le mardi 19 novembre 2024 à 07:55:02 UTC+1, Ruth Ivimey-Cook a écrit :

Sébastien WENSKE

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Nov 22, 2024, 2:56:55 AM11/22/24

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Hi Ruth and Andreas !

I succeeded yesterday by starting building bareos-vmware-vix-disklib_amd64.deb first, then installing it before building the rest of the packages:

- - - - 8< - - - -
-- checking for library vixDiskLib and vixDiskLib.h header ...
-- VIXDISKLIB_FOUND=TRUE
-- VIXDISKLIB_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/vmware-vix-disklib/lib64/libvixDiskLib.so
-- VIXDISKLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include
-- HAVE_VIXDISKLIB=1
-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE

-- Performing Test VIXDISKLIBCREEATEPARAMS_HAS_PHYSICALSECTORSIZE - success
[...]
dpkg-deb: build package 'bareos-vmware-plugin' in '../bareos-vmware-plugin_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.
dpkg-deb: build package 'bareos-vadp-dumper' in '../bareos-vadp-dumper_23.1.0-2_amd64.deb'.

- - - - 8< - - - -

That said, thank you, I will try your solution later.

Sebastian

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Sébastien WENSKE

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Nov 22, 2024, 5:50:03 AM11/22/24

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Sorry for the noises, I don't know what happened and why mail has been delayed.

Have a Nice day!

Sebastian

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