RHEL 6.x VMware Workstation 7.1 installation issue

1.      Check for  dmesg output:

vmmon: disagrees about version of symbol smp_ops

vmmon: Unknown symbol smp_ops

2.      Check vmware status

# /etc/init.d/vmware status

Module vmmon not loaded

Module vmnet loaded

3.      Restart vmware service

# /etc/init.d/vmware stop

Stopping VMware services:

   VMware USB Arbitrator                                   [  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family                [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]

   Blocking file system                                    [  OK  ]

# /etc/init.d/vmware start

Starting VMware services:

   VMware USB Arbitrator                                   [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine monitor                                 [FAILED]

   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family                [  OK  ]

   Blocking file system                                    [  OK  ]

   Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]

4.      Check for basic prerequisites

gcc

gcc-c++

kernel-headers

kernel-devel

5.      Create temporary folder and move files as below:

# mkdir ~/temp

# mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary/bld-2.6.32-* ~/temp/

6.      Finaly run below command:

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

7.      Check vmware status

# service vmware status

Module vmmon loaded

Module vmnet loaded

8.      Check for  lsmod output:

# lsmod | grep vm

vmnet                  39825  13

vmblock                10290  1

vmci                   52074  1 vsock

vmmon                  68307  0

9.      Restart vmware service

# service vmware restart

Stopping VMware services:

   VMware USB Arbitrator                                   [  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family                [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]

   Blocking file system                                    [  OK  ]

Starting VMware services:

   VMware USB Arbitrator                                   [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]

   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family                [  OK  ]

   Blocking file system                                    [  OK  ]

   Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]

   Shared Memory Available                                 [  OK  ]