VLR IP customization recovery fails for Debian OS with "Can't locate File/Find.pm"

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

VLR IP customization recovery fails for Debian OS.

 [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.875Z] [   error] Customization command failed with exitcode: 2, stderr: 'Can't locate File/Find.pm in @INC (you may need to install the File::Find module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.32 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32 /usr/share/perl/5.32 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /var/run/.vmware-imgcust-dvMsuEY/guestals.pl line 12.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/run/.vmware-imgcust-dvMsuEY/guestals.pl line 12

Environment

VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.x
VMware Live Recovery Manager 9.x 

Cause

Missing module 'File::Find (Find.pm)' in Perl installation

Resolution

• SRM guest alias relies on the Perl runtime.  File::Find  is a core Perl module that should be included in any standard Perl installation.
• Use following script to verify if module is indeed not loading.
  •  Create check_file_find.pl with following content:
    #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

    use File::Find;

    print "File::Find loaded successfully!";

  • Run the script with:
    perl check_file_find.pl 
• Install missing module or reinstall complete Perl package.