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===VMware Server 1.x and 2.x===
===VMware Server 1.x and 2.x===
====Installation====
====Installation====
Obtain a license key from the VMWare website (you need this during installation in vmware-config.pl) ([http://www.vmware.com/freedownload/login.php?product=server20 VMWare Server 2 Website]).
Get shell access (with Putty, Gnome-terminal or similar ssh-client) and log in as root.
Get shell access (with Putty, Gnome-terminal or similar ssh-client) and log in as root.
Download the VMWare-server 1.x RPM from the VMWare website to your machine ([http://register.vmware.com/content/download.html VMWare Server 1 Website])
Decide which VMWare Server version you want and do one of the following. Note unless you have a specific need you should use VMWare Server 2.
* Download the VMWare-server 1.x RPM from the VMWare website to your machine ([http://register.vmware.com/content/download.html VMWare Server 1 Website])
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm
* VMware Server 2.x can't be downloaded directly from VMware servers, so get it to your server in some other way. Obtain the correct version for your architecture (32bit or 64bit) ([http://www.vmware.com/freedownload/login.php?product=server20 VMWare Server 2 Website])
=====SME7=====
Issue the following command to install VMware together with the contrib:
Issue the following command to install VMware together with the contrib:
The above should also install xinetd for dependency.
The above should also install xinetd for dependency.
=====SME8=====
The contrib introduces a dependency that cannot be resolved. This dependency is not necessary for sme8.
yum install xinetd
For SME8 32bit:
yum localinstall <path-to--rpm-file>/VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.rpm
For SME8 64bit:
yum localinstall <path-to--rpm-file>/VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.rpm
configure vmware:
vmware-config.pl
and set vmware to autostart and reboot:
ln -s ../init.d/vmware /etc/rc7.d/S19vmware
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
Watch the console for a correct start of vmware services. Features like maintenance from external networks, vmware configuration db commands described in the contrib [[vmware]] do not work. Use
/etc/init.d/vmware start|stop|restart
to manage the vmware services. If you do not want vmware server to autostart, remove the symbolic link .
====Updating====
====Updating====
