Vmware
Vmware-server for SME Server
Maintainer
Sme Developers
Description
VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Streamline software development and testing and simplify server provisioning as you utilize the ability to "build once, deploy many times."
Installation
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37605.0
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=30838.msg162804#msg162804
The requirement for GCC is an optional maybe. Depending on your kernel at the time you may find the the included modules load and run perfectly (it will give you a message to this effect).
Also, be aware that a yum update that includes a new kernel may cause a failure of VMware-server. In this case, you will have to re-run vmware-config.pl and rebuild the modules.
It may be easier to just use vmware player or workstation on your client PC.
Installing VMware
The following hints is to be considered as experimental due to my lack of knowledge... /Per
Go to VMware web site and get a free serial number for VMware Server, linux version.
Get shell access (with Putty or similar ssh-client) and log in as root.
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
wget http://www.snetram.nl/wp-content/uploads/temp/smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
yum -y --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates install gcc
yum localinstall smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
vmware-config.pl
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
Installing MUI
VMware Server Web-based management interface
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-1.0.3-44356.tar.gz
tar -xzvf VMware-mui-1.0.3-44356.tar.gz
cd vmware-mui-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl
config set httpd.vmware service TCPPorts 8222,8333 access public status enabled
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc7.d/S91httpd.vmware
signal-event remoteaccess-update
/etc/rc7.d/S91httpd.vmware restart
Installing Console
Download VMware Server Linux client package from VMware web site
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-linux-client-1.0.4-56528.zip
Unzip and copy VMware-server-console-1.0.3-44356.i386.rpm to some_place
wget http://some_place/VMware-server-console-1.0.3-44356.i386.rpm
yum localinstall VMware-server-console-1.0.3-44356.i386.rpm
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
Usage
MUI
Open a web browser and go to https://your_server:8333/vmware/en/
Log in as root and you will find VMware Management interface.
Console
Download and install VMware console from VMware web site on a client machine or use the existing console if you already have VMware server or workstation installed.
Run Console on your client and connect to your_server and start play...
Additional information
More information about vmware can be found on the vmware website http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
VMware download site: http://register.vmware.com/content/download.html
If some setting went wrong during installation, just rerun
vmware-config.pl
NB. VMware-server benefits from a lot of ram.
Uninstallation
yum remove VMware-server
Bugs
Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-vmware-server component or use this link .
