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| {{Languages|vmware}} | | {{Languages|vmware}} |
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| === Maintainer === | | === Maintainer === |
| Sme Developers | | Sme Developers |
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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]). |
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| 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. |
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− | 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. |
− | <br />VMware Server 2.x can't be downloaded directly from VMware servers, so get it to your server in some other way. ([http://www.vmware.com/freedownload/login.php?product=server20 VMWare Server 2 Website])
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| + | * 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]) |
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| + | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm |
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− | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.7-108231.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]) |
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| + | =====SME7===== |
| Issue the following command to install VMware together with the contrib: | | Issue the following command to install VMware together with the contrib: |
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− | yum install /path/to/VMware-server.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smecontribs | + | yum install /path/to/VMware-server.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smedev |
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| The above should also install xinetd for dependency. | | The above should also install xinetd for dependency. |
− | <br />Installing VMware Server 2 without the contrib will likely result in failure to start VMware after a reboot. | + | |
− | <br />If that is your case you probably have to reinstall the whole server before attempting to install VMware again.
| + | =====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 |
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| + | 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 |
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| + | 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 . |
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| ====Updating==== | | ====Updating==== |
| Updating is similar to installation. You will need to download the latest rpm for example: | | Updating is similar to installation. You will need to download the latest rpm for example: |
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− | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.7-108231.i386.rpm | + | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm |
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| Issue the following command: | | Issue the following command: |
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| yum remove gcc}} | | yum remove gcc}} |
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| + | Clean up after the installation: |
| signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot | | signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot |
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| ====Installation==== | | ====Installation==== |
| VMware Server Web-based management interface. It's optional, you can also use VMware Console from a client computer. | | VMware Server Web-based management interface. It's optional, you can also use VMware Console from a client computer. |
− | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-1.0.6-91891.tar.gz | + | wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-1.0.9-156507.tar.gz |
− | tar -xzvf VMware-mui-1.0.6-91891.tar.gz | + | tar -xzvf VMware-mui-1.0.9-156507.tar.gz |
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| cd vmware-mui-distrib/ | | cd vmware-mui-distrib/ |
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| ====Management UI for 2.x ==== | | ====Management UI for 2.x ==== |
− | Open a web browser and go to https://ip.of.your.server:8333/ui/# | + | Open a web browser and go to http://ip.of.your.server:8308/ui/# or https://ip.of.your.server:8333/ui/# |
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| Log in as the user you specified during configuration, and you will find VMware Management interface. | | Log in as the user you specified during configuration, and you will find VMware Management interface. |
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| If some setting went wrong during installation, just rerun | | If some setting went wrong during installation, just rerun |
− | vmware-config.pl | + | vmware-config.pl |
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− | 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.
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| NB. VMware-server benefits from a lot of ram. | | NB. VMware-server benefits from a lot of ram. |
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| ==== Known problems ==== | | ==== Known problems ==== |
| + | 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. |
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| Virtual machines created in a Windows host probably need further customization to work fully under SMEserver (Linux) host. | | Virtual machines created in a Windows host probably need further customization to work fully under SMEserver (Linux) host. |
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| + | Installing VMware Server 2 without the contrib smeserver-vmware-server will likely result in failure to start VMware after a reboot. |
| + | <br />If that is your case you probably have to reinstall the whole server before attempting to install VMware again. |
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| [[Category: Contrib]] | | [[Category: Contrib]] |
| + | [[Category: Virtualisation]] |