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=== Maintainer ===
=== Maintainer ===
Sme Developers
Sme Developers
===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
* 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:
yum install /path/to/VMware-server.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smecontribs
yum install /path/to/VMware-server.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smedev
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.
=====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====
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:
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
Issue the following command:
Issue the following command:
yum remove gcc}}
yum remove gcc}}
Clean up after the installation:
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
====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
cd vmware-mui-distrib/
cd vmware-mui-distrib/
====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/#
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.
If some setting went wrong during installation, just rerun
If some setting went wrong during installation, just rerun
vmware-config.pl
vmware-config.pl
NB. VMware-server benefits from a lot of ram.
NB. VMware-server benefits from a lot of ram.
==== 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.
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.
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]]
