I use Ubuntu desktop but I find that when it comes to virtualization I prefer to use Ubuntu Server more because of the small foot print and to make things much leaner.
Since the Desktop version is the only one that will auto mount the tools in ESX/ESXi implementations you need to get a copy of the tar.gz file from one of the Desktop versions and then SCP it over to the server version unpack it and then run the installer.
You need some prerequisite tools for it to install.
Then you can simple run the installer from the TAR.GZ file. I ran into some compile issues but in the end it all worked. If I find some more notes then I will post them here, keep coming back.
I have been working on an iSCSI device. I wanted to mount the volumes for making backups of the machines using rsync to another machine. I needed to load the VMFS3 tools (vmfs-tools) to mount the drive to make this work. Here is what I installed.
NOTE: This command will run on Ubuntu 9.10 and higher
apt-get install vmfs-tools |
Once you install the vmfs-tool then you can create a folder in “/mnt/nas” and the assuming that there is a drive located at “/dev/sdb1″
Now you can mount the drive with this command
vmfs-fuse /dev/sdb1 /mnt/nas |
You will need to change the fstab so it will mount on boot as well. Check my other blog posting for that and the iSCSI information. [I will update this soon with the fstab commands]
UPDATED
Found some more information online for VMFS tools. Not sure how to use these command once installed. I recommend upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 or higher.
apt-get install open-vm-source |
OR
apt-get install open-vm-tools |
I wanted to run a lot of host operating system on my AMD system and figure why not turn it into a VMware server for a little while so I can test all of the new system. Can’t wait until I get my new T-105, I got a heck of a deal.
So I went to VMware and downloaded the latest version at the time 2.0.1 for my AMD 64 machine. I put it on the desktop and then here is how it all goes.
Untar the package.
tar -xzf VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.x86_64.tar.gz |
The I went into the folder
Ran the installer
The installer begins and I left every answer to as the default (just pressed enter — PLEASE READ what it is displaying on the screen, there is information there you will need.)
NOTES: If you just pressed enter every time and didn’t write anything down there are some important cliff notes.
UNINSTALL – /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl
First Time Run – /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl
VMware machines – /var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines
Remote connections to use [902]
Port for standard http connections to use [8222]
Port for secure http (https) connections to use [8333]
Once Installed you can then manage the VMware server from Firefox.
http://localhost:8222
https://localhost:8333
Have fun, I am going to install FreeBSD, OpenSolaris and Oracle Linux now.