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Revision as of 12:22, 25 July 2012

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8.0 guests under ESXi 5.0 and 5.0u1
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  service vmware-tools start
 
  service vmware-tools start
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====SME Server 8.0 Guest on ESXi 5.0====
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Install the relevant repository
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db yum_repositories set vmware-tools repository \
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  Name 'VMWare Tools' \
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  BaseURL 'http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0/rhel5/$basearch' \
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  EnableGroups no \
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  GPGCheck yes \
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  GPGKey http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub \
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  Visible no \
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  status disabled
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Make the relevant changes stick
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signal-event yum-modify
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{{Note box| At this point I could not immediately call "yum install ..." for some reason. Just wait a bit if this happens.}}
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Import the VMWare RSA key (not sure if this could be done via the db mechanism)
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rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
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Update server to latest packages
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yum update
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Install VMWare tools
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yum --enablerepo=vmware-tools install \
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  vmware-tools-esx-kmods`uname -r | sed 's/2.*el5//g' | sed 's/PAE/-PAE/'` \
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  vmware-tools-esx-nox
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Link the start script to run level 7
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ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware-tools-services /etc/rc7.d/S90vmware-tools-services
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Start the service
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/etc/init.d/vmware-tools-services start
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Everything should be ok now, just restart the machine. If you by any chance wish to use the vmxnet2 adapter instead of the lance, then shutdown the VM, delete the "Flexible"/"Lance" network adapter and add "vmxnet2" in its place. Start the VM. If all goes ok, you'll now have the improved vmxnet NIC.
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====SME Server 8.0 Guest on ESXi 5.0 Update 1====
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Install the relevant repository
 +
db yum_repositories set vmware-tools repository \
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  Name 'VMWare Tools' \
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  BaseURL 'http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0u1/rhel5/$basearch' \
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  EnableGroups no \
 +
  GPGCheck yes \
 +
  GPGKey http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub \
 +
  Visible no \
 +
  status disabled
 +
Make the relevant changes stick
 +
signal-event yum-modify
 +
{{Note box| At this point I could not immediately call "yum install ..." for some reason. Just wait a bit if this happens.}}
 +
Import the VMWare RSA key (not sure if this could be done via the db mechanism)
 +
rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
 +
Update server to latest packages
 +
yum update
 +
Install VMWare tools
 +
yum --enablerepo=vmware-tools install \
 +
  vmware-tools-esx-kmods`uname -r | sed 's/2.*el5//g' | sed 's/PAE/-PAE/'` \
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  vmware-tools-esx-nox
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Link the start script to run level 7
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ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware-tools-services /etc/rc7.d/S90vmware-tools-services
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Start the service
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/etc/init.d/vmware-tools-services start
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Everything should be ok now, just restart the machine. If you by any chance wish to use the vmxnet2 adapter instead of the lance, then shutdown the VM, delete the "Flexible"/"Lance" network adapter and add "vmxnet2" in its place. Start the VM. If all goes ok, you'll now have the improved vmxnet NIC.
 
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