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VMware free server on SMESERVER 7.0

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This How-to describes the way to use SME 7.0 as a HOST os for VMware free server.

NOTE....This how-to is not complete. Refer forum topic for details -

http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=30838&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

1) Preparation

Obtain the latest VMware Server rpm from http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
Copy the VMware Server rpm to /tmp
Have your serial number handy

2) SME/CENTOS Additional Files

Install the files required to install and run VMware server using yum

yum --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates install cpp gcc xorg-x11-libs xinetd

3) Install the VMware Server

Using the VMware server rpm that you downloaded, install as follows. Note that the filename(version) maybe different.

cd /tmp
yum localinstall VMware-server-1.0.1-29996.i386.rpm

Run the following command. Leaving the default selections should work fine.

vmware-config.pl

4) Integration in the SME-Architecture

To finish the installation, it must be integrated in the special SME-Server architecture.

Thanks a lot to Duncan Thomas , who created a brilliant rpm for handling this with installing templates for services,
hosts.allow and xinetd.conf and deals with vmware-authd. Download and install

wget http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dthomas/smeserver/6.x/Contrib/GSX%20Server/smeserver-vmware-authd-0.1-1.noarch.rpm
yum localinstall smeserver-vmware-authd-0.1-1.noarch.rpm

5) SME Configuration

We now need to set-up SME for correct VMware operation.

mknod -m 0600 /etc/udev/devices/vmmon c 10 165
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc7.d/S56xinetd
/sbin/e-smith/db configuration set xinetd service status enabled
/sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop vmware status enabled
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

6) Remove developer files.

As a safety precaution, unnecessary files/libraries should be removed.

yum remove gcc cpp glibc-kernheaders
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

7) Finished

Thats it.

To connect to the server and install virtual machines you need to install a client package on another computer.

Client packages can be downloaded from the same place as the server.

References:

How-to layout copied from original SME6/VMware how-to HowTo Install VMware GSX-Server
Information gathered from this forum thread http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=30838
and the generous assistance of Duncan Thomas

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