On Wed, Feb 27, 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: >Ern jura wrote: >>Does anyone out there have a comprehensive tutorial on installing VMware >>and >>successfully managing virtual machines with either xen or vmware? > >VMware is pretty simple: download the server rpm, install it, run the >vmware-config.pl setup script to set the options and install your (free) >license key. Then run vmware locally or from some other machine to >access the console where you can create and start the virtual machines. > Once created, you can treat the virtual machines like they were >separate physical boxes except that they contend for host resources (and >once they are up on the network I prefer to connect directly to them >with ssh, X, freenx, or vnc instead of using the VMware console. You'll >want plenty of RAM on the host machine and if you run several VM's they >will perform better if you can spread them over different disk drives. I just started playing with VMware-server-1.0.5-80187 on a 64-bit CentOS 5 system system, and am having some issues with the hotkey switching. Running the vmware-server-console via an ssh connection from a PPC Mac Mini, it doesn't recognize the ctrl-alt sequences, which isn't totally surprising as I'm using a PS/2 Microsoft Natural keyboard on a KVM switch with a USB->PS/2 adapter. When I try running it directly on the CentOS system's console through the same KVM switch, it doesn't respond either. I have installed SCO Openserver 5.0.6a on a virtual image, and that seems to be working OK (my primary object now with VMware is to have a fall-back when customer's OSR5 system's hardware goes south). I have had at least one situation where it didn't recognize the CTRL-RightButton sequence in an xterm running on the OSR5 image. This is a CentOS 5 system with ``yum update'' reporting that everything is current. The system has 2GB RAM. uname -a returns: Linux atramax2.mi.celestial.com 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Wed Mar 5 11:37:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1999.939 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4002.81 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1999.939 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 3999.96 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease. Disraeli replied, "That all depends upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress".