Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 23:04, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 17.03.2014 22:42, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 17.03.2014 22:02, schrieb Poison BL.: I suspect you don't have a WinPE bootable handy (UBCD in particular has the tools handy for this, Hiren's as well), but if you happened to magic one up, there's a quick script called Fix IDE (or Fix HDC which does similar) that reverts to the generic catch-all driver that usually works to get XP booting on new 'hardware' (whether real or otherwise). I wget ubcd right now to that specific server. To understand that correctly: I can boot the VM from the ubcd.iso and run that script ... and somehow apply these fixes to the attached virtual hdd ? I booted from the ubcd.iso but the choices are too much right now, I couldn't find the mentioned Fix IDE or similar. I think you meant http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm and not http://www.ultimatebootcd.com ? ... next download ahead To close this topic: we installed a new VM, attached the old virtual disks and migrated data ... plus restoring some stuff from tape. No fix ide for me now. I will try that for test purposes as soon as I find the time. Thanks, Stefan
[gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Is it correct that vmware-server is out of portage? I have to migrate and upgrade an old box again and it is running kernel 2.6.25 ... now I have 3.10.25 and realise that it won't compile/run vmware-server ... *sigh* So Plan B is migrating the VMs to KVM quickly ... Thanks for pointers, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 18:27:42 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Is it correct that vmware-server is out of portage? I have to migrate and upgrade an old box again and it is running kernel 2.6.25 ... now I have 3.10.25 and realise that it won't compile/run vmware-server ... *sigh* So Plan B is migrating the VMs to KVM quickly ... Thanks for pointers, Stefan Not 100% sure, but I think vmware server got deprecated by VMWare themselves? Got replaced by VMWare ESX. Alternatives would be Xen or KVM. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 18:44:15 CET, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: On 17 March 2014 18:27:42 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Is it correct that vmware-server is out of portage? I have to migrate and upgrade an old box again and it is running kernel 2.6.25 ... now I have 3.10.25 and realise that it won't compile/run vmware-server ... *sigh* So Plan B is migrating the VMs to KVM quickly ... Thanks for pointers, Stefan Not 100% sure, but I think vmware server got deprecated by VMWare themselves? Got replaced by VMWare ESX. Alternatives would be Xen or KVM. -- Joost Yep, just checked wikipedia. Got deprecated. Last version dates back to 2009. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 18:46, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Yep, just checked wikipedia. Got deprecated. Last version dates back to 2009. Yes, I also remember somehow ... so the evening will be spent with installing KVM and migrating 2 VMs ... tmrw morning they expect the services to run. How I love mondays ... ;-) thanks
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 18:48:56 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 17.03.2014 18:46, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Yep, just checked wikipedia. Got deprecated. Last version dates back to 2009. Yes, I also remember somehow ... so the evening will be spent with installing KVM and migrating 2 VMs ... tmrw morning they expect the services to run. How I love mondays ... ;-) thanks Good luck. Mondays are always fun for that. I always prefer weekends for migrations like this. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 18:53, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Good luck. Mondays are always fun for that. I always prefer weekends for migrations like this. I wasn't asked. The motherboard and power supply were dead this morning. And the customer had nothing else at hand ... so I had to plug the disks into another new PC and get things going. But new hardware needs a current kernel ... leading to all this. Thanks, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 19:03:07 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 17.03.2014 18:53, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Good luck. Mondays are always fun for that. I always prefer weekends for migrations like this. I wasn't asked. The motherboard and power supply were dead this morning. And the customer had nothing else at hand ... so I had to plug the disks into another new PC and get things going. But new hardware needs a current kernel ... leading to all this. Thanks, Stefan I know. It usually comes at the least convenient moment. I do think it's the customers' fault for not keeping up with normal maintenance schedules. Most companies write off hardware after 3-4 years. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 19:30, schrieb J. Roeleveld: I know. It usually comes at the least convenient moment. I do think it's the customers' fault for not keeping up with normal maintenance schedules. Most companies write off hardware after 3-4 years. The support contract with the supplier ended in 2011 ... you know ... But OK, I wanted them to do KVM anyway. I just have to invest this evening ... in a way. I am right before installing Qemu and configuring the network bridge etc ... the vmdks are already converted. Maybe it doesn't take that long.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On Mon, March 17, 2014 19:35, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 17.03.2014 19:30, schrieb J. Roeleveld: I know. It usually comes at the least convenient moment. I do think it's the customers' fault for not keeping up with normal maintenance schedules. Most companies write off hardware after 3-4 years. The support contract with the supplier ended in 2011 ... you know ... Doesn't surprise me, to be honest... But OK, I wanted them to do KVM anyway. I just have to invest this evening ... in a way. I've been planning to try KVM as well, but am wondering how snapshots work with KVM. Not been able to find anything about that apart from disk-snapshots. No info if it's possible to take a copy of the memory as well. I am right before installing Qemu and configuring the network bridge etc ... the vmdks are already converted. Maybe it doesn't take that long. I don't think it should take very long. :) But, do check that the vmware tools get uninstalled from the guests and replaced by KVM equivalents. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 20:30, schrieb J. Roeleveld: I've been planning to try KVM as well, but am wondering how snapshots work with KVM. Not been able to find anything about that apart from disk-snapshots. No info if it's possible to take a copy of the memory as well. I run KVM in combo with LVM snapshots for backups. RAM snapshots? Not sure ... I am right before installing Qemu and configuring the network bridge etc ... the vmdks are already converted. Maybe it doesn't take that long. I don't think it should take very long. :) But, do check that the vmware tools get uninstalled from the guests and replaced by KVM equivalents. I have the VMs now, but both are XP guests and therefore crashing because the weren't prepared with something like MergeIDE ... :-( *sigh* Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? S
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 20:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? This link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/FAQ#How_to_convert_VMware_machines_to_virt-manager.3F says it should be possible to repair the VM by booting from the XP-iso and chose Install (yes, windows after all). Can anyone confirm? I don't have such an iso at hand and it's late here so I am gonna try that at the customer tomorrow Thanks, sorry for being off topic here. Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 20:52:29 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 17.03.2014 20:30, schrieb J. Roeleveld: I've been planning to try KVM as well, but am wondering how snapshots work with KVM. Not been able to find anything about that apart from disk-snapshots. No info if it's possible to take a copy of the memory as well. I run KVM in combo with LVM snapshots for backups. RAM snapshots? Not sure ... I am right before installing Qemu and configuring the network bridge etc ... the vmdks are already converted. Maybe it doesn't take that long. I don't think it should take very long. :) But, do check that the vmware tools get uninstalled from the guests and replaced by KVM equivalents. I have the VMs now, but both are XP guests and therefore crashing because the weren't prepared with something like MergeIDE ... :-( *sigh* Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? S Try vmware player or vmware workstationon your own machine? -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 21:15, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? Try vmware player or vmware workstationon your own machine? ... vmware-player and/or modules don't compile here on my latest kernel 3.13.x I would have to downgrade etc etc etc enough for today, that's ~13hrs for this stuff already. I will try that boot from XP cd trick tomorrow at the customer. Thanks, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On 17 March 2014 21:18:37 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 17.03.2014 21:15, schrieb J. Roeleveld: Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? Try vmware player or vmware workstationon your own machine? ... vmware-player and/or modules don't compile here on my latest kernel 3.13.x I would have to downgrade etc etc etc enough for today, that's ~13hrs for this stuff already. I will try that boot from XP cd trick tomorrow at the customer. Thanks, Stefan It's been a while since I used VMWare myself. Last time was on a MS Windows laptop. Goid luck tomorrow. Might want to prepare migration of the software from XP to something newer. MS is cancelling support. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 17.03.2014 20:30, schrieb J. Roeleveld: I've been planning to try KVM as well, but am wondering how snapshots work with KVM. Not been able to find anything about that apart from disk-snapshots. No info if it's possible to take a copy of the memory as well. I run KVM in combo with LVM snapshots for backups. RAM snapshots? Not sure ... I am right before installing Qemu and configuring the network bridge etc ... the vmdks are already converted. Maybe it doesn't take that long. I don't think it should take very long. :) But, do check that the vmware tools get uninstalled from the guests and replaced by KVM equivalents. I have the VMs now, but both are XP guests and therefore crashing because the weren't prepared with something like MergeIDE ... :-( *sigh* Does anyone know if there is a trick applying these drivers *without* having a running VMware-Server? S I suspect you don't have a WinPE bootable handy (UBCD in particular has the tools handy for this, Hiren's as well), but if you happened to magic one up, there's a quick script called Fix IDE (or Fix HDC which does similar) that reverts to the generic catch-all driver that usually works to get XP booting on new 'hardware' (whether real or otherwise). One thing I absolutely love about AHCI, while Windows 7 still binds to hardware specific drivers in the long run, only having to change 2 registry values (start values in iastorv and msahci) is far, far, easier than the mess XP had for hardware migrations ;) -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 22:02, schrieb Poison BL.: I suspect you don't have a WinPE bootable handy (UBCD in particular has the tools handy for this, Hiren's as well), but if you happened to magic one up, there's a quick script called Fix IDE (or Fix HDC which does similar) that reverts to the generic catch-all driver that usually works to get XP booting on new 'hardware' (whether real or otherwise). I wget ubcd right now to that specific server. To understand that correctly: I can boot the VM from the ubcd.iso and run that script ... and somehow apply these fixes to the attached virtual hdd ? That sounds great ... :-) Thanks for the hint and any additional details, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?
Am 17.03.2014 22:42, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 17.03.2014 22:02, schrieb Poison BL.: I suspect you don't have a WinPE bootable handy (UBCD in particular has the tools handy for this, Hiren's as well), but if you happened to magic one up, there's a quick script called Fix IDE (or Fix HDC which does similar) that reverts to the generic catch-all driver that usually works to get XP booting on new 'hardware' (whether real or otherwise). I wget ubcd right now to that specific server. To understand that correctly: I can boot the VM from the ubcd.iso and run that script ... and somehow apply these fixes to the attached virtual hdd ? I booted from the ubcd.iso but the choices are too much right now, I couldn't find the mentioned Fix IDE or similar. I think you meant http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm and not http://www.ultimatebootcd.com ? ... next download ahead
