Re: [CentOS] VMWare Workstation 14 on CentOS7

2018-06-29 Thread wwp
Hello Phil, On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:21:37 +0100 Phil Wyett wrote: > On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 07:37 +0200, wwp wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > > > I'm encountering blocking issues with VMWare Workstation v14/v12 on > > CentOS 7. > > > > The issue is that any Linux guestsystem will get

Re: [CentOS] VMWare Workstation 14 on CentOS7

2018-06-29 Thread Phil Wyett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 07:37 +0200, wwp wrote: > Hello there, > > > I'm encountering blocking issues with VMWare Workstation v14/v12 on > CentOS 7. > > The issue is that any Linux guestsystem will get network-disconnected > after a short while. I

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-25 Thread Andrew Holway
Packer FTW On Tuesday, 24 April 2018, Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi All, > > What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? > > As an amateur to VMware - I thought - great I can get VMplayer and ESX > should be able to import my image... Wrong... I even

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-25 Thread Lamar Owen
On 04/24/2018 01:26 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? ... I just want to be able to provide a pre-built image with CentOS 7 and my other programs on a bootable VMware image that is easily imported into any VMware platform - Workstation,

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS <centos-boun...@centos.org> On Behalf Of Steven Tardy > Sent: den 25 april 2018 02:26 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 1:27 PM

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Jack Bailey wrote: >>> What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? >> >> >> You are probably looking for VMware Converter which can p2v or v2v. >> >> IMO: if you are creating a VM image which is a binary blob or

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Jack Bailey
What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? You are probably looking for VMware Converter which can p2v or v2v. IMO: if you are creating a VM image which is a binary blob or image then you are doing it wrong. Have the VM/server/desktop be a simple next/next/next

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Steven Tardy
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 1:27 PM Jerry Geis wrote: > What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? You are probably looking for VMware Converter which can p2v or v2v. IMO: if you are creating a VM image which is a binary blob or image then you are

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Fred Smith
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 08:02:19PM +, Tony Mountifield wrote: > In article > , > Jerry Geis wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? > > > > As

Re: [CentOS] Vmware - Slightly off topic

2018-04-24 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article , Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi All, > > What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ? > > As an amateur to VMware - I thought - great I can get VMplayer and ESX > should be

Re: [CentOS] vmware player 12.5.7 with CentOS 7.4

2017-09-14 Thread Andreas Benzler
Hello Jerry, This message is typical. No Problem same on other linux distros. Sincerely Andy > Am 14.09.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Jerry Geis : > > hi all - anyone find a way to get vmware player 12.5.7 working with 7.4? > > Thanks - everything good with the upgrade except

Re: [CentOS] Vmware No Longer Build on the New 693.1.1 kernel

2017-08-27 Thread pro alias
>Build error "Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command." >when trying to compile vmnet.Not one other shred of data in the logs >telling me WHY it failed to build. >I have rolled back to the last 514 kernel to use vmware but I >don't want to recompile vmware because of the

Re: [CentOS] VMWare server 2 disk image and QEMU

2015-02-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 02/11/2015 09:39 AM, Allart Pieters wrote: I need to convert a VMWare Server 2 disk image to QEMU. I've read that QEMU supports VMWare disk formats. I just want to be sure it also supports the old VMWare Server 2

Re: [CentOS] VMWare server 2 disk image and QEMU

2015-02-11 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/11/2015 09:39 AM, Allart Pieters wrote: I need to convert a VMWare Server 2 disk image to QEMU. I've read that QEMU supports VMWare disk formats. I just want to be sure it also supports the old VMWare Server 2 format. Anyone has any experience with/knowledge about this? take a look at

Re: [CentOS] VMware-tools has 4 options only for resolution!

2014-03-02 Thread Ted Miller
On 02/17/2014 02:12 AM, Yawei Guo wrote: Hi Guys, It is surprised that VMware-tools gives 4 options only for resolutin after I install VMware-tools for CentOS release 5.10 (Final), a guest OS running with VMware player 6.0.1 build-1379776. The kernal is 2.6.18-371.4.1.el5 x86_64 x86_64. The

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-20 Thread Hersh Parikh
Host has 128GB RAM and its running CentOS 5.4 64 bit architect,  Guest is 64 bit ubuntu 12.04,   VMware Player I am using is 6.1 @Luigi- I have seen this thread and I have a Q around this. How do I know what hardware(e.g. 10/9/8) do I have? Regards Hersh On Monday, 20 January 2014 12:16

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-20 Thread Fabrizio Di Carlo
Hi Hersh, to know hardware version you can use this table: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1003746 On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Hersh Parikh hershparik...@yahoo.com wrote: Host has 128GB RAM and its running CentOS 5.4 64 bit

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-20 Thread Hersh Parikh
Hi All, Thanks for your comments. Finally figured out the way. Upgrading VMwaretools did the trick.  Regards Hersh On Monday, 20 January 2014 3:07 PM, Fabrizio Di Carlo dicarlo.fabri...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Hersh, to know hardware version you can use this table:

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-19 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/19/2014 10:17 PM, Hersh Parikh wrote: I am running VMware player on CentOS 5.4 and its working fine. However it does not allow me to increase the RAM more than 3GB. It keeps throwing error stating- Requested memory size is greater than allowed maximum of 3072 MB. Could not initiate

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-19 Thread Mihamina RKTMB
On 01/20/2014 09:17 AM, Hersh Parikh wrote: Hi, Hi, I am running VMware player on CentOS 5.4 and its working fine. However it does not allow me to increase the RAM more than 3GB. It keeps throwing error stating- Requested memory size is greater than allowed maximum of 3072 MB. Could not

Re: [CentOS] VMware restricting to 3GB RAM

2014-01-19 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hersh Parikh said the following on 20/01/2014 07:17: I am running VMware player on CentOS 5.4 and its working fine. However it does not allow me to increase the RAM more than 3GB. It keeps throwing error stating- Requested memory size is greater

Re: [CentOS] VMWare Issue

2012-05-18 Thread Phil Schaffner
Rhugga Harper wrote on 05/17/2012 03:58 PM: I just installed CentOS 5.6 32-bit Have you tried installing the current/supported CentOS-5 release 5.8? Phil ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] VMWare Issue

2012-05-17 Thread m . roth
Rhugga Harper wrote: Ok. I run several linux distro's via vmware on top of my windows 7 machine. Ew (cooties! ugh!) (That should be the other way 'round.) snip I just installed CentOS 5.6 32-bit and I can't get the display to work right. When it first boots, the screen is very small

Re: [CentOS] vmware player CentOS 6 2-button 3-button touch pad with pointing device Lenovo ThinkPad

2012-01-10 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 09 January 2012 23:36:53 Igor Furlan wrote: Is there a way to revert the 'copypaste' functionality back to the traditional UNIX way of doing it, highlight the text with left mouse/touchpad button and paste it with the middle mouse/touchpad button. AFAIK, it *should* work while in

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Eckel
Hi Monty, I am running vmware fusion 4.1.1 on a OSX host. Same here. Centos6.2 is a guest. Same here. The box is a macbook laptop running leopard. OK, there's a difference - I have a Mac Pro running Snow Leopard. But that shouldn't make a difference. Before upgrading to 6.2, the

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem

2012-01-04 Thread Monty Shinn
On 1/4/12 7:03 AM, Peter Eckel wrote: snip My current versions are: xorg-x11-drv-vmware.x86_64 11.0.3-1.el6 xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse.x86_6412.7.0-1.el6 xorg-x11-drv-vmware.x86_64 11.0.3-1.el6 snip HTH, Peter. Peter, Which repository did you get the above

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem

2012-01-04 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Which repository did you get the above drivers from? I have base and cr enabled on my box. http://packages.vmware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem

2012-01-04 Thread Monty Shinn
On 1/4/12 9:08 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: Which repository did you get the above drivers from? I have base and cr enabled on my box. http://packages.vmware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem SOLVED

2012-01-04 Thread Monty Shinn
On 1/4/12 9:08 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: Which repository did you get the above drivers from? I have base and cr enabled on my box. http://packages.vmware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] vmware fusion display auto-size problem

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Eckel
Hi Monty, Which repository did you get the above drivers from? I have base and cr enabled on my box. they are from @base. I doubt that the VMware Tools installer installs them at all. Possibly without a current version of the VMware tools the CentOS installation process doesn't

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools not installing init.d script

2011-12-26 Thread John Doe
From: Brian McKerr bmck...@gmail.com Running vSphere 5.0 and I install tools from the VMware tar.gz file with ' vmware-install-tools.pl -d' it seems to do all the usual/right things. Once completed there is no 'vmware-tools' listed in 'chkconfig --list'. A reboot of the box leaves vmware

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools not installing init.d script

2011-12-26 Thread Brian McKerr
Hi, nothing in there I had checked. Cheers. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:25 PM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Brian McKerr bmck...@gmail.com Running vSphere 5.0 and I install tools from the VMware tar.gz file with ' vmware-install-tools.pl -d' it seems to do all the

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools not installing init.d script

2011-12-26 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Hi, nothing in there I had checked. Cheers. Why not make this easy, install from an rpm from their repo... http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread carlopmart
On 09/02/2011 07:12 PM, Tony Mountifield wrote: I have an instance of VMware server 1.0.10 hosted on CentOS 5, and it runs fine, with guests of CentOS 4, CentOS5 or Win2000. I have just created a new VM and installed CentOS6 on it, which also runs fine, except that I can't build the VMware

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread Luigi Rosa
carlopmart said the following on 02/09/11 19:19: Only vmware tools from ESXi 5 works for CentOS/RHEL/SL 6.x ... Installed successfully VMware tools of VMware Workstation 7.1.4 (the same level as ESXi 4.1 AFIK) on CentOS 6 Ciao, luigi -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ To take a photograph is to

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread carlopmart
On 09/02/2011 07:28 PM, Luigi Rosa wrote: carlopmart said the following on 02/09/11 19:19: Only vmware tools from ESXi 5 works for CentOS/RHEL/SL 6.x ... Installed successfully VMware tools of VMware Workstation 7.1.4 (the same level as ESXi 4.1 AFIK) on CentOS 6 Ciao, luigi Without

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread carlopmart
On 09/02/2011 07:33 PM, carlopmart wrote: On 09/02/2011 07:28 PM, Luigi Rosa wrote: carlopmart said the following on 02/09/11 19:19: Only vmware tools from ESXi 5 works for CentOS/RHEL/SL 6.x ... Installed successfully VMware tools of VMware Workstation 7.1.4 (the same level as ESXi 4.1

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread Luigi Rosa
carlopmart said the following on 02/09/11 19:44: OOps, my fault: vmware tools 7.x works for CentOS 6.0, but not for RHEL/SL 6.1 ... works with some ceveats. If I fire up X on a CentOS 6 VM running inside a WMware Workstation 7.1.4 64 bit running on Ubuntu, sometimes the mouse status is

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article 4e611015.2030...@gmail.com, carlopmart carlopm...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/02/2011 07:12 PM, Tony Mountifield wrote: I have an instance of VMware server 1.0.10 hosted on CentOS 5, and it runs fine, with guests of CentOS 4, CentOS5 or Win2000. I have just created a new VM and

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Tony Mountifield t...@softins.co.uk wrote: And another problem: why do you use vmware server?? It is EOL and not supported for vmware anymore. Mainly because it's a test system at home on which I've had VMware server installed for a couple of years already,

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article CAOAgVpz7tt31-oNSEYUV24hL4bwXWjOkLiG=yashbxqnttg...@mail.gmail.com, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Tony Mountifield t...@softins.co.uk wrote: And another problem: why do you use vmware server?? It is EOL and not supported for vmware

Re: [CentOS] VMware tools 1.0.10 on Centos 6?

2011-09-02 Thread carlopmart
On 09/03/2011 12:09 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: In articleCAOAgVpz7tt31-oNSEYUV24hL4bwXWjOkLiG=yashbxqnttg...@mail.gmail.com, Les Mikeselllesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Tony Mountifieldt...@softins.co.uk wrote: And another problem: why do you use vmware

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread carlopmart
On 03/29/2011 10:47 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. - Jussi Why?? What do you want to do?? Do you need to install a CentOS virtual guest with a mdraid-1?? IMHO,

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jussi Hirvi greens...@greenspot.fi wrote: Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. ESXi itself is the OS. No need Centos anymore to install it. (if I'm getting what

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:47 +0300, Jussi Hirvi wrote: Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization No, ESXi is an OS. and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. VMware supports NFS for VM storage. So export your MD-RAID volume to the ESX

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread Jussi Hirvi
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jussi Hirvigreens...@greenspot.fi wrote: Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. On 29.3.2011 11.58, Fajar Priyanto wrote: ESXi itself is the OS. No need

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread Drew
Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. Not if you want to run ESXi on bare metal; ESXi is an OS in it's own right. VMware Player/Server/Workstation OTOH will run on top of mdadm as it needs a host

Re: [CentOS] VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free ESXi) and mdraid

2011-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/29/11 5:12 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jussi Hirvigreens...@greenspot.fi wrote: Can I combine VMWare ESXi (free version) virtualization and CentOS mdraid level 1? Any pointers how to do it? I never used VMWare before. On 29.3.2011 11.58, Fajar Priyanto

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Ian Forde
On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 22:47 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: Player isn't good for most of my usage because most of the time I don't want the console display at all - I just connect to the guests remotely with freenx/ssh/vnc when necessary. And I have Server 1.x setups that have run for

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/24/2011 10:47 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 2/24/11 8:56 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:44:32PM +1300, Machin, Greg wrote: snip of good information Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running quickly. If your hardware is not on the supported list there are other

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Scott Robbins
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:36:28PM -0800, David Brian Chait wrote: I think you need to download the VI3 rather than 4.1 to use 32 bit support, but it does work. I have it in production on some older hardware and it has not let me down yet. I believe David is correct. We had some old

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/25/11 4:48 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: Anyway, my point was that the fabled library ABI stability of RHEL turned out not to work for VMware Server 2.0. But CentOS did come through with bug-for-bug compatibility as promised, causing the same crashing behavior after the same minor-rev

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/25/11 7:33 AM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:36:28PM -0800, David Brian Chait wrote: I think you need to download the VI3 rather than 4.1 to use 32 bit support, but it does work. I have it in production on some older hardware and it has not let me down yet. I

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Ross Walker
On Feb 25, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: On 02/24/2011 10:47 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 2/24/11 8:56 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:44:32PM +1300, Machin, Greg wrote: snip of good information Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Ross Walker
On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/25/11 7:33 AM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:36:28PM -0800, David Brian Chait wrote: I think you need to download the VI3 rather than 4.1 to use 32 bit support, but it does work. I have it in

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread David Sommerseth
On 25/02/11 14:52, Les Mikesell wrote: On 2/25/11 4:48 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: Anyway, my point was that the fabled library ABI stability of RHEL turned out not to work for VMware Server 2.0. But CentOS did come through with bug-for-bug compatibility as promised, causing the same

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/25/2011 8:36 AM, Ross Walker wrote: Also, VMware could have made their module load across kernel updates without recompile if they had set their kernel module up to support KABI (kernel ABI) tracking, but they didn't. That was the other strange thing. RHEL5 was never a 'supported'

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, February 25, 2011 11:04:23 am Les Mikesell wrote: RHEL5 was never a 'supported' platform, so a stable module wasn't included. According to VMware's documentation, RHEL5 was and is a fully supported platform for VMware Server 2.0 (see page 26 of the current 'VMware Server User's

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread David Brian Chait
VMware Workstation has no issues with the glibc update; VMware is just not properly supporting VMware Server, has nothing to do with Red Hat (Ubuntu is also listed as a supported OS, yet when you do the glibc update that matches the one that causes the issues on RHEL, the same thing

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:11 AM, David Brian Chait dch...@invenda.com wrote: VMware Workstation has no issues with the glibc update; VMware is just not properly supporting VMware Server, has nothing to do with Red Hat (Ubuntu is also listed as a supported OS, yet when you do the glibc update

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/25/2011 11:24 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:11 AM, David Brian Chaitdch...@invenda.com wrote: VMware Workstation has no issues with the glibc update; VMware is just not properly supporting VMware Server, has nothing to do with Red Hat (Ubuntu is also listed as a

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/25/11 8:04 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Windows-hosted version of Server 2.x didn't have those problems. I found all versions of VMware Server 2.0.x to be unstable under load on multiple different platforms and essentially unusable. That was when I switched those systems over to VBox

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-25 Thread Lars Hecking
You may want to try VMware-player if you, (like almost everyone else) preferred 1.x to 2.x. The later versions of player are more like 1.x, allowing you to install an operating system from ISO or whatever, and work quite well with 64 bit CentOS. If you want automation, forget player.

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread Machin, Greg
I have always had issues with VMware server and compiling of kernel modules, normally ended up costing a couple of days effort .. I have found 2 is more resource intensive than 1. Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running quickly. If your hardware is not on the supported list there are other

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread Scott Robbins
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:44:32PM +1300, Machin, Greg wrote: snip of good information Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running quickly. If your hardware is not on the supported list there are other lists of tested hardware where people have it running on Unsupported hardware. Player

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/24/11 8:56 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:44:32PM +1300, Machin, Greg wrote: snip of good information Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running quickly. If your hardware is not on the supported list there are other lists of tested hardware where people have it

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread Ben
On 25/02/2011 1:13 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 08:04:08PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: Can someone remind me why VMware server 2.x broke with a RHEL/CentOS 5.x glibc update? I switched back to 1.x which I like better anyway, but if the reason for putting up with oldness

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread David Brian Chait
On 2/24/11 8:56 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 03:44:32PM +1300, Machin, Greg wrote: snip of good information Rather use ESXi 4.1 and get up and running quickly. If your hardware is not on the supported list there are other lists of tested hardware where people have it

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/24/11 9:18 PM, Ben wrote: I have begun to switch all my hosts without hardware virtualization, so can't use ESXi, to VirtualBox. ESXi only needs hardware virtualization support for 64bit guest VMs. as long as you can live with 32bit VMs, you're good with older CPUs. I have it running

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread Ben
On 25/02/2011 4:51 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 02/24/11 9:18 PM, Ben wrote: I have begun to switch all my hosts without hardware virtualization, so can't use ESXi, to VirtualBox. ESXi only needs hardware virtualization support for 64bit guest VMs. as long as you can live with 32bit VMs,

Re: [CentOS] VMware (was Re: current bind version)

2011-02-24 Thread David Brian Chait
Thanks, I did not know that. I could've swarn I had tested it on some old IBM x306. Will have to take a look into that. I still like that automation that I get with CentOS, puppet and VirtualBox. Ben I think you need to download the VI3 rather than 4.1 to use 32 bit support, but it does

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread aurfalien
On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, mattias wrote: Can i run xen and vmware on the same machine? No, once you have the Xen kernel loaded on your dom0, then no VMPlayer, etc... - aurf ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread mattias
: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, mattias wrote: Can i run xen and vmware on the same machine? No, once you have the Xen kernel loaded on your dom0, then no VMPlayer, etc... - aurf

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 21.01.2011 22:31, schrieb aurfal...@gmail.com: On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, mattias wrote: Can i run xen and vmware on the same machine? Not meant to be nitpicking, but VMware is a company and not any specific application or software solution. And you can get very different virtualization

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread fred smith
[mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of aurfal...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, mattias wrote: Can i run xen and vmware on the same machine? No, once you have the Xen kernel loaded

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 21.01.2011 21:40, schrieb mattias: Bad Because My nic will only pic a ip when xen kernel are loaded If I try a no xen kernel The dhclient reply No link check your cable But all cables are connected Which NIC is that (lspci -v output for the Ethernet Controller)? Which release of CentOS

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread mattias
5.5 But that has worked before A intel card -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:51 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware Am 21.01.2011 21:40, schrieb

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread m . roth
. mark -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:51 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware Am 21.01.2011 21:40, schrieb mattias: Bad Because My nic

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread aurfalien
: Re: [CentOS] vmware Am 21.01.2011 21:40, schrieb mattias: Bad Because My nic will only pic a ip when xen kernel are loaded If I try a no xen kernel The dhclient reply No link check your cable But all cables are connected Which NIC is that (lspci -v output for the Ethernet Controller

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread mattias
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of aurfal...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:05 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:57 PM, mattias wrote: 5.5 But that has worked

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2011-01-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/21/11 1:07 PM, mattias wrote: ok part of the etiquette of bottom posting is to trim the superfluous parts of teh original message, including signatures, and just quote the part you are replying to. but you seem to revel in being a twit, and are going on my auto-delete list real soon

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-10 Thread mattias
So ubuntu is not supported? Ok but you can insstall it But i understand how you meen -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] För Alexander Dalloz Skickat: den 10 juli 2010 02:14 Till: CentOS mailing list Ämne: Re: [CentOS] vmware Am

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-10 Thread mattias
What do you meen? abandoned ? -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] För Mark Skickat: den 10 juli 2010 02:56 Till: CentOS mailing list Ämne: Re: [CentOS] vmware On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Athmane Madjoudj athma...@gmail.com

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2010-07-09 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/10/2010 12:59 AM, mattias wrote: How can vmware run more stable on centos and not on ubuntu? I meen Usb works fine on centos but not on ubuntu I suppose that you mean VMware Workstation 7.1 / Player 3.1. VMware officially supports their desktop products on RHEL 5.x, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-09 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 10.07.2010 01:59, schrieb mattias: How can vmware run more stable on centos and not on ubuntu? I meen Usb works fine on centos but not on ubuntu VMware is a company, not a specific product. One (CentOS) may be supprted, the other (Ubuntu) not. Alexander

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-09 Thread Mark
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Athmane Madjoudj athma...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not talking about VMware Server 2.x because VMware has abandoned it, although I use it on CentOS 5.5 with some workarounds. Can you expand on that? Did they abandon VMWare Server altogether, or just version 2?

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Mark wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Athmane Madjoudj athma...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not talking about VMware Server 2.x because VMware has abandoned it, although I use it on CentOS 5.5 with some workarounds. Can you expand on that? Did they abandon VMWare Server altogether, or just

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-09 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
Can you expand on that? Did they abandon VMWare Server altogether, or just version 2? I'm still using version 1.08, and it works fine, except that Win XP SP3 won't Hibernate or Stand-by due to an incompatibility with one of the VMWare drivers. I was using the VMWare save machine state,

Re: [CentOS] vmware

2010-07-09 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
I think it is specific to RHEL/Centos. Server 2.x was broken by an update to RHEL 5.x and neither RHEL nor VMware have done anything to fix it. I don't think other supported distros were affected. There is also some unfixed security issues with 2.x. I don't think anyone likes the

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/26/2010 1:01 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: There's the glibc issue that's still unresolved. There's another issue with using Firefox as the admin client. It *might* let you in, but the console plugin doesn't appear to be working again. Only client that works for me is InternetExploder. I

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread JohnS
On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 12:39 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the image wouldn't boot - but doing the same thing to a vmware server (v1) image file over a

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the image wouldn't boot - but doing the same thing to a vmware server (v1) image file over a network share worked. Has anyone seen that before? Never used

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/28/2010 12:55 PM, JohnS wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 12:39 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the image wouldn't boot - but doing the same thing to a vmware

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread JohnS
On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:17 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: On 4/28/2010 12:55 PM, JohnS wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 12:39 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/28/2010 1:16 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the image wouldn't boot - but doing the same thing to a vmware server (v1) image file over a network share

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/28/2010 1:28 PM, JohnS wrote: Running the VMware converter tool from an old Dell Win2k server with an IDE disk to produce an ESXi image went through the motions but the image wouldn't boot - but doing the same thing to a vmware server (v1) image file over a network share worked. Has

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-27 Thread Agnello George
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dan Irwin d...@jackies.com.au wrote: You don't need to downgrade for the whole OS, you can just do it for VMware. See the procedure in the first comment in this bug http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3884. I have done that and it works fine. Just remember

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-27 Thread rainer
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dan Irwin d...@jackies.com.au wrote: so many replies ... so my best option is to install VMware-server-1 ??? - Doesn't work on RHEL5 (only RHEL4u3 or u4?) - supported guest-OSs: similarly ancient If it's a server, I'd go for ESX4i right away (if the

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-27 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM, John Thomas gmane-2006-04...@jt-socal.com wrote: Agnello George wrote: I had installed the vmware server ( VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.i386 ) on my CentOS 5 box how ever i am not able to  to find the command vmware-server-console . Do i need to install that RPM

Re: [CentOS] vmware-server-console not installed

2010-04-27 Thread Les Mikesell
rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Dan Irwin d...@jackies.com.au wrote: so many replies ... so my best option is to install VMware-server-1 ??? - Doesn't work on RHEL5 (only RHEL4u3 or u4?) - supported guest-OSs: similarly ancient I have some

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