Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-19 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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 >

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread 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"

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread 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 ge

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Poison BL.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger 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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 21:18:37 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" 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? > >... vm

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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.

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 20:52:29 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" 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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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 repai

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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 s

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 19:03:07 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" 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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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 int

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 18:48:56 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" 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 .

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 18:44:15 CET, "J. Roeleveld" wrote: >On 17 March 2014 18:27:42 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" >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 th

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 March 2014 18:27:42 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" 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

[gentoo-user] vmware-server is gone?

2014-03-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
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