Archive for 'Virtualization'

A few clarifications about VMware Server and the Linux kernels

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 at 12:12.

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Since Ubuntu 9.04 appeared back in April, 2009, I’ve started building different scripts that use community supplied patches in order to make the install process of VMware Server as easy as it was supposed to be. Still it seems that many of the users of my scripts misinterpret the help I offered by asking questions [...]

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Using VirtualBox for virtualizing servers

Posted on May 27th, 2010 at 1:07.

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A considerable amount of my diploma project runs on several virtual machines, due to the lack of multiple physical machines required for the job. Of course, Riker isn’t tailored for production regarding this project, but it was built specifically to allow me to develop the code without restrictions. For a load under 10 users I [...]

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How to install VMware Server on 2.6.32 kernels

Posted on February 21st, 2010 at 0:41.

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Recently I have updated the script and the patch used for installing VMware Server on the 2.6.30 and 2.6.31 kernels to include support for the 2.6.32 release as well. Also I have modified the script so that now the VSOCK module compiles and loads perfectly into the running kernel. All the needed instructions can be [...]

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How to install VMware Server on 2.6.31 kernels

Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 1:20.

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UPDATE: The script should also work with 2.6.32 kernels from version 1.2. Seeing the success I have encountered with the blog post about installing VMware Server on Ubuntu Karmic Koala and helped by Ramon de Carvalho Valle with a better patch regarding the installation of the virtualization server on the newer kernels found in three [...]

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How to install VMware Server 2.0.x on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 4:13.

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UPDATE 2: The script has been updated to work with kernels 2.6.32 too. Please post your comments regarding kernel 2.6.32 here. UPDATE: The script which is now used for this operation has been updated to support Fedora and openSUSE too. Also the patch used is the one made by Ramon de Carvalho Valle, not the [...]

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How to install VMware Server 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 17:36.

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The same script I wrote in order to help users install VMware Server 2.0.1 (build 156745) on Ubuntu 9.04 can be used for the latest release from VMware: VMware Server 2.0.2 (build 203138). In order to install the server, just follow these instructions: Download your copy of VMware Server (.gz archive) and obtain your license [...]

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Enabling arrow keys in VMware Server 2.0.1

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 12:57.

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While running Ubuntu 9.10 RC in a virtual machine from a VMware Server instance, I remembered about the arrow keys and others that didn’t work quite well in the VMware Server’s console. The fix is pretty simple: edit the /etc/vmware/config file or the /etc/vmware-server-console/config file and add the following entry at the end: xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = [...]

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VirtualBox USB support

Posted on July 31st, 2009 at 21:44.

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Recently I became a fan of VirtualBox, the virtualization platform from Sun Microsystems. It’s robust, it has an extremely small memory foot-print comparing it to other similar virtual managers and it has some great features. You can find more about it on its homepage. Yesterday I have updated VirtualBox from 2.2.4 to 3.1. Unfortunately, the [...]

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How to convert your physical machine into a virtual machine using VMware Converter

Posted on June 7th, 2009 at 16:50.

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How many times did you want to build yourself a virtual machine that would resemble your old physical machine, with the other OS on? How many times have you abandoned the thought because you didn’t have the time to reinstall all the programs that were up and running on the physical one? Well, your worries [...]

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How to install VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Posted on May 16th, 2009 at 11:48.

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I wrote a small script that will help you install VMware Server 2.0.1 (build 156745) on Ubuntu 9.04 and later without any efforts. The install script needs a patch file for this VMWare Server version that is automatically downloaded from my server.

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