<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.3790.2817" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>For GSX server (the freely available one) the process is pretty much the same.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1 create the vmx file (well documented format)</DIV> <DIV>2 create the disk image (using vmdiskmanager on GSX)</DIV> <DIV>3 register the VM using "vmware-cmd -s register <path to vmx file>"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers</DIV> <DIV> Dan</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of drew einhorn Sent: 03 July 2007 4:27 PM To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] VMware? </DIV>I just asked over on a VMware list. And got the following link. It's an example command for creating VMware ESX VMs. The book it comes from looks very interesting. <A href="http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1243494,00.html">http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1243494,00.html</A> <DIV>On 7/3/07, Michael DeHaan <<A href="mailto:mdehaan@redhat.com"> mdehaan@redhat.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">drew einhorn wrote: > Things are working well on the ESX box now that I'm past the cobbler > and kickstart misconfigurations. > > Every time I create an new vm I need to take a trip though VMware's > Virtual Infrastructure Client, that I'd really like to avoid. VMware > has a few more options to besides ram and disk space to configure > before creating a VM. Haven't taken a close enough look to know > either how difficult it will be to live without being able to set them > when the VM is created, or how difficult it would be to extend cobbler > to handle more VM attributes, or how this maps into all the other > virtualization toolsets. > Can you see if VMware has any docs for command line creation of guests? If so, those attributes could be added in koan fairly easily. I don't have a test platform, but would be more than happy to code something up in koan if someone wanted to test the proof of concept. Tracking a few additional attributes in cobbler wouldn't be a problem. > On 7/2/07, *Michael DeHaan* < <A href="mailto:mdehaan@redhat.com">mdehaan@redhat.com</A> > <mailto:<A href="mailto:mdehaan@redhat.com">mdehaan@redhat.com</A>>> wrote: > > drew einhorn wrote: > > Cobbler / Koan supports Xen virtualization. > > > > Has anyone looked at what it would take to get koan working > > on other virtualization platforms? I have a VMware ESX box > > I'd like to be able to use it on. > > > > Not to my knowledge -- though I like the idea. > > As far as I'm aware, vmware does understand PXE installation, so koan > would just need a way to create an "empty" guest > that would PXE itself. I know this is the plan for how we're > going to > support fully automatic installs for other > virtualization types like KVM, Xen hardware virt, etc. > > If there are any VMware experts on the list, patches would be great :) > > It seems like the syntax needed would not need to even access the > cobbler server the way --virt does today, ex: > > koan --virt --virt-type=vmware --mac=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --virt-name=foo > [...other options...] > > --virt-type could default to "xenparavirt" and current behavior. > > --Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > <A href="mailto:et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com">et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com </A><mailto:<A href="mailto:et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com">et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com</A>> > <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools</A> > > > > > -- > Drew Einhorn > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > <A href="mailto:et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com">et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com</A> > <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools</A> _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list <A href="mailto:et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com">et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com</A> <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools </A> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> -- Drew Einhorn </BLOCKQUOTE> ************************************************************************ DISCLAIMER The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and is intended for the recipient only. 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