[et-mgmt-tools] VMware?

[drew einhorn]

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.

http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1243494,00.html

On 7/3/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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* < mdehaan at redhat.com
> > <mailto:mdehaan at redhat.com>> 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
> >
> >
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Drew Einhorn
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