[et-mgmt-tools] VMware?

[Michael DeHaan]

drew einhorn wrote:
> 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

Nice -- even if it is a Windows example :)   If you can get one tested 
that works with a cobbler server (or any /tftpboot tree based on a MAC 
address), we can probably get something integrated.  I am a bit 
concerned about someone not knowing what to fill in for all of the 
$values, or when they change.

--Michael


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