= VMware Tips
This is a notes page, not really documentation, just stuff for me to remember. Sometimes things will get removed from these pages and turned into real documentation, sometimes not. You might find these notes to come in hand, maybe not. For me, it's just things I don't want to forget. 

= VMware voor Netware

NIC: AMD PCNET32 "Lance" NIC driver
Ethernet0.virtualDev="vlance"
SCSI: Buslogic/LSI logic SCSI adapter driver

VMware tools:
Klik op de "Install VMWare Tools" menu optie en geef het volgende commando:
vmwtools:\setup.ncf

= VMware voor Linux:

VMware tools:
Dependencies: gcc/gcc++/(kernel-headers)

ON ESX, first mount the cdrom:
OES3:/media # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/ 
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only 

Zet de vm uit, en zet de cdrom op automatically connect as host device, as auto detect.
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom -o rm 

Klik op de "Install VMWare Tools" menu optie en geef het volgende commando's:
<code>
cd /tmp
tar zxf /media/VMware\ Tools/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
Run tools: /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox
</code>
installeer alles in /usr/local/bin

== Installatie SLES9 - dubbele schermen die moeilijk leesbaar zijn:
Open
  vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
en verwijder "vga=0x332" uit de linux kernel load line

= Discover new disk on linux
After you've added a new disk to linux you can discover it by issuing 'rescan-scsi-bus.sh' as root:
<code>
# rescan-scsi-bus.sh
Host adapter 0 (mptspi) found.
Scanning SCSI subsystem for new devices
Scanning host 0 channels 0 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning for device 0 0 0 0 ...
OLD: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: VMware   Model: Virtual disk     Rev: 1.0
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Scanning for device 0 0 1 0 ...
OLD: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
      Vendor: VMware   Model: Virtual disk     Rev: 1.0
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Scanning for device 0 0 2 0 ...
NEW: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
      Vendor: VMware   Model: Virtual disk     Rev: 1.0
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
0 new device(s) found.
0 device(s) removed.
</code>
It says 0 devices found but the new disk is still discovered and ready for partitioning.

= Time Drifting op Linux guests:
[[http://support.novell.com/docs/tids/solutions/10100597.html|bron]]

== Stap 1: NTP opzetten
Open ntp.conf en pas de volgende instellingen aan:
<code>
vi /etc/ntp.conf
server x.x.x.x prefer
tinker step 0
</code>
Stop, synchroniseer en start ntp:
  /etc/init.d/ntpd stop
  ntpdate x.x.x.x (herhalen tot verschil kleiner is dan 1 seconde)
  /etc/init.d/ntpd start
  ntpq -p (herhalen tot de reach op 377 staat)
== Stap 2: clock=pit
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
Voeg "clock=pit" toe aan de linux kernel load line
of
vi /etc/lilo.conf
Voeg "clock=pit" toe aan de "append=" line
/sbin/lilo

== Stap 3: Misc.TimerHardPeriod (op ESX)
Zet deze naar 333 of 250

== Stap 4: tools.syncTime
Zet tijdssynchronisatie met de host aan via of de VMware tools of de *.vmx config file.

== Optionele extra stappen:

== Stap 5: noapic nolapic nosmp
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
Voeg "noapic nolapic nosmp" toe aan de linux kernel load line

== Stap 6: NTP polling
vi /etc/ntp.conf
server x.x.x.x prefer minpoll 4 maxpoll 6 (getal omzetten naar seconden is kwadrant, dus 4=16 seconden en 6=36 seconden)

== EXTRA TIJDCOMMANDO'S:
Hardwareklok synchroniseren met de systeemklok: 
  hwclock --systohc
Hardwareklok bekijken: 
  hwclock --show

= VMware algemeen:

Indien het bootscherm te snel gaat, F2 is de toets om in de BIOS/CMOS te komen.

= VMware Server port forwarding
I needed to be able to authenticate through LDAP on a virtual from the production network. Of course, vmware server does not support reverse NAT, so I took my chances on port forwarding... and it worked:
{{vmwareserverportforwarding.jpg}} 
Don't forget to press restart and apply when you've added port forwards.

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