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• Cannot change the entry door of the Linux guest OS by the perl script customization

  Default gateway Linux can be changed using script (modified from vmclone.pl) below.

  Someone at - it gives help on this?

  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
  #
  # Copyright (c) 2007 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  #
  
  
  
  use strict;
  use warnings;
  
  
  
  use FindBin;
  use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../";
  
  
  
  use VMware::VIRuntime;
  use XML::LibXML;
  use AppUtil::VMUtil;
  use AppUtil::HostUtil;
  use AppUtil::XMLInputUtil;
  
  
  
  $Util::script_version = "1.0";
  
  
  
  sub check_missing_value;
  
  
  
  my %opts = (
     vmhost => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "The name of the host",
        required => 1,
     },
     vmname => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "The name of the Virtual Machine",
        required => 1,
     },
     vmname_destination => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "The name of the target virtual machine",
        required => 1,
     },
     filename => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "The name of the configuration specification file",
        required => 0,
        default => "../sampledata/vmclone.xml",
     },
     customize_guest => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "Flag to specify whether or not to customize guest: yes,no",
        required => 0,
        default => 'no',
     },
     customize_vm => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "Flag to specify whether or not to customize virtual machine: "
              . "yes,no",
        required => 0,
        default => 'no',
     },
     schema => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "The name of the schema file",
        required => 0,
        default => "../schema/vmclone.xsd",
     },
     datastore => {
        type => "=s",
        help => "Name of the Datastore",
        required => 0,
     },
  );
  
  
  
  Opts::add_options(%opts);
  Opts::parse();
  Opts::validate(\&validate);
  
  
  
  Util::connect();
  
  
  
  clone_vm();
  
  
  
  Util::disconnect();
  
  
  
  
  # Clone vm operation
  # Gets destination host, compute resource views, and
  # datastore info for creating the configuration
  # specification to help create a clone of an existing
  # virtual machine.
  # ====================================================
  sub clone_vm {
     my $vm_name = Opts::get_option('vmname');
     my $vm_views = Vim::find_entity_views(view_type => 'VirtualMachine',
                                          filter => {'name' =>$vm_name});
     if(@$vm_views) {
        foreach (@$vm_views) {
           my $host_name =  Opts::get_option('vmhost');
           my $host_view = Vim::find_entity_view(view_type => 'HostSystem',
                                           filter => {'name' => $host_name});
                                           
           if (!$host_view) {
              Util::trace(0, "Host '$host_name' not found\n");
              return;
           }
           # bug 449530
           my $disk_size = get_disksize();
           if($disk_size eq -1 || $disk_size eq "") {
              $disk_size = 0;
              my $devices = $_->config->hardware->device;
              foreach my $device (@$devices) {
                 if (ref $device eq "VirtualDisk") {
                    $disk_size = $disk_size + $device->capacityInKB;
                 }
              }
           }
           if ($host_view) {
              my $comp_res_view = Vim::get_view(mo_ref => $host_view->parent);
              my $ds_name = Opts::get_option('datastore');
              my %ds_info = HostUtils::get_datastore(host_view => $host_view,
                                       datastore => $ds_name,
                                       disksize => $disk_size);
              if ($ds_info{mor} eq 0) {
                 if ($ds_info{name} eq 'datastore_error') {
                    Util::trace(0, "\nDatastore $ds_name not available.\n");
                    return;
                 }
                 if ($ds_info{name} eq 'disksize_error') {
                    Util::trace(0, "\nThe free space available is less than the"
                                 . " specified disksize or the host"
                                 . " is not accessible.\n");
                    return;
                 }
              }
  
  
  
              my $relocate_spec =
              VirtualMachineRelocateSpec->new(datastore => $ds_info{mor},
                                            host => $host_view,
                                            pool => $comp_res_view->resourcePool);
              my $clone_name = Opts::get_option('vmname_destination');
              my $clone_spec ;
              my $config_spec;
              my $customization_spec;
  
  
  
              if ((Opts::get_option('customize_vm') eq "yes")
                  && (Opts::get_option('customize_guest') ne "yes")) {
                 $config_spec = get_config_spec();
                 $clone_spec = VirtualMachineCloneSpec->new(powerOn => 1,template => 0,
                                                         location => $relocate_spec,
                                                         config => $config_spec,
                                                         );
              }
              elsif ((Opts::get_option('customize_guest') eq "yes")
                  && (Opts::get_option('customize_vm') ne "yes")) {
                 $customization_spec = get_customization_spec
                                                (Opts::get_option('filename'));
                 $clone_spec = VirtualMachineCloneSpec->new(
                                                     powerOn => 1,
                                                     template => 0,
                                                     location => $relocate_spec,
                                                     customization => $customization_spec,
                                                     );
              }
              elsif ((Opts::get_option('customize_guest') eq "yes")
                  && (Opts::get_option('customize_vm') eq "yes")) {
                 $customization_spec = get_customization_spec
                                                (Opts::get_option('filename'));
                 $config_spec = get_config_spec();
                 $clone_spec = VirtualMachineCloneSpec->new(
                                                     powerOn => 1,
                                                     template => 0,
                                                     location => $relocate_spec,
                                                     customization => $customization_spec,
                                                     config => $config_spec,
                                                     );
              }
              else {
                 $clone_spec = VirtualMachineCloneSpec->new(
                                                     powerOn => 1,
                                                     template => 0,
                                                     location => $relocate_spec,
                                                     );
              }
              Util::trace (0, "\nCloning virtual machine '" . $vm_name . "' ...\n");
  
  
  
              eval {
                 $_->CloneVM(folder => $_->parent,
                                name => Opts::get_option('vmname_destination'),
                                spec => $clone_spec);
                 Util::trace (0, "\nClone '$clone_name' of virtual machine"
                               . " '$vm_name' successfully created.");
              };
  
  
  
              if ($@) {
                 if (ref($@) eq 'SoapFault') {
                    if (ref($@->detail) eq 'FileFault') {
                       Util::trace(0, "\nFailed to access the virtual "
                                      ." machine files\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'InvalidState') {
                       Util::trace(0,"The operation is not allowed "
                                     ."in the current state.\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'NotSupported') {
                       Util::trace(0," Operation is not supported by the "
                                     ."current agent \n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'VmConfigFault') {
                       Util::trace(0,
                       "Virtual machine is not compatible with the destination host.\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'InvalidPowerState') {
                       Util::trace(0,
                       "The attempted operation cannot be performed "
                       ."in the current state.\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'DuplicateName') {
                       Util::trace(0,
                       "The name '$clone_name' already exists\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'NoDisksToCustomize') {
                       Util::trace(0, "\nThe virtual machine has no virtual disks that"
                                    . " are suitable for customization or no guest"
                                    . " is present on given virtual machine" . "\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'HostNotConnected') {
                       Util::trace(0, "\nUnable to communicate with the remote host, "
                                      ."since it is disconnected" . "\n");
                    }
                    elsif (ref($@->detail) eq 'UncustomizableGuest') {
                       Util::trace(0, "\nCustomization is not supported "
                                      ."for the guest operating system" . "\n");
                    }
                    else {
                       Util::trace (0, "Fault" . $@ . ""   );
                    }
                 }
                 else {
                    Util::trace (0, "Fault" . $@ . ""   );
                 }
              }
           }
        }
     }
     else {
        Util::trace (0, "\nNo virtual machine found with name '$vm_name'\n");
     }
  }
  
  
  # It returns the customization spec as per the input XML file
  
  sub get_customization_spec {
     my ($filename) = @_;
     my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
     my $tree = $parser->parse_file($filename);
     my $root = $tree->getDocumentElement;
     my @cspec = $root->findnodes('Customization-Spec');
  
  
  
     # Default Values
     my $computername = "compname";
     #my $timezone = 190;
     #my $userpassword;
     my $domain;
     my $ipAddress;
     my @gateway;
     my $subnetMask;
     my @dnsServerList;
     
    
     foreach (@cspec) {
        if ($_->findvalue('Virtual-Machine-Name')) {
           $computername = $_->findvalue('Virtual-Machine-Name');
        }
        if ($_->findvalue('Domain')) {
           $domain = $_->findvalue('Domain');
        }
        if ($_->findvalue('ipAddress')) {
           $ipAddress = $_->findvalue('ipAddress');
        }    
        if ($_->findvalue('gateway')) {
           @gateway = split (',',$_->findvalue('gateway'));
        }      
        if ($_->findvalue('subnetMask')) {
           $subnetMask = $_->findvalue('subnetMask');
        }     
        if ($_->findvalue('dnsServerList')) {
           @dnsServerList = split (',',$_->findvalue('dnsServerList'));
        }     
     }
    
     # globalIPSettings
     my @dnsSuffixList = [$domain];
     my $customization_global_settings = CustomizationGlobalIPSettings->new(dnsServerList => \@dnsServerList,
                                                                              dnsSuffixList =>@dnsSuffixList);
     my $customization_identity_settings = CustomizationIdentitySettings->new();
  
  
  
     # identity
     # my $password =
     #   CustomizationPassword->new(plainText=>"true", value=> $userpassword); $computername
        
     my $cust_fixname = CustomizationFixedName->new (name => $computername);
  
  
  
     my $cust_linuxprep =
        CustomizationLinuxPrep->new(domain => $domain,
                                  hostName => $cust_fixname,
                                  hwClockUTC =>"false",
                                  timeZone =>"Asia/Shanghai");
  
  
  
     # nicSettingMap
     my $customization_fixed_ip = CustomizationFixedIp->new(ipAddress => $ipAddress);
  
  
  
     my $cust_ip_settings =
        CustomizationIPSettings->new(ip => $customization_fixed_ip,
                                      dnsDomain => $domain,
                                      gateway => \@gateway,
                                      subnetMask => $subnetMask);
  
  
  
     my $cust_adapter_mapping =
        CustomizationAdapterMapping->new(adapter => $cust_ip_settings);
  
  
  
     my @cust_adapter_mapping_list = [$cust_adapter_mapping];
     
     # customization spec
     my $customization_spec =
        CustomizationSpec->new (identity=>$cust_linuxprep,
                                globalIPSettings=>$customization_global_settings,
                                nicSettingMap=>@cust_adapter_mapping_list);
      #                          options=>$CustomizationOptions);
     return $customization_spec;
  }
  
  
  
  #Gets the config_spec for customizing the memory, number of cpu's
  # and returns the spec
  sub get_config_spec() {
  
  
  
     my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
     my $tree = $parser->parse_file(Opts::get_option('filename'));
     my $root = $tree->getDocumentElement;
     my @cspec = $root->findnodes('Virtual-Machine-Spec');
     my $vmname ;
     my $vmhost  ;
     my $guestid;
     my $datastore;
     my $disksize = 4096;  # in KB;
     my $memory = 256;  # in MB;
     my $num_cpus = 1;
     my $nic_network;
     my $nic_poweron = 1;
  
  
  
     foreach (@cspec) {
     
        if ($_->findvalue('Guest-Id')) {
           $guestid = $_->findvalue('Guest-Id');
        }
        if ($_->findvalue('Memory')) {
           $memory = $_->findvalue('Memory');
        }
        if ($_->findvalue('Number-of-CPUS')) {
           $num_cpus = $_->findvalue('Number-of-CPUS');
        }
        $vmname = Opts::get_option('vmname_destination');
     }
  
  
  
     my $vm_config_spec = VirtualMachineConfigSpec->new(
                                                    name => $vmname,
                                                    memoryMB => $memory,
                                                    numCPUs => $num_cpus,
                                                    guestId => $guestid );
     return $vm_config_spec;
  }
  
  
  
  sub get_disksize {
     my $disksize = -1;
     my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
     
     eval {
        my $tree = $parser->parse_file(Opts::get_option('filename'));
        my $root = $tree->getDocumentElement;
        my @cspec = $root->findnodes('Virtual-Machine-Spec');
  
  
  
        foreach (@cspec) {
           $disksize = $_->findvalue('Disksize');
        }
     };
     return $disksize;
  }
  
  
  
  # check missing values of mandatory fields
  sub check_missing_value {
     my $valid= 1;
     my $filename = Opts::get_option('filename');
     my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
     my $tree = $parser->parse_file($filename);
     my $root = $tree->getDocumentElement;
     my @cust_spec = $root->findnodes('Customization-Spec');
     my $total = @cust_spec;
  
  
  
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('Virtual-Machine-Name')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n computername value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('Domain')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n domain value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('ipAddress')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n ipAddress value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('gateway')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n gateway value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('subnetMask')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n subnetMask value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     if (!$cust_spec[0]->findvalue('dnsServerList')) {
        Util::trace(0,"\nERROR in '$filename':\n dnsServerList value missing ");
        $valid = 0;
     }
     return $valid;
  }
  
  
  
  sub validate {
     my $valid= 1;
     if ((Opts::get_option('customize_vm') eq "yes")
                  || (Opts::get_option('customize_guest') eq "yes")) {
  
  
  
        $valid = XMLValidation::validate_format(Opts::get_option('filename'));
        if ($valid == 1) {
           $valid = XMLValidation::validate_schema(Opts::get_option('filename'),
                                               Opts::get_option('schema'));
           if ($valid == 1) {
              $valid = check_missing_value();
           }
        }
     }
  
  
  
      if (Opts::option_is_set('customize_vm')) {
         if ((Opts::get_option('customize_vm') ne "yes")
               && (Opts::get_option('customize_vm') ne "no")) {
            Util::trace(0,"\nMust specify 'yes' or 'no' for customize_vm option");
            $valid = 0;
         }
         
      }
      if (Opts::option_is_set('customize_guest')) {
         if ((Opts::get_option('customize_guest') ne "yes")
               && (Opts::get_option('customize_guest') ne "no")) {
            Util::trace(0,"\nMust specify 'yes' or 'no' for customize_guest option");
            $valid = 0;
         }
      }
     return $valid;
  }
  
  
  
  __END__
  
   

  You get errors? I also recommend to check the customer that has been deployed, for linux guests, there is a log file of the customization specification and I want to say its somewhere in/var/log/vmware, but I don't remember the exact name of the file. You can see what happened in and if there is no error. Also, I assume that you have looked at the list of taken guestOSes supported for customization of comments?

• How to remove a cpu from a linux guest

  Hello

  I have a Linux guest (Centos 5.5 x 64) that has been set with 2 cpu. Now I would like to change to 1 CPU only, because there is no more need of 2 processors.

  It is necessary to work on the core, or simply turn off the vm, reconfigure it and restart it?

  VMware Vsphere with ESXi 4.1.

  Thank you

  Bruno

  Message modificato da BrunoCom

  It is up to you. If this is a production server and a little delicate, I would go with a clone too.

  On the other hand, to remove and on the errors of re - attach the second processor is not much.

  First linux kernels or manually compiled and listening to those who was the (i386-i586) processor-specific and separate single CPU and SMP. This was because the first SMP kernels had some overhead and have been slower on single CPU machines.

  But it really should be a few years. Hardly, I myself remember last time asked me on what kernel to install during installation on a linux.

• PowerShell to execute the shell script in Linux guest

  Is there a way of powershell to access a Linux VM in a domain environment and then run a Linux shell script to a guest Linux OS - for example to set the network settings of the virtual machine?

  Thank you!

  You can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet. It allows you to run a script bash inside the Linux guests supported.

  There is also the Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface cmdlet to configure NETWORK card. It is based in fact on the same technique as the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet, but PowerCLI Dev team provided the bash script to you.

  ____________

  Blog: LucD notes

  Twitter: lucd22

• vCenter 4 and Linux guest customization

  VCenter 4 does support Linux Guest customization?

  I can only find documentation for Virtual Center, and when you go to the download page of vSphere and search components of VMware's Open-Source, I can not find them

  Anyone done this?

  I'm looking to clone a server SUES 9

  See you soon

  Mike

  Yes, vCenter 4 supports customization of Linux comments. You don't need additional software, just the VMware tools.

  Take a look at 'Basic System Administration'.

  ---

  VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• Env var for linux guest DISPLAY

  Hello

  I received a prompt linux on a host computer XP using VMWare Player with tools. The host is connected to a network that has attached linux machines.

  I can telnet from within the guest to other machines on the network linux successfully. What I can't do is run a graphical application on one of those remote machines. It basically boils down to be impossible to define the environment variable DISPLAY on the remote computer to something that will allow the remote computer display things on my linux guest.

  Is it possible to do what I'm doing?

  Thanks, Florin

  Using ssh with X 11 forwarding...

  SSH-l

• Disconnect Linux guests and Windows in Win7x64 host of sound

  I use a Dell OptiPlex 790 integrated with audio.

  Periodically a Windows prompt, or every time I try to use audio on Linux hosts, I get the "error opening audio device 0:  "A device ID has been used that is out of range of your system.  Sound will start disconnected. "

  (I don't have a control panel RealTek).

  On Win7x64 host:

  I downloaded and installed the audio driver of Dell (Realtek, ATI?).

  I disabled the ATI audio device high definition in the host and activated exclusive reading.  I also disabled the two microphones in sounds.

  Who took care of the issue of Windows and my Win7x64 guest comments can now read the audio data without disconnecting.

  However, the above has not set the same question on Linux.

  Under Linux, I went my Gnome settings, under his and turned off the microphones, closed the window settings of her Gnome and re-connected the audio device to the default sound in the virtual machine host.  That will allow me to hear the chirp in Linux system.  However, whenever I try to open the application of Gnome sound settings, or to say an audio app like Audacity, sound disconnects with the original error.

  There must be a solution out there.  Surely, after all these years people report these problems, some must have found an answer?

  Finally found the answer to my problem.  I have uninstalled the Realtek software and disabled audio all output devices.  Then I restarted and connected via USB a SoundBlaster X - fi Go! Adapter audio pro.  The software is installed on my host, rebooted it, and then reset all the guests computer virtual for the audio device by default.  Now, all of my guests, so Windows or Unix play sounds.

• Creating a virtual machine for Linux guest in another HARD drive

  Hi all

  I have Vmware Workstation 8.0 on windows 7 x 64. This window is installed in the primary SSD (Sata port 0), also its mbr. I also have a Linux Ubuntu Natty x 64 in my HDD (Sata port 1) with Grub installed on the HARD drive. So when I go to start my SDD just windows when I want linux, simply go to the HARD drive.

  I tried to create a virtual machine to access the linux (using the physical disk, persistent writing) as a guest during the use of windows as a host, but so far had no success. Just to easy access to linux.

  I get the message of follow-up:

  

  The configuration for this virtual machine as follows:

  

  Intel Virtualization is enabled in my BIOS.

  My specs are:

  Processor

  Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM

  Chipset

  Intel® HM65 Express Chipset

  8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM

  NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M 1.5 GB GDDR5 VRAM

  OCZ Vertex 3 128 GB SDD

  Western Digital 640 GB HARD drive

  Could someone help me?

  try to use "fullDevice" instead of "partitionedDevice" when you add the physical disk.

  It may also be necessary to put the disk status 'offline '.

  This worked in WS before 7?

  You can reach the vmware.log?

• VCB backup - Linux guest OS

  Hi all

  I use 4U1 ESX and VCenter4U1, then a virtual server, Redhat 5.2 Ent 64 bit installed in the virtual machine environment. I want to use a LAN free backup for this environment. I'll use backup VCB as one of the solutions.

  A server, Windows 2003 64-bit, it will be like a virtual Center and a proxy server.

  My question is:

  I go to the file/backup directory in the virtual machine (guest operating system Linux). How do I achieve this?

  Thanks in advance...

  ARO

  Gari

  No reason to fear. Really, don't you think that I am wanting to perform all these steps manually? Everything works automatically and observing each step isolated, it turns out that to be really simple.

  1. create a RDM

  2. the mount RDM VDR and format

  3 backups

  4. stop VDR after closing window of backup (with vCenter annexes)

  5. start Backup-To-Tape device to time there (let's say it's a virtual Windows machine)

  6 mount RDM with driver for ext2/ext3 filesystem (www.fs-driver.org)

  7 use a third-party backup software to save the ROW content on tape

  8. turn off Windows VM backup is complete

  9. start VDR to time z

  I use this process for a few weeks now and I have already tested the recovery of a band on the disc and VM disk. No complaints

• vSMP and Linux guests in practice

  Hello

  Recently, we were faced with problems of timing on RHEL. One of the proposed solutions was to reduce the number of vCPU for the virtual machine.

  I know that we should always try to keep as little vCPUs per VM as it is possible, but some virtual machines are supposed to be 4 or even 8 processors.

  My question is about the usability of Linux vSMP in daily work. Linux comments generates more support than Windows?

  Best regards

  Martin

  The main reason why use as party least vCPU is due to the fact that symmetric symmetric is used. That affects not only VMware, this is a general problem of virtualization as physical cores are shared.

  Symmetric symmetrical guest OS must wait vCPU all is available and synchronized to plan the work for each other. Meanwhile busy carrots are not available for all other tasks. So if you give as much vCPU is as you have physical cores, you leave not invited re-export of processing power and army as long as this particular guest is on his vCPU. Which is never the case on bare metal, the BONE is still owner of all hearts.

  On Linux, it is a problem with older kernels which generate up to 1000 interupts to second and additional 1000 per (v) CPU. Using other nuclei or do not use the timer of the PIT (which generates these interupts to get the number of ticks).

  Windows uses different types of hardware clocks and they can change by installing the software (such as Quicktime).

  AWo
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• The purpose of VMware Tools in a Linux guest?

  There are benefits to install VMware tools in a Linux without head/command line only VM?  The only things I see it adding would share his IP address info.  Are there features that I miss out on by installing do not?

  Indeed, as the RPM and tar from the instructions in file ends with "Start X Windows", it seems that it is not designed for anything other than the GUI (for mouse tracking/display setting enhancements)?

  With VMware tools, you can make things easier. For example, you can do 'clean shutdown' of the machine virtual of ESXi, or synchronize the time between ESXi and VM. I'm not sure but I think that vmware balooning pilot would need tools to work correctly.

  But you can still live without vmware-tools and perform all of the above tasks (although not as easily). Personally, I don't use vmware-tools with linux-VM as modular kernel is not permitted in our society.

• Impossible to install oracle database 11g r2 under linux guest system

  Hi all
  
  I have a fedora 18 comments system installed in windows home 7 using virtualbox. I am installing the oracle 11.2.0.2 database in my comment fedoral system. The oracle database is on a shared folder. I tried these two commands to install the database:
  
  [root@localhost database] # chmod + x./install/.oui
  [root@localhost database] #. / runInstaller
  . / runInstaller: line 254: /media/sf_MyShare/Oracle/database/install/.oui: cannot execute binary file
  However, he failed miserably. I don't have any experience in the installation of oracle on linux database. Can anyboday give me a clue to help me solve this problem? Thank you very much in advance.
  
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  As I said

  For the error cannot execute binary file, check if you have downloaded the right version of the database for your architecture.

  ZLinux is port of LInux to the IBM servers, it is a bad download corresponding to your installation. ;)

• Support USB Flash drive in Linux guest

  Hello

  I'm a Linux Noob and I have a question. I have a guest of CENTOS 5.4 installed and I was wondering if it is possible to mount my USB physical somehow? I have a USB flash drive formatted in FAT32 and I would like to be able to view the files.

  Just add the controller with the virtual material editor - nothing complicated

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• Linux Guest with IP address sets

  Hi all

  I've set up a Linux VM on W7 64 professional. I already had the host and the computer virtual configured with dynamic IP addresses, but I'm now testing an IP fixed on the virtual machine.

  I've set up the VM by following this linkand everything seems to work fine. As expected, I can ping the ip address and host name.

  However, since the change, I can't communicate with the virtual machine and the virtual machine with the host from the host.

  I use NAT and have not changed anything else. VMNet8 uses 192.168.130.1 and the output of ifconfig to the customer is as follows:

  eth0 Link encap HWaddr 00: 0C: 29:5F:2 C: E2

  INET addr:10.10.10.10 Bcast:10.10.10.255 mask: 255.255.255.0

  ADR inet6: fe80::20c:29ff:fe5f:2ce2 / 64 Scope: link

  RUNNING BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 metric: 1

  Fall of RX packets: 21 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 frame: 0

  Dropped packets TX: 40 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0

  collisions: 0 txqueuelen:1000

  RX bytes: 2397 (2.3 KiB) TX bytes: 7606 (7.4 KiB)

  Basis of interruption: 67 address: 0 x 2024

  Lo encap:Local Loopback link

  INET addr:127.0.0.1 mask: 255.0.0.0

  ADR inet6:: 1/128 Scope: host

  RACE of LOOPING 16436 Metric: 1

  Fall of RX packets: 1913 errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 frame: 0

  Dropped packets: 1913 TX errors: 0:0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0

  collisions: 0 txqueuelen:0

  RX bytes: 4388612 (4.1 MiB) TX bytes: 4388612 (4.1 MiB)

  Any ideas why I can't ping so be it? I tried the two host name and ip, or work address.

  If the NIC of the virtual machine is configured as NAT and VMnet8 has a 192.168.130.1 IP and then static IP address, the needs of comments to be in the same subnet with the last octet between 3 and 127, unless you change the default settings for VMnet8.

• Linux Guest network on the Windows host OS

  Hey

  I would like to give my comments dare a dedicated IP address. They are configured in the Windows adapter (Server 2003) and are operational, in addition, the bridge is configured correctly - and when I configure NAT in the network of the client (using DHCP), everything works fine. Could you tell me the settings of network guest OS for the device (eth0) Please?

  I mean, definition of the IP address of one of them that is configured in the network adapter on Windows, using the same gateway, and the same name servers does not work. It is said that the interface is in place but does not work.

  Advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

  You have not need to assign the IPs on side Windows if you use bridged networking infact, by doing so, you are going to have caused a conflict of IP address with the Linux VM.

  Let the VMNet adapters to their default values. Select mode bridged for the prompt, then assign an IP address for eth0, which should be.