Since nobody has any Idea, how to resolv this problem, I installed Citrix XenServer and everythings working now...
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binco
2008-10-20 08:43:21
Not directly a programming question, so wrong forum really, hence few replies. Great answer from Fred Drake, though, just what I was looking for.
nray
2009-03-22 15:20:04
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The only solution I have found is to run the server from a thumb drive and use the embedded hard drive to store your virtual servers. This solution worked for me.
To achieve this in this way you will need:
- A USB thumb drive 1GB or larger
- An active Linux machine (or, use a liveCD option on your PowerEdge such as Knoppix or Gentoo LiveCD)
Mount your ESXi ISO:
mount -t iso9660 -o loop VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.iso /mnt/esx
Write the installer file to the thumb drive:
tar xvzf /mnt/esx/install.tgz usr/lib/vmware/installer/VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.dd.bz2 -O | bzip2 -d -c | dd of=/dev/sdb
Assumptions here (adjust to your settings):
/dev/sdb
is where your thumb drive residesVMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.iso
is the name of your ISO fileusr/lib/vmware/installer/VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.dd.bz2
is the name of the dd file in your iso (runtar ztf /mnt/esx/install.tgz
to see what your exact file name is, it should be similar and relatively obvious)
It will take a few minutes to write, and when it's done simply boot off of this thumb drive. The PowerEdge servers have an internal USB (at least mine does) if aesthetics are important to you.
Source: http://cyborgworkshop.org/2008/08/30/install-vmware-esxi-onto-a-usb-thumbdrive/
EDIT 12/19/2009: ESXi 4.0.0 uses image.tgz instead of install.tgz to store it's dd file
Fred Drake
2008-12-06 01:20:41