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Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems

 VirtualmachinesmustbehostedonESXServer3.0.1orgreater,andtheVirtualCenterservermustbe

version2.0.1orgreater.

 VirtualmachinesmustberunningaguestoperatingsystemthatissupportedbyESXServer3.0.1or

greaterandVirtualCenter2.0.1orgreater.

 Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredon.

TomanuallyupgradeVMwareTools:

1 LaunchtheVIClientandlogintotheVirtualCenterserver.

2 SelecttheInventory>HostsandClustersview.

3 Selectthehostorclusterthatcontainsthevirtualmachinesyouwanttoupgrade.

4 SelecttheVirtualMachinestab.

5 Selectthevirtualmachinesyouwanttoupgradeandpowerthemon.

6Right‐clickyourselectionsandselectInstall/UpgradeVMwareTools.

7 (Optional)Entercommand‐lineoptionsintheAdvancedfield(see“AppendixB:Command‐LineOptions

forVMwareToolsUpgrades”onpage 21).

8ClickOK.

ToconfigurevirtualmachinestoupgradeVMw areToolsautomatically:

1Makesureyourvirtual

machineispoweredoffandopentheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogboxfor

thevirtualmachineyouwanttoupgrade.

2 SelectOptionstab>VMwareTools.

3 SelectCheckandupgradeToolsbeforeeachpower‐onunderAdvanced.

4ClickOK.

Thenexttimethevirtualmachineispoweredon,itchecksthe

ESXhostforanewerversionofVMwareTools.

Ifoneisavailable,itisinstalledand,ifrequired,theguestoperatingsystemisrestarted.

Cloning a Linux Guest Operating System

AfteryouhavecreatedandconfiguredaLinuxvirtualmachine,youhavetheoptionofconvertingitintoa

template.YoucanthenusetoolsinVirtualCentertocloneadditionalvirtualmachinesfromthistemplate.

Duringthecloningprocessatechniquecalledcustomizationallowsyoutocustomizetheidentityandnetwork



settingsofyourvirtualmachine’sguestoperatingsystemsoitisreadytobeginworkimmediatelyinyour

targetenvironment.Cloningandcustomizationallowyoutoprovisionnewvirtualmachinesmuchmore

quicklythanyoucanbybuildingthemmanually.Youcansaveyourvirtualmachinesettingsinaspecification

thatyoucanrecalllaterandreuse.YoudothisusingtheGuestCustomizationwizard.Thereareseveralways

toaccessthecustomizationwizard,asdescribedbelow.

Linux Requirements for Guest Customization

GuestcustomizationofaLinuxguestoperatingsystemcanoccurif:

 ThecloneortemplatehasoneofthefollowingLinuxversionsinstalled:

 RedHatEnterpriseLinuxASversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)

 RedHatApplicationServerversions2through5(including64‐bitversions)

 SUSELINUXEnterpriseServer8,9,or10

 ThemostrecentversionofVMwareToolsisinstalledintheguestoperatingsystem.

OTECustomizationforRedHatLinux4andgreaterandSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9andgreater

issupportedonlyonhostsrunningESX3.5andgreaterorESXi3.5andgreater.

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