Software used:

• Endian Firewall Community 2.1.1 Community Edition
• VMware Server 2.01 on Windows 2003 x64 host

Endian 2.1.1

Download

Login as root, make a temp directory…

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cd /tmp
tar -xvf VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.i386.tar.gz

zypper in gcc gcc-c++ make kernel-source kernel-syms linux-kernel-headers patch

cd vmware-server-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl

/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

open https://server:8333

Below are my experiences for tuning and troubleshooting VMware Server 1.x on my Windows 2003 x64 host. Hope these can save someone some hours.

In most cases, the bottleneck is…

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I recently installed an IPcop 1.4 in vmware to replace my old firewall at home. I also need to filter some unwanted website for my kids.

Time/Clock problem

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yast -i binutils gcc gcc-c++ kernel-source make
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
cp /mnt/VMware*.tar.gz ~
cd ~
tar xvf VMware*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-install
./vmware-tools-install

Reference:

• http://wiki.novell.com/index.php/SLES_10_VMWare_Tips

Software Used:

• CentOS 5.2 i386
• VMware Server 1.06 (free) version

Install VMware Tools

Install kernel development and compiler first

yum install yum-fastestmirror
yum install kernel-devel gcc gcc-c++

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Software Used:

• Windows 2003 R2 SP2 x64 Standard Edtion (as host)
• VMware Server 1.0.6 (free) Edition
• Get CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso from www.centos.org mirror

Create the virtual machine

• Choose

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This document list how I install VMware Server on a Windows host. I assume you have basic knowledge on IT and your Windows 2003 server is already running.

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