drew einhorn wrote:
I just asked over on a VMware list. And got the following link. It's an example command for creating VMware ESX VMs. The book it comes from looks very interesting. http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1243494,00.html
Nice -- even if it is a Windows example :) If you can get one tested that works with a cobbler server (or any /tftpboot tree based on a MAC address), we can probably get something integrated. I am a bit concerned about someone not knowing what to fill in for all of the $values, or when they change.
--Michael
On 7/3/07, *Michael DeHaan* < mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:drew einhorn wrote: > Things are working well on the ESX box now that I'm past the cobbler > and kickstart misconfigurations. > > Every time I create an new vm I need to take a trip though VMware's > Virtual Infrastructure Client, that I'd really like to avoid. VMware > has a few more options to besides ram and disk space to configure > before creating a VM. Haven't taken a close enough look to know > either how difficult it will be to live without being able to set them > when the VM is created, or how difficult it would be to extend cobbler > to handle more VM attributes, or how this maps into all the other > virtualization toolsets. > Can you see if VMware has any docs for command line creation of guests? If so, those attributes could be added in koan fairly easily. I don't have a test platform, but would be more than happy to code something up in koan if someone wanted to test the proof of concept. Tracking a few additional attributes in cobbler wouldn't be a problem. > On 7/2/07, *Michael DeHaan* < mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx> > <mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: > > drew einhorn wrote: > > Cobbler / Koan supports Xen virtualization. > > > > Has anyone looked at what it would take to get koan working > > on other virtualization platforms? I have a VMware ESX box > > I'd like to be able to use it on. > > > > Not to my knowledge -- though I like the idea. > > As far as I'm aware, vmware does understand PXE installation, so koan > would just need a way to create an "empty" guest > that would PXE itself. I know this is the plan for how we're > going to > support fully automatic installs for other > virtualization types like KVM, Xen hardware virt, etc. > > If there are any VMware experts on the list, patches would be great :) > > It seems like the syntax needed would not need to even access the > cobbler server the way --virt does today, ex: > > koan --virt --virt-type=vmware --mac=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --virt-name=foo > [...other options...] > > --virt-type could default to "xenparavirt" and current behavior. > > --Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx>> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > > > > > -- > Drew Einhorn > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools> -- Drew Einhorn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
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