Nice to know James, Keep us posted of any problems. Regards -- Harshavardhana Gluster - http://www.gluster.com On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:12 AM, James Devine <fxmulder at gmail.com> wrote: > I was able to use the vmdk in a vsphere 4 esx environment. I just > copied and gunziped the file on the esx server, created a new VM and > attached the existing disk. It recognized it as an IDE device and let > me boot from it, the install seemed to work fine from there. > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Ferguson > <nferguson at nephilacapital.com> wrote: > > Thanks for getting back with me, I really appreciate it. > > > > > > > > The VMDK provided is designed to work with VMWare workstation. It has > > an IDE type backing which is basically unsupported for ESX based VMs. > > > > > > > > I have gotten around this by going through the initial install routine > > in VM Workstation and installing to a SCSI disk, then exporting this VM > > to ESX. This works just fine. The VM boots and lands on the Graphical > > Login prompt. However, things go pear shaped from here, as the default > > password fails. > > > > > > > > A quick cntr + alt + D brings up the desktop and I went into Network > > Device Control. All networks appear offline, I corrected this and was > > then able to browse to internet sites so I know networking is > > functional. > > > > > > > > I have not changed the password since converting the VM from a > > Workstation format to an ESX format. The default password continues to > > work on the Workstation source. I jumped down to a console prompt, > > changed to the GLUSTER directory and reviewed the files. The password > > listed in the config and config.xml file is the one I am trying. I am > > not sure where to go from here. > > > > > > > > Any assistance, advice, or subtle hints, would be very much appreciated. > > > > > > > > Nicholas > > > > From: harshavardhanacool at gmail.com [mailto:harshavardhanacool at gmail.com] > > On Behalf Of Harshavardhana > > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:06 PM > > To: Nicholas Ferguson > > Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org > > Subject: Re: Live CD or alternative format to Live USB > > stick > > > > > > > > Nicholas, > > > > Thanks a lot for the words. We have vmdk image presetn at this > > location > > > > > > http://ftp.gluster.com/pub/gluster/gluster-platform/3.0/testing/Gluster- > > 3.0.vmdk.gz > > > > We will release iso also in subsequent time as we are fixing few > > issues there. > > > > Regards > > -- > > Harshavardhana > > Gluster - http://www.gluster.com > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Nicholas Ferguson > > <nferguson at nephilacapital.com> wrote: > > > > Good Morning, > > > > > > > > First, let me congratulate the developers and community support on a > > great product and an impressive release milestone. > > > > > > > > I am very eager to try Gluster Storage Platform on some ESX based > > virtual machines. I have no method of using the bootable USB to > > accomplish this. > > > > > > > > Are there any plan on creating a bootable Live CD for installation and > > or releasing and ESX based VMDK? > > > > > > > > Again, congratulations, great work! > > > > > > > > Nicholas > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > The information in this e-mail, and any attachment therein, is > > confidential and > > for use by the addressee only. Any use, disclosure, reproduction, > > modification > > or distribution of the contents of this e-mail, or any part thereof, > > other than > > by the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the > > intended > > recipient, please return the e-mail to the sender and delete it from > > your > > computer. > > > > This email is for information purposes only, nothing contained herein > > constitutes > > an offer to sell or buy securities, as such an offer may only be made > > from a > > properly authorized offering document. > > > > Although Nephila Capital attempts to sweep e-mail and attachments for > > viruses, it > > does not guarantee that either are virus-free and accepts no liability > > for any > > damage sustained as a result of viruses. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users at gluster.org > > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users at gluster.org > > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > >
