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vmware-server package

  1. Bug #188391
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 188391

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Vincent Pluk (v-pluk) wrote :

This is how I solved it:

- Download "ESX Server 3i U2 Installable Refresh Version 3.5 Update 2 | 110271 - 08/13/08" from https://www.vmware.com/
- Mount the ISO "VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.iso"
- Unpack "install.tgz"
- Unpack "./usr/lib/vmware/installer/VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.dd.bz2"
- DiskDump the file to a a unused disk that is big enough: sudo dd if=VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-110271.i386.dd of=/dev/sdb
- Toggle or reboot to make new partitions available: sdb1 sdb4 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 sdb8
- Mount /dev/sdb8
- In ./packages/3.5.0/vmtools/ you will find the new version of the VMware Tools voor Linux ISO: linux.iso
- Use linux.iso in your Ubuntu 8.04 VMware Guest to install the VMware Tools

Currently we run VMWare ESX 3.5.0 build 64607. I did some simple testing with VMware Tools build 110271 in a guest under our VMWare ESX 3.5.0 build 64607 server: getstatus, start, stop. All worked like a charme!