On 11/27/2015 01:32 PM, Patrick Laimbock wrote:
On 11/26/15 09:47, C. L. Martinez wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to install nested Esxi 6.x under a Centos7 kvm host to
use it as test lab for new ESXi versions, but I am doing something
wrong because I can't install it.
I have configured kvm and kvm_intel modules with the following options:
options kvm ignore_msrs=1
options kvm_intel nested=1 ept=1
and I add the following options in <cpu> xml guest file:
<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
<model fallback='allow'>Westmere</model>
<feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
</cpu>
qemu-kvm package is installed from Virtualization SIG:
qemu-kvm-common-ev-2.1.2-23.el7_1.8.1.x86_64
qemu-kvm-ev-2.1.2-23.el7_1.8.1.x86_64
Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to accomplish this
scenario??
Here are my old notes how to run ESXi6 on KVM on Fedora 21:
# cat /etc/modprobe.d/nested.conf
options kvm ignore_msrs=1
options kvm-intel nested=y ept=y
Install ESXI6 Hypervisor with the vmxnet3 nic:
# virt-install --connect=qemu:///system -n esxi6 --cpu=host --vcpus=2
--ram 4096 --os-type=linux
--cdrom=/var/lib/libvirt/images/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso
--disk
path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/esxi6.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=ide,size=25,cache=none
--hvm --network=default,model=vmxnet3 --virt-type=kvm --arch=x86_64
--graphics spice --accelerate --video qxl --channel spicevmc
or with the e1000 nic:
# virt-install --connect=qemu:///system -n esxi6 --cpu=host --vcpus=2
--ram 4096 --os-type=linux
--cdrom=/var/lib/libvirt/images/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso
--disk
path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/esxi6.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=ide,size=25,cache=none
--hvm --network=default,model=e1000 --virt-type=kvm --arch=x86_64
--graphics spice --accelerate --video qxl --channel spicevmc
Boot the ESXi VM and in the console interface go to Troubleshooting
Options and enable SSH and Console access.
SSH to the ESXi VM:
$ ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes root@<IP of ESXi6 VM>
# cd /etc/vmware
# vi ./config and add the following options:
vmx.allowNested = TRUE
hv.assumeEnabled = TRUE
Add the IP address of the ESXi Hypervisor to /etc/hosts
192.168.122.172 esxi.lab.local
Now reboot the ESXi VM to make those options active.
I was able to install vCenter 6 (VCSA) on ESXi6 with these steps:
Create the template json file which is explained in
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vsphere-60-vcenter-server-appliance-cmdline-install.pdf
Some tips:
http://www.vladan.fr/vcenter-appliance-6-0-simplified-scripted-installation/
$ cat /home/patrick/VMware/patrick_embedded.json
{
"__comments":
[
"Test template for VCSA deployment on a nested ESXi Hypervisor
running on KVM on F21"
],
"deployment":
{
"esx.hostname":"esxi.lab.local",
"esx.datastore":"datastore1",
"esx.username":"root",
"esx.password":"password",
"deployment.option":"tiny",
"deployment.network":"vm",
"appliance.name":"vcsa",
"appliance.thin.disk.mode":true
},
"vcsa":
{
"system":
{
"root.password":"password",
"ssh.enable":true
},
"sso":
{
"password":"Password1!",
"domain-name":"lab.local",
"site-name":"patrick_lab"
}
}
}
Next mount the VMware-VCSA-all-6.0.0-2562643.iso file
# cd /run/media/patrick/VMware\ VCSA/vcsa-cli-installer/lin64
And run the command to deploy the VCSA appliance on top of ESXi:
$ vcsa-deploy -v /home/patrick/VMware/patrick_embedded.json
[patrick@lab lin64]$ ./vcsa-deploy -v
/home/patrick/VMware/patrick_embedded.json
Start vCSA command line installer to deploy vCSA "vcsa", an embedded node.
Please see /tmp/vcsa-cli-installer-8159mI.log for logging information.
The SSO password meets the installation requirements.
Opening vCSA image: /run/media/patrick/VMware VCSA/vcsa/vmware-vcsa
SSL fingerprint
fb:9a:f8:d2:86:14:c0:17:6d:02:f4:9d:da:e8:31:ee:fb:3b:58:d4 is different
from host fingerprint
51:A6:F1:28:E7:2D:9B:02:7A:97:0A:1A:87:A3:42:A8:4C:42:24:03 for host
esxi.lab.local as target type.
Accept update of SSL fingerprint in known host file
Write 'yes' or 'no'
yes
Opening VI target: vi://r...@esxi.lab.local:443/
Deploying to VI: vi://r...@esxi.lab.local:443/
Progress: 99%
Transfer Completed
Powering on VM: vcsa
Progress: 48%
Power On Completed
Installing services...
Progress: 5%. Setting up storage
Progress: 50%. Installing RPMs
Progress: 55%. Installed VMware-unixODBC-2.3.1.vmw.2-6.0.0.x86_64.rpm
...
Profit!
Or not because the Firefox VCSA plugin did not work on a Linux (Fedora)
host which you need to actually use vCenter. If you make the VCSA gui
work with Firefox on Linux, I would appreciate an update.
HTH,
Patrick
Many thanks Patrick for your valuable help!!. I've found the problem:
removing my <cpu> entries and adding "<cpu mode='host-passthrough'>",
works...
But in my case, I can't assign vmxnet3 as a virtual nic for ESXi, it
seems is not supported at this time ...
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