Andy Could I extend existing ESXi.pm module at /usr/local/vcl/lib/VCL/Module/OS/Linux/ESXi.pm? Everyhing you described seems to be already in place - entry for esxi OS (OSid), module name/path.
Thanks. -- Dmitri Chebotarov On Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 14:56 , Andy Kurth wrote: > You could create an ESXi.pm OS module. It would inherit from Linux.pm > since some of the Linux subroutines will work under ESXi. The module > would reside at: > lib/VCL/Module/OS/Linux/ESXi.pm > > Entries would have to be added to the module and OS tables in the > database. Set your image.OSid value to the new value you enter in the > OS table. > > Some of the subroutines in Linux.pm already work as you have noticed. > I changed a few of them a while back to work with ESXi of them to > which are called by the VMware.pm provisioning module when SSH is used > to control the VM host. For the ones which don't work, you would > define subroutines in ESXi.pm to override the ones in Linux.pm or > OS.pm such as create_user. > > For the networking problems, you would probably define a post_load > subroutine in ESXi.pm which performs operations necessary to configure > the virtual switches appropriately such as running esxcfg-vswitch and > esxcfg-vmknic. > > This would be very useful for us at NCSU. I would be happy to help > get this added. > > -Andy > > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <dcheb...@gmu.edu > (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu)> wrote: > > > > I'm not looking for nested hypervisors - this would work for someone who > > wants to play/study ESXi server. But even in this case VCL needs a module to > > handle ESXi reservation - this step would fail for nested esxi as well… > > > > How would I add/use/load a new pm module for ESXi reservation? I plan to use > > ESXi image along with a Windows sub-image with vSphere client, so ESXi > > server won't need public IP address in this case… > > > > I only need to address reservation steps (ie. get IP, add user, etc.) - > > xCAT/VCL already handles ESXi install process. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > Dmitri Chebotarov > > Virtual Computing Lab Systems Engineer, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging > > 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 > > Phone: (703) 993-6175 > > Fax: (703) 993-3404 > > > > On Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 14:04 , Mike Haudenschild wrote: > > > > There is definitely a performance penalty for running ESXi as a guest OS. I > > don't think the hardware virtualization features of the CPU can be passed on > > to an ESXi guest, which also means no 64-bit guests inside the ESXi guest. > > > > Suggest reading the notes on this blog: > > http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmware-esx-4-can-even-virtualize-itself/ > > > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 13:59, Aaron Peeler <aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu > > (mailto:aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu)> wrote: > > > > Definitely doable. > > > > Also might be worth doing it within a ESXi server. Nested hypervisor - > > possibly a bit better control on which networks are visible. > > > > With the connection methods in the next release, you could define > > vsphere client as the connection method. > > > > Aaron P. > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <dcheb...@gmu.edu > > (mailto:dcheb...@gmu.edu)> wrote: > > > Hi, All > > > > > > Is it posible to add ESXi 4.1 image to VCL, so users can make reservation > > > for ESXi 4.1 server? > > > May be someone else already has it working…. May be there is separate > > > module > > > for ESXi support? > > > > > > I have configured xCAT/VCL and I'm able to reload a blade with ESXi 4.1 > > > using kickstart script via Manage Computers. > > > But when a user makes reservation for ESXi 4.1 - it fails. So far it fails > > > for two reasons - no Public interface and cannot create user on ESXi > > > hosts. > > > VCL is using Linux.pm module and ESXi doesn't support it. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > -- > > > Dmitri Chebotarov > > > Virtual Computing Lab Systems Engineer, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging > > > 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 > > > Phone: (703) 993-6175 > > > Fax: (703) 993-3404 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Aaron Peeler > > Program Manager > > Virtual Computing Lab > > NC State University > > > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > > > >
