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Configure the VCL Database for the VM Guest and Host 

• Create computer groups:
  • all vm host computers
  • all vm guest computers 
• Map vm computer groups to management node group
• Add VM host computer:
  • Hosthame: localvmhost
  • IP Address:

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• • 127.0.0.2

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• • State:

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• • maintenance

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• • Owner:

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• • admin

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• • Platform:

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• • i386

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• • Schedule:

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• • VCL 24x7 
  • RAM:

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• • 1024

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• • No

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• • Processors:

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• • 1

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• • Processor

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• • Speed:

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• • 2000

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• • Network

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• • Speed:

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• • 100 
  • Type:

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• • blade

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• • Provisioning

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• • engine:

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• • xCAT

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• • 1.x

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• • Computer

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• • Groups:

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• • all

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• • vm

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• • host

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• • computers

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• Add

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• VM

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• guest

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• computer:

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• • Hosthame:

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• • vmguest01

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• • IP

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• • Address:

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• • current

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• • public

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• • ip

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• • address

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• • used

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• • by

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• • Windows

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• • XP

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• • VM

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• • State:

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• • available

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• • Owner:

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• • admin

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• • Platform:

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• • i386

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• • Schedule:

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• • VCL 24x7 
  • RAM:

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• • 1024

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• • No

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• • Processors:

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• • 1

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• • Processor

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• • Speed:

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• • 2000

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• • Network

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• • Speed:

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• • 100 
  • Type:

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• • virtualmachine

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• • Provisioning

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• • engine:

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• • VMWare

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• • Server

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• • Provisioning

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• • Computer

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• • Groups: all vm guest computer 
• Change state of localvmhost to vmhostinuse
• Assign vmguest1 to localvmhost
• Create node in priviledge tree
  • Name: VM image access
  • Add resource groups:
    • all vm guest computers
    • all vm guest images

Create a Network Interface for the Private VM Network

• vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:5

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• No Format

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• DEVICE=eth0:5 BOOTPROTO=none STARTMODE=onboot USERCTL=no IPADDR=172.53.0.1 BROADCAST=172.53.0.255 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes

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• /sbin/ifup eth0:5
• vi /etc/hosts

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• No Format

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• 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.2 localvmhost 172.53.0.11 vmguest1

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Configure the Host Blade as a DHCP Server 

• vi /etc/dhcpd.conf

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• No Format

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• ddns-update-style interim; ignore client-updates; shared-network eth0 {    subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 {       # no dhcp support available       # we are not authoritative for this network       not authoritative;    }    subnet 172.53.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {       range 172.53.0.10 172.53.0.244;       authoritative;       max-lease-time 43200;       min-lease-time 43200;       default-lease-time 43200;       option routers 172.53.0.1;       option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;       option nis-domain "NA";       option domain-name "vcl.org";       option domain-name-servers 172.52.0.1;       option nis-servers noip;       option time-offset -5;       ignore unknown-clients;             host vmguest1 {          option host-name "vmguest1";          hardware ethernet 00:50:56:06:FF:00;          fixed-address 172.53.0.11;          option dhcp-server-identifier 172.53.0.1;       }    } }

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• /sbin/service dhcpd start
• /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 dhcpd on

Configure Host Blade To Be Able To SSH To Itself

• cat /etc/vcl/vcl.key.pub

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• >>

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• /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

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• cp

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• /etc/vcl/vcl.key

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• /etc/vcl/bladelinuxkey_id_rsa

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• edit the managementnode table in the database: set the keys column to vcl.key
• vi /etc/vcl/vcld.conf

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  IDENTITY_blade_linux=/etc/vcl/vcl.key IDENTITY_solaris_lab=/etc/vcl/vcl.key IDENTITY_linux_lab=/etc/vcl/vcl.key IDENTITY_blade_win=/etc/vcl/vcl.key

Configure .vmdk Files in Image Library

• mkdir -p /install/vmware_images/vmwarewinxp-base7-v0

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• chmod -R

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• 644

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• /install/vmware_images/

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• cp

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• /var/lib/vmware/Virtual\

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• Machines/Windows\

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• XP\

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• Base/Win*vmdk

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• /install/vmware_images/vmwarewinxp-base7-v0/

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• Rename the .vmdk files:

  Code Block
  mv Windows\ XP\ Base.vmdk vmwarewinxp-base7-v0.vmdk for i in {1..7}; do mv Windows\ XP\ Base-s00$i.vmdk vmwarewinxp-base7-v0-s00$i.vmdk; done;

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• sed

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• -i

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• -r

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• -e

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• "s/Windows

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• XP

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• Base/vmwarewinxp-base7-v0/"

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• vmwarewinxp-base7-v0.vmdk