THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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VMWare Server cannot be installed on a computer running a Xen kernel. To determine if a Xen kernel is being used:
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uname -a |
The following output indicates a Xen kernel is being used:
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If "xen" appears in the output of the previous command, replace the Xen Kernel with the following commands:
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yum update ecryptfs-utils -y
install kernel kernel-devel -y
remove xen kernel-xen -y |
Check the grub.conf file to make sure it is not configured to boot using the Xen Kernel
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less /boot/grub/grub.conf |
The grub.conf file should NOT look like this:
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The grub.conf file SHOULD look like this:
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative tothat eg. # root
ro root=/dev/sda3 # initrd
CentOS (2.6.18-128.1.14.el5) root
ro root=LABEL=/1 pci=nommconf initrd
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After removing the Xen kernel, reboot the computer:
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reboot |
Install VMWare Server
- Install the VMWare Server RPM:
No Format rpm \-ivh /install/VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.i386.rpm
- Run the following command to configure VMWare Server:
No Format vmware-config.pl
Create a Virtual Machine
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