[gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[J.Marcos Sitorus]

Hello list,
Anybody here ever successfully configured VMware Workstation on Gentoo?
I have installed VMware Workstation 9 on my Gentoo box. It work for
normal virtual machine, but it never work for nested ESXi.
I want to create VMware lab on my PC for testing purpose (vMotion,
svMotion, DRS, etc).

I have try follow tutorial instruction on this website:
http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-1-the-story/
, but it still failed.
I also try FreeNAS and OpenFiler, but all failed.

The second nic (on vmnic1 on ESXi) cannot ping iSCSI target (FreeNAS
or OpenFiler or Windows iSCSI server).
I try similar configuration on VMware Workstation running on Windows
and my VMware lab work without any problem.

Is there some special configuration to make VMware Workstation on
Gentoo support virtual machines with more than 1 NIC?

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J.Marcos S.
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[gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[Adam Carter]

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>
>
> Is there some special configuration to make VMware Workstation on gentoo
> support virtual machines with more than one NIC?
>
> No, it just works. I have some  windows vms with multiple nics

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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[J.Marcos Sitorus]

Hi Adam,
Thank you for your reply.
Are you using genkernel or configure your own kernel?
If you configure you're own kernel, what kernel option did you enable
related to Vmware/virtualization? Do you mind send me kernel config
file?
What useflag did you use to compile Vmware Workstation?

On 1/1/14, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is there some special configuration to make VMware Workstation on gentoo
>> support virtual machines with more than one NIC?
>>
>> No, it just works. I have some  windows vms with multiple nics
>


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J.Marcos S.
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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[Adam Carter]

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:04 PM, J.Marcos Sitorus <gkjdsh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Adam,
> Thank you for your reply.
> Are you using genkernel or configure your own kernel?
> If you configure you're own kernel, what kernel option did you enable
> related to Vmware/virtualization? Do you mind send me kernel config
> file?
> What useflag did you use to compile Vmware Workstation?
>

I configured my own kernel. The vmware-modules ebuild will tell you if
you're missing any kernel options that you need.

The only vmware related USE flag i have is vmware-tools, which grabs the
software for the guest vms.

Usually all you need to do is setup the vmnet interfaces with
vmware-netcfg, then add network hardware to the guest OS and tell it which
vmnet interface to use. If you run ifconfig do you have multiple vmnet
interfaces? Did you add extra hardware to the guest OS?

HTH,
Adam

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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[J.Marcos Sitorus]

On 1/13/14, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:04 PM, J.Marcos Sitorus <gkjdsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> I configured my own kernel. The vmware-modules ebuild will tell you if
> you're missing any kernel options that you need.
Vmware-modules installed successfully on my gentoo box, no missing modules.
I just thought maybe there's some missing dependencies on the ebuild.

> Usually all you need to do is setup the vmnet interfaces with
> vmware-netcfg, then add network hardware to the guest OS and tell it which
> vmnet interface to use. If you run ifconfig do you have multiple vmnet
> interfaces? Did you add extra hardware to the guest OS?
> HTH,
> Adam
I cannot access my gentoo box right now, so I can't tell you exactly
how many vmnet interface I have. But from what I remember, I have two
vmnet: vmnet0 for bridge and vmnet1 for NAT.
I am creating several interface on vmware-netcfg, but those interface
not connected to physical interface (as explain in this tutorial:
http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-3-vmware-workstation-8/
).

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J.Marcos S.
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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[Adam Carter]

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I cannot access my gentoo box right now, so I can't tell you exactly

> how many vmnet interface I have. But from what I remember, I have two
> vmnet: vmnet0 for bridge and vmnet1 for NAT.
> I am creating several interface on vmware-netcfg, but those interface
> not connected to physical interface (as explain in this tutorial:
>
> http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-3-vmware-workstation-8/
> ).
>

ok, so AFAIK all you need to do is go to the Settings of a guest, which
should open you up on the Hardware tab, then click the "+ Add" button to
add a second Network Adapter.

-Adam

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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation environment on Gentoo

[J.Marcos Sitorus]

On 1/1/14, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is there some special configuration to make VMware Workstation on gentoo
>> support virtual machines with more than one NIC?
>>
>> No, it just works. I have some  windows vms with multiple nics
>
Hi Adam,
Thank you for your reply.
Are you using genkernel or configure your own kernel?
If you configure you're own kernel, what kernel option did you enable
related to Vmware/virtualization? Do you mind send me kernel config
file?
What useflag did you use to compile Vmware Workstation?

Note: Sorry for my previous email. I am using gmail and it's set to
top posting by default
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J.Marcos S.
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