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ESX Server 3.5 just wouldn’t install from my SATA DVD drive cause my motherboard doesn’t have a standard controller known to ESX. I bypassed this by installing ESX 3.5 from a temporary web server.
Luckily, a Macbook can whip up a web server in a few clicks.
Just go to System Preferences – Sharing, and check off “Web Sharing”
In your /Users/username/Sites folder, copy the VMware folder from the ESX Server 3.5 CD.
When you boot from the ESX 3.5 Server CD, choose HTTP install and enter in the IP of your Mac and the folder. In my case, http://192.168.1.100/~ken is inputted as the following.
November 11, 2008
* Be sure to enable SSH in ESXi first.
Unlike Windows, the Mac doesn’t really have a nice SCP client like WinSCP. So we are left with the commandline or Fugu.
For those afraid of the unix command line, you can also use Fugu to scp files to and from the ESXi server.
Use the SCP option in the menu
Enter the appropriate details
Fugu isn’t as scary as the unix prompt and still very useful.
November 9, 2008
ESXi doesn’t really have a full blown service console like it’s bigger brother ESX but remants of it is still there. If you enable SSH, you will have a limited command line to do simple things like delete VM’s or use SCP to copy VM’s to and from the server.
Here’s how you enable it.
- Press ALT+F1
- Type “unsupported”
Hit “Enter”
- Log in
- Edit the inetd.conf file by typing, “vi /etc/inetd.conf”
Press “/” key
Type in “ssh”
Move cursor over to #
Press “x”
Press “Shift+:”
Type “wq“
- Find “inetd” service #
Type “ps | grep inetd”
Type “kill -HUP ####“
- Done!
Now you can log in via SSH with your favourite client. In my case I use Terminal on a Mac with the following command:
ssh root@192.168.1.55
With SSH enabled you can have limited access to the service console. You can’t really install anything like the full blown ESX but it’s still very useful for SCP.
November 9, 2008
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