- It will shutdown the vm to backup, and will start back the VM when backup is completed Usage: ./backup.sh xxx.txt/remove View Here Sample txt file for argument $1
1. Shut down the Guest OS. 2. Open up the .vmx file. 3. Delete the following lines (that begin with …): ethernet0.addressType uuid.location = uuid.bios = ethernet0.generatedAddress = ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = 4. Boot up the Guest OS again, and it should generate new details in the vmx file (I’d check afterwards to be doubly sure).
Afterwards open http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ in your browser. Install the latest version (.rpm) and register to get a serial number. Next we have to patch the VMware Server so that it is able to handle the new kernel (2.6.25) (root privileges needed). mkdir /tmp/vmware/ cp /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar /tmp/vmware/ cp /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar /tmp/vmware/ cd /tmp/vmware/tar xvf vmmon.tar tar xvf vmnet.tar [...]
1 VMware Server Is Not Installed Yet Download and install the VMware Server as described here at step 14.3.16, but DON’T apply the any-any patch. Afterwards proceed with step 2. 2 VMware Server Is Already Installed Download this patch. After that open a terminal, become root and switch to the folder where you downloaded the [...]
