[OmniOS-discuss] Omni and vmware tools (ESXi 5.1)

[Guenther Alka]

update

I have got german and english versions of the HowTo setup/update ESXi + 
OmniOS with vmware tools from T. Geppert:

http://napp-it.org/doc/ESXi-OmniOS_Installation_HOWTO_en.pdf
http://napp-it.org/doc/ESXi-OmniOS_Installation_HOWTO_de.pdf


> update:
>
> There is a first success report at
> http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community...l#post19939891 
> <http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f101/zfs-stammtisch-570052-110.html#post19939891>
>
> It seems that patch 
> http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findP...29&version=121 
> <http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal?product=ESXi+%28Embedded+and+Installable%29&version=121> 
> with a newer vmware tools version is needed to install vmware tools on 
> OmniOS
>
> If someone gets it working too, a confirmation and step by step howto
> - patch ESXi (free) locally
> - create a virtual floppy (needed with current Omni - needed with 
> current stable ??) http://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/VMwareNotes
> - How to mount installer cd in ESXi and install tools
>
> would be very helpful (Maybee at the Omni wiki?)
>
> I will check this asap too (a lot of other work the next days) to 
> build an All-In-One system based on Omni instead of OI
>
>
> Gea
>
>> Happy Christmas all
>>
>> I would like to run Omni under ESXi 5.1 but found no info
>> about how to install vmware tools.
>>
>> (I even tried to copy them from OI but got only an error when tried 
>> to run the installer)
>>
>>
>> Gea
>>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OmniOS-discuss mailing list
> OmniOS-discuss at lists.omniti.com
> http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss


-- 
H          f   G
Hochschule für Gestaltung
university of design

Schwäbisch Gmünd
Marie-Curie-Str. 19
73529 Schwäbisch Gmünd

Guenther Alka, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Leiter des Rechenzentrums
head of computer center

Tel 07171 602 627
Fax 07171 69259
guenther.alka at hfg-gmuend.de
http://rz.hfg-gmuend.de

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omniosce.org/ml-archive/attachments/20130102/78421f2c/attachment.html>