Vmware-Tools and time synchronization: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:29, 2 March 2006

There are several reasons for installing Vmware Tools in the guest-OS:

Better network performance by using vmxnet module
May be better Virtual-disk speed because /etc/init.d/vmware-tools sets up hdparms.
Time synchronization hetween host & guest OS.

Installation:

Install Virtual Machine (e.g. SuSE 9.3 used here) with pcnet32 network module (default) including the kernel sources.
Run Yast Online Update you. This updates the packets + kernel + kernel sources.
Reboot.
Install the Vmware-Tools. We use the
```
dc:/pub/software/RPM/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm
```
which compiles better with 2.6 kernals then the variant distributed with vmware-gsx-server.
```
rpm -i VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm
```
.
Now we have to configure the kernel sources:

cd /usr/srs/linux make cloneconfig make prepare

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 # Run Yast Online Update <code>you</code>. This updates the packets + kernel + kernel sources.
 # Reboot.
-# Install the Vmware-Tools. We use the <pre>dc:/pub/software/RPM/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm</pre> which compiles better with 2.6 kernals then the variant distributed with vmware-gsx-server.
+# Install the Vmware-Tools. We use the <pre>dc:/pub/software/RPM/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm</pre> which compiles better with 2.6 kernals then the variant distributed with vmware-gsx-server.<pre>rpm -i VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm</pre>.
+# Now we have to configure the kernel sources: <pre>
-<pre>rpm -i VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm</pre>.
+cd /usr/srs/linux
+make cloneconfig
+make prepare</pre>