Installing VMware Tools on RedHat 5.4

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by joshhrob.

This document outlines the steps to install VMware tools on Redhat 5.4. This document assumes a fresh vanilla install as described in the post
Installing RedHat 5.4 64 bit.
To begin log into your RedHat server as a user and right click on the desktop to open a terminal window.

Enter the command su and enter your root [...]

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Building a Virtual Appliance with Jeos

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by joshhrob.

This build document outlines creating a Virtual Appliance using VMWare Workstation 6.5 and Ubuntu Jeos (Just Enough Operating System) 8.04.3 operating system .
This document is organized into four sections:
Creating A Virtual Machine in Workstation
Installing Jeos inside VMWare Workstation
Installing VMWare Tools in Jeos
Converting VM to OVF template
Creating Virtual Machine
The first step is to open Workstation and [...]

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Installing VMWare ESXi version 4

Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by joshhrob.

This document demonstrates the installation of VMWare’s ESXi 4 operating system.
Installation Time: Approx 10 minutes
Click here to watch video
Note: Must have minimum 2 GB Ram
Installation
To begin download the free iso file from VMWare’s website and burn it to a CD. Enter the CD into your server and power on / reboot.

You will see a bunch [...]

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