Build a vSPC (Virtual serial port concentrator) for vSphere 4.1

[chilow]

Has anyone been able to figure out how to build a vSPC (Virtual serial port concentrator) for vSphere 4.1? I am looking to build one vs. buying a 3rd party product. Thanks.

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[lamw]

You'll need to obtain the spec for building your own vSPC and integrating it with vSphere, contact VMware for the spec if you plan on building your own.

Here is a document that might help but it's around setting up a proxy for vSPC, but does contain some of the telnet sytnax strings - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/vsp41_usingproxy_virtual_serial_ports.pdf

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[baron_pilot]

At TDI Technologies (www.tditechnologies.com) we have made a very capiable Virtual Serial Port concentrator with all the necessary logging and reporting as well as alarming to meet compliance and security requirments. Yes, it is a commercial product and would love to show it to you. Even if you dont purchase it, you may get some great ideas on how to implement something like it.

Just a thought - why reinvent the wheel.

BEst Regards,

Bill Johnson

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[ZMerLynn]

I wrote a small open source vSPC server, vSPC.py, it may fit your needs:

  https://sourceforge.net/p/vspcpy

  http://communities.vmware.com/message/1802880