Hi all,
Is there a way other than using PXE using which I can do network boot of my VM images . The drawback that I see in using PXE is that we need to know one of the following things before the new VM actually comes up.
1> MAC Address for the new VM
2> IP Address for the New VM
3> Expected Range of IP address that a VM can have
Above information is required to associate a bootable file with a particular Virtual Machine .
My problem is that I am not sure about the MAC address or IP Address that will be allocated to the new Virtual Machine.
Please let me know if there is some other way to do network booting of VM images or any way we can achiev it using PXE without knowing the above mentioned details for a particular VM.
Thanks
-Saurabh
What about creating a boot CD/DVD ISO file and attaching it to all of the virtual machines? It really depends on what you're trying to accomplish as to whether or not that will work, but I've seen that used as substitute for PXE booting in the past.
Hi Matty,
Thanks for the quick reply . I will try this out today and let you know in case of any issues.
Also are you aware of some tools using which we can make bootable VM Images.
Thanks and Regards
-Saurabh
Hi all,
I have created a new Virtual Machine template to have harddisk size of 8 GB . I have booted this Virtual machine through a bootable Linux Image (similar to booting from LIVE cd) . The VM comes up but I am unable to find the 8 GB hardisk associated while creating the template.
Are there some additional steps that I need to perform to make this Virtual Hard Disk available for me.
Thanks
-Saurabh
sounds all very vague .... ???
You surely need a "bootable Linux Image" - whatever that may be ? - with more drivers.
Google finds several howtos for booting VMs from iSCSI - may be that is useful ?
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Hi All,
From where can i downlaod the VMware guest Tools in tar or rpm format so that I can install them on my Linux Virtual Machine using command line.
Thanks
-Saurabh
>My problem is that I am not sure about the MAC address or IP Address that will be allocated to the new Virtual Machine.
so, how do you distinguish VMs on the networks then?
MAC adress is a typical attribute for that.
if you are unsure about the MAC adress, you can generate your own via scripting.
i think there are some tools out there for this, see http://communities.vmware.com/thread/25126 for example
