Using HP Serviceguard for Linux with VMware

VMware guest tools

When Serviceguard is running on a guest, the guest should be running the VMware Tools. If HP

Serviceguard A.11.18.02 or subsequent patches of Serviceguard A.11.18 is installed in your

environment, then you must install the vminfo command. For more information on installing vminfo,

see the Installing vminfo

stalled in your

environment, then you must install the vminfo command. For more information on installing vminfo,

see the Installing vminfo

section. In some cases, you need to install the sg_persist command (which is

part of the Linux distribution, not part of Serviceguard for Linux) on the guest. Detailed instructions

follow. These commands are used by Serviceguard.

Installing the VMware Tools

To install VMware Tools onto a Linux guest from the Virtual Infrastructure (VI) client, you must be

running X-windows on the host console.

1. On the host, choose VMware Tools from the Inventory->Virtual Machines menu of the VI client.

This mounts a virtual CD-ROM on the guest’s default mount point that contains the VMware Tools:

Figure. 8 Selecting the VMware Tools

2. Click on VMware Tools Icon to see the VMwareTools rpm, as shown in Figure 8.

3. Click on the rpm to install it.

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Note: If you prefer to use the Linux command line, cd to the virtual CD-ROM directory and install the

VMwareTools-3.0.252542.i386.rpm

, which is common to Red Hat and SUSE Linux guests:

# rpm –ihv VMwareTools-3.0.252542.i386.rpm

(

See the VMware documentation for more information.)

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4. Configure the guest tool options by running the following perl script:

# /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl

5. Shut down the VM guest.

The particular version may vary with different VMware releases