How to Install Vmware Server 2.0 on Centos 5.2 Host

Scenario / Question:

Install Vmware Server 2 on Centos 5.2 Host

Solution / Answer:

The new vmware server 2 has a new look and also the previous compile bugs that were present in the 1.0 version when installing on Centos and Fedora appear to have been fixed.

Download Vmware Server 2.0

Go to Vmware’s download section: Vmware Server 2

UnTar

Go the directory where you downloaded the file to and untar the file

# tar -xvzf VMware-server-2.0.0-116503.i386.tar.gz

Install Vmware Server 2 and Configure

We are going to install Vmware Server using the defaults presented. For the network we are going to configure it to use “Bridge” mode so that our Guests get and IP address on our LAN network and access our LAN network directly.

# cd vmware-server-distrib
# ./vmware-install.pl
Creating a new VMware Server installer database using the tar4 format.

Installing VMware Server.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] 

What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc/rc.d] 

What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/rc.d/init.d] 

In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/usr/sbin] 

In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/usr/lib/vmware]

The path "/usr/lib/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]

In which directory do you want to install the manual files?
[/usr/share/man] 

In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/usr/share/doc/vmware] 

The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] 

The installation of VMware Server 2.0.0 build-116503 for Linux completed
successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any
time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".

Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue.
Press enter to display it..........................................
Do you accept? (yes/no) yes

Thank you.

The bld-2.6.18-8.el5-i686smp-RHEL5 - vmmon module loads perfectly into the
running kernel.

The bld-2.6.18-8.el5-i686smp-RHEL5 - vmci module loads perfectly into the
running kernel.

The bld-2.6.18-8.el5-i686smp-RHEL5 - vsock module loads perfectly into the
running kernel.Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [yes] 

Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Please specify a name for this network.
[Bridged] 

The following bridged networks have been defined:

. vmnet0 is bridged to eth0

All your ethernet interfaces are already bridged.

Do you want to be able to use NAT networking in your virtual machines? (yes/no)
[yes] no

Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines?
[no] no

Please specify a port for remote connections to use [902] 

Please specify a port for standard http connections to use [8222] 

Please specify a port for secure http (https) connections to use [8333] 

The current administrative user for VMware Server  is ''.  Would you like to
specify a different administrator? [no] 

Using root as the VMware Server administrator.

In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files?
[/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines]
The path "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines" does not exist currently. This
program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this
what you want? [yes]

Please enter your 20-character serial number.

Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel: # Enter your Serial Number you got from Vmware

Creating a new VMware VIX API installer database using the tar4 format.

Installing VMware VIX API.

In which directory do you want to install the VMware VIX API binary files?
[/usr/bin] 

In which directory do you want to install the VMware VIX API library files?
[/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib] 

The path "/usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] 

In which directory do you want to install the VMware VIX API document pages?
[/usr/share/doc/vmware-vix] 

The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-vix" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] 

The installation of VMware VIX API 1.6.0 build-116503 for Linux completed
successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any
time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-vix.pl".

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]
   Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]
   VM communication interface socket family:               [  OK  ]
   Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                       [  OK  ]
   VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background)        [  OK  ]
   Shared Memory Available                                 [  OK  ]
Starting VMware management services:
   VMware Server Host Agent (background)                   [  OK  ]
   VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:
   Virtual machines                                        [  OK  ]

The configuration of VMware Server 2.0.0 build-116503 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.

Access the Administrator Console

In Vmware Server 2 the way you access the administrator console is different and now called Vmware Infrastructure Web Access. The new console is webbased and you use a browser to access it. You can access the Vmware Infrastructure Web Access with either http or https. The default http port is 8222 and the default https port is 8333.

http://127.0.0.1:8222

Login in using your systems root user and password:

screenshot-vmwarelogin