IT reseller takeaway: This book excerpt from Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise outlines prerequisites and steps for installing a VMware tool -- the VMware Management Interface -- which allows you or your customers to manage guest virtual machines.
The Management Interface requires that the libdb.so.3 library be
installed first. You can search for it by issuing find / –name libdb.so.3 at the CLI. The operating
system should respond with its location. The Management Interface comes as a TAR and is
readily downloadable from VMware's Web site. Follow these steps:
1. To begin the install, go to the CLI or open a terminal window. If your user account
doesn't have superuser permissions, you'll need to issue the su - command.
2. Next, browse to the location of the installation file. If it's on a CD-ROM, be sure to
mount the CD-ROM first: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
3. Create a temporary directory to extract the file: mkdir /tmp/vminterface
4. Now, copy the TAR to the temporary location: cp VMware-mui-.tar.gz /tmp/vminterface
5. Change to the directory holding the TAR archive: cd /tmp/vminterface
6. Extract the archive: tar xzf VMware-mui-<versionnumber>.tar.gz
7. Change your present working directory to the location of the installation directory: cd /tmp/vminterface/vmware-mui-distrib
8. Finally, run the installation script: ./vmware-install.pl
9. You'll be asked to read and accept the license agre
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ement. Press Enter to display the agreement, and use the space bar to scroll through the agreement. Type yes, and then press Enter.
10. The script will ask for a directory to install the binaries. The default is normally sufficient.
11. You'll next be asked to supply the destination location of the initd directories. You can
change the default if necessary.
12. Next, you'll be prompted for the location of the init scripts. Press Enter if the default is
sufficient.
13. The install script will then provide a default location to install the Management Interface
files. Press Enter to continue. If the directory doesn't exist, the script will ask if it's
okay to create the directory.
14. You'll have to supply a location for the documentation files. The default is normally
sufficient. Press Enter to continue. If the directory structure doesn't exist, the system
will ask if it can create the directory. Select the default of Yes.
15. The script will finally end the installation by evoking the configuration script for the
Management Interface.
16. The configuration script will ask you to set a limit for session timeouts. It defaults to 60
minutes. Press Enter to complete the install.
17. When finished installing the Management Interface, be sure to log off with exit.
With the Management User Interface (MUI) installed, it's time to test its functionality.
Start X Windows, and launch the Management Interface.
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