[clue-tech] JeOS (ubuntu 8.04) VMware Tools

[mike havlicek]

Hi,

I just started playing with VMware ESX 3i and did a basic set up of several JeOS 8.04 virtual machines. I am a little confused about the process of installing VMware Tools. This is a demo version of the Hypervisor/Infrastructure Client. From the client I have been trying to
install the tools in a simple point and click fashion, but I am not sure what needs to be present (VMware Tools CD?). All I have so far is the 
VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD custom IBM. I did have some trouble with getting
the virtual machines to boot off their respective installation CD's finally setting the CD/DVD drive to be client/emulate IDE  ... blah blah.

Anyone know what iso image(s) need to be available where when the VMware
Tools installation is triggered? In my hasty running around with CD's and host and client CD drives, Tools were successfully installed for Windows
Server 2003 using the point and click from client, but I don't know where
what was loaded from (probably no CD even involved) .... hastiness....

When I created the initial linux virtual machines I used typical settings for an ubuntu 32-bit guest. I suppose the tools could be installed using an
iso loaded from the client machines disk, but again I don't know what needs to be in place where. I see that there is an alternative method
"using OSPs" the documentation for which I have not read. Maybe this is
what I will have to do. OR is not having to do this the point of JeOS :)

Thanks,

-Mike