The HCL says it works with ESX 3.5u5, 4.0 and 4.0u1. No mention of ESXi.

This blog suggests it works with ESXi 3.5u1. I can verify that it does NOT work with ESXi 3.5u5.

My personal tests (a simple install and connection with VIC):

Fail – ESXi 3.5u5
Win – ESXi 4.0u1, ESX 3.5 (trial)

I installed the only compatible RAID card (from Dell, ~$200 SAS 6 ir) and ESXi 4.0u1 is still working.

UPDATE: Just checked the website and they’re saying ESXi 3.5u5 works. I believe I have BIOS 1.3.1 and found this NOT to be true. I can’t take down my system to check anymore.

Note if you copy/paste some of the commands the “-” comes out as “.” from that site to Putty.

Basically you add the new disk, usually for VMware you’ll run

echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan

partition it the same (replicate the mount points and of course allot equal or greater space then current data use) and then mount them and run

cd /mnt/sdb1 && dump -0uan -f – /boot | restore -r -f -
cd /mnt/sdb3 && dump -0uan -f – /| restore -r -f -

or something similar. I usually partition /boot, swap and then /.

This worked on my CentOS 5 in VMware.

And for the longhand…

fdisk /dev/sdb

mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb3
mkswap /dev/sdb2

tune2fs -L "/boot" /dev/sdb1
tune2fs -L "/" /dev/sdb3

mkdir /mnt/sdb1 && mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
cd /mnt/sdb1 && dump -0uan -f – /boot | restore -r -f -

mkdir /mnt/sdb3 && mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/sdb3
cd /mnt/sdb3 && dump -0uan -f – / | restore -r -f -

grub-install
grub>root (hd1, 0)
grub>setup (hd1)
grub>quit

# these commands are executed after installation or configuration reset
:if ($action = “apply”) do={
/interface set ether1 name=ether1-gateway
/interface set ether2 name=ether2-local-master
/interface set ether3 name=ether3-local-slave
/interface set ether4 name=ether4-local-slave
/interface set ether5 name=ether5-local-slave

/interface ethernet set ether3-local-slave master-port=ether2-local-master
/interface ethernet set ether4-local-slave master-port=ether2-local-master
/interface ethernet set ether5-local-slave master-port=ether2-local-master

/ip address add address=192.168.88.1/24 interface=ether2-local-master comment=”default configuration”

:if ([:len [/system package find name="dhcp" !disabled]] != 0) do={
/ip dhcp-client add interface=ether1-gateway disabled=no comment=”default configuration”;
/ip pool add name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254;
/ip dhcp-server add name=default address-pool=default-dhcp interface=ether2-local-master disabled=no;
/ip dhcp-server network add address=192.168.88.0/24 gateway=192.168.88.1 dns-server=192.168.88.1 comment=”default configuration”;
}

/ip firewall {
filter add chain=input action=accept protocol=icmp comment=”default configuration”
filter add chain=input action=accept connection-state=established in-interface=ether1-gateway comment=”default configuration”
filter add chain=input action=accept connection-state=related in-interface=ether1-gateway comment=”default configuration”
filter add chain=input action=drop in-interface=ether1-gateway comment=”default configuration”
nat add chain=srcnat out-interface=ether1-gateway action=masquerade comment=”default configuration”
}

/ip dns {
set allow-remote-requests=yes
static add name=router address=192.168.88.1
}

/tool mac-server remove [find]
/tool mac-server add interface=ether2-local-master disabled=no
/tool mac-server add interface=ether3-local-slave disabled=no
/tool mac-server add interface=ether4-local-slave disabled=no
/tool mac-server add interface=ether5-local-slave disabled=no

/tool mac-server mac-winbox disable [find]
/tool mac-server mac-winbox add interface=ether2-local-master disabled=no
/tool mac-server mac-winbox add interface=ether3-local-slave disabled=no
/tool mac-server mac-winbox add interface=ether4-local-slave disabled=no
/tool mac-server mac-winbox add interface=ether5-local-slave disabled=no

/ip neighbor discovery set [find name=ether1-gateway] discover=no
}

# these commands are executed if user requests to remove default configuration
:if ($action = “revert”) do={
/ip firewall {
:local o [nat find comment="default configuration"]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ nat remove $o }

:local o [filter find comment="default configuration"]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ filter remove $o }
}

:if ([:len [/system package find name="dhcp" !disabled]] != 0) do={
:local o [/ip dhcp-server network find comment="default configuration"]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ /ip dhcp-server network remove $o }

:local o [/ip dhcp-server find name="default" address-pool="default-dhcp" interface=ether2-local-master !disabled]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ /ip dhcp-server remove $o }

/ip pool {
:local o [find name=default-dhcp ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.254]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ remove $o }
}

:local o [/ip dhcp-client find comment="default configuration"]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ /ip dhcp-client remove $o }
}

/ip dns {
set allow-remote-requests=no
:local o [static find name=router address=192.168.88.1]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ static remove $o }
}

/ip address {
:local o [find comment="default configuration"]
:if ([:len $o] != 0) do={ remove $o }
}

/tool mac-server remove [find]
/tool mac-server add interface=all disabled=no

/tool mac-server mac-winbox remove [find interface!=all]
/tool mac-server mac-winbox set [find] disabled=no

/ip neighbor discovery set [find name=ether1-gateway] discover=yes

/interface ethernet set ether3-local-slave master-port=none
/interface ethernet set ether4-local-slave master-port=none
/interface ethernet set ether5-local-slave master-port=none

/interface set ether1-gateway name=ether1
/interface set ether2-local-master name=ether2
/interface set ether3-local-slave name=ether3
/interface set ether4-local-slave name=ether4
/interface set ether5-local-slave name=ether5
}

You will find three rules that have WEBSERVERIP. This must be the IP (not the DNS name) of the webserver. This means the default vhost or the only directory of your Apache server must be the redirect page.

The firewall filter rules are to allow traffic from the customer’s /32 and the web server on 80/tcp and 443/tcp and vice versa. Then it blocks everything else.

/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=forward comment="allow nonpayment http to bmu" \
disabled=no dst-address=WEBSERVERIP port=80 protocol=tcp \
src-address-list=nonpayment
add action=accept chain=forward comment="allow nonpayment https to bmu" \
disabled=no dst-address=WEBSERVERIP port=443 protocol=tcp \
src-address-list=nonpayment
#thankschris
add action=accept chain=forward comment="allow dns" disabled=no protocol=udp\
port=53
add action=accept chain=forward comment="allow dns" disabled=no protocol=tcp\
port=53
#end thankschris
add action=drop chain=forward comment="drop nonpayment tcp traffic" disabled=\
no protocol=tcp src-address-list=nonpayment
add action=drop chain=forward comment="drop nonpayment udp traffic" disabled=\
no protocol=udp src-address-list=nonpayment

This does the redirecting work. This takes the address list of nonpayment and points them to the web server.

/ip firewall nat
add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat comment="redirect nonpayment http" disabled=\
no port=80 protocol=tcp src-address-list=nonpayment to-addresses=\
WEBSERVERIP to-ports=80

Then just add the late people to address list “nonpayment”.

Thanks Tom Sharples!

$wget http://ims1.imagestream.com/~pbenner/iperf
$chmod 755 iperf

I put mine in /bin

This works on my Envoy 4.4.0-47 and Rebel 4.2.12-33.

Much better resource…

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch03_:_Linux_Networking

Pretty good resource to bookmark.

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=r/route

echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan

This should work with everything, but I’m too poor to afford real SCSI controllers. Need mine to be imaginary =)

SRC: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-add-a-new-hard-disk-without-rebooting-guest.html

mount /dev/cdrom /media

Then get it going

cp /media/VMwareTools*.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar -xzf VMwareTools*
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

From what I understand the RPM has never worked. This worked on CentOS 5.2 just fine. I’ve always used defaults.

I was able to enable SSH access by
*vi /etc/inetd.conf
*uncomment the line with ssh
*kill -s HUP `pgrep -n inetd`

SRC: http://communities.vmware.com/message/967166#967166