[GRLUG] Walk-on VMWare

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 15:11 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: 
> Visited a new client this AM, .. they had a pretty sweet setup - 5 VMs
> separated into services (web, email, ..), separate physical Windoze
> box.
> They have a user & root login to the machine that responds to the monitor
> & keyboard, but it has no ssh key traces of connection to the other
> four machines.

I don't understand what this means.

> Apparently, they have a VMWare environment (recognized name over Xen or
> VirtualBox - the system was built two years ago), however I see no
> evidence OF the environment - the console is connected to the first VM,
> and no evidence of ssh config to the other four machines.

what is "no evidence of ssh config"?

> Have not done much VMWare or bare metal virtualization myself, .. is this
> common in the VMWare world?
> Assuming there is a DOM0 in place, why would it not be connected to the
> console? 

In VMware ESX / ESXi no VM ever is associated with the local console.

> How does one connect with the VMWare hypervisor, or to the VMs
> for maintenance work?

Using the API, tools, or the "Virtual Center" management console.




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