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Enabling VMI with SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machines on ESX

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This article provides steps for enabling the Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) on SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machines.

Solution

To enable VMI on SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machines:
 
Note: VMI can only be enabled on the 32bit version of SLES10 SP2. To enable VMI, the virtual machine must have an Internet connection to Novell's software update servers.
  1. Open a console window to the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine.
  2. Shutdown the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine if it is running.
  3. Click VM > Edit Settings menu in the console window.
  4. Click the Options tab and click Paravirtualization.
  5. Select Support VMI Paravirtualization. For more information about enabling this feature, see the Enabling VMI in VMware ESX Server 3.5 section from How to enable Virtual Machine Interface in a Linux kernel (1003644).
  6. Click OK.
  7. Start the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine.
  8. Log in to the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine as root.
  9. Open a terminal, and execute the lspci command.
  10. Ensure the Memory Controller, VMware Inc Virtual Machine Interface , exists in the lspci output.
  11. Run the yast2 command to start YaST Control Center.
  12. Choose Novell Customer Center Configuration and register the SLES10 SP2 virtual machine with Novell.
  13. Run Software Management in the YaST Control Center after successfully registering the SLES10 SP2 virtual machine with Novell.
  14. In the Filter drop box, choose Search.
  15. In the Search box, enter “kernel-vmi" and click Search.
  16. Select the kernel-vmi/VMI-enabled kernel package for installation and click Accept to install the SLES10 SP2 VMI kernel. Do not choose the kernel-vmipae package unless you have a 32bit Intel processor and more than 4GB of RAM.
  17. Accept any dependency updates if necessary.
  18. After the kernel-vmi package is installed, close the YaST Control Center and restart the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine.
  19. At the grub boot screen, choose the new SLES10 SP2 VMI kernel.
  20. After the SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machine boots, open the console and run the dmesg | grep VMI command.
  21. Verify that the following lines exist:

    Detected VMI ROM version 3.0
    VMI Timer active

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  • KB Article: 1005701
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
    VMware ESXi
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.5.x
    VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded
    VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable