Create Your First Virtual System / Activities for Chapter 2
1) Skip Activity 2-1 Activity 2-2 and Activity 2-3. Instead, follow the instructions for Creating a New System in the “Using the VMWare Cluster” with the following tweaks:
- On step 7 (Select a name)
- You may use any names you wish, but the book recommends putting _GNOME at the end of the first system and _KDE at the end of a second system. This may help you to identify which is which easier.
- On step 10 (Select guest OS)
- Select Linux as the Guest Operating System
- Select SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (32-bit) as the version
- On step 11 (Configure the system)
- Select your “main net” as the network (for NIC 1, the only NIC)
- “VMXNET 3” is fine for the adapter
- On step 13 (Before you power on)
- Click on the Browse… button
- Click on ISO_Store, then Resources, then Linux-ISOs
- Optional: You can slide the line between Name and File Size to see the whole names of files better
- Select openSUSE-11.2-DVD.iso
- Press Open
- VMWare may make suggestions on where to put the files, if so just go ahead and Apply Recommendations if
- On step 14,
- Make sure to check the “Connect at power on” option
- Repeat these steps to create a second system (the first one will be installed with GNOME, the second one with KDE).
2) Complete Activity 2-4 (on page 30) with the following changes:
- Right click on the first created system and click on “Open Console”
- You can see the console from the tab interface, but I find a separate window easier
- Press the green triangle (aka the play button) to boot your system
- Continue with step 4 in Activity 2-4
- Use your second system to repeat the process (as listed on step 13 of Activity 2-4)
3) Complete Activity 2-5 with the following changes:
- Use vSphere Client and “Open Console” instead of VMWare Player
- Use your first system that you created
4) Complete Activity 2-6 with the following changes:
- Use vSphere Client and “Open Console” instead of VMWare Player
- Use your second system that you created
There is nothing to turn in for the activities in chapter 2