Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
Before you install the GSX Server software, ensure your Linux distribution is for a
server, not a workstation. If you are running a workstation distribution, you need to
install the inetd process in order to connect to the VMware Virtual Machine Console
and VMware Management Interface. If you need to, review the Host System
Requirements on page 19.
Upgrade Note: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of GSX Server to a later
one, the choices you made during the earlier installation become the defaults for the
new installation. As a result, you may see options that are different from those
described below. For more information, see Upgrading VMware GSX Server on
page 79.
1. Log on to your Linux host with the user name you plan to use when running
VMware GSX Server.
2. In a terminal window, become root so you can perform the initial installation.
su -
3. Mount the CD-ROM drive and change to the Linux directory on the CD.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/Linux
4. Do one of the following:
• Use the RPM installer: Run RPM specifying the installation file.
rpm -Uhv VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.i386.rpm
(VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.i386.rpm is the installation file on the CD;
where <xxxx> is a series of numbers representing version and build
numbers.)
Note: If you are upgrading from VMware GSX Server 2, you must take a special
step before you install the RPM package. You need to remove the prebuilt
modules RPM package included in the version 2 release. To remove the
modules, type the following at a command prompt:
rpm -e VMwareGSXKernelModules
• Use the tar installer: Complete the following steps.
a. Copy the tar archive to a directory on your hard drive — for example, to/tmp.
cp VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.tar.gz /tmp
(where <xxxx> is a series of numbers representing the version and build
numbers)
b. Change to the directory to which you copied the file.
cd /tmp