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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
Before You Install on a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Host
The gcc program is not installed on a SLES 8 host by default. This compiler is required
by the VmPerl API.
Before you install GSX Server on a SLES 8 host system, you must install gcc.
Installing gcc in the Host Operating System
1. Start your X server, if it does not start by default, and log in as the root user.
2. Run YAST2, the default configuration utility for SLES 8.
3. Click Software in the left pane, click Install or remove software in the right pane.
4. Check C++ Compiler and Tools in the left pane, then click Accept.
5. When prompted, insert the SLES 8 CD.
6. Click Close to exit YAST2. The gcc program is installed. Now install GSX Server.
Before You Install the VMware Management Interface
on a Linux Host
If you are running GSX Server on a Linux host, you must install the libdb.so.3
library from your Linux distribution’s CD-ROM before you install the VMware
Management Interface. The version that comes with a default Linux installation is
incompatible with the management interface and returns the following error when
you start the management interface:
Couldn't find necessary components on your system. It
appears that you are missing the following library:
libdb.so.3.
New versions of Red Hat Linux (8.0+) are known to ship
without these libraries. If you are running Red Hat 8.0 or
greater, please install this rpm: compat-db-3.3-<###> rpm
(where <###> is a version number particular to your
version of the distribution from your installation CD).
If you are running a distribution other than Red Hat,
please contact your vendor for a suitable library. Once
the package has been installed, you may start GSX Server
with the following command:
/home/vmware/mui/apache/bin/apachectl/start
To install the correct library, run the compat-db-3.3.<###>.i386.rpm RPM
package. If you installed this package after you installed the management interface
software, start the management interface’s Apache server with this command:
/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start