I've been trying this for Vmware linux and have ran
into a similar

issue.  I can't figure out if Vmware supports R/W named pipes.  One

option is to install a multi-port card on the server and each port goes

to a virtual machine.  That is what I'm planning to do.

I tried to create a program that ran on the Linux server that would

interface me using minicom to a pseudo tty.  I told Vmware to use
the

slave like normal as its serial port.  Vmware screams that /dev/ttyp0
is

not a serial port.  It is a tty character device so what is

the problem?  If I could get vmware to use /dev/ttyp* as its serial

ports then I would be in good shape.  I know I can use them normally

because when I run my ttyp server for this purpose I can open and read

and write to /dev/ttyp0.

On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 08:50, elmars.ositis@hvb.lv wrote:

> Hello-

> 

> I have beent rying to get conserver to work as a go-between for a

> vmware serial port (named pipe) link and a Raritan console server.

> Unlike other console servers raritan only supports ssh connections
and

> which are difficult to remotely attach. I have managed to get

> conserver to connect to a port on the Raritan and now am trying to
get

> the vmware named pipe to connect to the conserver named pipes.

> 

> The vmware serial port (linux GSX) creates a single named pipe, but

> the conserver creates two named pipes, I presume one for input the

> other for output. Here is my conserver.cf file:

> 

> lvsrv05:/vmware/images/other # more /etc/conserver.cf

> default full {

>         rw *;

> }

> default * {

>         logfile /var/log/conserver/&;

>         timestamp "";

>         include full;

> }

> console node1 {

>         master localhost;

>         type exec;

>         exec /usr/bin/ssh -l dominion -t 129.190.9.1
"sconsole -u

> admin -a xxxxxxx -p 1";

> }

> access * {

>         allowed 127.0.0.1;

> }

> 

> When using 'console node1' the console properly connects to the

> Raritan and gives me direct access to the port. Rather than using
the

> console, I would like to link the vmware serial port to the conserver

> named pipes. Within the virtual machine I will be running a legacy
app

> on windows NT which will connect to some equipment linked to the

> Raritan. The legacy app will then monitor the remote hardware. 

> 

> Alternatively, if anyone has heard of a way to redirect an NT com
port

> to ssh, I would be glad to hear from you.

> 

> Thanks

> 

> Elmars

> 

> Elmars Ositis

> Head of IT

> HVB Bank Latvia AS

> Elizabetes iela 63

> Riga, LV-1050

> Latvia

> tel:+371 708 5531

> fax: +371 708 5507

> 

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On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 09:14, elmars.ositis@hvb.lv
wrote:

> likewise, locally, the vmware server is a 1u job with all of its slots

> occupied with nics and raid controller... I do have the one com port

> on the machine, but that is not enough....

Invest in a better server with a PCI Quad Ethernet Controller and a

Comtrol Rocket Port 4 RJ.  Make it 2U so you can at least get 3 PCI

cards installed.

> 

> Elmars Ositis

> Head of IT

> HVB Bank Latvia AS

> Elizabetes iela 63

> Riga, LV-1050

> Latvia

> tel:+371 708 5531

> fax: +371 708 5507

> 

> 

> Christopher Fowler

> <cfowler@outpostsentinel.com>

> 

> 04/28/2006 03:59 PM

>                To

> elmars.ositis@hvb.lv

>                cc

> users@conserver.com

>           Subject

> Re: using

> conserver to link

> vmware virtual

> machines to

> Raritan      

> console servers

> 

> 

> 

> 

> I've been trying this for Vmware linux and have ran into a similar

> issue.  I can't figure out if Vmware supports R/W named pipes.
 One

> option is to install a multi-port card on the server and each port

> goes

> to a virtual machine.  That is what I'm planning to do.

> 

> I tried to create a program that ran on the Linux server that would

> interface me using minicom to a pseudo tty.  I told Vmware to
use the

> slave like normal as its serial port.  Vmware screams that /dev/ttyp0

> is

> not a serial port.  It is a tty character device so what is

> the problem?  If I could get vmware to use /dev/ttyp* as its
serial

> ports then I would be in good shape.  I know I can use them normally

> because when I run my ttyp server for this purpose I can open and
read

> and write to /dev/ttyp0.

> 

> 

> 

> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 08:50, elmars.ositis@hvb.lv wrote:

> > Hello-

> > 

> > I have beent rying to get conserver to work as a go-between for
a

> > vmware serial port (named pipe) link and a Raritan console server.

> > Unlike other console servers raritan only supports ssh connections

> and

> > which are difficult to remotely attach. I have managed to get

> > conserver to connect to a port on the Raritan and now am trying
to

> get

> > the vmware named pipe to connect to the conserver named pipes.

> > 

> > The vmware serial port (linux GSX) creates a single named pipe,
but

> > the conserver creates two named pipes, I presume one for input
the

> > other for output. Here is my conserver.cf file:

> > 

> > lvsrv05:/vmware/images/other # more /etc/conserver.cf

> > default full {

> >         rw *;

> > }

> > default * {

> >         logfile /var/log/conserver/&;

> >         timestamp "";

> >         include full;

> > }

> > console node1 {

> >         master localhost;

> >         type exec;

> >         exec /usr/bin/ssh -l dominion -t
129.190.9.1 "sconsole -u

> > admin -a xxxxxxx -p 1";

> > }

> > access * {

> >         allowed 127.0.0.1;

> > }

> > 

> > When using 'console node1' the console properly connects to the

> > Raritan and gives me direct access to the port. Rather than using

> the

> > console, I would like to link the vmware serial port to the

> conserver

> > named pipes. Within the virtual machine I will be running a legacy

> app

> > on windows NT which will connect to some equipment linked to
the

> > Raritan. The legacy app will then monitor the remote hardware.

> > 

> > Alternatively, if anyone has heard of a way to redirect an NT
com

> port

> > to ssh, I would be glad to hear from you.

> > 

> > Thanks

> > 

> > Elmars

> > 

> > Elmars Ositis

> > Head of IT

> > HVB Bank Latvia AS

> > Elizabetes iela 63

> > Riga, LV-1050

> > Latvia

> > tel:+371 708 5531

> > fax: +371 708 5507

> > 

> >

> ______________________________________________________________________

> > _______________________________________________

> > users mailing list

> > users@conserver.com

> > https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users

> 

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