Re: using conserver to link vmware virtual machines to Raritan console servers

USB Serial adapters?

On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 09:42, elmars.ositis@hvb.lv wrote:
> Ha Ha Ha!!! 
> 
> Just did. but those machines are running ESX and are for really heavy
> stuff. In the meantime, this GSX machine runs the old stuff which have
> no minimum performance criteria. The machine is actually not bad, just
> not expandable. With 2 p4 procs and 8gb ram, dual power, remote
> management, the works, the machine is just a tad bit expensive to
> toss....! But you are right. 1u machines are a bit of a waste of
> money. Sun has crap cable management on their machines, and although
> IBM has good cable management, the slides are a piece of crap. I had
> one IBM 1u as bottom machine in my rack and it popped out of its slide
> as I was pushing it back in... crashed 30cm to the floor. One good
> thing about IBM boxes... they are rugged. Kept on running...
> 
> But anyway, that does not resolve the question of how to link the
> remote hardware 10km away...
> 
> 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 04:22 PM
>                To
> elmars.ositis@hvb.lv
>                cc
> users@conserver.com
>           Subject
> Re: using
> conserver to link
> vmware virtual
> machines to
> Raritan      
> console servers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> > > 
> > >
> >
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