[Date Prev] [Date Index] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Index] [Thread Next]
Christopher Fowler cfowler@outpostsentinel.com
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:04:46 -0700 (PDT)
One idea I had in the past was to use a Comtrol RJ 8 board and then use
a serial cross over cable.
Vmware Machine 1: COM1 -> /dev/ttyR0
Vmware Machine 2: COM1 -> /dev/ttyR1
Conserver Console 1: /dev/ttyR3
Conserver Console 2: /dev/ttyR3
Then just link the two together with a short serial cable.
I wish I could figure out a way to get conserver to connect to the named
pipe that Vmware uses instead of a true serial port. As I said I spent
an hour writing a daemon that would manage pseudo ttys in an attempt to
allow a program called 'tip' to attache to a Vmware machine when the
machine was configured to use /dev/ttyp0 as COM1. This did not work.
Somehow vmware states that a pseudo tty is not a real serial port and
then disconnects the device.
On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 09:52, elmars.ositis@hvb.lv wrote:
> still does not resolve the remote hardware matter....
>
> 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 04:46 PM
> To
> elmars.ositis@hvb.lv
> cc
> users@conserver.com
> Subject
> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > users mailing list
> > > > users@conserver.com
> > > > https://www.conserver.com/mailman/listinfo/users
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>