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

On Apr 28, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Bryan Stansell wrote:
> i haven't played with vmware in ages and ages, but the work done to
> allow for unix domain sockets as a console type was contributed so  
> that
> you could have conserver monitor multiple vmware virtual machines on a
> box.  if that's what you're trying to do, the latest release should
> provide that capability.  someone who knows more about how to tell
> vmware to use a unix domain socket as a console will need to chime in
> (or perhaps it's documented somewhere), but perhaps that helps?

What VMWare calls a "named pipe" appears to be a UNIX domain socket.   
I spent plenty of time figuring that out.

Here's how you configure it on the VMWare side for use with conserver:

- "Use named pipe" is checked
- The text field right after "Use named pipe" is the file, and this  
should match the "file" setting for the console in conserver.
- Chose "This end is the server"
- Chose "The other end is an application"

Make sure you are running conserver 8.1.14, and use the new "uds"  
console type.


	- djg