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
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