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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