NetWare 6.5 Server documentation covers information on how to install the operating system in a virtual machine. For additional information about the operating system, refer to the instructions included in the installation media.
NetWare 6.5 Server documentation includes the following topics:
- Installation Instructions
- VMware Tools in a NetWare 6.5 Server Guest
- Knowledge Base Articles for NetWare 6.5 Server
- VMware Compatibility Guide
Installation Instructions
You can install NetWare 6.5 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 6.5 CD-ROMs.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:
- Read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products.
- When you create a virtual machine for NetWare 6.5 with Novell Open Enterprise Server on an ESX Server, select Novell NetWare for the guest operating system and Novell NetWare 6.x for the version.
- VMware recommends you install NetWare 6.5 on a computer with at least 512MB of memory.
- Guests without Support Pack 1. Read the Novell technical information document at support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2967370.htm. This document describes the steps necessary to download and install a NetWare patch required when you install a NetWare 6.5 Server guest operating system without SP1.
- When you configure a virtual machine for a NetWare 6.5 guest, use the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter. NetWare 6.5 does not include a driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter.
Installation Steps
- Insert the Novell NetWare 6.5 Product CD in the CD-ROM drive.
- Power on the virtual machine.
A few prompts appear before you reach the license agreement. - Read and accept the license agreement.
- Accept the defaults for installing NetWare, the CD-ROM drive type, how to restore the floppy drive and the run mode, and then continue.
- When prompted, select IDE CD-ROM.
- Create a new boot partition.
The guest operating system reboots. The installation continues. - VMware ESX Server. Skip to Step9.
- VMware Workstation and VMware ACE.To configure IP networking, do one of the following.
- For bridged networking for the virtual machine, enter its IP
address.
When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver (using pcntnw.lan), it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address. This behavior causes IP networking to fail.
To work around this, open the System Console (press Ctrl+Esc) and type the following command:
set allow ip address duplicates=on
Press Alt+Esc to return to the installation. - For host-only networking for the virtual machine, look up the
host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type:
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type:
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so that it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 1 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the host's IP address (192.168.160.1 in the example). -
For network address translation (NAT) for the virtual machine,
look up the host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type:
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type:
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 2 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the NAT service's IP address (192.168.160.2 in our example).
Note that with Network Address Translation, there are 2 IP addresses in use on the host:
- The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 (which shows up in the ipconfig output with a .1 in the last octet).
- The IP address used by the NAT device itself (which always uses .2 as the last octet).
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
- Install VMware Tools, which installs and loads the CPU idler program.
VMware Tools in a NetWare 6.5 Server Guest
For information on VMware Tools, see Knowledge base article 1014294, General VMware Tools installation instructions, at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idle program. NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy. To prevent unnecessary slowdowns, VMware recommends that, after you install VMware Tools, you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded.
Knowledge Base Articles for NetWare 6.5 Server
The following link refers to knowledge base articles on operating system specific issues. See VMware Knowledge Base for a list of known issues about the operating system.
VMware Compatibility Guide
The VMware Compatibility Guide Web site lists supported guest and host operating systems and provides related support information.