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Chapter 7 Installing VMware ESX Server Software

Postinstallation Considerations

Thissectiondiscussesinstallationlogsandhardwareanddriveradditions.

Locating the Installation Logs

Afteryouinstallandreboot,logintotheserviceconsoletoreadtheinstallationlogs:

 /root/install.logisacompletelogoftheinstallation.

 /root/anaconda-ks.cfgisakickstartfilecontainingtheselectedinstallation.

Assigning New Hardware on the Server

Afteryouinstallthenewhardwareonyoursystem,useVirtualCentertoassignthe

hardwaretothevirtualmachines.See BasicSystemAdministration.

Bootingorrebootingthemachinedoesnotmaketheserviceconsoledetectnewly

installedhardware.Tomaketheserviceconsoledetectsnewlyinstalledhardware,log

intothe

serviceconsoleasroot,anddooneofthefollowing:

 Runthecommandkudzuatacommandprompt.

 Manuallyeditthe/etc/modules.conf file.

To run kudzu

1Loginasrootontheserviceconsole.

2Atacommandprompt,typekudzu.

3Thekudzuutilitydetectsanynewhardwareandaddsappropriateentriestothe

/etc/modules.conffile.

To edit modules.conf

Ifyoueditthe/etc/modules.conffilebyhand,addanaliaslineforthenewdevice.

For example,

ifyouareaddinganewSCSIadapterthatusesadrivernamed

adapXXXX,addthisline:

alias scsi_hostadapter adapXXXX

Installing Additional Drivers from the VMware Driver Disk

VMwareprovidesadriverdiskforadevicethatisnothandledbydriversinthisrelease

ofESX Server.Usedriverdiskstoupgradethedriversonanexistingsystemorinstall

newdriversontoanexistingsystem.