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.. _vm-vmware-esxi:
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Using VMware* ESXi guest
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Using *VMware** ESXi guest
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##########################
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This topic, which is based on VMware vSphere* 6, explains how to use Clear Linux* OS
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This topic, which is based on *VMware vSphere 6*, explains how to use Clear Linux* OS
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for Intel® Architecture as ESXi Guest.
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Run Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture
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=========================================
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1. To boot Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture, download the latest_ live disk image from
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https://download.clearlinux.org/image/
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#. Download the `latest`_ live version of the disk image.
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2. Decompress the image. Uncompressed image size is ~ **5GiB**.
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#. Decompress the downloaded image. Uncompressed image size is ~ **5GB**.
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3. Create and configure a virtual machine with the following configuration:
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#. Create a virtual machine with the following configuration:
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- Guest Operating system: **Linux, Distribution Other 3.x Linux (64-bits)**
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- **Guest OS**: Linux, Distribution Other 3.x Linux (64-bits)
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- **UEFI support**: Clear Linux uses as default bootloader systemd-boot a
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UEFI boot manager for EFI images
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- **UEFI support**: Clear Linux uses `systemd-boot` as the UEFI boot manager
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for EFI images. Find the settings for this option using the vSphere GUI; go
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to the configuration settings of the virtual machine and select
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**EFI boot firmware**.
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.. tip::
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In VMware vShere GUI go to the configuration settings of the
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virtual machine->General Tab-> And select **EFI boot firmware**
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- **IDE disk**: Convert to vmdk and attach the Clear Linux image you downloaded
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above. To convert Clear Linux image to VMware disk (vmdk) you can use the
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``qemu-img`` command::
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$ qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk -p clear-vmware.img clear-vmware.vmdk
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#. Start the virtual machine
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- **IDE disk**: Convert to vmdk and attach the Clear Linux image downloaded
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above. To convert Clear Linux image to VMWare* disk (vmdk) you can use
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qemu-img command::
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Using an optimized kernel for *VMware*
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======================================
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$qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk -p clear-vmware.img clear-vmware.vmdk
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Clear Linux provides an optional bundle called *kernel-vmware* that contains a
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specialized kernel with specific configuration for VMware hypervisor, including:
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4. Start the Clear Linux* virtual machine
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* **vmw_balloon** -- A technique for memory reclamation that works like a
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balloon. A guest can be inflated to reclaim physical memory. The balloon
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can also be deflated to allow the guest free memory pages.
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Using optimized kernel for VMware*
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==================================
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* **vmw_pvscsi** -- A driver that allows use of the para-virtualized SCSI provided
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by *VMware* hypervisors.
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Clear Linux provides a bundle called *kernel-vmware* that contains a specialized
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kernel that uses an specific configuration for *VMware hypervisor* such as:
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* **vmxnet3** -- Allows use of VMware virtual ethernet NICs.
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- **vmw_balloon**: Use a technique for memory reclamation that works a "balloon".
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The guest can be inflated to reclaim physical memory. The balloon can also be
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deflated to allow the guest free memory pages
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- **vmw_pvscsi**: A driver that allows to use a paravirtualized SCSI provided by
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VMware* hypervisors
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- **vmxnet3**: Allows to use VMware virtual ethernet NIC
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- **vmwgfx**: Allows to use DRM driver for the VMware virtual hardware
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* **vmwgfx** -- Allows use of a DRM driver for the VMware virtual hardware
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In order to use this features install the kernel-vmware bundle in you Clear
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Linux using a virtual machine configured in the previos version::
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To use these features, add the ``kernel-vmware`` bundle to your Clear Linux install::
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# swupd bundle-add kernel-vmware
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# swupd bundle-add kernel-vmware
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Turn off virtual machine and change the virtual machine configuration as follow:
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Now turn off the virtual machine and change the configuration as follows:
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- Guest Operating system: Linux, Distribution Other 3.x Linux (64-bits)
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- UEFI support: Clear Linux use as default bootloader systemd-boot a UEFI boot
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manager for EFI images. To add UEFI support go to:
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- **Guest OS**: Linux / 3.x Linux (64-bits)
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.. tip::
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Go to "Configuration settings of the virtual machine" -> "General Tab" ->
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"And select EFI boot firmware"
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- **UEFI support**: Clear Linux uses `systemd-boot` as the UEFI boot manager
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for EFI images. To add UEFI support, go to "Configuration settings of the
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virtual machine" -> "General Tab" -> "And select EFI boot firmware"
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- SCSI Paravirtualized disk: Convert the Clear Linux image to a SCSI VMWare*
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disk imagek and attach it again
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To do this you can follow this steps:
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- **SCSI Para-virtualized disk**: Convert the Clear Linux image to an SCSI
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VMware disk image and re-attach it.
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1. Extract the image from the EXSi server to one Linux machine and use
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qemu-img command::
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#. Extract the image from the EXSi server to one Linux machine and use
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``qemu-img`` command::
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$ qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk -o adapter_type=lsilogic -o compat6 -p
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clear-vmware.img clear-vmware.vmdk
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$ qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk -o adapter_type=lsilogic -o compat6 -p clear-vmware.img clear-vmware.vmdk
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2. Transfer the Clear Linux* image to the VMware* ESXi server and use
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:command:`vmkfstools` command (you need to access to ESXi command line )::
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#. Transfer the Clear Linux image to the VMware ESXi server and use the
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:command:`vmkfstools` command (you need to access to ESXi command line )::
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$ vmkfstools -i clear-vmware.vmdk -d zeroedthick clear-vmware-fix.vmdk
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3. Add the converted image to the guest by using VMware* vSphere virtual
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machine settings
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#. Add the converted image to the guest by using VMware vSphere virtual
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machine settings
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- Start the modificated virtual machine
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Finally, start the modified virtual machine.
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.. _latest: https://download.clearlinux.org/latest
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