Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave - AWMS Post-Installation Issues on VMware

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AWMS Post-Installation Issues on VMware
By default, AWMS runs the Linux 'smartd' service for detecting physical disk errors using the S.M.A.R.T.
protocol. However, virtual disks do not support the S.M.A.R.T. protocol, so the AWMS smartd service will fail at
startup.
The service can be prevented from starting at boot by
running the following commands at the AWMS command
line. Note that the first command prevents the service from starting, the last two commands remove the smartd
service from the list of services to shutdown during a reboot or a complete system shutdown.
mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S40smartd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/Z40smartd
mv /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K40smartd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/Z40smartd
mv /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K40smartd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/Z40smartd
To install VMware Tools on AWMS, perform these steps:
1. From the VMware Infrastructure Client, select Inve
ntory > Virtual Machine > Install/Upgrade VMware
Tools.
2. At the AWMS console type mk
dir /media/cdrom.
3. Then type mou
nt /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom.
4. Next, type cd /tmp/; t
ar -xvzf /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-67921.tar.gz\.
The VMware Tools filename may
be different, depending on the version of VMware installed.
5. Run the VMware Tools setup and install script
by typing the following statement: /tmp/vmware-toolsdistrib/
vmware-install.pl.
6. During the text-based VMware Tools install, se
lect all default options.
7. Reboot the virtual machine once the VM
ware Tools install is complete.
Note: Desktop environments such as X Windows, GNOME, and KDE, that you will need to use for VMware tools installation
will no longer work once you have AWMS installed.