[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Unable to use Lenny_1614.ovf and VMWare Player

[Rush Austin]

Joe,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to the list.

Your suggestions worked like a charm and I’m moving forward.

From: open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Lewis
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 11:20 AM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Unable to use Lenny_1614.ovf and VMWare Player

Rush,

I can get the whole system running fine with about 512Mb of RAM alloted.  Just close out of the VM, hit settings, then under System change the base memory (1.5 gigs seems a little high for LXDE).

Another useful thing is installing Guest Editions (if it isn't already) as this allows you to do seamless mode with your normal desktop, and shared copy/paste.

Joe

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On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Rush Austin <rush.austin at buncombecounty.org<mailto:rush.austin at buncombecounty.org>> wrote:
Thanks, Dan.

I have VBox up and running, but I'm bumping into resource (RAM) issues.  Was hoping that VMWare might run a little lighter.

Guess I'll have to see about getting my hands on a beefier machine to test with.

Thanks for the reply.

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From: open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org> [mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Dan Scott
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Unable to use Lenny_1614.ovf and VMWare Player

On 4 April 2011 10:35, Rush Austin <rush.austin at buncombecounty.org<mailto:rush.austin at buncombecounty.org>> wrote:
> Attempt to open Lenny_1614.ovf in VMWare Player Version 3.1.4 build-385536
>
> Error Message:
>
> “Failed to open virtual machine: Failed to query source for information.”
>
> Are there known version compatibility issues?  Is the “Player” not the
> correct app to load the image into?

Hi Rush:

I have no recent experience with VMWare products but have heard that
importing standard OVF files, even with the additional OVF import
tools, is a pain.

I recommend using VirtualBox (available from http://virtualbox.org) as
that's what the images have been created with.

Dan

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