VMware ESXi Server using libvirt API and virsh command
1.Compile and Install libvirt 1.0.0 on Ubuntu 14.04
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wget http://libvirt.org/sources/old/libvirt-1.0.0.tar.gz |
2.Extract the tarball
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tar -xzf libvirt-1.0.0.tar.gz |
3.Install dependencies
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apt-get install gcc make pkg-config libxml2-dev libgnutls-dev libdevmapper-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev python-dev libpciaccess-dev libxen-dev libnl-dev libyajl-dev |
4.configure command.
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./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-esx=yes --with-xen=yes |
5.make & install
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make make install |
6.Verify Version
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virsh --version |
7.connect to VMware ESXi server
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virsh -c esxi://192.168.100.100?no_verify=1 Enter username for 192.168.100.100 [root]: root Enter root's password for 192.168.100.100: Welcome to virsh. the virtualization interactive terminal. Type: 'help' for with commands 'quit' to quit virsh # list Id Name State --------------------------------- 27 win7 runnung 28 ubuntu runnung virsh # list --all Id Name State --------------------------------- 27 win7 runnung 28 ubuntu runnung - centos shut off virsh # pool-list Id State Autostart ------------------------------------ datastore active yes |