Guest O/S Templates

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Templates are basic O/S installs that serve as a starting point from which to create new virtual machines

Template Location
VMware x86 FC4 w/ vmware-tools pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc4_min_vmtools/
VMware x86 FC5 w/ vmware-tools pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc5_min_vmtools/
VMware x86 FC5 w/ vmware-tools and kerberos logon pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc5_min_krb5_vmtools/
VMware x86 FC5 w/ sakai pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc5_sakai/
VMware x86 FC5 w/ MediaWiki (validation) pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/mwiki_validation/
VMware x86 FC6 w/ vmware-tools pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc6_min_vmtools/
VMware x86 FC6 w/ vmware-tools and kerberos logon pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/fc6_krb5_min_vmtools/
VMware x86 FC7 w/ vmware-tools and kerberos logon pkirack11:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/fc7-image
VMware x86 FC7 w/ vmware-tools and kerberos logon (this is a better one than fc7-image) pkirack11:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/fc7-image2
VMware x86 SuSE10 w/ vmware-tools pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/suse10_vmtools/
VMware Workstation 5.5.2 Win - FC5 i386 Guest pkirack8:/data/templates/vmware/templateWinWS552FC5.zip
VMware x86 Debian 3.1 pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/template_for_debian3.1/
Xen ParaVirtz x86 FC5 pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/xen_templates/templatePVx86FC5.tar.gz
Xen ParaVirtz x86_64 FC5 pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/images/software/xen_templates/templatePVx8664FC5.tar.gz
Fedora 8 x86 w/ vmware-tools, yum-cron, and kerberos logon pkirack11:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/Fedora8-image (May 2008) sels-server2:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/Fedora8-image (Dec. 2007)
Centos 4 x86_64 w/ vmware-tools, yum-cron, and kerberos logon pkirack8:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/centos-4-x64Krb
Centos 5.1 x86_64 w/ vmware-tools, yum-update, and kerberos logon pkirack15:/var/lib/vmware/Virtual\ Machines/Centos\ 5.1\ x86_64


  • For creating new guest VMs, a net installation of the OS hangs when using a bridged network connection, but a NAT network connection works properly. This is because the default network connection at NCSA allows only a single MAC address. Email neteng@ncsa with the jack number if you prefer that restriction be removed.
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