VNEC - Virtual Machine Configuration Guide
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1. Preference txt Make sure you have the same version of the VMTaskRunner jar as your version of VNEC X Y jar Change directory to home vnec and run the command usr java jdk 1 6 0 04 bin java jar Dispatcher X Y jar Take a snapshot named Dispatcher Ready and stop the virtual machine Do not shutdown the OS simply stop the VM through the stop button 2 2 Creating your own dispatcher However if you need to build you own dispatcher follow these instructions The dispatcher VM must be located in the VNEC Util VM Folder which is defined in the file VNEC Path CONFIG Preference txt The first eight configuration steps for dispatcher VM are like standard VM see 1 1 to 1 8 with the following exception e The dispatcher must be named VNECDispatcher 1 see step 1 2 e The VMWare tools must be installed in the dispatcher thus step 1 4 is mandatory e The Shared folder must be configured in the dispatcher so step 1 5 is manda tory After these eight steps only two steps remains they are detailed below 1 Dispatcher jar installation 2 Taking a final snapshot 2 3 Dispatcher jar installation Copy the following files in the working directory e Dispatcher X Y jar e commons logging A B C jar e rmiio D E F jar Once this is done you can start the Dispatcher by using the command Java jar Dispatcher X Y jar Make sure you have the same version of the Dispatcher X Y2. entry must be made for the IP assigned to the current host and the host name Figure 1 provide an example of the file etc hosts Finally add an entry to the file S WNEC_Path CONFIG VMIPAddress csv Each entry contains four fields Each field is enclosed into a pair of double quote and fields are separated by a semi colon A typical entry would look like NMAIFreeBSD5_0 Inc0 Ethernet 10 92 1 6 Where the first field NMAIFreeBSD5_0 is the name of the VM The sec ond Inc0 is the interface name for the guest OS The third one Ethernet is the VMWare interface name usually Ethernet0 And the last one 10 92 1 6 is the IP address Figure 1 Example of etc hosts 127 0 0 1 localhost 10 92 1 11 FreeBSD70 1 4 VMWare tools installation optional This step is optional and can only be performed on some VM mainly Linux and Windows We suggest to install the VMWare tools whenever possible For more information on VMWare tool installation refer to VMWare Workstation user s guide 1 5 Shared folder configuration optional Again this step is optional and can only be performed on a VM if it has the VMWare tools installed To configure the shared folder click on the VM menu and then select Set tings Now choose the Options tab and click on the Shared Folder item Click the Add button then the Next button Enter share in the Name fiel
3. Files Java jdk1 5 0_14 bin Then create a file named java txt in the working directory see 1 1 and edit that file so it contains the full name of the folder discussed above don t forget the trailing 1 8 Taking a first snapshot Take a first snapshot of the VM and name it VM Configured 1 9 VMTaskRunner jar installation Copy the following files in the working directory e VMTaskRunner X Y jar e commons logging A B C jar e rmiio D E F jar Once this is done you can start the VMTaskRunner by using the command Java jar VMTaskRunner X Y jar rmi 1 10 Taking a final snapshot Take a final snapshot of the VM and name it VMTaskRunner Ready RMI At this point you are done and you can power off the VM Once it is powered off you should make sure that it will open correctly for VNEC by powering back on and checking that it will resume to the final snapshot without actually booting the OS 2 Dispatcher VM Configuration You can either download the dispatcher VM available from the VNEC wesite vnec sourceforge net or configure your own 2 1 Using the dispatcher available After downloading VNECDispatcher1 zip extract it in the VNEC Util VM Folder folder Power on the virtual machine the OS will boot Login with the user root and the password Carleton1 It is configured to use S as a shared folder so you might have to modify it according to your entry in WNEC_Path CONFIG
4. VNEC Virtual Machine Configuration Guide Francois Gagnon fgagnon sce carleton ca NMAI Research Group www nmai ca Carleton University Version 0 1 Last Modified November 3 2008 Abstract This document describes the configuration process to make a virtual machine us able with VNEC Currently VNEC only supports VMWare Workstation 5 virtual machines We assume that the virtual machine has been created and only explain the configuration specific to VNEC For information on how to create a virtual machine with VMWare see the VMWare Workstation 5 user s manual The instructions provided here assume VM Ware Workstation 5 is used VNEC will also work with VMWare Workstation 6 but the configuration instructions may have to be adapted VNEC relies on two types of virtual machines standard and dispatcher The standard virtual machines are the most common they are used to build a network and as the actors in an experiment In the rest of the document unless explicitly stated we use virtual machine or VM for short to denote a standard virtual machine The dispatcher currently there is only a single dispatcher in an experiment is used to link the controller physical machine to the standard VM and allows dispatching commands from the controller to the VM The dispatcher VM can be downloaded from VNEC website vnec sourceforge net The rest of this document explain how to configure both a standard and a dispatcher VM Section 1
5. d and the value of VNEC_Shared_Folder You can find this value in the file VNEC_Path CONFIG Preference txt in the Host Folder field Then hit Next and Finish For Linux guest VM you are done and you should be able to access the new shared folder from mnt hgfs share For Windows guest VM you should be able to access the new shared folder from A host Shared Folders share The last thing to do for Windows VM is to map the drive letter S towards the folder host Shared Folders 1 6 Revert to snapshot settings Click on the VM menu and then select Settings Now choose the Options tab and click on the Snapshots item Finally select the Revert to snapshot radio button 1 7 Java installation You must install Java JDK 1 5 or 1 6 in the virtual machine At this point you will need to transfer files into the guest VM If the shared folder has been configured see 1 5 for the guest VM it can easily be used to transfer files Otherwise you can put the files on a CD you can also just create an iso image and tell VMWare to mount this as the CD Rom without actually burning a CD see VMWare Work station user s guide and access it from the VM or set up a FTP server and put the files there Once the JDK is installed find out the folder containing the java javac and rmiregistry utilities For instance in Windows it could be C Program
6. jar as your version of VNEC X Yjar 2 4 Taking a final snapshot Take a final snapshot of the VM and name it Dispatcher Ready At this point you are done and you can power off the VM Once it is powered off you should make sure that it will open correctly for VNEC by powering back on and checking that it will resume to the final snapshot without actually booting the OS
7. on 1 2 and ABC is one of the following strings describing the VM OS e Windows e Linux e FreeBSD e OpenBSD e NetBSD The file java txt contains the path to the java utilities see Section 1 7 1 2 Set the VM name Each VM must have a unique name For VNEC the name of a VM is the folder containing the vmx file for that VM So to change the name of a VM all one has to do is change the name of the corresponding folder 1 3 IP Address Configuration Click on the VM menu and then select Settings Then selection the Ethernet item and check the Custom Specific virtual network option Finally select VMNet2 from the drop down menu Now choose an IP address to assign to that VM The address must be in the 10 92 X Y network note that X 254 is reserved to VNEC utility VM thus we suggest to avoid using addresses in that range Each VM must have its own IP ad dress so make sure the IP you selected is not listed in the file VNEC Path CONFIG VMIPAddress csv Now set the VM IP address to be the static value you chose previously with the 255 255 0 0 netmask Make sure the IP address has been permanently changed one way of knowing is to reboot the VM and see if the IP settings have persisted For Unix guest OS the file etc hosts has to be modified to reflect the IP configuration Typically this file will contain an entry for the loopback IP address 127 0 0 1 mapped to the name localhost A new
8. provides the instructions to configure a standard VM and Section 2 provides the instructions to configure a dispatcher VM 1 Standard VM Configuration The standard VM must be located in the WNEC_Standard_VM Folder which is defined in the file VNEC Path CONFIG Preference txt The standard VM configuration procedure has the following ten steps 1 Working directory creation 2 Set the VM name 3 IP address configuration 4 VMWare tools installation optional 5 Shared folder configuration optional 6 Revert to snapshot settings 7 Java installation 8 Taking a first snapshot 9 VMTaskRunner jar installation 10 Taking a final snapshot of which two 2 and 3 are optional Each step is detailed individually below First of all you need to power on the virtual machine Note that to run cor rectly VNEC might require the VM to be running as root or administrator Thus we suggest that you perform the following operations while logged as root or administrator 1 1 Working directory Creation creation For Unix guest VM Linux FreeBSD OpenBSD and NetBSD the working di rectory is home vnec For Windows guest VM it is C vnec Create the working directory on the guest VM The working directory should contain at least two files config txt and java txt The file config txt contains the following entries VMNAME XYZ VMOSTYPE ABC Where XYZ is the name of the VM see Secti
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