SLES 12 and VMWare Workstation 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Virtualization
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Hi

I am having trouble to get SLES 12 running von VMWare Workstation 12. For instance,
I cannot successfully install a shared folder between host and guest. On the Web I am
getting conflicting information.

  • Can I run SLES 12 on VMWare at all?
  • Do I have to reinstall VMWare tools at the beginning? However, VMWare does not let
    me without having a respective DVD. I downloaded all respective rpm files manually, but
    I cannot install them since a lot of dependencies are not resolved.
  • Do I need to downgrade to 11 SP3 for VMWare? If so, how can this be done?

Thanks a lot
Matt

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[QUOTE=matthiasfitzi;29926]Hi

I am having trouble to get SLES 12 running von VMWare Workstation 12. For instance,
I cannot successfully install a shared folder between host and guest. On the Web I am
getting conflicting information.

  • Can I run SLES 12 on VMWare at all?
  • Do I have to reinstall VMWare tools at the beginning? However, VMWare does not let
    me without having a respective DVD. I downloaded all respective rpm files manually, but
    I cannot install them since a lot of dependencies are not resolved.
  • Do I need to downgrade to 11 SP3 for VMWare? If so, how can this be done?

Thanks a lot
Matt[/QUOTE]

According to the VMware docs SLE12 seems to be supported. You probably need to install vmhgfs which should get installed when you install vmware-tools.

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1018414

Thomas

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On 12/10/2015 15:04, matthiasfitzi wrote:
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I am having trouble to get SLES 12 running von VMWare Workstation 12.
For instance,
I cannot successfully install a shared folder between host and guest. On
the Web I am
getting conflicting information.

  • Can I run SLES 12 on VMWare at all?[/color]

Yes SLES12 is supported with later versions of Workstation, Fusion, and
ESXi - see
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software
linked from http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
[color=blue]

  • Do I have to reinstall VMWare tools at the beginning? However, VMWare
    does not let
    me without having a respective DVD. I downloaded all respective rpm
    files manually, but
    I cannot install them since a lot of dependencies are not resolved.[/color]

SLES12 includes Open VM Tools which is the open source implementation of
VMware Tools (that are now deprecated in favour of Open VM Tools).
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  • Do I need to downgrade to 11 SP3 for VMWare? If so, how can this be
    done?[/color]

No you don’t need to download SLES12 to SLES11 SP3 and that’s not
possible in any case, at least not in the direct sense as you’d have to
install a new instance of SLES11 SP3 then migrate data, etc.

HTH.

Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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