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howtos:admin:install_and_administer_a_virtual_machine_vm [2011/01/20 14:33] chris.strashok |
howtos:admin:install_and_administer_a_virtual_machine_vm [2024/02/22 19:02] (current) marcus.williams |
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====== Installing and Configuring a VM for whatIf? ====== | ====== Installing and Configuring a VM for whatIf? ====== | ||
+ | **❌ CONTENT NOT MIGRATED (LEFT BEHIND) TO GURU** | ||
===== Setting up Networking on a new VM ====== | ===== Setting up Networking on a new VM ====== | ||
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How to get it into nat mode: | How to get it into nat mode: | ||
* Make the VMnet8 network connection configuration use DHCP to obtain addres | * Make the VMnet8 network connection configuration use DHCP to obtain addres | ||
- | * Set the Devices/Network Adaptor on the VM to NAT | + | * Set the Devices/Network Adaptor on the VM to NAT in the "Settings" of the outer shell of the VM Player |
* In the networking of the VM setup the IP address to come from DHCP | * In the networking of the VM setup the IP address to come from DHCP | ||
* Uncheck the "Automatically obtain DNS information from provider | * Uncheck the "Automatically obtain DNS information from provider | ||
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* Use putty to connect to newName-ux and login as root | * Use putty to connect to newName-ux and login as root | ||
* If you can't get that to work check the host name settings inside the VM networking | * If you can't get that to work check the host name settings inside the VM networking | ||
- | * If you still can't get it to work you can use the ip address of the machine which we recorded at the begining | + | * Add an entry for newName-ux and the corresponding ip address to the host machine's hosts file under (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) |
+ | * To modify hosts file, you will need to run editor program as an administrator and hope the hosts file from inside that program | ||
+ | * If you still can't get it to work you can use the ip address of the machine which we recorded at the beginning | ||
* IP address is probably 192.168.80.200 | * IP address is probably 192.168.80.200 | ||