Import of Juniper SAVA 7.0 SPE SERIAL problem using virtual serial port and serial console

[ChrisOc2_]

Hi to all in the community,

I have some problems configuring the Juniper virtual appliance SA (the SPE package) with a "virtual serial port" and the OVF file VA-SPE-16007-SERIAL.ovf. I intend to configure the basic network settings of this appliance through a "virtual serial port" and the Juniper expect scripts. This is to run on an ESX 4.0.

I can not get the srcipt create-va.exp to complete and am stopped at:

"Check if the VA image has the serial port as the console

Also check if the serial port is already in use"

In the document j-sa-va-7.0-spvirtualappliance.pdf, it is said: "The OVF file does not include any virtual serial port configuration. If the SERIAL OVF image is used, the virtual machine specification needs to be updated with the desired virtual serial port configuration before the virtual appliance is powered up for the first time."

My questions are:

1/ How do you updated the virtual machine specification with the desired virtual serial port configuration?

2/ Is there a specific way to describe serial ports and virtual serial ports in the OVF descriptor? I didn't find anything relevant in the DMTF document DSP0243_1.1.0.pdf!
3/ In general, how can I get my appliance loading properly on my ESX server with a virtual serial port without touching vSphere and before powering it on automatically?

The document (j-sa-va-7.0-spvirtualappliance.pdf) state as well: "These steps assume that you have already configured a serial console or a virtual terminal to the ESX server."

I modified my /etc/inittab and /etc/securetty on my ESX server.

Thanks in advance to those who can help.

Chris

[Pawan_]

Hi Chris,
Below are the steps to configure Serial console (using named pipe) on VMware:

IVE (VMware)
1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings).
2. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.
3. Select Serial Port and click OK.
4. Select named pipe under connection.
5. Enter pipe name of your choice. The pipe name must follow the form \\.\pipe\<namedpipe> Ñ that is, it must begin with \\.\pipe\.
6. Select the Near end is the server.
7. Select the Far end is a virtual machine.
8. Please make sure, the device status setting is set to Connect at power on.
9. Click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor.

Client (VMware)
1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings).
2. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.
3. Select Serial Port, then click Next.
4. Select named pipe under connection.
5. Enter pipe name which we configured on IVE (VM).
6. Select the Near end is Client.
7. Select the Far end is a virtual machine.
8. Please make sure, the device status setting is set to Connect at power on.
9. Click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor.

Open Hyper terminal on client machine (hosted on VMware) and connect to Com1 port.
Hope this will help.