
Power on the NAS VM, wait for it to boot to the logon prompt
If you watch the console of the NAS VM you may see messages about not having enough
RAM for ZFS, this does not cause any issues and can be ignored
If your PC has an IP address on the VMNet3 network, it is usually 192.168.199.1. Ping
192.168.199.7 which is the NAS, if this succeeds open the window share
\\192.168.199.7\Build. If the ping fails then you can access though the NAS using the
external IP address of the router. In the example above the external address is 192.168.20.118
(it’s on the Waiting for DHCPOFFER on eth0 line) so the share is \\192.168.20.118\Build.
VMware Fusion note: Using Finder, press Command+K to open the “Connect to Server…”
dialog box. Enter smb://192.168.199.7 and connect as Guest. If you connect as a named user
or connect using NFS, your user permissions will write the files in a way that renders them
inaccessible. (This can be fixed with chown & chmod if you’ve already made this mistake.)
Populate the build Share
The build share is the central repository for the installers and scripts that are used inside the
AutoLab, all of the software that will be used must be on this share before the rest of the
builds begin. There are folders for each piece of software; most of these folders need to have
the ISO files extracted into them. The only ISO files that are required are the Windows 2003
and XP install ISOs placed in the root folder; all sub folders should contain files extracted
from ISOs or ZIP files.
Here are the contents of an empty build share:
Core lab requirements:
The ESX and ESXi folders need to have the ESX and ESXi installer ISO extracted into
them.
The VIM folders need to have the vCenter installers extracted into them.
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