VMWare Server (Host) and Guest Setup Procedure

Setting up VMWare Appliances

 1. Download the virtual appliance.
 2. Put the unpacked files in a directory accesible by VMWare Server.
    Note: Make sure that the preferences file (~/.vmware) in your /net/home directory 
          has the correct permissions to run the vmware server. 
          To change the permissions use this command:
            sudo chown username:npg /net/home/username/.vmware
 3. Start vmware server with this command:
      sudo vmware
 4. Select connect to localhost and click "Connect".
 5. In vmware server click "Open a virtual machine".
 6. Then "Browse" for the files (.vmx) you unpacked earlier.
    Now the server should be in the sidebar of the vmware server display.
 7. Before starting the machine click "Edit ..." and go through the settings.
    Note: Make sure to go through the setting and check for network to be set to bridge 
          and the hard disk size.
    If the hard drive has to be resized you can use the vmware-vdiskmanager.
    If you initially setup 2 physical interfaces in the vmware server setup, only
    one is bridged in the virtual machine, so in the settings add a ethernet interface
    that is connected to the vmnetx that is bridged with the 2nd interface.

 Important Note: Check to see what devices are bridged to what
   ps -ef |grep vmnet-bridge
     root      9267     1  0 14:34 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0
     root      9275     1  0 14:34 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-2.pid /dev/vmnet2 eth1