Nagios Server in a Virtual Machine?

[Jason Qualkenbush]

> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Frost, Mark
> {PBG}
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:21 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios Server in a Virtual Machine?
>
>
> Does anyone out there have experience running a Nagios server under a
> virtual machine (VM)?  Specifcally VMWare in a Linux VM?
>
> I'm a little nervous about some of the things I've heard about VMs being
> a little off time-wise, but perhaps that would not be a problem for
> Nagios.
>   

VMWare doesn't like that.  The host's clock is set to ntp, then the VM 
is set to the host.  I'm pretty sure you need to make sure you have 
vmware-tools installed on the client system.

1. Run the vmware tools.

2. Add tools.syncTime = true to the /servername/.vmx file.

3. Add this to /boot/grub/grub.conf: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro 
root=/dev/hda2 *clock=pit*

4. Restart


http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1420

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-jq


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