[hobbit] hobbit client on esx server?

[Jon Dustin]

>>> On 1/15/2008 at 4:30 PM, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:02:02PM -0500, Jason Chambers wrote:
>> Is it possible to do? It looks like a linux fork to me.
> 
> Possible, but as I understand from our ESX guys you cannot install any
> kind of 3rd-party software on the ESX host without voiding your support
> agreement.
> 
> In fact, ESX servers is one of the targets for my SNMP-based monitoring
> tool right now.
> 

This is an interesting "warning"...  If I am ever on the phone to VMWare Support, I will make sure to "forget" the Hobbit client is running!

I am currently running the Hobbit client on 7 ESX 3.01 boxes, without any problems. I compiled the client on another server, then merely unzipped it on ESX, and adjusted the startup script. I also made a custom test that runs esxtop and parses the output to determine the "real" CPU load.
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Jon Dustin - Network Specialist
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME  207-780-4152