Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:43:08 -0500 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 on VMWare in a corporate network; How? Message-ID: <28B68434-113E-4ABA-931E-3DAB666A2BA5@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <1392385745.4914.83410473.135CDC76@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <CAF-3MvPCUDjv4tGeFBf1DkRC6gr2QGsMUT_uH6Q0UU9mo9tv_g@mail.gmail.com> <0ac901cf2437$458837b0$d098a710$@FreeBSD.org> <773DBB2B-D421-44DB-848F-E4B7A9238085@gmail.com> <20140208203859.b6a9c4f555b7e8301541e676@mimar.rs> <1392385745.4914.83410473.135CDC76@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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> On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014, at 13:38, Marko Cupać wrote: >> First of all, I wouldn't go with 10-RELEASE, as it is not officially >> supported. Go for 9.2-RELEASE amd64 or expect all kinds of problems. > > "FreeBSD" is "not officially supported" by VMWare. Trust me. We threw > $60,000 at them and they still wouldn't acknowledge bugs. I couldn't > even find an engineer that knew what FreeBSD was! > So you need to remind the engineers at VMware their parent company EMC uses and sells things based on FreeBSD. Mainly Isilon and spectra logic as well as other things . > Plus you have to consider that we don't even know what version of ESXi > he's working with in the first place. According to their OS support > matrix, FreeBSD 9.2 is only "supported" on ESXi 5.5. > > http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software&partner=109&testConfigurations=16&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc&testConfig=16 > ______________________________________________ If we , all of the VMware users who use FreeBSD on esxi , work out a good set I notes for using VMware esxi + FreeBSD and work up a good page on wiki.freebsd.org; we can make some of the users have a better experience and we can help EMC / VMware with support as a Side effect . Anyone interested in helping ? --/ Mark Saad
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