Author: wh33ly

– Mount the original image:

Mount /var/public/smbmount/esx41iso/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.Update3-custom.iso /var/public/www/esx41i/ESXi41U3Cust –t= iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop1)

– Copy the original imagedd.bz2 to a temporary folder /imagebuild/

cp /var/public/www/esx41i/ESXi41U3Cust/imagedd.bz2 /imagebuild[text]
[text]
total 405929
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11225 Nov 6 22:36 a.z
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Nov 6 22:40 boot000.cat
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Nov 7 15:24 boot.cat
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1162824 Nov 6 22:36 cimstg.tgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 15283377 Nov 6 22:36 cim.vgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 7306598 Nov 6 22:36 ienviron.vgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 312820483 Nov 7 15:14 imagedd.bz2
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 67 Nov 7 15:16 imagedd.md5
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 971501 Nov 6 22:40 install.vgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12241 Nov 6 22:36 isolinux.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 298 Nov 6 22:36 isolinux.cfg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 47404 Nov 6 22:36 mboot.c32
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 51020 Nov 6 22:36 menu.c32
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2593205 Nov 6 22:36 open_sou.txt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2156 Nov 6 22:36 readme.txt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 72786024 Nov 6 22:36 sys.vgz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 41155 Nov 6 22:36 tboot.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 48339 Nov 6 22:36 vmkboot.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2489796 Nov 6 22:36 vmkernel.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34816 Nov 7 15:23 vmware_v.iso

– Now unzip the imagefile you copied

cd /imagebuild
bunzip2 imagedd.bz2

Adding VIB’s / offline bundles to the image
– Use VIBDDI to see which items are already in the image.

Vibddi –i imagedd –q

– Example:

< oem-vmware-esx-drivers-net-vxge (400.2.0.28.21239-1OEM) >
< oem-vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx (400.2.26.08.036vm40-1OEM) >
< vmware-esx-firmware (4.1.0-3.26.800380) >
< CMPI-1.0 >
< VMW_CMPI_CPP-1.0.5 >
< vmkapi_1_1_0_0 >
< vmknexus1kvapi-3-26 >
< vmkepsecapi_1.0.0.0 >
< vmkvsepapi_2.0.0.0 >
< DriverAPI-9.0 >
< DriverAPI-9.1 >
< vmkuservsepapi_2.0.0.0 >
< vmware-esx-tools-light (4.1.0-3.26.800380) >

– Now we are going to inject the correct drivers , I downloaded and copied them to /bundles

vibddi -i /imagebuild/imagedd -v cross_oem-vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-hpvsa_400.4.1.0-22OEM.vib
Setting up configuration for esxupdate
This may take a few seconds…

– Repeat this for the other drivers. When you finished use the -q switch again to see if the correct drivers are injected. Now you see that they’re added.

vibddi -i /imagebuild/imagedd –q
< oem-vmware-esx-drivers-net-vxge (400.2.0.28.21239-1OEM) >
< oem-vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx (400.2.26.08.036vm40-1OEM) >
< vmware-esx-drivers-net-tg3 (400.3.123b.v40.1-1vmw.2.17.00000) >
< vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-qla2xxx (400.841.k1.42.1-1vmw.2.17.00000) >
< vmware-esx-firmware (4.1.0-3.26.800380) >
< CMPI-1.0 >
< VMW_CMPI_CPP-1.0.5 >
< vmkapi_1_1_0_0 >
< vmknexus1kvapi-3-26 >
< vmkepsecapi_1.0.0.0 >
< vmkvsepapi_2.0.0.0 >
< DriverAPI-9.0 >
< DriverAPI-9.1 >
< vmkuservsepapi_2.0.0.0 >
< vmware-esx-tools-light (4.1.0-3.26.800380) >

Custom driver modules
– Download or extract the .o files from the offline bundles/vib files. Luckily I could capture them from the HP VMware OEM CD-ROM.
– The files we need are tg3.o and hpsa.o.
– Go back to your temp directory where your CD image is mounted and mount imagedd

mount imagedd /mnt -o loop,rw,offset=4210688
cd /mnt

total 91368
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11225 Nov 6 22:21 a.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 128 Nov 6 22:21 boot.cfg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48339 Nov 6 22:21 b.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1162824 Nov 6 22:21 cimstg.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15283377 Nov 6 22:21 c.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2489796 Nov 6 22:21 k.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 137 Nov 6 22:21 license.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 754246 Nov 6 22:21 m.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 950084 Nov 6 22:21 oem.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3862 Nov 6 22:21 pkgdb.tgz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72786024 Nov 6 22:21 s.z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41155 Nov 6 22:21 tboot.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2030 Nov 6 22:21 vibddi

– Extract the oem.tgz file and copy the simple.map, pci.ids and .o files in the right directories.
tar xvzf oem.tgz

1) /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod
Kopieer in deze map de .o files
2) /etc/vmware/
Kopieer naar deze map de sample.map en pci.ids bestanden

– Recreate oem.tgz

tar cvzf oem.tgz ./*

– Copy the oem.tgz back to imagedd

cp oem.tgz /mnt

– Unmount the imagedd

umount /mnt/imaged

– Recompress imagedd file

bzip2 /tmp/imagedd/imagedd

– Check the MD5 checksum and replace it with the checksum in the file : imagedd.md5

md5sum imaged.bz2

Create new ISO

cd /tmp/iso

mkisofs -o VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update1-348481.x86_64_customdriver.iso -b isolinux.bin -c BOOT.CAT-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./

You now have an image that is ready to install with, when you use a manual install.

PXE Boot
As we use PXE here, I added the image, rebooted and….FAIL!

WTH! Oh right…I forgot that the boot image needs the correct drives too, else the NIC can’t connect to the share..

To simply add the drivers to the PXE image I created another OEM.tgz file with the drivers needed for the PXE boot.

– I created a new folder /oem
– I then created the following folders in /oem
1) /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod
2) /etc/vmware

In the first folder we put the .o files (drivers) and in the second folder the simple.map and pci.ids
Create a a new oem.tgz file to send with the PXE installation.

cd /tmp/oem/
tar –zcf /tmp/oem/oem.tgz etc lib sbin usr var

Copy the oem.tgz file to the location where the PXE files are loaded. In our case this is

/var/public/tftproot

Now add the –oem.tgz to your kernel options command line and you’re ready to fire up !