[Request] VMware Server

Question

VMware Server is the successor to the commercial VMware GSX server, which is now obsolete.
It is free to use and will stay that way.
It is still in beta , build 23869 now.
On my work i am testing the windows version, and sofar it looks good.
It lacks the team features of VMware Workstation, but has perl scripting support, a C API and the console allows you to connect to VMware server installations on other machines.
I think many people who now use VMware workstation can switch to VMware server without problems.

Answer 1

I'm assuming nobody's been able to PKGBUILD this yet? I tried myself, using Mikos' vmware-workstation as a starting point, but I couldn't get it going, and as I needed it in a hurry, I installed it the (ab)normal way instead i.e. using VMware's install script. I will have another crack at it at some stage (if nobody else gets there first), but in the meantime, I've built myself a new kernel, and it occurred to me that we really should have a separate package for the kernel modules, as we do with other apps that come with their own module(s) e.g. wlan-ng, lirc, unionfs, etc.
So here it is. It saved me the hassle of running the entire config script again, just to get two kernel modules. Others may or may not find it useful. I'm not putting it in the AUR for the moment, in case someone else comes along with a conflicting "full service" PKGBUILD.
Change the _kernver variable to match the kernel you want to build for.
PKGBUILD
# Contributor: Tom K <tomk>
pkgname=vmware-modules
pkgver=1.0.0.28343
_realver=1.0.0-28343
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="VMware Server kernel modules"
depends=('kernel26')
source=(http://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/VMware-server-${_realver}.tar.gz)
md5sums=('a25b4beb53785c05ef3b3077d87f6e2b')
url="http://www.vmware.com/products/server/"
license="custom"
install=$pkgname.install
_kernver=2.6.17-ARCH
build() {
# Build and install modules
for mod in vmmon vmnet
do
cd $startdir/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source
tar xf ${mod}.tar
cd ${mod}-only
make HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build/include || return 1
install -D ${mod}.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/misc/${mod}.ko
done
# Copy EULA and license information
cd $startdir/src/vmware-server-distrib/doc
for doc in EULA open_source_licenses.txt
do
install -D $doc $startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/$doc
done
# Update install file
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/$pkgname.install
vmware-modules.install
# arg 1: the new package version
post_install() {
# updating module dependencies
echo ">>>"
echo ">>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ..."
echo ">>>"
KERNEL_VERSION=2.6.17-ARCH
depmod -A -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
# arg 1: the new package version
# arg 2: the old package version
post_upgrade() {
post_install
# arg 1: the old package version
post_remove() {
post_install
op=$1
shift
$op $*