Hi, On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 01:50:57PM -0200, Felipe Gomes wrote: > I've been trying to search for more information on OpenBSD as a VMWare > guest, but I wasn't able to find much... and the information is pretty much > outdated. > > What are the recommendations for OpenBSD 5.8 (amd64) as a guest on VMware > 5.5? > > Guest Operating System: should I pick "Other (64bit)" or FreeBSD? >
I usually pick FreeBSD 64 bit. It doesn't make a big difference, as there aren't any defaults that fit OpenBSD. VMware never dares to add OpenBSD, and we are not using their drivers but reimplementations. > How does OpenBSD work with "virtual sockets" and "cores per virtual socket"? > ? I think OpenBSD doesn't care. GENERIC.MP will show you numbered cpus, no matter if they are cores or sockets. > What is the best NIC? E1000, E1000E, VMXNET2 ENHANCED or VMXNET3? > Name - OpenBSD driver: e1000* - em(4) (supports VLANs, but is kind of slow) vmxnet2 - vic(4) (older NIC, no VLANs) vmxnet3 - vmx(4) (emulates 10GbaseT, supports VLANs) Use vmxnet3. > What is the recommended SCSI Controller? LSI Logic Parallel, LSI Logic SAS > or VMware Paravirtual? > LSI Logic SAS - mpi(4) VMware Paravirtual - vmwpvs(4) Use LSI Logic SAS. The VMware Paravirtual has bugs that might corrupt your data (seen with fsck). > I'd believe that all of these options work... I just don't know which is > more stable or perform better. > You will also have vmt(4) for limited VMware tools support. > Any other tips on fine tunning or special setting? > Tuning? No, everything should work by default and is enabled in GENERIC[.MP] > I'm planning on migrating a few Soekris boxes to virtual machines. Is this > reliable? Is anyone running production OpenBSD servers on VMware? > Many of them. Reyk
