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 outdated.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 used to do FreeBSD, but have switched to Other (64bit). If you pick virtual hardware that FreeBSD doesn't support (or that VMware doesn't think FreeBSD supports) VMware will cry every time you try to use features like Vmotion, warning that the world may end. Mainly annoying. > How does OpenBSD work with "virtual sockets" and "cores per virtual socket"? Haven't tried this. I generally use VMs to partition jobs, and one core is more than enough for each job. Memory is far more likely to be an issue before a VM hits maximum CPU. > What is the best NIC? E1000, E1000E, VMXNET2 ENHANCED or VMXNET3? I've used at least all but "E1000E" (and may have done that, but aren't sure) and they have all worked fine. I slowly migrated up as the different drivers came into OpenBSD. I've been doing OpenBSD on VMware for a long time now. > What is the recommended SCSI Controller? LSI Logic Parallel, LSI Logic SAS > or VMware Paravirtual? I've tried both LSI Logic Parallel and the VMware paravirtual. I had seen the occasional install weirdness with the paravirtual that based on what I've seen in this thread, has led me to abandon using it. Mainly the problem where root ends up read-only and you have to boot single user to fsck it manually to fix things. LSI Logic Parallel has been flawless. > I'd believe that all of these options work... I just don't know which is > more stable or perform better. I've not really noticed any big performance gains with the different options, but I haven't done testing to find it. > Any other tips on fine tunning or special setting? > I'm planning on migrating a few Soekris boxes to virtual machines. Is this > reliable? Is anyone running production OpenBSD servers on VMware? Lots and lots. I find OpenBSD one of the best behaved guests on my virtual infrastructure. --Kurt Mosiejczuk
