Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms

Be sure to read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products and this section before installing this operating system.

VMware products support only the version for x86 platforms. You cannot install the version for SPARC platforms in a VMware virtual machine.

The easiest method of installing the Solaris 10 Operating System in a virtual machine is to use the standard Solaris 10 for x86 installation media. The notes below describe an installation using the CD set or DVD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these requirements before you install Solaris 10 Operating System:

•	Create and configure a new virtual machine.

Consider these support and configuration issues for a Solaris 10 Operating System:

•	64-bit Solaris 10 guests support only the e1000 network adapter driver.

•	VMware Server or ESX Server:

•	Starting with the Solaris 10 1/06 release, Sun recommends 512MB of memory. 256MB is the minimum requirement.

•	For the Solaris 10 3/05 release, Sun recommends 256MB of memory. 128MB is the minimum requirement.

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Before upgrading a virtual machine’s guest operating system to the Solaris 10 1/06 release or later, increase the virtual machine’s RAM to at least 256MB. See your VMware product documentation for instructions. For more information see the System Requirements and Recommendations for Solaris 10 Installation, on the Sun Web site at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0544/6mgbagb0v?a=view

Installation Steps

1	Insert the Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms DVD or the Solaris 10 Software 1 CD in the DVD or CD-ROM drive.

2	Power on the virtual machine to start installing Solaris 10.

3	Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

This completes basic installation of the Solaris 10 guest operating system.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.

 

Note On ESX, VMware Tools is supported on ESX 3.x and later.