Hi all,
I need to build a VM using VMWare Studio and install software that has license restrictions on the number of sockets that are allowed. Specifically, it allows a maximum of 4 sockets. My VMWare Studio profile includes 6 virtual processors, but when I build the system, it exposes these as 6 individual sockets as opposed to any kind of aggregation of cores into fewer sockets. Consequently, the system requirements check in the software installer fails. I've found the following is saved in OVF files created manually through VMWare (note the CoresPerSocket line at the end):
<Item> <rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits> <rasd:Description>Number of Virtual CPUs</rasd:Description> <rasd:ElementName>16 virtual CPU(s)</rasd:ElementName> <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID> <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType> <rasd:VirtualQuantity>16</rasd:VirtualQuantity> <vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">4</vmw:CoresPerSocket> </Item>
but I don't know how to configure my VMWare Studio build profile to do this for me. Has anybody encountered this problem and know a good solution?
Thanks,
John