If you are running GSX Server on a 32-bit Linux host, you must install the libdb.so.3 library from your Linux distribution's CD-ROM before you install the VMware Management Interface. The version that comes with a default Linux installation is incompatible with the management interface and returns the following error when you start the management interface:

Couldn't find necessary components on your system. It appears that you are missing the following library: libdb.so.3.

Some Linux distributions are known to ship without these libraries. From your Linux distribution CD, install this RPM package: compat-db-3.3.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm, where <##>- <#> is a version number particular to your version of the distribution.

If your distribution CD does not have this package, contact your vendor for a suitable library.

If you install this package after you installed the management interface software, start the management interface's Apache server with the following command:

/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start

To install the correct library, run the version of the Berkeley Database compat-db-<#>.<#>.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm RPM package included with your Linux distribution, as long as you install compat-db-3.3.<##>-<#>.i386.rpm or later. If you installed this package after you installed the management interface software, start the management interface's Apache server with this command:

/etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start

The VMware Management Interface does not work on 64-bit Linux hosts.