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I decided to put together a little video of installing the new version 2.1 Integration Services on a Linux guest. I ran into a few good walkthroughs out there, but sometimes it's nice to see everything in action. Keep in mind I am by no means a Linux expert, I have limited experience in administering a couple CentOS webservers, so if you see me doing something wrong please feel free to correct me.

Link to integration services 2.1 - https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=1863&InvitationID=LNIS-T47Q-B7MP&SiteID=495

Here’s a basic rundown of the steps.

1. Create new Virtual machine, add legacy network adapter, install linux OS.
2. Install required components and reboot

# yum install kernel-devel
# yum groupinstall “development tools”
# yum update

3. Mount linux integration services iso and copy contents to hard drive of linux guest

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
# mkdir /opt/integration_services
# cp –r /mnt/* /opt/integration_services

4. Install integration services, change directory to where you copied the integration services and run

# make
# make install

5. Reboot and remove your legacy network adapter.

Here's the video, hopefully not too long.  Best viewed full screen if you can...

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