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Red Hat has recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4. Here are the easy steps for enabling VMware Studio 2.0 to create VM or vApp for RHEL 5.4 Server i386 and x86_64.

Adding RHEL 5.4 i386 support structure based on the existing RHEL 5.3 i386 components:

1. Log in to the Studio VM as root.
2. Create the template profile, Studio runtime packages, and VMware Tools for the new OS:
   
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/3 /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/4
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/lib/build/include/rhel/5/3 /opt/vmware/lib/build/include/rhel/5/4
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/www/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/3 /opt/vmware/www/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/4
3. Edit and update /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/4/build_profile.xml with the following content:
   
   • [line 25] <Product>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4</Product>
   • [line 92] <vadk:url>http://[VADK.localIP]/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/4</vadk:url>
   • [line 208] <Description>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4</Description>
   • [line 303] vadk:sourceDir="[VADK.vadkRoot]/lib/build/include/rhel/5/4/"
   • [line 306] <vadk:ISO vadk:path="file:///opt/vmware/www/ISV/ISO/rhel-server-5.4-i386-dvd.iso"
         vadk:md5sum="7a12ec6599527e4f3d1790b51eadbfed" vadk:containFiles=""/>
   • [line 309] <vadk:Distribution vadk:vendor="Red Hat" vadk:OSverMajor="5" vadk:OSverMinor="4"

Adding RHEL 5.4 x86_64 support structure based on the existing RHEL 5.3 x86_64 components:

1. Log in to the Studio VM as root.
2. Create the template profile, Studio runtime packages, and VMware Tools for the new OS:
   
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/3_x86_64 /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/4_x86_64
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/lib/build/include/rhel/5/3_x86_64 /opt/vmware/lib/build/include/rhel/5/4_x86_64
   • cp -r /opt/vmware/www/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/3_x86_64 /opt/vmware/www/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/4_x86_64
3. Edit and update /opt/vmware/etc/build/templates/redhat/5/4_x86_64/build_profile.xml with the following content:
   
   • [line 25] <Product>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 64bit</Product>
   • [line 91] <vadk:url>http://[VADK.localIP]/vmware-open-vm-tools/redhat/5/4_x86_64</vadk:url>
   • [line 208] <Description>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 64bit</Description>
   • [line 303] vadk:sourceDir="[VADK.vadkRoot]/lib/build/include/rhel/5/4_x86_64/"
   • [line 305] <vadk:ISO vadk:path="file:///opt/vmware/www/ISV/ISO/rhel-server-5.4-x86_64-dvd.iso"
         vadk:md5sum="04fe3c10202402d7b389528d2bad0210" vadk:containFiles=""/>
   • [line 308] <vadk:Distribution vadk:vendor="Red Hat" vadk:OSverMajor="5" vadk:OSverMinor="4"

And that's it. You will now see the RHEL 5.4 template profiles through the VMware Studio web interface. With the new template profiles, you may then create your customized build profile for building the desired RHEL 5.4 Server VM or vApp.