Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Thu Mar 27 13:49:02 CDT 2008
John, Thanks again for the reply. Now, here comes my VM newbie dumb question. For the Linux machine, I had to download a "Linux appliance." (This was a VMWare Server installation, so a VMWare appliance.) For the Windows VM, I'm using the Microsoft Virtual PC. Where do I go for the appropriate "Windows appliance" (or whatever name it gets in the Microsoft setting)? Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Tina jwcolby wrote: > Ahh... Good job, teach me to READ the original post closely. 8-0 > > Yep, yep and yep. You can make them locally, then copy them to the external > drive, and yes, delete the originals on the main machine once they are > moved. > > As long as the host machine has the VM server software installed you can > even move them from machine to machine for processing. I have two fairly > hefty servers and a laptop. I have installed the server software on all the > machines so I can just execute the VMs wherever I need to. > > External drives are really pretty speedy. Often the USB channel can read / > write as fast as the disk so there is no apparent effect of running > external. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:51 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VM for different versions of Access > > Hey John, > > Thanks for the reply. It's not a thumb drive, it's a powered 120 GB > external hard drive, USB connected to my main computer, which is a Dell > Inspiron 9400 laptop. > > Let's see if my thinking is fitting in with what you have just told me. > 1) I install the VM Server software on my host machine (already done). > 2) I create my VM with WindowsXP Pro as the OS. > 3) I install onto my VM the "stuff I gotta have." > 4) I copy my VM to provide one each for whatever versions of Office I need. > 5) Now, I copy my completed VMs to my external hard drive. > 6) Can I then delete the original VMs that I made on my main machine hard > drive? > > For the class I'm taking on Linux, I installed a VM for Fedora-7 on my > external hard drive, and it ran. I'm wanting to put as much as possible off > on the external drive to keep the main computer as free as possible. So > far, the difference in speed hasn't been a real factor. I don't deal in > "humungous" databases the way you do. Could happen, some day, though, so I > take your advice seriously. > > Thanks again for the reply. Am I thinking straight, here? > > Tina > > jwcolby wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> The first question is why the thumb drive? They are small and slow. >> IIWM, I would do it on a normal external disk. Remember that you need >> not only office but Windows itself. Plus you likely want other apps >> that you use all the time such as 3DFTP or UltraEdit or FireFox. >> >> Once you have the VM created and all set up with these "also gotta >> haves", then copy the VM and install Office97 on one copy, Office 2K >> on another copy, Office 2K3 on another copy etc. They will be small >> but still probably at least 10 gigs or so each. Having done that, buy >> a small laptop hard drive and an external USB driven container to put >> it in. Place all the VMs on that and carry that around in your briefcase >> > or laptop case. > >> As for whether the VMs will run over a usb, AFAIK they will. The HOST >> machine has to have the SERVER software installed to run it however. >> This is another reason to bring along your laptop. Install the server >> software on that and then just plug in the disk to your laptop and go. >> You can of course also place the server install package on the disk >> along with the VMs but then you have to do the VM server software >> install on any machine that you want to run the VMs on. >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> www.ColbyConsulting.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina >> Norris Fields >> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:55 AM >> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Subject: [dba-Tech] VM for different versions of Access >> >> Hi All, >> >> Double-posting, since this is a technical virtual machine question but >> involves Access. >> >> The database I wrote about that got corrupted has been mostly repaired. >> That is to say the tables are intact, all the data are there, and the >> table relationships are good. However, there are bits and pieces that >> definitely are out of whack. I am going to remodel the database, to >> use only the features the client actually uses and wants, to restore >> the switchboard interface the client likes, and then split the sucker >> into a proper BE and FE. Client agrees. Here is the puzzle: client >> uses Access97. My machine is WinXP Pro with Office 2003. >> >> I would like to install a virtual machine and run Office 97 in that >> machine (yes, I still have a licensed copy on the shelf - >> unbelievable!). I would like that machine to reside on my USB external >> > drive. Is this do-able? > >> What are the gotchas I need to watch out for? >> >> I have Microsoft's VirtualPC installed as well as VMWare's Server. >> The MS VirtualPC seems the better candidate for making a virtual >> machine to run another version of Office. >> >> Suggestions? Ideas? Watch-out fors? >> >> Thanks, >> Tina >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >