Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 16:52:15 CDT 2011
Hello Gustav, Sorry for the delay, I have been struggling with Win 7 and restore points for 48 hours. Sometimes I hate Microsoft. The link for free vShpere is https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=free-esxi5&lp=default I like the idea of installing it in the usb and booting from that. No messing with CDs of disks. I have not installed it yet, but hope to do so soon Mark On 16 September 2011 08:49, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Stuart > > That's my impression too. Mark, where did you locate the free VMware > vSPhere? > > Bare bones VMs (ESXi) _are_ restricted to running on certified components. > A compatibility list can be found at the VMware site. For that same reason > we refrained from using the ESXi and use Windows 2003/8 64-bit as host OS. > > /gustav > > > >>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 15-09-2011 20:01 >>> > A couple of points. > AFAIK, vSPhere os commercial and doesn't have a free version. > Bare bones VMs are usually restricted to running on certified components, > you can't normally > run them on comsumer workstations. > > -- > Stuart > > > On 15 Sep 2011 at 9:16, Arthur Fuller wrote: > > > I'm growing dizzy with all these alternatives. I currently have > > downloaded and installed VMPlayer. Perhaps I ought to have gone with > > VM vSphere instead? I do like the concept of a bare-metal-build, that > > would seem the obvious way to go: VM is the bottom layer, atop which > > resides all my other installations. But first I think I'll need to > > beef up my RAM. I am suffering the limits of a mere 3GB of RAM at the > > moment. I really need to kick that up. > > > > A. > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Mark > > > > > > What is "VMWare vSphere free version"? > > > We use the free VMware Server extensively, it even runs the two DCs. > > > > > > At workstations with Win7, we use the free XP Mode for running old > > > apps. It works very well too. > > > > > > /gustav > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >