Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Sun Sep 18 10:10:58 CDT 2011
Hi Gustav, A few things to report since Friday night. I downloaded and installed vSphere on to bare metal. Whole process took not more than 15 mins. I used a program named UnBootin to create a bootable USB Stick from the ISO image so I do not have to mess around with old fashioned CDs. UnBootin works really great. I have registered and requested an licence key from VMware and have recieved it, but I have not entered it yet, because for some reason, I only requested 1 and I am anxious not to waste it in case I struggle to get another. Having said that, I can apply with a different email and I suppose they will just give me another few. You can read all about the free vShpere here<http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html> When I enter the key, and if it works, I will let you know. Once I did the 15 mins to get the image, make a bootable USB from the ISO and then boot the machine, I installed it all on a little AMD Phenon II quad core machine I happpen to have here. The dos type screen just has a few settings to set your network values. It can do nothing else. The next step is to download and install the Vmware client tools which are amazing. Once I did that I kicked off three VM's (Ubuntu, XP and Win7), told VMWare to allocate 4 GB each, and powered them up (My little AMD box only has 4 gb in total) but VMware can dynamically allocate the RAM - really cool stuff. I have some more playing to do with it, but for now, I am shocked at how good it is and would never again consider playing with Virtual PC or Win2k8 and its HyperV. BTW, I am trying to learn a little about Linux as well at the moment, Natty Narwhal ! Mark On 16 September 2011 23:07, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Mark > > OK, but that is trialware only, right? > > /gustav > > >>> marklbreen at gmail.com 16-09-2011 23:52 >>> > 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 >