Linux Virtual Servers

[Paul M. Whitney]

Robert,

You cannot have both VMware Workstation and Server on the same machine. [Source: http://vmware.com/pdf/ws6_manual.pdf]. On my Linux system, I installed VMware workstation and it includes VMware Player. 

If you are going to buy or have Workstation, why not use it for all your virtualization needs? Also, server offers snapshot options.

Paul

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From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert Freeman-Day
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:44 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Linux Virtual Servers

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Paul,

This does bring me to a question on VMware that I have been wanting to
ask someone.  Is it possible to run VMware server and workstation on the
same machine?  For examble, if you have a machine or two that you do not
need multiple snapshots of...I would think of using server, but if I
have a sizable testing environment that can blow up frequently...I would
use workstation.  Thanks ahead of time.

Robert

Paul M. Whitney wrote:
> I have used Xen, VMware Workstation, VMware Server, VMware Infrastructure 3
> (certified professional now), and VMware Fusion (my Mac)...you can probably
> tell what I prefer.
> 
> In production, we are a large enterprise and we use Virtual Infrastructure
> 3. We manage, in our development environment alone, about 60+ servers.
> Management of these servers through Virtual Center is a breeze. Very
> intuitive and GUI friendly. Unlike Xen. Xen is capable, but lacks the
> refinements found in VMware. Also, you want to look at supportability,
> VMware has extensive documentation freely available and a support base that
> blows away the competition.
> 
> For 4-10 servers, I would consider using VMware Server for users; and you
> use VMware Workstation to create the VMs. VMware Server is free, VMware
> Workstation is ($189) but gives you ability to create VMs, replicate and
> deploy them as new instances, etc. VMware Server is free and runs on both
> Windows and Linux (although getting it to compile on Linux may be a
> challenge). I personally use VMware Workstation for Linux (it compiled for
> me on Fedora Core 8) for all my testing and development.
> 
> P
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of debu
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:04 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Linux Virtual Servers
> 
> 
> HI All,
> 
> I have a virtual Server setup request where i have some 32GB RAM with other
> required compatible hardware,and i need to create some 4-10 virtual servers
> environment with each physical node,for different users for different
> developement/testing purposes.
> 
> I am confused with Xen/ OpenVZ? what is your opinion, in terms of maximum
> cap/ ease of install/configure/ segregation/ connflict etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Any idea/ suggestion will be of great help.
> 
> Thank you 
> 
> Debajit 
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