[ietf79-tech] vmWare (apologies for the wide distribution, but I couldn't remember who all were the vmware wizzes)

[Joel Jaeggli]

On 11/22/10 5:12 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:
> And do I *need* to use windows for anything, or do you think I'll
> manage to make everything work without the windows client GUI bit?

there is a linux client...

> W
> 
> Warren Kumari ------ Please excuse typing, etc -- This was sent from
> a device with a tiny keyboard.
> 
> On Nov 22, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:
> 
>> esxi 4.1 will do everything you need.
>> 
>> just wack it on the bare metal and everything should be cool, up
>> until 4.1 turning on ssh required a bit of hackery, now it's just
>> an option in the web interface.
>> 
>> On 11/22/10 3:00 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> So, I am finally buying myself a server that will support 
>>> virtualization properly and wanted to give vmware a whirl
>>> (previously I have done Xen and similar) so that I have more
>>> clue, but, being a complete vmware newbie wanted to get some help
>>> / advice from the list as to what I need to do / get / etc.
>>> 
>>> Basically this is going to be for a single machine (I don't need
>>> to be able to move instances around, don't need HA, etc.) and
>>> I'll be installing Ubuntu on it and using it as a mail /
>>> webserver. I'd also like to be able to spin up a few guest
>>> instances, for testing things, when I need to lend someone a
>>> shell, etc. Noit sure what other info folk might want to help me
>>> decide this :-)
>>> 
>>> VMware vSphere Hypervisor (which includes VMware ESXi and vSphere
>>>  Client is a free download) -- am I missing something obvious or
>>> will this do everything that I need? If not, what is the cheapest
>>> vmware solution that will?
>>> 
>>> I tried figuring this all out from vmwares site, but got lost in
>>> a pile of 4 color glossies, all with similar (but subtly
>>> different) marketing material and acronyms.
>>> 
>>> Mahna mahna, W
>>> 
>>> -- I once absend-mindedly ordered Three Mile Island dressing in a
>>>  restaurant and, with great presence of mind, they brought
>>> Thousand Island Dressing and a bottle of chili sauce. -- Terry
>>> Pratchett
>>> 
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