In article <CAOAgVpz7tt31-oNSEYUV24hL4bwXWjOkLiG=yaShbXqnTtGyWg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Tony Mountifield <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >> And another problem: why do you use vmware server?? It is EOL and not
> >> supported for vmware anymore.
> >
> > Mainly because it's a test system at home on which I've had VMware server
> > installed for a couple of years already, and have had no reason to change
> > (perhaps until now). It was free at the time. I haven't investigated the
> > cost of ESXi. If I were to move to that, could I use my existing virtual
> > machines unchanged?
> >
>
> ESXi is free (unless that is changed in 5.x), you just don't get any
> of the clustering and multiple server management capabilities of the
> paid version. You do have to run it directly on the host which has to
> support hardware virtualization. Most recent processors do, but check
> for vmx or svm in the flags in /pro/cpuinfo. You need a windows box
> to run the console, but it doesn't have to stay connected all the
> time. And there is a free converter program to move the images (or
> physical hosts) to guests under ESXi, but if you use the same machine
> you'll have to copy them off somewhere first.
OK, thanks. That looks worth investigating. The host is an HP ML110 G5
with a dual-core Xeon 3065. It shows the vmx flag.
Cheers
Tony
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