On 09/03/2011 12:09 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote:
> 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
ESXi 4 and ESXi 5 works in this system .... Only one suggestion: buy a
good smart array interface like HP ones if you can ...
--
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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