Hi, is the free vmware server software suitable for programmers? I'm a little confused between the free server version and the paid workstation version. What is the server version really? Can I run it on my desktop? I've installed virtualPC by MS alerady, but want to look at vm's also. ...
I have a VMWARE ESX server. I have Redhat VMs running on that server. I need a way of programatically testing if I'm running in a VM. Ideally, I'd like to know how to do this from Perl. ...
Hi, is the VMware Remote CLI (Command Line Interface), which is not a GUI, the only way to configure Syslog & SNMP on ESX3i? I would like to have the easiest way possible of having these configured by junior/not really IT staff. Has anyone thought of implementing an alternative GUI to the CLI? Are there any Windows friendly alternati...
Hi, I wanted to play around with Linux and do some testing. I've tried installing Linux on a Virtual PC (2004) guest but couldn't get it to work. I figured with all the folks out there proselytizing about Linux maybe someone had made an guess file that I could just download and open up in Virtual PC (ideally) or VmWare. PS - I asked ...
What is considered the best VM system under Mac OS X for running Windows and Linux? I'd like to setup a MacBook as a one stop shop for OS testing and light purposes, primarily for cross OS/browser web testing and related tasks. Currently using Bootcamp to support Windows 7 and Mac OS X, but if I want to add more OSes, what is the best ...
I have found articles saying this is possible, but what are the issues? Is it 'always' straightforward as shutting down your vpc and then opening it with vmware? From this link which is nearly 3 years old it says you can but you have to copy some windows files into the vpc before shutting it down, is that still valid? Update 1 Found t...
Our development team has just recently started using virtual machines to develop on and one issue we are having is keeping the clocks sync'd. I remember in the past there was an issue with ntpd not working on virtual machines. I also recall it not being a good idea to put ntpdate in as a cron. So my question is, is there another solution...
I have a C++ MFC application that uses DPtoLP to calculate logical coordinates from device coordinates. Normally this works fine. I have a screen with square pixels. It is 1280x1024. My VMware runs W2K, with a resolution set to 800x480. In the program the MapMode is MM_LOMETRIC. My OnDraw code: void CMyView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC) { // TE...
I tested VirtualBox 2.1.4 and VMware Workstation 6.5.1 for later use as a development VM Host: Ubuntu64, 4GB RAM, Core2Duo E6600, Samsung HD502IJ Guest: Windows XP Home, 1GB RAM, 8GB virtual disk Benchmark Software: SiSoft Sandra Light, HD Tune What is your experience or suggestion for a VM mostly used for development tools (not as...
As a best practice I use a virtual machine for my development - I would like to try and optimize my VM as much as possible. All I have installed is server 2003, IIS and Visual Studio 2008. What do you do to optimize your development VM i.e what service do you switch off etc... ...
Hi,I installed a Linux systems on a VMWare which is a guest of Windows XP operating systems. How can I get files stored in XP file systems directly when working in Linux environment? Thanks. ...
I have a VMware virtual machine running Windows 2008 Standard and I would like to enable the Hyper-V role for learning purposes, but the VMware workstation says my processor doesn't support the virtualization features. My development machine uses a Core2Duo E8200 which supports hardware virtualization. Is there any additional setting ...
I recently installed VMware Workstation on my computer, and it is causing me some trouble. I'm used to pressing F6 to build in VS2008, but Workstation keeps replacing the hotkey for build with Ctrl+Alt+B, and assigning its own hotkey to F6. Every time I change the hotkey back and restart VS, VMware messes it up again. How do I get my hot...
Ok, so let's say that I want to try virtualization in my environment. I want to use ESXi to do that because it is free. I can use the install disk and setup a box to run the ESXi Host. I'm not sure if the VMware Infrastructure Client is free for one thing. You can use it to attach an ovf file (a packaged VM). The problem I had is creati...
Hello! How to set up properly resource pools in VMWare ESXi? Does anyone have any blog entries etc.? Thanks ...
I am trying to install VMWare ESXi 3.5 on a DELL GX280 machine which has SATA configurations. As ESXi doesn't support SATA, i am not able to proceed. I could able to install on IDE (which is also not supported) by making some changes. Is there a way to install on SATA as well?? Please let me know if anyone has tried it. Thanks, Shweth...
We have decided to go with a virtualization solution for a few of our development servers. I have an idea of what the hardware specs would be like if we bought separate physical servers, but I have no idea how to consolidate that information into the specification for a generalized virtual server. I know intuitively that the specs are n...
Our production Sharepoint server serves around 800 users and runs together with its SQL Server on a physical dual-core machine. The network guys now to put as much as possible on VMWare. The Sharepoint server and the SQL Server will be put on different servers. Does anyone have experience of running a production-level Sharepoint serve...
Any issue with storing VMware virtual machines on an external harddisk? I recently setup an Ubuntu virtual machine on my external harddisk. Once I accidentally removed the external harddisk USB connection, then when I tried to startup the Ubuntu VM again I got a kernel panic. I'm thinking of writing a cron script to backup everyday to...
The installer crashes with instruction to check c:\windows\sqlstp.log for more information, here's what the log contains: Connecting to Server ... driver={sql server};server=JJOHN-vm;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]General network error. Check your network documentation. [Microsoft][ODBC ...