I'm thinking of putting together a system that can run both 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64) versions of a few different Linux distros, as well as Windows XP (or maybe Vista) in a virtualised environment. The idea is to be able to build and test software for several Linux distros, as well as run a few required Windows applications.
Do any of you have experience with running such a mix of virtual machines, and how would you recommend doing it? I noticed from VMware's web site that they claim to support such a mix. Are their others? How well do they work? Also, VMware seems to have a fairly limited set of Linux systems that can serve as host OS -- notably they support RHEL but not Fedora. Has anyone successfully used VMware under Fedora or under an RHEL clone system?
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
I have run various 32-bit and 64-bit guests on VMware's ESX Server (VI3). The latest update (about 3 weeks old) supports this as does the free VMware Server (I think). ESX Server is bulletproof and the 2 guest OSs operated seamlessly. I have used Centos 4.x as a host for VMware Server without issue on both an hp DL380 as well as a homebuilt clone system. Not sure about Fedora, though.
On 20-Oct-06, at 2:09 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
Do any of you have experience with running such a mix of virtual machines, and how would you recommend doing it? I noticed from VMware's web site that they claim to support such a mix. Are their others? How well do they work? Also, VMware seems to have a fairly limited set of Linux systems that can serve as host OS -- notably they support RHEL but not Fedora. Has anyone successfully used VMware under Fedora or under an RHEL clone system?
Thanks! If it works on Centos 4.x, it should also work on Scientific Linux 4.x (another RHEL clone), so I'll likely use that as the host OS.
On 10/23/2006 08:49 AM, spencer k. wrote:
I have run various 32-bit and 64-bit guests on VMware's ESX Server (VI3). The latest update (about 3 weeks old) supports this as does the free VMware Server (I think). ESX Server is bulletproof and the 2 guest OSs operated seamlessly. I have used Centos 4.x as a host for VMware Server without issue on both an hp DL380 as well as a homebuilt clone system. Not sure about Fedora, though.
On 20-Oct-06, at 2:09 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
Do any of you have experience with running such a mix of virtual machines, and how would you recommend doing it? I noticed from VMware's web site that they claim to support such a mix. Are their others? How well do they work? Also, VMware seems to have a fairly limited set of Linux systems that can serve as host OS -- notably they support RHEL but not Fedora. Has anyone successfully used VMware under Fedora or under an RHEL clone system?
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