[clue-talk] Vmware ESX / VI, WTF?

[David L. Willson]

On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:32:15 -0600, Dan Poler wrote
> (cc'ing you directly, as my messages to the list don't seem to make it)
> 
> On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 14:04 -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
> > Well, like I said, I manage about 60 overall, and I have a pretty fair
> > amount of control
> > over what happens with them, and the 500 or so workstations they
> > serve.  At this point,
> > the Vmware Servers ~won't~ go to ESX and no Vmware Server support
> > contracts will be
> > renewed or purchased, and if they don't get their shit together, I'll
> > find something
> > else to use and recommend, and I'll start replacing the Vmware I have
> > out.
> 
> <plug> Perhaps this is an opportune time to consider the virtualization
> that's integrated into RHEL 5? I assure you the virt-manager client for
> it runs quite nicely on Linux ... :-) </plug>

I love RHEL, so this would be a good option, but... I support Windows and Linux for my
clients.  So far, I've only replaced about a third of the boxes with Linux boxes, so two
thirds are still Windows.  Can I virtualize Win2k3 on RHEL?  You use XEN, right?  IIRC,
that's para-virt, Linux only, modified kernel for guests.  Yes?

> -- 
> Dan Poler, RHCE
> Solutions Architect
> Red Hat, Inc.
> dan at redhat.com
> +1 (303) 502-4576


-- David