We have a machine running Windows Server 2008 for Running virtual machines. We want to move this machine to the Linux environment. We will also install VMWare on the new operating system. We are considering using CentOS. Is there someone on CentOS using VMWare? On which operating system would it be advantageous to use VMWare?
Please read supported OP Systems, by VM.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.guide/GUID-088E735A-CB88-4790-9BF2-EA0B9E34867F.html
A lot of people or company just using Windows.
The question is not answered by forum, but helpful to decide: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/512089
Hope it helps!
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I recently found this OS: http://www.kaios.org/. I was wondering how I can install it on VMWare Fusion. There is no .iso or .vmx that it comes with.
Please understand, I'm still learning about Linux and how it works. I'm using Mac if it makes any difference. Thank you!
KaiOS is a small operating system which isn't typically like a Linux distro which you are probably more familiar with. As a result it won't come with an installer or come on an .iso which you could load as an image into VMWare.
The KaiOS site documentation shows you how to boot the OS via PXE, which you could do with VMWare although would need to set up a PXE server VM as well as another VM which you would boot via PXE from the server you set up.
You won't be able to traditionally install this OS via loading an image unfortunately.
There is some documentation on PXE with VMWare here.
I have VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine, and recently installed a Redhat linux VM. I'm planning to learn linux programming with some low-level stuff, such as kernel function calls and assembly.
My question is: is my Redhat VM a "real" linux environment for my purpose? I guess that whatever I do in the VM is done in a "linux simulator" in VirtualBox, and under the hood the "linux simulator" still does its job using functionalities provided by the Windows host (e.g. Windows function calls). Is this true?
VirtualBox is not a "Linux simulator", it is a "computer simulator". OS selections within such an simulator are for the purpose of deciding which virtual devices to make visible, and not for running a different simulator "core".
I think you should dual boot linux instead of VM because not only it saves resources ("Prevent Computer from going slow") But also give you better functionality and hardware support
Edit:
and you can also use Live Cd(also usb)
Can anyone point me into the right direction to use a VMWare installation of Ubuntu or another Linux distro as a development server on my local machine?
I'm on a Windows 7 32bit machine and currently using WAMP.
I'm noticing some differences between developing on a windows machine and my deployment server and additionaly I'd like to expand my knowledge on working on linux using the command line.
Follow-up question, what would be the best way to develop on my local installation and push that development to my VPS that I'm renting?
I'd suggesting downloading a LAMP appliance from http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/0?k=lamp if you don't want to get into building your own, and running that on VMWare Player.
If you want to build your own, you could use VMWare Server, Oracle VirtualBox or any other Virtualization software. Create a New VM, with 512MB or RAM, and 4GB (+ the requirements of your tools + a buffer of 2GB) of disk. I recommend 10GB, or you could set it up for maybe 50GB and let the virtual disk grow as needed rather than allocating all the space up front.
Then, download the Ubuntu Server 12.04 ISO file from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server , and use it as the CD Drive to boot your VM. Follow the on-screen instructions to install. And at the end, select the options to install the LAMP configuration.
Note: Using Ubuntu's server edition means you don't get any GUI.
I've an linux image(debian) running on VMWare ESX 3.1.
Is it possible to copy that image and run it locally on my local VMWare workstation?
how?
Just open up the VI client, shut down the VM, browse to the datastore and then download the image. Pretty straightforward really, I do it from ESXi 3.5 -> Workstation 6.5 all the time.
I believe that while ESX (commercial) is reverse-compatible to Server (free), Server is NOT forward-compatible to ESX.
Therefore, you can import Server images to ESX, but not the other way around.
You may be able to go from an ESX host to an ESXi (free) host, however.
As far as I remember that was exactly what I did a few weeks ago. I exported the image (export facility is included in the ESX, but you'll have to power off the image while you export it). Once the image was exported I ran it through the VMware converter (free tool) and converted it to run on a workstationr/player.
However my laptop always crashes when I install VMWorkstation so I run it om a VMPlayer.
We also have such an environment and are working on it since past 5 years. We have ESXi 3.5 virtualized environment running Centos OS virtual machines amongst others. To use the virtual machine from ESXi on our local machine, we have installed VMWare Workstation (also VMWare Player). We take a complete mondo backup using mondoarchive. We then transfer these images on our local machine. From these images, we restore the ESXi based virtual machine in our local VMWare Workstation environment. It has been a great success for last five years and we have never faced any problem with it.
Kasper, what version of ESX are you running? Trying to export an image from our ESX server always ends in a I/O error (don't have access to the server right now so I cannot remember the exact error message).
Would love to get this feature working but I not found anything on the web that might help with this specific error.
You can also user Vizioncore vConverter or FastSCP for your migration.
This is a nice article describes how to convert different images: Please go throught it.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vmware-converter.html
Actually I will want to use that JeOS for our webserver. Is it a good choice?
Thanks for piquing my interest. From the Ubuntu website:
Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS (pronounced
"Juice") is an efficient variant of
our server operating system,
configured specifically for virtual
appliances. Currently available as a
CD-Rom ISO for download, JeOS is a
specialised installation of Ubuntu
Server Edition with a tuned kernel
that only contains the base elements
needed to run within a virtualized
environment.
It looks promising to me - I run several full Ubuntu 8.04 VMs so I'll certainly check it out. Why not just try it?
Be aware that the kernel it installs is striped down to only have the stuff required for virtual machines, therefore you might have problems accessing the network from a real machine. (Note that the install-CD kernel isn't the same as the installed kernel as well).
If you can bypass that (IIRC I booted from the CD, and downloaded the normal server kernel and it all worked fine), then you end up with an absolutely minimal Linux system, but backed by the full Ubuntu repositories, so it's an excellent base for a server.
Also note minimal really means minimal - no cron by default for example.
Is it a good choice?
If you plan to run JeOS in a virtual machine, then yes, this is a good choice.