G+_Mike Robertson Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I would like to see a VMware server setup. Maybe using a mini ITX or micro ITX hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Peter Upton Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I would like to see it also, but I don't think that they will do it because it is mostly for sys admins but it may be useful in the home. I'm sorry if I mis understood your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mike Robertson Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 This would be more for a system admins, but it can be useful for someone who wants to lower their power usage at home if they have multiple servers. Could be useful for home business that have servers at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vincent Tompkins Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 It can also be useful for anyone who wants to experiment with other OSes. Do they still make VMware Server? How about Virtualbox, VMware Player, KVM, and Hyper-V? I left out Virtual PC since it doesn't support 64-bit OSes, though you might demo getting XP mode working without Virtual PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scot McSweeney-Roberts Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I think VirtualBox would be a better bet for the home. I vaguely recall Hak5 doing some shows on it. Maybe they could get Darren Kitchen to show how to set it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Cheatwood Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 This would be what I would like them to demo: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html This is what businesses use to run multiple servers on the same box. This is a free version for home users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Leopoldo Macias Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Chris Cheatwood I agree with Chris. Running the free home version would be a great idea. One pc running windows and two flavors of unix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Teck Mobi Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 VMWare server requires a SCSI hard drive. Please note this is not the Workstation versions. The server versions are called ESX. See page 20 on link below: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_3i_i_setup.pdf When the server boots you get a yellow dialog box and the server's IP address. One uses a web browser and the IP address to manage the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Sean Durkin Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I would like to share that I have an ESXi 5.1 "server" running at my home, and I am able to have 8 Guests running at the same time. The "free" hypervisor from VMware does have it's limits, though. It only supports 32GBs of RAM. Also, it has a strick compatibility list for the hardware. It doesn't require SCSI hard drives, but it only supports a limited number of disk controller cards. I ended up buying a Dell PowerEdge Server from Craigslist in order to support the ESXi. I agree with the previous posts that an ESXi is not a good home server for most. I run a multiple ESXi Cluster environment, and have been using ESXi for the past 8 years. My background and experience give me alot of insight that most folks won't have. If you need a platform for running multiple OS's, then I would suggest Oracle's VirtualBox. If you want to learn more about Hypervisor's, like ESXi, then by all means learn all you can about them, they are fascinating environments. I will caution that there is far too much to understand to fit in a 30 minute tech show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Teck Mobi Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Thank you Sean. You are now nominated VMWare Guru. (just joking) I did not know about the restrictions. But I was told to get an old Dell server just to run ESXi. Most home users are not going to run the old Astro security gateway in a VM. And have that in front of the VM cluster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Sean Durkin Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Teck Mobi :-) Nice idea with the Astro Gateway.You could get an old Dell Server to work, just make sure the PERC Controller and CPU(s) is on the supported list. VMware has a page that shows compatibility for all the major vendors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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