Hi Tauf! I'm running the virtualized ITSM on my laptop for more than a year now, and I found that the bottleneck is the disk drive. So, using SSD would be the best choice to get the maximum performance. Also, to run one instance with full ITSM Suite, KM, SRM (mid-tier/application/database on one machine) I found that the minimum of 8Gb RAM (6Gb dedicated to Guest OS) is required. I use the Windows 7 64bit and VMWare Workstation 8 now. There's no freeware version of the Workstation as far as I know, but Oracle Virtualbox (which is free) may work for this as well. I think that if you want your Guest OS to be Windows based, you really should pay for the Windows Server license, but there's MS SQL Server version (called Lite or Express), which is free with the only limitation for the database size (4Gb or something as far as I remember). On the other hand, you could use Linux for your guest OS (with Oracle as the DBMS), but that can be more time-consuming to install and maintain.
Another possible issue is virtual machine mac address change after the machine being restarted. As it changes, your ARS license stops working. You may fix it in VMWare Workstation by editing the VM configuration file so that VMWare doesn't assign the MAC automatically, or configuring the Microsoft Loopback Adapter, which always has the same MAC, and issuing the ARS license for the MAC of the loopback adapter. Regards, Dmitry Baryshnikov On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:40 AM, benny shell <[email protected]> wrote: > ** The best virtualization platform to use is Oracle's Virtual Box. You > can change the mac address on Virtual Box which means you can use any of > your existing licenses for the virtual as long as you are not trying to use > it on the same lan as a machine with that license key. > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Pat Zandi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry VMware workstation is better.. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 15, 2012, at 13:43, Pat Zandi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Laptop. >> > Lots of ram 12 gig if possible >> > i5 quad core would be nice >> > SQL server we found we can run with 6 gig ram barely! >> > VMware player is the way to go >> > Recommend fast hdd or sdd >> > Get a USB 3 and esata plug. For external vmplayer modules. >> > You can get a ms developer license and us SQL server under that. >> > >> > You can use 2 sessions on 8 gig >> > >> > Do not turn on outlook 2010 as it is a >> > P I G >> > >> > Hope that helps or confirms >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > On Jul 15, 2012, at 10:44, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> All, >> >> Looking for some opinions,suggestions, gotchas, all of the above. >> >> >> >> I want to buy a laptop and also use it to host an ITSM platform for >> >> sandbox or testing or demos. Here are some questions: >> >> 1. Mac or PC? >> >> 2. Solid state hd or standard? >> >> 3. If Mac, how good is parallels to host the environment? What about >> VMWARE? >> >> 4. If PC,is VMware the preferred platform to host the env on? >> >> 5. I'm assuming I have to pay for licenses of SQL server and Win >> >> Server. Is this correct? >> >> 6. Is it just cheaper to build a server at home to host this and just >> >> VPN in using any laptop? >> >> >> >> If I'm missing something, let me know. I just want to make an educated >> >> decision before plopping down a bunch of cash. Also, maybe this thread >> >> can be used as a good reference for someone looking to do this in the >> >> future. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> >> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" >> > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
