Hi Mike, I decided to plunge ahead with the KVM on Ubuntu 10.04 server and see how it goes.
Do I have to install X on that machine? Will a guest OS that needs GUI like windows run without X on my host? The end-user of that Machine will be using Windows. Thanks. On Nov 23, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Michael Tinsay wrote: > Most of the VMs in our office runs on VMWare Server 1.x on 32-bit and 64-bit > Ubuntu hosts. Been running them for years. Backing them up using ye old tar. > > I have a few (<5) VMs running under KVM (64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 host). Long > term, > I'm looking at eventually migrating all VMs to KVM. > > > --- mike t. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Michael Janapin <[email protected]> >> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:17:55 >> Subject: [plug] Virtualization Solution >> >> Hello fellow pluggers, >> >> Since I hibernated for a while, I'm quite lost when I awoke from my long >> sleep >> from techie world. >> >> Bizarre metaphors aside, I'm thinking of using a virtualization solution >> for >> our office computers here. [For ease of restoration after a nasty system >> corruption]. >> >> Right now, I am considering two solutions. >> 1. Xen >> ubuntu as dom0 >> winxp as domU >> >> 2. VirtualBox >> ubuntu as host (minimal install) >> winxp as guest >> >> Which one would you suggest? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Mhac J >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
