On 08/07/2007, at 4:34 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote: > On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 08:55 -0400, William Warren wrote: >> I want to use Centos5 as my host os and virtualize a windows >> server on >> it. My question is..do i have to be at the machine to setup the >> windows >> server inside the virtual server since windows 2k3 is gui based or >> can i >> do this remotely somehow? > I assume you're talking about Xen virtualization ? (someone already > pointed you to vmware server as well). It's not necessary to be on the > console to install a windows DomU in Xen ... you can use ssh with X > forwarding to launch virt-manager and grab the VirtualFrameBuffer > console (either from virt-manager or directly with vnc). > Don't forget to consult the wiki page about windows on Xen : > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingHVMDomU > BTW : don't forget also that, at this time, windows performances on > xen > are *really* bad in comparison with the same windows on vmware server > (no windows drivers available for xen guests , but vmware service > tools, > aka drivers, available for Vmware guests.) There are drivers available for Windows, but you'll need to purchase the commercial version of Xen to get these.... > And you need also a processor with VT (Intel) or V-Pacifica (AMD) to > support full-virtualization on Xen .... Ahhh VT - that's the one :) -- Steven Haigh Email: netwiz at crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9017 0597 - 0404 087 474