On 1/6/2011 11:51 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:
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>> ESX(i) also requires windows server + management client and Citrix
>> XenServer also requires windows management client.
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> Quick correction (unless I'm misundertanding what you wrote here.)
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> Esx(i) doesn't require a Windows server, only a Windows machine to run
> the VIC or whatever they call the newer version of the client.
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> (Much of the time, the client can be dispensed with by either using
> vm-command and also some *limited* administration from a web brower.)
You really only need the windows client when you are making changes.
Once a guest system is up and network-connected you can access it
directly like you would a remote physical machine (X, freenx, vnc, ssh,
remote desktop, etc.).
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