In article <CAOAgVpz7tt31-oNSEYUV24hL4bwXWjOkLiG=yaShbXqnTtGyWg at mail.gmail.com>, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Tony Mountifield <tony at softins.co.uk> wrote: > > >> And another problem: why do you use vmware server?? It is EOL and not > >> supported for vmware anymore. > > > > Mainly because it's a test system at home on which I've had VMware server > > installed for a couple of years already, and have had no reason to change > > (perhaps until now). It was free at the time. I haven't investigated the > > cost of ESXi. If I were to move to that, could I use my existing virtual > > machines unchanged? > > > > ESXi is free (unless that is changed in 5.x), you just don't get any > of the clustering and multiple server management capabilities of the > paid version. You do have to run it directly on the host which has to > support hardware virtualization. Most recent processors do, but check > for vmx or svm in the flags in /pro/cpuinfo. You need a windows box > to run the console, but it doesn't have to stay connected all the > time. And there is a free converter program to move the images (or > physical hosts) to guests under ESXi, but if you use the same machine > you'll have to copy them off somewhere first. OK, thanks. That looks worth investigating. The host is an HP ML110 G5 with a dual-core Xeon 3065. It shows the vmx flag. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org