On 09/03/2011 12:09 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: > 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 ESXi 4 and ESXi 5 works in this system .... Only one suggestion: buy a good smart array interface like HP ones if you can ... -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com