Re: Virtualisation

[Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiya David,

That may be my problem at the min then... I've only got 1gb of ram :(
The processor is a dual core 2ghz - as supplied as standard in the dell
sc440 (in fact the only thing I'm not doing so far is using both the
disks (the other has os (ahem) x on it :) )

Saying that - the pc/server that I'm converting only has 256mb of ram in
there - it is a really old box!

I'm in the process of running a new Ubuntu server install on it at the
min, which seems to be going ok - I've got ESXi 'update2' on it at the
min. I did try 4 but it didnt recognise my hd's!

I'll have to visit crucial.com me thinks then :)

Cheers
Wayne.


David Balharrie wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
> Memory is the most important thing with virtualisation. I would
recommend 8GB of ram, but you might be able to get away with 4GB if you're
only going to put 3-4 VM's on there.  For processors look at Core 2 Duo or
Quad. Again depending on how many VM's your going to have and what they
will be doing.
>
> I currently use VMware Server on Windows Server 2003 standard 64bit,
but I'm looking to move to ESXi. It's still free as is the Converter. ESXi
is picky about the hardware it will run on, but as it's a bare metal
installation it has better performance.  There is a whitebox list here to
help with what will work with ESXi http://ultimatewhitebox.com/index
>
> The first few % of the VMware Converter  process is normally when it
creates the virtual disk files to copy the server to.  The log should
indicate what it has got stuck on.  I have only done P2V's on Windows boxes
before so I don't know how well the process works on Linux.  Another option
would be to use a product like Acronis TrueImage.  You can take a system
image and restore this back to a new VM.  If you still have trouble drop me
a email offlist and I will try to help.
>
> Dave
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne
> Sent: 03 May 2009 20:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Virtualisation
>
> Guys,
>
> Which versions of VMWare are you using here? - This thread has sparked
> me into cranking up my dell server that has ESXi running on it - not
> that I am having any great success with it!
>
> I've got a lowly 486 that's been running Asterisk pbx on Linux for
near
> on 5 years - I bought a dell server for a while ago (2gh dual core
> pentium - way ample!) to replace it but I've not got around to
> configuring it up yet. I was going to just have it as a new Asterisk
box
> but thought I would have a play with ESXi when VMware were giving away
> licences for it (I think they still are tbh?). I'm getting stuck at
> virtualising the linux box. Managed to grab a copy of VMWare Converter
> (again a freebee) - it just gets stuck at 1% (after 20mins or so!)...
>
> If you have any tips - :)
>
> Cheers!
> Wayne.
>
> David Balharrie wrote:
>
>> I would expect this to put around 15% CPU load onto a single core
box as it's just needing to record the MPEG stream. It would be interesting
to hear if anyone on the list has one of these. Sadly there doesn't appear
to be a cable or satellite version for the UK yet.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On Behalf Of Martyn Wendon
>> Sent: 01 May 2009 19:03
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Virtualisation
>>
>> Thanks Dave, the HDHomeRun looks viable, although I wonder what
load
>> "recording" puts on the host PC? I currently use GBPVR
on a Windows 2003
>> server machine with 2 freeview and 1 cable tuner cards and
recording 2
>> freeview transport streams and 1 program on the cable tuner
simultaneously
>> puts neglible load on the machine.
>>
>> Martyn
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Balharrie" <davidj@xxxxxxx<mailto:davidj%40creativeview.co.uk><mailto:davidj%40creativeview.co.uk>>
>> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:45 PM
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Virtualisation
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Martyn,
>>> I have virtualised the severs I have with VMware Server and
had great
>>> success. The only issues I have had is with Geovision &
DTV capture cards.
>>> I'm going to try out a IP server box to allow me to remove
Geovision. For
>>> DTV capture cards I'm looking at this device HDHomeRun -
>>> http://tinyurl.com/c5xz6w
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
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