[Cialug] VMware install on Ubuntu 10.04 issue

[Dave Hala Jr]

I'm not having any problems running Virtualbox Vm's in a production
environment. The two gotchas that I see are: 1) Your host environment
should be a fairly recent version of your fav linux distro and 2) moving
a vm from one to machine to another usually requires reconfiguring the
network interface.

:) Dave

On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 14:01 -0600, David Champion wrote:
> Tom, what is your intent here? That might help a lot to decide what
> type of virtualization you should be running.
> 
> 
> If you're just trying out an OS, or want to run something
> occasionally, then VirtualBox or VMWare Player may be a good choice.
> 
> 
> If you want to host virtual machines that run all the time, I'd
> recommend running one of the servers like VMWare ESX.
> 
> 
> -dc
> 
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
> wrote:
>         I would recommend using something other than VMWare Server if
>         possible.  I have it installed on an Ubuntu machine at work,
>         and have had a lot of problems with it.  The latest problem is
>         in a VM.  I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a VM (so I could check
>         it out before I installed it).  I'm having problems with the
>         mouse in the VM.  The mouse is so bad, I have a very difficult
>         time launching anything.  The problem before this one, when I
>         upgraded the root OS to the latest Ubuntu LTS, I had to find a
>         patch to get VMWare to work at all.  And every time there's a
>         kernel update, I have to re-configure VMWare so it will run.
>         It has been a bigger pain than I thought it would be.
>         
>         On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:28 PM, jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com>
>         wrote:
>         
>                 Do a search on this line:
>                 /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-
>                 only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many arguments to
>                 function ‘smp_call_function’
>                 
>                 
>                 or this line
>                 
>                 Unable to build the vmmon module.
>                 
>                 
>                 and the ubuntu version you're working with.  I had
>                 this problem once too.  Can't remember the exact fix,
>                 but I think there's a patch you have to install.
>                 
>                 VMWare server's getting out of date and doesn't seem
>                 to have support anymore.  I'm still looking for a good
>                 alternative with a web console and auto-startup
>                 features.
>                 
>                 
>                 
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