I agree, and you are going to have to prove to them as we have had to over and over there really isnt a difference between the OS on Virtual land and the Physical world which is where there application works in. The only time we have has to revert is systems that where higher Java dependent and ran like DOG's in VM environment, once on physical worked perfectly normal. And I got 300+ VM servers in production.
The trick we use is we don't even tell them they are on a VM, just give them RDP access and tell them to set it up. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? I suspect that the vendor just doesn't want the added layer of complexity that comes with VMs. But vendors are going to have to move past that fear as more and more customers migrate to virtualized environments. I'll keep an eye out for JVM apps... -----Original Message----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will it *really* not work virtualized? Its probably because the vendor doesn't know anything about VM's, and wants it on physical hardware, either that or it probably runs JVM which notoriously doesn't work all that well with VM's I know this well from te ESX world. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Will it *really* not work virtualized? I was looking over the system requirements for a particular piece of software we're looking at purchasing, and I noticed that it specifically says it has to be on a physical (non-virtual) machine. Now, this software doesn't have any special hardware requirements. Processor requirements are modest, as are requirements for RAM and storage space. And yet, the requirements explicitly say, "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise without Hyper-V" (if Server 2008 is the OS--it also supports Server 2003, XP, or Vista as the server OS). As I've mentioned before, I'm brand new to server virtualization. I'm playing with Hyper-V right now for the first time. So, I'm sure I'm missing something. Why, exactly, would a product like this not work on a virtual server? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
