Thanks for your reply. I already tried it myself. I can confirm that OpenIndiana will install under Windows server 2008 datacenter R2. I installed the "desktop" version and the only problem is that you can't install it when you are on a RDP session with the Windows server. You need to be at the server to install the openindiana 1.51 destopversion, since the mouse is not captured over RDP. But on a direct session (attach yourself physically to the mouse) you can install Openindiana without any problems. Of course you need to use the "legacy NIC" emulation.
I installed MySQL on OpenIndiana and ran some tests with MySQL slap. I will post a link soon with the outcome of these tests, since I compared them with openindiana running on a HP N40L homeserver, solaris 10 MySQL running in a zone (X4140) and MySQL running on a Windows 2008 VM under Windows 2008 datacenter (HP DL380 G7). The outcome of these tests are very, very interesting. Differences range from 0.80 secs to almost 6 secs between these servers. And the homeserver stays close to or beats sometimes the overall winner!! -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Ross [mailto:gordon.w.r...@gmail.com] Sent: donderdag 26 januari 2012 23:21 To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running Openindiana als VM on Windows server datacenter I'm guessing this is the same as Windows 2008 Hyper-V, yes? If so, I'm running a "text mode" install of OI. Works fine, as long as you remember to configure the VM with the "legacy NIC" emulation. The OI guest has no guest para-vartual support, so no mouse, etc. Don't bother trying the GUI install, for the same reason. (Hyper-V does not support a mouse in the guest with anything other than their para-virtual driver.) Gordon On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Open Indiana <openindi...@out-side.nl> wrote: > Has anyone ever tried to run OpenIndiana as a VM under windows server > 2008 > R2 datacenter? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss