Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> how do you install a windows guest on ESXi without the console provided > by the GUI vSphere Client ? Painfully:) Actually its not that bad, 1. Setup a firewall rule for a port range to utilize multiple vnc consoles. 2. Take a copy of an existing platform compatible guests vmx, edit and create

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-15 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/15/12 9:28 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I'm comfortable doing everything I need to via ssh into the esxi server so I > don't need the client really. All the Linux guests are console based, and for > the windows guests I certainly use rdp if need be. how do you install a windows guest on ESX

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>If you like ESXi and have a windows box to run the client, why not use >the free version? Under the original use case where I had to use the desktop to work also, I couldn't. > In any case I would probably use a 'native' remote >access method (freenx/NX for linux, VNC or remote desktop for win

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-15 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but ... > /snip > > Yeah, that helps. Frankly, my use of vcenter has spoiled me, thinking I might > try and find a way to utilize my desktop for esxi and work off a laptop... > > A colleagu

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but ... /snip Yeah, that helps. Frankly, my use of vcenter has spoiled me, thinking I might try and find a way to utilize my desktop for esxi and work off a laptop... A colleague has kvm running so I will look at it... Thanks everybody, jlc _

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-14 Thread Charlie Brune
On 04/14/2012 05:04 AM, n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > Joseph L. Casale writes: > >> I might be needing to utilize one of the provided virtualization packages >> either in a headless >> console only setup of CentOS or on my desktop. I havent used anything but >> ESXi in ages >> except virtualbox which I

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-14 Thread nux
Joseph L. Casale writes: > I might be needing to utilize one of the provided virtualization packages > either in a headless > console only setup of CentOS or on my desktop. I havent used anything but > ESXi in ages > except virtualbox which I did not like at all. Most of the guests which I > wi

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-14 Thread Dean Jones
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:03 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/13/12 8:25 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> I might be needing to utilize one of the provided virtualization packages >> either in a headless >> console only setup of CentOS or on my desktop. I havent used anything but >> ESXi in ages >

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-13 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/13/12 8:25 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I might be needing to utilize one of the provided virtualization packages > either in a headless > console only setup of CentOS or on my desktop. I havent used anything but > ESXi in ages > except virtualbox which I did not like at all. Most of the g

[CentOS] Virtualization in CentOS 6

2012-04-13 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I might be needing to utilize one of the provided virtualization packages either in a headless console only setup of CentOS or on my desktop. I havent used anything but ESXi in ages except virtualbox which I did not like at all. Most of the guests which I will need to run will be wnidows based a