Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-25 Thread themelon
It looks like the signed off spec tight way to go is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS 64-bit in order to run 64-bit virtual Solaris 10 revs. I have tried Solaris 10 in the past ( on VMware ) and been told that my processor rev was too low to run in 64-bit mode. The 64-bit nature of Solaris is

[osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
virtualization with stability I look to VMware for that. They seem to have been in business a long time at it, or at least long enough time in a young market. Forget experiments like QEMU and Xen which are still working towards being commercial grade. But VMware doesn't have anything that

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Cyril Plisko
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: virtualization with stability Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS 64-bit at $1499 ?!?! see https://www.redhat.com/apps/commerce/ I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread James Dickens
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: virtualization with stability I look to VMware for that. They seem to have been in business a long time at it, or at least long enough time in a young market. Forget experiments like QEMU and Xen which are still working towards being

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: virtualization with stability Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS 64-bit at $1499 ?!?! see https://www.redhat.com/apps/commerce/ I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: virtualization with stability I look to VMware for that. They seem to have been in business a long time at it, or at least long enough time in a young market. Forget experiments like QEMU and Xen which are still working towards being

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Cyril Plisko
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have VMWare Virtual Server running on FC6 with multiple Solaris VM inside. The software costed me a very modest amount of money (zero). Would that setup fit your need ? Well, that's perfect of course. The next question is the spec. Is

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Rich Teer
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For this I goto the VMware website to find their docs. Also .. I wonder if ESX server is still insanely expensive for small guys like me. Don't worry, Dennis; my wife keeps telling me that size doesn't matter! :-) -- Rich Teer, SCSA,

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread James Carlson
Dennis Clarke writes: I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an inferior OS. In order to run VMware I need to get a license of some Linux and then, and only then, am I able to run my virtual Solaris servers? ( if you think Windows

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have VMWare Virtual Server running on FC6 with multiple Solaris VM inside. The software costed me a very modest amount of money (zero). Would that setup fit your need ? Well, that's perfect of course. The next question is the spec.

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Chris Ricker
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote: I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an inferior OS. In order to run VMware I need to get a license of some Linux and then, and only then, am I able to run my virtual Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
Dennis Clarke writes: I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an inferior OS. In order to run VMware I need to get a license of some Linux and then, and only then, am I able to run my virtual Solaris servers? ( if you think

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote: I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an inferior OS. In order to run VMware I need to get a license of some Linux and then, and only then, am I able to run my virtual Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Darren J Moffat
Chris Ricker wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Dennis Clarke wrote: I mean this is just insane. Don't tell me people actually fork out that sort of money to Red Hat for an inferior OS. In order to run VMware I need to get a license of some Linux and then, and only then, am I able to run my virtual

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 11/22/06, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For this I goto the VMware website to find their docs. Also .. I wonder if ESX server is still insanely expensive for small guys like me. Don't worry, Dennis; my wife keeps telling me that size doesn't matter! :-) at this point I

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dave Marquardt
Dennis == Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dennis Does anyone know what Andy Tucker is doing over at VMware? Are we ever Dennis going to see VMware release something for Solaris 10 ? I don't know about Solaris 10 specifically or Andy Tucker, but I noticed a few months back, shortly after

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
Dennis == Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dennis Does anyone know what Andy Tucker is doing over at VMware? Are we ever Dennis going to see VMware release something for Solaris 10 ? I don't know about Solaris 10 specifically or Andy Tucker, but I noticed a few months back,

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Christine Sterner
Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp. There is an entry for Solaris Enterprise System Virtual Appliance for VMware Runs on x86/x64 desktops or servers... I'm not sure if this is what you are

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp. There is an entry for Solaris Enterprise System Virtual Appliance for VMware Runs on x86/x64 desktops or servers... I'm not sure if this is what you are

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Patrick Mauritz
On 2006-11-22 19:11:17 +0100 Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It just feels like the second coming will be here before Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86 or VMware for Solaris x86. What do we need to do? Take a community collection of money and hire a hit man? Its nuts I tell you. We

[Fwd: Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris]

2006-11-22 Thread Christine Sterner
Hi Dennis, I have forwarded to the folks who own the program. Stay tuned. [insert 21 Century Keanu I know kung-fu here] ;) -chris Dennis Clarke wrote: Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp.

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Christine Sterner
See also, here: http://star-wip.eng.sun.com/software/solaris/virtual_learning_center.jsp -chris Dennis Clarke wrote: Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp. There is an entry for Solaris Enterprise

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 09:45 am, Dennis Clarke wrote: Probably just morons like me that like to have licenses in place and support contracts. Thankfully the support contracts from Sun costs pennies. Or at least coffee money per day. My experience as a consultant before joining Sun

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 2006-11-22 19:11:17 +0100 Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It just feels like the second coming will be here before Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86 or VMware for Solaris x86. What do we need to do? Take a community collection of money and hire a hit man? Its nuts I tell you. We

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
See also, here: http://star-wip.eng.sun.com/software/solaris/virtual_learning_center.jsp oops .. Server not found Firefox can't find the server at star-wip.eng.sun.com. dc ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 09:45 am, Dennis Clarke wrote: Probably just morons like me that like to have licenses in place and support contracts. Thankfully the support contracts from Sun costs pennies. Or at least coffee money per day. My experience as a consultant before joining

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Bill Rushmore
Christine Sterner wrote: Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp. There is an entry for Solaris Enterprise System Virtual Appliance for VMware Runs on x86/x64 desktops or servers... I'm not sure if

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about VMware and Solaris

2006-11-22 Thread Dennis Clarke
Christine Sterner wrote: Sorry, I haven't been following the whole thread but check out: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solaris_apps/index.jsp. There is an entry for Solaris Enterprise System Virtual Appliance for VMware Runs on x86/x64 desktops or servers... I'm not sure