Daren, In the case of VMWare ESX, it is the foundation (host) operating system as well as the hypervisor. It's installed before any client operating systems and applications, such as Vyatta.
In the case of VMWare Server (the free version), a host operating system is installed first, such as Linux or MS Windows. The VMWare Server is installed as a hypervisor application. After that, you build the virtual machines using the VMWare Server application and load Vyatta or other applications above it. In both instances, Vyatta and other virtual machines sit above the kernel. Regards, John Gong, Systems Engineer Vyatta Daren Tay wrote: > Hi guys, > > pardon me for these continuous stew of questions... > > but for a virtualized environment.. the idea is to install the Virtualizer > (VMware, XEN) first, then the Linux/Vyatta OS itself? > It seats below the kernel? > > Or do I need to install a distro first, then the Virtualize software, then > the vyatta (and whatever I want to virtualize) > > Thanks > Daren > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 02:41 > To: 'Daren Tay'; 'Allan Leinwand' > Cc: vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > Subject: RE: [Vyatta-users] Possible to use Vyatta in Virtualize > environment? > > > >> so in a nutshell, I will need application like VMWare to do >> virtualization? >> > > Yes, but I would point out that there are free versions of VMware Server > which work quite well with Vyatta. See the VMware website for details > (http://www.vmware.com/products/server/). XenSource also makes XenExpress, > which is free and support up to 4 VMs per machine > (http://www.xensource.com/products/Pages/XenExpress.aspx). > > We use VMware Server here at Vyatta for some of our QA testing. We do > things like connect virtual adapters from multiple VMs together to form > virtual topologies to test routing protocols, etc. It works quite well, > though it can be memory intensive if your routing tables are large. > > -- Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
