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Mar 22, 2008 7:54 PM by
pmccrackan
Re: Newbie question on setup order
Hi, you will need to install vmware on your physical computer first, so yes you need to have a computer running Windows / Linux already and install your VMWare onto that. Once you have it installed you can then begin setting up your virtual machines.
I assume you will running this on a windows box and your vm's will be Server 2003 and the Linux distro of your choice.
It is a quite simple process to set up the vm's, just use the new vm wizard, it steps you through choosing the OS, RAM, disk space etc then you just install the OS as per a "normal" physical machine.
Virtual Machines are a fantastic learning / test envirionment, I have been using them for nearly 2 years now. It is a great way to get hands on experience.
If you plan to run more than 1 vm at once you might want to look at how much RAM you have on your physical machine and add to it if necessary.
Using my own set up as an example, it all runs off a Linux box (SLED10 64 bit with 4 GB RAM) running VMWare 6. All my winodws stuff is done from virtual machines, I have Vista Ultimate 64 bit running nearly all the time (except when I start up my "Team" which is 5 * Server 2003 installations and 1 XP client, all set up with a domain etc to get more experience in System Admin. I can run the whole Team at once without problems.
Hope you find vm's as rewarding as I have, good luck!
Cheers from Peter.
I assume you will running this on a windows box and your vm's will be Server 2003 and the Linux distro of your choice.
It is a quite simple process to set up the vm's, just use the new vm wizard, it steps you through choosing the OS, RAM, disk space etc then you just install the OS as per a "normal" physical machine.
Virtual Machines are a fantastic learning / test envirionment, I have been using them for nearly 2 years now. It is a great way to get hands on experience.
If you plan to run more than 1 vm at once you might want to look at how much RAM you have on your physical machine and add to it if necessary.
Using my own set up as an example, it all runs off a Linux box (SLED10 64 bit with 4 GB RAM) running VMWare 6. All my winodws stuff is done from virtual machines, I have Vista Ultimate 64 bit running nearly all the time (except when I start up my "Team" which is 5 * Server 2003 installations and 1 XP client, all set up with a domain etc to get more experience in System Admin. I can run the whole Team at once without problems.
Hope you find vm's as rewarding as I have, good luck!
Cheers from Peter.
