With Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 on
top of Windows server enterprise edition, you can install up to 4 VMs for free
and with DataCenter edition, there is no limit. Your hardware is the
limitation there.
Although MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 does a good
job but the product is still at its infancy meaning that to get more robust features
one must look elsewhere at least for now; upgrading path maybe a challenge if you
are looking at expanding your network environment.
Firm.
From: MSU Network
Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ehren Benson
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
2:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Microsoft
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
I have installed redhat 5 on Microsoft
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and the only issue I had was tweaking xorg.conf and the
video drivers to get X to work but text based install and CLI worked fine.
I can’t remember the exact number
off the top of my head but I believe if you run Win Datacenter edition you are
entitled to run X copies of windows VM’s on it for free (I want to say
5?). I also believe the same is true with
From: MSU Network
Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vasquez, Timo
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
10:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Microsoft
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Licensing is not that bad of an issue
for Higher Ed, but the question is the features and how they have improved
networking, clustering and support improvement for the other non windows
operating systems.
Virtual Machine based portals have been
free for us for a number of years, but if MS is talking enterprise class VM we
would have to examine what licensing would cover or be for.
In the end if you don’t have a cal
or valid product key for your current Microsoft based VMs and Microsoft
Software on them you (not you specifically; people in general) really are not
going to see the difference. if all you utilize is Linux pre-compiled
builds nothing changes.
From: MSU Network
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Microsoft
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My concern about Microsoft’s Virtual
Server offering is that Microsoft is currently becoming rather heavy handed in
trying to get users to subscribe to their annual license model. I would
hate to be locked into one of their Virtual Server systems and find that it
became a leverage to move me towards an annual license fee. I am
currently testing VMWare’s offerings and like the fact that I can
integrate Linux into the mix with relative ease, including pre-built linux
VM’s.
From: Ehren Benson
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
10:13 AM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Microsoft System
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Nag-
I
watched about an hour long recorded webcast by Microsoft on the up and coming
SCVMM part of the
I
wonder if any of you other MS guys/gals out there have heard about this (if not
then you should check it out) and or messed with it at all and am interested to
hear some of your impressions.
/Ehren
Ehren
J. Benson, MCSE
Windows
Systems Administrator
Department of Physics and Astronomy
1209 A Biomed Phys Sci
517-355-9200 x2569
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