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By: Virtual Center linux client

Virtual Center linux client — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:37:43 +0000

[...] but have been following the news as much as I can. One great piece of news that I just read on Duncan Epping’s great blog: …VMware just announced the fact that vCenter Server will be released as a linux virtual [...]

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Virtual Center linux client | dev.vreference.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:15:33 +0000

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Welcome to vSphere-land! » Day 2 (Tuesday) Links — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:38:16 +0000

[...] Another day – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/09/17/another-day/ More VMworld 2008 Day 2 Coverage – [...]

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:23:11 +0000

Well you could always have FT enabled for VC…. But it’s not mission critical to lose DRS I would say, just make sure you get alerted when VC fails.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:05:28 +0000

Agreed and speaking of the virtual appliance…..

When I first saw this I wondered about the implications of running Virtual Center as a VM.

Today you lose DRS functionality if VC goes down (and HA if using ESX3i), so what happens if you have a failure on the host where VC is running?

I’m all for virtual appliances, but I’m just curious about the prospect of running VC as an appliance. I would think you would want VC in a redundant out-of-band scenario.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:33:03 +0000

Well I said it important “for a lot of”, so definitely not all. It just changes the options you have. if you’re a Linux shop you will get the option to install a linux only environment which is a big plus for them. For some it might not be, although I think that everyone can benefit from a VirtualCenter appliance! It will save you time on installation, will give a smaller footprint and a better standardization.

By: Wade Holmes

Wade Holmes — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:38:43 +0000

From my experience, many *nix shops didn’t want to manage a random Windows instance to enable their virtualization solution. SO this is a great way to keep them from looking at other virtualization solutions to maintain their homogeneous *nix environment.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:14:06 +0000

This is all very exciting and I agree, but I am just curious about the following comment:

“Getting the MS requirement out of the Virtual Environment or should I say vCloud is important for a lot of customers and (most important) SysAdmins.”

I would actually prefer to have VC run on the Windows platform, but that’s my preference.

Is this being said in the context of the preferences of an admin, or is there some other concern out there that we aren’t aware of? Just curious as it’s not evidenent to us why one would desire to purge MS from the environment, other than preferences and comfort levels.

Thanks!

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Virtual Center linux client | vmreference.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:27:06 +0000

By: Milo

Milo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:23:46 +0000

Save the cheerleader, save the world… Nice enthusiastic information.