One of my colleagues just noticed this new section at the VMTN Community Forums: VMware vCenter Server 2.5 on Linux: Technology Preview. You can find a PDF with a how-to here, here’s a short outtake:
This document describes how to install a technical preview of the Linux version of VirtualCenter server. The intended audience is developers, system administrators, and managers interested in using VirtualCenter on a Linux operating system.
CAUTION Do not use this version of VirtualCenter on Linux for production purposes. This release is for evaluation purposes only.
Keep in mind this is only the vCenter server for Linux, not the client! And also keep in mind that it’s for evaluation only, please don’t use this in a production environment! If I can download it I will give it a spin tonight!
Awesome! My lab will have a vCenter on Linux instances real soon!
Edward will be a happy fellow.
I gather he will, but it will have to wait until they work out the quirks. The Beta is quite limited as I posted on my blog
http://technodrone.blogspot.com/2009/02/vcenter-on-linux-beta.html
Oracle 10 database? I understand this is for enterprise work, but could anyone have picked a more expensive database (in money, time, and effort)? No, I don’t think so. *shrug*
I do hope the database options open up. It would be nice to say “I have a VI-compatible clustered/redundant database infrastructure and it cost less than 1 million dollars *puts pink to lips*”. 😉
It’s just a technology preview. I would expect that db support will be extended when the next version is ready.
Troy, since it’s a preview you could use Oracle 10g Express which is free. 🙂
Solves the oracle problem 🙂
http://www.bertscalzo.com/page5.html
Excellent news, all of it. Thanks much!
vCenter Server for Linux, but no VI Client for linux :-/ Guess it’s still to early to wait more from this TechPreview.
Any development/update on this one?