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Re: [ProgSoc] Linux Disk Image Management Sofware
On Thursday 22 June 2006 5:48 pm, John Elliot wrote:
] One of the reasons being that I'd like to be able to do things with
] Wake-on-LAN and BOOTP etc., which (although I don't know for sure) I
] imagine would be more difficult to configure in an emulated environment.
BootP - definitely no problem (though does anyone still use it?).
Not sure about wake-on-LAN, but the primary reason for using
it is not applicable in a virtual environment. It doesn't appear to
be an option in the BIOS for VMware Workstation 5.0 -- but that's
quite old. I'd suggest you can fake that with the Perl API scripting
options you get with VMware server (fake it in the sense of getting
similar functionality, if not transparency to apps/systems that rely
upon genuine WOL).
] So... care to answer my actual question? ;)
I know how annoying it is to ask a question and told to change
the entire architecture of the stuff that sits behind that question ..
so I tried to offer some genuine answers to what you asked.
I mean, in addition to talking you into using VMware, that is.
] I'm looking at partimage [1] at the moment. This, along with a bootable
This is another reason why it's bad to write very long emails ...
] ... how to make my own customised bootable Linux CDs (although
] I wouldn't mind learning).
Conceptually quite easy, but you end up with lots of CD's everywhere,
and that's not very environmentally friendly. Plus it's hard to track
and of course it's a solution to a secondary problem generated from
an adopted alternative and sub-optimal solution to the parent problem.
If you see what I mean.
] I do intend to check out VMWare, and have signed up for (and I think
] downloaded, but can't remember) the free version they made available
] recently. Perhaps I should just do what I know is right... :)
The server product is getting updated semi-regularly, so grab the
latest one. It has a TTL built in to it, too, though they are
promising that the final rev will remain $-free.
It's a right royal pain to install on Debian, btw -- lots of
requisite packages that are tricky to track down, thanks to some
truly braindead error reporting in their installation scripts.
] If I ran VMWare, would you recommend that I install it on a Linux or
] Windows 'master' operating system..? (I haven't actually touched VMWare
] for over 5 years, so I have no idea how it works.)
I'd recommend a GNU/Linux host operating system, mostly because
of the inherent stability of same, but maybe also the improved
scripting options that you have with that platform.
Also note that if (5 years ago) you were using the Workstation product
you're in for a surprise. Their ESX, GSX, and Server products work
substantially differently. This is in your favour, though, with your
proposed configuration, as you can easily keep all three servers
headless. This conflicts with Brahma's popular image, but I'm
sure you'll cope with this incongruity.
Jedd.
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