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• Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kvm, ubuntu, virtualization • Comments: 1

  Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.04 This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 9.04 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.

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• How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu, virtualization, vmware • Comments: 43

  How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.04 This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

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• Virtualization With KVM On A Fedora 11 Server

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, kvm, virtualization • Comments: 3

  Virtualization With KVM On A Fedora 11 Server This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a Fedora 11 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.

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• Virtualization With XenServer 5.5.0

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: virtualization, xen • Comments: 17

  Virtualization With XenServer 5.5.0 This Howto covers the installation of XenServer 5.5.0 and the creation of virtual machines with the XenCenter administrator console. XenServer is a free virtualization platform from Citrix, the company behind the well known Xen virtualization engine. XenServer makes it easy to create, run and manage Xen virtual machines with the XenCenter administrator console. The XenServer installation CD contains a full Linux distribution which is customized to run XenServer.

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• Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization • Comments: 26

  Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 3.0 from the precompiled binaries.

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• VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization • Comments: 6

  VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Ubuntu 9.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

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• Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On A Fedora 11 Desktop

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora, virtualbox, virtualization • Comments: 7

  Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On A Fedora 11 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on a Fedora 11 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 3.0 from the precompiled binaries.

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• Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX Server 3.5 Update 4

  Author: dev.sdc • Tags: debian, virtualization, vmware • Comments: 8

  Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX Server 3.5 Update 4 From time to time, installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest will cause you some grief. While there are lots of howto's, usually they're for VMware Workstation. Here's one that works in Debian/Lenny 5.0.2 on ESX Server 3.5 Update 4.

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• VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Fedora 11 Server

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, virtualbox, virtualization • Comments: 2

  VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Fedora 11 Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Fedora 11 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

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• Paravirtualized Gentoo 2009 domU Using Debian Lenny

  Author: jahil • Tags: debian, virtualization, xen • Comments: 0

  Paravirtualized Gentoo 2009 domU Using Debian Lenny This guide will help you to create gentoo paravirtualized xen guest under Debian Lenny. Since Gentoo 2008.0 release is deprecated, so we will use current gentoo stage.

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