VMware Server:
Like Virtual Server or Hyper-V, VMware does not install on Intel-based platforms. But unlike the other 2, the host operating system can be Windows or Linux. Here we will install VMware on a host Windows Vista. The application itself does not require a lot of RAM installed, but each virtual machine must possess at least the minimum required for the operating system it virtualized. It is necessary to register in order to obtain his personal serial number. Once registered you will immediately receive an email with a confirmation link which you will instantly get your serial number and access to the binaries that you download of course.
Even if Windows Virtual PC is free to have, is an administrator, whose company in the VMware world is at home, they only want to leave reluctantly, one certainly not to a special application. In fact, work approaches such as the establishment of a reference installation for the Windows Deployment with other virtualization such as VMware Workstation.
Some offer these benefits, in the case of VMware Workstation as better overall performance during the process. It must also be accepted disadvantages such as that which is at VMware VMDK virtual disk format used not as integrated into Windows as Microsoft's VHD. The latter can be Disk Management hang by the system is running as a normal hard disk use, and even boot from it can. With a few simple actions will help compensate for these limitations, however slightly.
There are many virtual machine into service to test Windows 7, the choices have narrowed to two for other factors, support, guarantee of performance but also have a stable, despite weakening slightly on the final performance of the OS launched by collection virtual machine. The Board is to consider VMWARE (paid product) or Microsoft Virtual Machine. VMware is better than Microsoft Virtual Machine, offers more customization and performance, Microsoft Virtual Machine is free however, offers less customization but we at least guarantee a correct execution on both XP and Vista. We opted to install VMware on Windows 7 with Windows Vista, the same options can be taken for example to install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
VMDK VHD instead: WIM-Image export
The only point on which we are proceeding with VMware Workstation must be really different, when extracting the WIM image when you VMDK files not just are mount under Windows. The VMware although developed for this purpose by, but no longer maintained since 2005 VMware Disk Mount Utility is based on unsigned drivers and has no 64-bit version. As a workaround to use a network share offer for the image to the recording, just as Microsoft recommends, or you can convert after the surgery, the VMDK image using VMDK (VMware) to VHD Converter to VHD. The tool works but sector-based, and it would be very time-efficient to convert in this way the entire virtual hard disk to get to a single file.
This installation technique works well on Windows 7. Here too, the test was conducted on both 32-bit versions that are on 64 bits. To install or need to use VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop. Being a beta release, the companies supplying the two programs I just mentioned do not provide assistance if errors occur or the like.
No comments:
Post a Comment