[lugip] vmware?

[John Martinetti]

ya - I think the primary problem with running Ubuntu Desktop as the host
operating system for Vmware server was the plethora of kernel updates over
the course of 12 months.
Multiply that times 22 machines and one minor burp from vmware with the
"latest" kernel had us scrambling to make things right as well as a lot of
swapping vm's back and forth between the live hardware and the hot stand-by.

I do recall at least one instance where the vmware console was affected by
an update, but it's hard to say if that was a true problem or just an
anomaly.  It only occurred for one branch location and only once.

Again - I was not very happy with *our* decision to use a full-blown desktop
as a host operating system for the host OS, but then again,  That didn't sit
right with my from the get-go, but I got over-ruled from the top since the
client was really not functional at the command line and liked what he saw
with the Gnome GUI.  That'll teach 'em, we billed appropriately for all the
minor issues that the kernel updates brought to the surface over the course
of a year.  Also - I'm relaying *our* experiences from a second person view
anyway...I've not personally had to deal with the issues, just supervise the
techs that did.
The funny thing is that on the "overhaul" project I mentioned earlier in the
thread, where we're investigating ESX vs. CentOS/Vmware server configuration
for the new roll-out hosting Windows 2003 Server images, I have a sinking
feeling the client is going to favor CentOS/Vmware server for the sole
reason that it comes with a pretty desktop.  It's not even like he'll ever
be logging into these machines.....so there ya go.  Some customers are
stupid and incapable of viewing things pragmatically.  We'll charge him
accordingly should there be any issues after deployment - still, from what
I've seen so far, CentOS is very stable.



>
> This seems to imply that the library incompatibility was between your
> app and ubuntu, not ubuntu and vmware, which I *think* is what John
> was suggesting, no? Interested to know if ubuntu and vmware have
> issues playing nice together. I believe perhaps *all* of the
> Linux-based vm's I've hosted on ESX were RH-based (either RHEL or
> CentOS)
>
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