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Hi all,

I (or rather, my client) have a need to run a Solaris machine and
a machine running Windoze server 2003 (don't ask...). Obviously
this could be achieved by using two separate servers, but I was
wondering if there was a way to achieve this by running some sort
of VM inside a non-global zone.

So the question is: is it possible to run Windoze 2003 server inside
a Solaris zone (like a Banded Zone), presumably using some sort of
VM technology? (And what about Windoze XP Pro?) Would VirtualBox
running in a zone do the trick?

Many TIA,

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In comp.unix.solaris Rich Teer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I (or rather, my client) have a need to run a Solaris machine and
> a machine running Windoze server 2003 (don't ask...). Obviously
> this could be achieved by using two separate servers, but I was
> wondering if there was a way to achieve this by running some sort
> of VM inside a non-global zone.

you cannot run windows inside solaris.


> So the question is: is it possible to run Windoze 2003 server inside
> a Solaris zone (like a Banded Zone), presumably using some sort of
> VM technology? (And what about Windoze XP Pro?) Would VirtualBox
> running in a zone do the trick?

Your best bet (if client wants to pay for it, and it may cost more than a
second server) is to run Vmware ESX. it runs on the bare metal, and you
can install 2003 and solaris inside it. It itself has a webserver you can
get to, but you'll want to do most management from a windows client
program they include.

From a DR perspective, this is pretty appealing. you can easily backup
your virtual machine disk images an do all sorts of fun stuff.

You don't need all the more expensive features and license options to do
this either.

I think a ESX starter license + year maintenance is about $1500.
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