On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

> Half wrong - VMWare does *not* run on Solaris, however VirtualBox
> <http://www.virtualbox.org/> does, and will run WS2K3.

Cool. So, could one run VirtualBox in a non-global zone, and
use *it* to run Win2K3?

That would be a neat trick. I'll have to play with it! :-)

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> VMware runs as an application under Linux and creates virtual machines which
> can run other Operating Systems. I know for sure that Windows runs under
> VMWare because I've seen it done. I know of no reason why Solaris X86 and
> Linux could not also run in these virtual machines. I've never seen it done
> but I see no reason why it shouldn't work.

Ugh, I don't want to do that! I want to run Solaris on the bare metal, and
run Win2K3 using some sort of VM technology (VirtualBox seems to be ideal),
preferably in its own zone.

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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

> Now, if/when I get snv_b82 to install on the Dell 9300 laptop[1], and
> build a 32-bit version of VirtualBox then I can get rid of the XP
> partition and just boot Solaris (well, Nevada).

My laptop (a Ferrari 3400) is currently running b81 (I completely blew
away the XP partition when I installed it), with b82 coming "soon". I
should take it to work today to play with VirtualBox...

> Probably need some more RAM, but.

More RAM is always nice. :-)

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, lahuman9 wrote:

> You can run Windows in an HP-UX VM running on Integrity if you want
> something that is fully supported.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a Solaris guy.

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"Rich Teer" <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.SOL.4.64.0802280714510.24095@marrakesh.. .
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, lahuman9 wrote:
>
>> You can run Windows in an HP-UX VM running on Integrity if you want
>> something that is fully supported.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a Solaris guy.
>
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But I would definitely go with the VMWare ESX original reply. Being a
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, BSD guy I can run 3 of 5. See it run, in fact
have set them up.

Virtualbox said "OpenSolaris", not Solaris OEM. But will keep an eye on
them.

"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> writes:

>Virtualbox said "OpenSolaris", not Solaris OEM. But will keep an eye on
>them.

It runs on "Solaris Nevada" and well too.

At FOSDEM we installed "OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2" on a virtual
box machien inside a Solaris Nevada system.

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Canuck57 wrote:
> "Rich Teer" <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SOL.4.64.0802280714510.24095@marrakesh.. .
>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, lahuman9 wrote:
>>
>>> You can run Windows in an HP-UX VM running on Integrity if you want
>>> something that is fully supported.
>> Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a Solaris guy.
>>
>> --
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>>
>> CEO,
>> My Online Home Inventory
>>
>> URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/richteer
>> http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com
>
> But I would definitely go with the VMWare ESX original reply. Being a
> Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, BSD guy I can run 3 of 5. See it run, in fact
> have set them up.
But ESX costs *money*. I won't say that Rich is cheap, but I'll lay
odds his customer is!!!

That said, ESX is a good solution.

> Virtualbox said "OpenSolaris", not Solaris OEM. But will keep an eye on
> them.
Somewhere I saw someone say that it worked okay on S10 for them, not
sure of what version.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

Rich Teer 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.
>
> 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,
>

I think this is what you are interested in:

http://opensolaris.org/os/community/.../windowsguest/


There is also a mention of xVM in SXDE 1/08 also here:
"Sun xVM Server", 2/3rd's of the way down the page under "Solaris OS"
section:

http://developers.sun.com/sxde/features.jsp


That is my intention to run Windows XP on my machine as a test. Just
need the time to do so.

Just don't know how ready the OpenSolaris and SXDE release with xVM is
for commercial/production use, right now.

You don't want to give the customer a sour experience with this set up
and turn them off to the next Solaris solution if it's not quite there yet.

As soon as xVM it hits the official Solaris 10 release, then I'd feel
better in suggesting it to a customer (while I play with it in the
meantime).

Good luck.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:25:51 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:

>In comp.unix.solaris Rich Teer <rich@rite-group.com> 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.

Is it possible to run Solaris inside Windows via a VM?
Virtual Server 2005 is free from Microsoft.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:49:32 GMT, Rich Teer <rich@rite-group.com> 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.
>
>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?

What about running Solaris in a VM under Windows 2003?

>Many TIA,

Barry
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