As far as I know there are few features (mostly related to large enterprise deployments, as Bryan and Stephen pointed out) that are not present in the free-as-in-beer tools from VMWare. I know bridging works in the Player. On 05/08/2011 01:16 AM, Dan Lund wrote: > so... does VMWare server do bridging? > The free as in beer version on the vmware website that is? > > I only ask because of vmware being brought up. When the disclaimer ""only limited by the admin tools and custom hardware options" came about, I figured it'd be best to clarify :) > > I personally like Parallels, but I've only used it on Mac. > > --Dan > > On May 8, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > >> VMWare Player is free-as-in-beer, but it only *runs* the virtual machine. >> You generally need some other tool to *create* the virtual machine, and for anything other than relatively simple use, the administrative controls in VMWare Player are very limited. >> For more control, and the ability to create virtual machines most people end up purchasing VMWare Workstation, which is around $70 at retail last I checked. >> >> For advanced administrative options (particularly for complex requirements and/or large numbers of virtual machines on multiple servers), the VMWare enterprise tools are generally needed, and those get very costly. >> >> The primary advantage of VirtualBox is that it is both free-as-in-beer and free-as-in-freedom (the open source edition, virtualbox-ose), and the tools to manage it are included. >> VirtualBox is great for running a few occasional VM's on a well-equipped home computer. >> >> For more advanced and complex environments (such as large corporate VM deployments), F/LOSS software is still playing a bit of catch-up with VMWare enterprise tools, but it's getting there. >> For Hybrid (i.e. private/public) cloud deployments F/LOSS is actually way ahead of the proprietary alternatives, but that's also an area large enterprises are just starting to explore. >> >> On 05/08/2011 12:00 AM, Dan Lund wrote: >>> Forgive me for being pedantic on this one, but... what do you mean by limited by the admin tools and custom hardware options? >>> (I'm not being a butt about this, it just kinda folded into itself when you said that) >>> >>> --Dan >>> >>> On May 7, 2011, at 11:38 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >>> >>>> Absolutely. It is limited only by the admin tools and custom hardware options. >>>> >>>> On 5/7/11, Dan Lund wrote: >>>>> Does the free version of vmware have bridging? >>>>> Last I used vmware outside of ESXi and vSphere was like 2005. >>>>> >>>>> --Dan >>>>> >>>>> On May 7, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Vmware is free and very effective. Just saying... >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/7/11, Judd Pickell wrote: >>>>>>> vbox does support bridging and is needed to solve the problem mentioned. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:50 PM, James Mcphee wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Probably set up IP as NAT, or internal. Does vbox do bridged IPs? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:39 PM, keith smith >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Setup vbox on XP loaded CentOS 5.6 set IP different than host. Can >>>>>>>>> ping >>>>>>>>> IP of vertual server from command line of self. Cannot ping from >>>>>>>>> outside. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any help appreciated! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ------------------------ >>>>>>>>> Keith Smith >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --- On *Sat, 5/7/11, Stephen * wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> From: Stephen >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: visualization question >>>>>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" >>>>>>>>> Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 4:06 PM >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> you can use either virtualbox or vmware and it will work, just set up >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> networking so that it has an IP on your physical network for simple >>>>>>>>> access. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM, keith smith >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm running XP on a dell box and was wondering if I can install >>>>>>>>> visualization on top of that, install CentOS, and have both running at >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> same time with the XP being a client and the CentOS being a LAMP >>>>>>>>> server. >>>>>>>>> I'd like to access the docroot crom the XP box. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is this possible? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ------------------------ >>>>>>>>> Keith Smith >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>>>>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Stephen >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> James McPhee >>>>>>>> jmcphe@gmail.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >