[ale] vmware ESX Server

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Fri Dec 8 14:43:24 EST 2006



  You are correct.  ESX basically installed a highly modified RedHat linux
with custom kernel on the bare hardware.  It's very low maintenance once it's
up but I'd still firewall the bejesus out of it.


Thus spake Jeff Lightner (jlightner at water.com):

>    Haven't played with vmware.  A Windows Admin here is tasked with
>    installing this.  What he got (ESX Server) seems to be rpms etc... which
>    implies it is a Linux load.  From what I can tell of a document he has I
>    believe he needs to boot from CD and it actually loads a base operating
>    system (Linux) rather than is something he loads on top of an existing
>    installed OS (Linux or Windows).
> 
>    Is this correct?   Any pointers?   (Note - we're not creating a virtual
>    machine yet - just trying to get the server software insalled.)

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