[OPEN-ILS-DEV] VMWare image on MS Virtual Server?

[Jonathan Rochkind]

It strikes me that it would be useful if someone wanted to set up a  
'playground' EG server open to community use, so libraries can check  
out how Evergreen looks (especially from the backend) and works (the  
ability to load records would be good) before/without investing the  
time to actually try to get it running themselves.

Just in case anyone feels like spending time on this.

Jonathan


On May 28, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Dan Scott wrote:

> On 24/05/07, Sperr, Edwin <sperr at nelinet.net> wrote:
>> We're looking at setting up a small testing/sandbox install, and I've
>> gotten just far enough with the process of preparing RHEL4 to  
>> despair of
>> the whole notion of software dependencies.
>>
>> The VMWare images look like a nice alternative, but this  
>> implementation
>> environment would be on Microsoft Virtual Server. I took the natural
>> step of installing VMWare Player on the Virtual Server, thereby
>> attempting to run a virtual machine inside another virtual  
>> machine.  I
>> was hoping I'd at least get some kind of rip in the space-time
>> continuum, but instead it just resulted in a virtual kernel panic.
>>
>> Has anyone either: 1) Coaxed VMWare player into running the Evergreen
>> image inside a Virtual Server VM? or 2) Successfully ported the
>> Evergreen image to a format where it would run natively as a Virtual
>> Server itself?  As for option two, I've seen some virtual disk
>> conversion utilities, but am fuzzy on what the actual implementation
>> details would be.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ed Sperr
>> Digital Services Consultant
>> NELINET, Inc.
>> 153 Cordaville Rd. Suite 200  Southborough, MA
>> (508) 597-1931  |  (800) 635-4638 x1931
>>
>
> Hi Ed:
>
> Just so there's some reply to your request, and so that it doesn't get
> lost on the list - for my part, I unfortunately don't have easy access
> to a Windows box for setting up MS Virtual Server or, to be honest,
> the time to keep a second EG virtual image update. This would be
> another good volunteer opportunity for someone with the infrastructure
> and time required.
>
> You're right, it looks like there are some tools to convert from
> VMWare images to MS Virtual Server images, but I have never tried
> them. From some of the comments attached to at least one of the tools
> I looked at briefly, if you run into any trouble from the outset you
> might be better off investing your research time in the technical
> skills for getting EG's software dependencies ironed out rather than
> figuring out how to get the conversion tool to work.
>
> -- 
> Dan Scott
> Laurentian University