How To Install VMware Player On Ubuntu 11.04/Linux Mint 11
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Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
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Last edited 08/16/2011This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Player on an Ubuntu 11.04 or Linux Mint 11 desktop system. With VMware Player you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. on your desktop, i.e., you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money.
Also, with VMware Player you can let your old Windows desktop (that you previously converted into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter, as described in this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux) run under your Ubuntu/Linux Mint desktop. This can be useful if you depend on some applications that exist for Windows only, or if you want to switch to Linux slowly.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
I'm using the user name falko with the home directory /home/falko here - please adjust this appropriately.
2 VMware Player
To download VMware Player, go to http://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer/ and click on Download:
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On the next page, log in with your existing VMware account or create a new one:
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Follow the on-screen instructions. At the end, you should receive an email with a link to your download page. On the download page, select the right VMware Player for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) and click on the Download button:
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Select Save File in the Firefox download dialogue:
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Then open a terminal and run the following command to install some packages needed by the VMware Player installer:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
Then go to the location where you saved the VMware Player file, e.g. /home/falko/Downloads (replace falko with your own username!):
cd /home/falko/Downloads
Take a look at the contents of the directory:
ls -l
falko@falko-virtual-machine ~/Downloads $ ls -l
total 101136
-rw-r--r-- 1 falko falko 103561067 2011-08-16 13:49 VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle
falko@falko-virtual-machine ~/Downloads $We can start the VMware Player installation as follows:
gksudo bash ./VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle
This will start the graphical VMware Player installation wizard. Just click your way through it:
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Click on Install to start the installation:
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
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Monday, January 10, 2011
How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35)
How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35)
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Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
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Last edited 12/17/2010This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).
Also, with VMware Server you can let your old Windows desktop (that you previously converted into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter, as described in this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux) run under your Ubuntu desktop. This can be useful if you depend on some applications that exist for Windows only, or if you want to switch to Linux slowly.
I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
I'm using the user name falko with the home directory /home/falko here - please adjust this appropriately.
2 VMware Server
With VMware Server you can let your old Windows desktop (that you previously converted into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter, as described in this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux) run under your Ubuntu desktop. This can be useful if you depend on some applications that exist for Windows only, or if you want to switch to Linux slowly.
To download VMware Server, go to http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ and click on Download:
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On the next page, log in with your existing VMware account or create a new one:
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Follow the on-screen instructions. At the end, you should receive an email with a link to your download page. On the download page, you should see two license numbers, one for Windows and one for Linux. Write down or save the one for Linux and scroll down.
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Then download the VMware Server 2 for Linux .gz image (not the .rpm image!) to your computer (e.g. to /home/falko/Downloads) - I used the Manually Download link instead of the Start Download Manager button. Make sure you pick the right one for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit):
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Then open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run the following command to install some necessary packages:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
How To Backup and Move VirtualBox Machines
Need to move a virtual machine, only to find that copying and pasting doesn’t work? Perhaps you just want to know what to backup? Take a look at this quick guide on the process to get a better understanding of VirtualBox
First things first: be sure that your virtual machine is shut down and powered off. Next, make sure you get rid of any snapshots you have. There isn’t a fool-proof and safe way to do this without getting rid of them, unfortunately. Select your virtual machine and click on the “Snapshots” tab.
Select your snapshot and click the delete button. Be prepared to wait a while as VirtualBox merges differences with your machine’s current state. The machine’s state won’t actually change, though, so don’t worry. Now that the prep stuff is out of the way, we can start the moving process.
Once that’s done, go to File > Virtual Media Manager. You’ll see a list of media that you’ve used or have attached to your machines.
Select which virtual machine you want to move, then click on the “Release” icon above. In my case, I’ll be moving W7.vdi from my home directory to another hard drive.
Once you have it released, close VirtualBox go to its default settings directory, /home/user/.VirtualBox/
You can copy your .vdi file from inside the HardDisks directory if you want to just back it up, or you can move it. Be patient, as this can take a while depending on your configuration.
Meanwhile, let’s edit the VirtualBox.xml file to our liking. This is the step most people don’t really know much about, but it’s pretty vital in making sure things work smoothly. Open it up in gedit.
Scroll down a bit and you’ll get to the parts we need to edit.
If you’re changing the location of your virtual machines, find the xml tags for “MachineEntry” and change the source path. If you’re changing the location of your virtual disk images, find the xml tags for “HardDisk” and change the location there. As you can see, each machine is tied to a disk image by its UUID, which should not be changed. If you’re moving virtual machines to a new computer, be sure to copy these this file over and replace the previous configuration file.
In my particular case, I just wanted to move the disk image to a more spacious drive, so I left the other things intact.
If you’re changing hosts between Windows and Linux, be sure to change the version declaration at the top of the file to say “windows” instead of “linux” as well.
Once you’ve moved the .vdi file, fire up VirtualBox and go to File > Virtual Media Manager.
Click on the old .vdi file and click remove. Now, click “Add,” navigate to its new location, and click “Open.” Click “OK.”
Now that the new .vdi is added to VirtualBox’s list, we have to attach it to your virtual machine. At the main screen select it, go to “Settings,” and click on the “Storage” panel.
Under the appropriate IDE controller, click the “Add Attachment” button. You’ll see a hard disk get added automatically, but it probably won’t be the correct one.
Click it and on right side, under “Hard Disk,” choose the correct .vdi file. Click “OK.”
If you followed all the steps and you edited the VirtualBox.xml correctly you should be able to start up the machine without any problems! There are a few hairy areas, so if things aren’t working, be sure you’re using the correct paths and you’ve edited only the relevant areas of VirtualBox.xml.
The overall process is a bit more intricate than just copying and pasting, but it’s still relatively quick and painless. Share your backup stories about VirtualBox in the comments!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Installing Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on Mac OS X Using VirtualBox posted by Jun Auza
As some of you may know, I've upgraded or should I say tried upgrading my Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop to 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). Sad to say, the result was a disaster. Although the whole installation process was successful, I ended up having an unbootable system. Since I'm not yet in the mood to fix it, I decided to just try Ubuntu 10.10 by installing it on Mac OS X as guest OS using my favorite free virtualization software VirtualBox.
To those of you who would also like to install Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on Mac OS X via VirtualBox, here is a step-by-step guide (with screenshots) on how to do it:1. Download the latest version of VirtualBox for OS X from HERE, and then install it.2. Run the VirtualBox application and create a new virtual machine.
3. Allocate RAM to your virtual machine. The recommended amount of memory is 512MB but I decided to portion out 1024MB since my total RAM is 4GB.
4. Create a new virtual hard disk for Ubuntu.
5. Select the type of virtual hard disk. I recommend you use dynamically expanding storage for a more flexible disk space.
6. Decide on the size of disk space that will be allotted to your virtual machine.
7. The virtual disk will be created once you click on the "Done" button.
8. Turn on the virtual machine by clicking on the "Start" icon.
9. The first run wizard will appear to help you install the OS, in this case Ubuntu 10.10.
10. Select the media that contains the Ubuntu 10.10 ISO installer.
11. Since the installer was saved on my hard drive, I added it using the virtual media manager.
12. Once you are done, the Ubuntu 10.10 installation process will follow. If you are already familiar with Ubuntu, just install it like you normally would.
For those of you who have not used Ubuntu before, watch out for the Ubuntu 10.10 installation walkthrough on my next post. I will also give a screenshots tour and share with you my first impressions of using Maverick Meerkat.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Where to Download Free VirtualBox Images (.vdi) and How to Use it
ON 8/20/2010
To run an operating system inside VirtualBox, you will need a CD/DVD or image installer of the guest OS so you may have to download it, and then set it up and wait until the installation is finished. If you are always in the mood to try other Linux distros or operating systems, you may find this a time-consuming process.
So what should you do to save some of your precious time? You may download a VirtualBox disk image (.vdi) file of your preferred operating system. Now, where can you download free VirtualBox images? You can go to torrent sites like isohunt.com and search for .vdi. You can also go to virtualboximages.com and virtualboxes.org where you will find direct links to tons of VirtualBox images of different Linux distributions and also BSDs. You may also use Google if you are not lazy enough.How to use VDI file?Run VirtualBox and start by adding a new virtual machine the way you normally do. But once you reach the “Virtual Hard Disk” part, select “Existing” to open up the VirtualBox Virtual Disk Manager. Using the VirtualBox Virtual Disk Manager, simply attach or add your downloaded .vdi file, and then finish it up. You can now start the virtual machine with your guest OS already installed, so no more waiting.That’s about it. I hope you will find this useful.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Virtualization Software for Linux
from TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL
Virtualization Software for Linux: In computing, virtualization has been described in a variety of ways. But to simplify its meaning or to make it more casual I should say; virtualization is creating a virtual (not actual) form of a stuff to make it into something that is functional and efficient. For example, you create or virtualize an operating system to make it run as guest inside the host operating system without the need for additional hardware. Some other forms of virtualization:
VirtualBox is currently my favorite virtualization software and used it mainly for trying different Linux distributions, testing codes, and running Windows as guest operating system on my Ubuntu workstation. Some of its supported guest OS are BSDs, OS/2 Warp, Windows, Solaris, Haiku, Syllable, ReactOS and SkyOS. VirtualBox supports hardware virtualization for both the Intel VT-x and the AMD AMD-V extensions. Hard disks are emulated in one of three disk image formats: VirtualBox Virtual Disk Image (VDI); VMware Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK); and Microsoft Virtual PC VHD format. This means that a VirtualBox virtual machine can use disks that were created in VMware or Microsoft Virtual PC aside from its own native disk format.
Xen is a hypervisor that supports x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC 970, and IA-32 architectures. It can run a number of guest operating systems on a single computer hardware simultaneously. Xen utilizes a form of virtualization known as paravirtualization, which means guests run a modified operating system using a special hypercall ABI in place of specific architectural features. Because of this, Xen can achieve high performance even on x86 host architecture that is known to have an issue with traditional virtualization procedures.
Based on the Linux kernel and operating system, OpenVZ is an operating system-level virtualization technology. Compared with VirtualBox and Xen, it is quite limited in the sense that it requires both the host and guest OS to be Linux. OpenVZ features a physical server than runs multiple isolated operating system instances, known as containers, Virtual Private Servers (VPSs), or Virtual Environments (VEs). Every container is an isolated entity, and functions extensively as a physical server would.
QEMU is a processor emulator that depends on dynamic binary translation to obtain reasonable speed while maintaining portability. It supports the emulation of a number of different architectures, which include IA-32 (x86) PCs, x86-64 PCs, MIPS R4000, Sun's SPARC sun4m, Sun's SPARC sun4u, ARM development boards, SH4 SHIX board, PowerPC, ETRAX CRIS and MicroBlaze architectures. Together with CPU emulation, it offers a set of device models, allowing it to run a wide array of unmodified guest operating system. QEMU also features an accelerated mode for supporting a mixture of binary translation for kernel code and native execution for user code.
Bochs is a Mandriva-owned, portable x86 and x86-64 IBM PC compatible emulator and debugger mostly written in C++. It supports emulation of processor, memory, disks, display, Ethernet, BIOS and other common computer hardware peripherals. Bochs is widely used for hobbyist OS developing since it features error reporting and dump files that other emulators might not have.
Linux-VServer is a virtual private server utilization achieved by adding operating system-level virtualization functionalities to the Linux kernel via kernel level isolation. Virtual private servers are typically used in web hosting services, where they are effective in separating customer accounts, pooling resources and housing any possible security breaches. Linux-VServer is able to run multiple virtual units at once, with each unit adequately isolated to guarantee the required security while using resources efficiently.
KVM is a Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure that features native virtualization using Intel VT-x or AMD-V. Paravirtualization support is available for Linux and Windows guests using the VirtIO framework, which includes a paravirtual Ethernet card, a disk I/O controller, a balloon device for adjusting guest memory-usage, and VGA graphics interface using VMware drivers.
When we talk about virtualization software, we should not fail to include VMware. VMware offers a number of virtualization products that include VMware Workstation, VMware Server, VMware ESX, etc. Its desktop application runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software, runs directly on server hardware without needing an additional peripheral operating system.
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