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I have been playing with virtual machines latley, and wondered if I could run a virtual machine inside a virtual machine?
Is it possible?
Is it practical?
Started by Tester101 on
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You need ....
Granted it was a test.
I don't know why you would ever want to in practice, but it has been server running a virtual machine that has another virtual ESX server within it.
ESX/vSphere in a virtual machine.
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If hardware support is a must for virtualization, how can Java Virtual Machines run on machines without support for virtualization ? Or is JVM not a virtual machine ?
Started by Xinus on
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It is a 'machine uses the other sense ....
The JVM is a virtual machine, but it doesn't require any additional support from the Operating is not virtual in the same sense as a VirtualBox or VMWare virtual machine.
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I have a Java application that launches another java application. The launcher has a watchdog timer and receives periodic notifications from the second VM. However, if no notifications are received then the second virtual machine should be killed and ...
Started by Mario Ortegón on
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Not....
I guess I will have to get best bet.
Of the gist is as follows:
I was using the Process API to close the second virtual machine, but it wouldn't launcher, having my first virtual machine duplicate all its functionality.
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Is the Java Virtual Machine really a virtual machine in the same sense as my VMWare or Parallels file?
Started by Aaron F. on
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For more please....
JVM is a process virtual machine, whereas the VMWare and the kind are system virtual machines.
There is a difference between system virtual machine and process virtual machine.
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I'd like to run a windows server 2008 in Virtual PC on my windows 7 machine. It seems like I can either turn on the vm with its screen on, or turn it off/hibernate. Is it possible to make it run at the background?
Started by gilbertc on
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VMWare can run virtual machines in the background if an alternative is a possibility.
This is what Microsoft designed Virtual Server for.
With Virtual PC, there is no built-in way of doing this.
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Is it possible to find information about host machine from inside virtual machine?
For example its IP.
EDIT: One thing that I have found so far is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters contains
HostName PhysicalHostName PhysicalHostNameFullyQualified...
Started by alex on
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The guest....
While a virtual machine guest theoretically doesn't "know" anythingPretty much no.
Kind of VM, it's probably easiest to do that by looking at the virtual machine's BIOS ID or other to the Management console address.
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Using Windows XP as host and guest(s) and VirtualBox as virtualization solution.
Do I have to keep the guest's window open in order to keep it running?
When I try to close it, the "Close Virtual Machine" popup comes up.
If not possible, how can I reduce...
Started by Ashley Simpson on
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Alternative front-ends; remote virtual machines
The recommended way is to start the VM using.
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I would like to switch to Linux, but I need some stuff on my Windows XP install. I know that VMWare Workstation can convert a physical machine into a virtual machine, but it's $189. :-/
Are there any more cost-effective options? I don't mind paying a ...
Started by Jason Baker on
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Restore....
Install a virtual server of your choice and create a virtual machine in it.
What you want to do is better known as a "Physical to Virtual" migration, or P2V in short a Bart PE bootable cd with ghost on it).
Images.
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I have a couple virtual machines running in VMWare Server. I can RDP to them using their intranet IP address, but not by their machine name. Why is this? Is there a setting that will allow this? my host OS is Win7 and my VM is Win2k3 and they are both...
Started by qntmfred on
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If you're using Windows, it should be in C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Adding an... .
You don't say what your host or guest operating systems are, but one method would be to edit your /etc/hosts files to include the name(s) of the systems involved .
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I am preparing to work with virtual machines only on my next PC (which should arrive this wk). (Planning to use virtualbox under Solaris, mainly to virtualize Win XP + Win7-environments).
One question I haven't sorted out yet is where to store the data...
Started by MBaas on
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Having a shared....
As it sometimes happens, old virtual machines become incompatible when they roll out a major update, so i just have to setup a new machine and not be worried about the data on the machine.
machines.
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