best virtual machine for networking & sql usage?

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Need to run some VM's, them being able to talk to each other and other machines on the real network is a must

I've never used networking in a VM before, i just use them for testing nlite/vlite/linux etc.. so VirtualBox does the job fine for that

I'm guessing VMware is the best, are there free versions that can do what I want?

Thanks
 
sweet, free (used to be a pay for product right? now you just pay for support i guess?)

now i've got a good reason to bulk up the spec on my work machine (might match my home machine!)
 
i found virtualbox is better for networking than VMWare serveri had 5 virtual machines running, all connected to the router via bridge mode
 
i could never get it working properly when i used it at home (the networking side of vbox) i won't rule that out, because it's mega fast
 
ok, i found the latest version of virtualbox never work well with networking, when i get home i'll have a look and will post a wee guide how to do it. there is no official guide at virtualbox website. i found a way round by accidently :cool:
 
didnt know there is new 1.6 out, installed it on my work machine, seems to be working, gonna install virtual machine (XP) now and will post a guide
 
cheers

currently on a 256mb laptop in work, lol if i ran a VM on this it would die, and mario kart wii is much more fun than testing VM's when i'm at home :D
 
currently on 256mb laptop :)

i'm in the middle of setting up my new machine, so can test vm software on that before getting a dedicated VM box


can someone post some screenshots of the tabs in vmware for me.. have to show some things tomorrow
 
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ok 1.6 wont work :(

i use version 1.5.4, get it from filehippo http://www.filehippo.com/download_virtualbox/3633/

A) open the main virtualbox console and create a VM but dont powering up

B) go to network settings:

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1) click green plus thingy to create a virtual network, if you need 5 virtual networks, click 5 times

2) change to host interface

3) this is important bit, select first VN for first VM, 2nd VN for 2nd VM etc, each VM must have it's own VN, you cant simply share single VN for multi VM's

B) go to your host network connections:

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1) highlight ALL virtual networks you just created and right click, select bridge

that it :)

i got both VM's connected to my work network :

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^^ ignore the vmware network adaptors in CMD above

edit: 4000 posts! yay!
 
sweet cheers :)

any chance of some screenshots of vmware and it's tabs, i've got to present my 'findings' tomorrow
 
nice to see virtualbox has progressed a little since i last used it. last time i set up bridged routing, you had to create the virtual adapters via the comand line - i actually had to read the manual FFS. :D
 
VMWare ESX Server is the premium product and is very expensive and charged per processor licence as well (so something to be aware of).

It really depends what you want to do and to what level. If you have mission critical data and are looking to host 10+ servers on one server then I'd say you need to look at ESX. However if it's just one Server to mess around on then this is overkill.



M.
 
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