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From: D.M. Procida on 22 Apr 2008 09:38
I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux virtual
servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows.

A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation
environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a
server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence terms permit this
anyway?

Thanks,

Daniele
From: Chris on 22 Apr 2008 10:06
D.M. Procida wrote:
> I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux virtual
> servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows.

There's also VMware and VirtualBox.

> A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation
> environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a
> server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence terms permit this
> anyway?

Yes and yes. MS has relented on allowing all versions of Vista to be run
in a virtual machine (like XP):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/microsoft_virtualisation_vista/
From: Bernard Peek on 22 Apr 2008 10:27
D.M. Procida wrote:
> I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux virtual
> servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows.
>
> A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation
> environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a
> server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence terms permit this
> anyway?
>

Microsoft server systems will run under VMWare and other systems.
Microsoft's license terms are usually published on their web site. The
license situation is very complex so if you have any doubt you should
get advice from a specialist; either a Microsoft partner or a lawyer.


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From: Geoffrey Clements on 22 Apr 2008 11:03

"D.M. Procida" <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote in
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> I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux virtual
> servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows.
>
> A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation
> environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a
> server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence terms permit this
> anyway?
>

I run XP under qemu (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/). This works for
older processors that don't have the virtualisation hardware.

--
Geoff


From: jasee on 22 Apr 2008 11:49
Geoffrey Clements wrote:
> "D.M. Procida" <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote in
> message
> news:1ifsz4i.1pgy8iw1kfxpf8N%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk...
>> I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux
>> virtual servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows.
>>
>> A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation
>> environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a
>> server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence terms permit this
>> anyway?

To run well (fast) _and_ support versions of windows you need to have a cpu
which supprts those guests on Xen type software (paravirtualized). This is
a sort of cut down version of Linux which adds very little overhead when
running so that the speed of the guest system is little effected.
For intel type machines all core 2 cpus have this support.


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