Virtualization
On our cluster of vmware servers we provide space for virtual machines. Employees can request virtual machines for Windows and Linux systems. Please include:
- a short hostname
- estimated required disk space
- estimated required memory
- type of OS: Windows, Linux 32 bit, Linux 64 bit
- the desired installation procedure, one of:
- an ISO image or reference for that image
- a pre-installed bare virtual system
- desired network access restrictions, if any
We currently provide pre-installed virtual systems only for Windows. Disk space is only available for system-software and a few GB of data.
Purposes
Purposes for applying virtual instead of physical machines include:
- prototyping
- monitoring
- licence servers
or, more general, systems that require relatively small resources and one or more of:
- reliability of storage
- facilities to save snapshots of the system state
- remote access, with authentication, to the boot procedure
- independence of hardware upgrades
Remote access to virtual machines
Besides the network access that most running systems usually provide, there is web-based remote access that includes, depending on your browser:
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