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running vmware in an openvz container? [message #45057] Wed, 25 January 2012 01:18 Go to next message
joeblow is currently offline  joeblow
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New to openvz, still low on the learning curve, so apologies if this is a stupid question.

I'm running proxmox VE 2.0 beta. I'll be using RHEL5 or some variant in openvz containers. Can vmware-workstation be installed and run in such a container ?

Thanks!

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Re: running vmware in an openvz container? [message #45199 is a reply to message #45057] Thu, 09 February 2012 20:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
VDSExtreme is currently offline  VDSExtreme
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No, that is not possible. VMWare need to compile some kernel modules. OpenVZ gives not the permission to his containers to change hardware kernel modules.

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VDS Extreme - Technical Department

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Re: running vmware in an openvz container? [message #45482 is a reply to message #45057] Mon, 12 March 2012 20:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
divB is currently offline  divB
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This is not completely correct.

As far as I remember I managed to run virtualbox inside a container.

As long the software accesses all its functions through device files, these nodes can be imported into a container. The most critical stuff (according to my experience) is everything network-related (e.g. bridging)

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divB

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Re: running vmware in an openvz container? [message #45483 is a reply to message #45482] Mon, 12 March 2012 23:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
VDSExtreme is currently offline  VDSExtreme
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We are talking here about VMWare, not Virtualbox.

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Re: running vmware in an openvz container? [message #45506 is a reply to message #45057] Tue, 13 March 2012 13:38 Go to previous message
Ales is currently offline  Ales
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Still, if you have control over the hardware node and the actual kernel, it might be possible. Same as VirtualBox.

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