In honor of the 100th Post I have gathered up a collection of 15 Great Free Gifts for you my loyal reader. I have then divided them up into 4 categories, the categories are Virtualization White Papers, Virtualization Videos, Virtualization Software, and Virtual Machine Software. Please take and enjoy these gifts, pass them along, share them, repost them. Spread the word of virtualization everywhere you go.
Virtualization White Papers
Virtualization Overview (PDF), provided by White papers on server consolidation, blade servers, software testing and more: VMware - VMware
Value Proposition of Open Source Virtualization (PDF) provided by White Papers and Case Studies: Intel
Performance Evaluation of Virtualization Technologies for Server Consolidation (PDF) provided by Technical Reports: HP Labs
Virtualization through Consolidation Solution Brief (PDF) provided by Virtualization - Resources: Sun
Server Optimization and Integration Services - VMware server virtualization (PDF) provided by Server optimization and integration services: IBM
Virtualization Videos
VMware
Downloadable Version of VMware Server 1.0 Training download here
The downloadable version of the VMware Server 1.0 training currently posted on the VMware eLearning YouTube and Blip.TV channels is now available! You may download the course for free.
Virtualization Software
Cross Platform Based
VirtualBox OSE download here
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
VMware Player download here
Run virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC with VMware Player 2.0. This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware ESX, as well as Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks.
Microsoft Windows Based
Virtual PC 2007 download here
Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and enhance quality assurance.
Linux Based
OpenVZ download here
OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux. OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.
Qemu download here
QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performances.
Virtual Machine Software
Microsoft Windows Based
VMX Builder download here
VMX Builder is an application for creating vmx (VMware virtual machine configuration) and vmdk (VMware virtual hard disk) files. Caution! This is still in Beta test!
Linux Based
Virtual Machine Manager download here
The “Virtual Machine Manager” application (virt-manager for short package name) is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines. It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. The detailed view graphs performance & utilization over time.
Ubuntu-VM-Builder download here
This is the Ubuntu VM builder script which automates the process of creating a ready to use VM based on Ubuntu. You can pass command line options to add extra packages, remove packages, choose which version of Ubuntu, which mirror etc. On recent hardware with plenty of RAM, tmpdir in /dev/shm, and a local mirror, you can bootstrap a vm in less than a minute.
Open-VM-Tools download here
VMware is announcing the release of large portions of VMware Tools for Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD guests under GPL and GPL-compatible licenses. VMware is also announcing the creation of the Open Virtual Machine Tools (”open-vm-tools”) project on Sourceforge.net.
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Enjoy,
Bradford Knowlton
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