Just a small question ..
I have read this tread trough, and it is one thing I do not understand.
Why should vmware server be installed on SME 7.2 ?
For what practical purposes could a virtual server running under SME 7.2 be used for ?
(If the question were the oposite: How to run SME server as an virtuel server using vmware it would be something else.)
Arne,
Exagerated example :
Your company own a super fast XEON server with plenty of RAM and BIG harddisk. Then SMESERVER installed to run a DNS server, webserver, mail server and gateway because your boss heard Smeserver is the best in doing the job.
Your new boss want you to install a new MSSQL server for the backend of a General Ledger software built by himself using VB.NET that can only run under Windows, he also want you to install a very Secure IM Server that run only on BeOS,
and he insist to use Netware as file server to play with because he never touch linux and he never will.
Your only option are :
1. do it
2. get fired because he will find somebody to do it.
Without VMware you have to setup :
- one Windows box
- one BeOS box
- one Netware Box
- doing some cabling
- prepare new rack space for the new servers
With VMWare :
No, you don't have to set up another box, not even a single cable.
Just install Windows, BeOS, and Netware on top of a vmware server (which is installed inside a SME server) and voila, you have one box with four server/OS.
Your boss happy and you get promotion and bonus because you save company several thousands dollars.
It's me exagerrating, but in real life, small and big companies saving cost this way..