On 12/21/09 09:49, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
On 12/17/2009 4:01 PM, Steve Polyack wrote:
On 12/16/09 12:53, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
I run multiple FreeBSD servers inside VMWare and I don't have this
problem. Are you running VMWare workstation? Or ESX/ESXi?
I am running VMware Server 2.0...thanks again.
I would really recommend switching to VMware ESXi if at all possible. I
have a lot of FreeBSD VMs running under ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 that work just
great with kern.hz=100 and openntpd.
I loaded ESXi and a FreeBSD 8.0 guest last night and this morning it
is still keeping time OK without any changes to loader.conf.
I'm trying to test this out now without openntpd, but with kern.hz=100
still set. You will definitely want kern.hz=100 or something lower than
the default of 1000, otherwise your guests will use up a decent portion
of your hosts CPU time, even when idle. Try it and see the difference.
We actually kept everything running on Linux+VMware Server 1.0 until we
could make the switch to ESXi; the VMware Server 2.0 product wasn't
reliable for us at all and was a total pain to manage.
I am using vSphere to manage, but I see even the standard version
requires licensing in the amount of $795. Is there a free management
software, or better yet, a way to manage via Linux? That's definitely
something I like about VMware Server, that I can manage via a browser.
I have not had any major problems with VMware Server 2.0 all running
on CentOS 5.x hosts.
ESXi can be managed by the VI (Virtual Infrastructure) Client, which I
believe is windows-only, vSphere, or even the Remote-CLI and the
barebones "service console" that can be unlocked. There is no browser
management interface. Performance, however, is much better than VMware
Server 1.0 and 2.0.
-Steve Polyack
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