For the purpose of my article it doesn't matter either way you go. I've done it both ways and I'll agree it's a lot more complicated getting a stand alone Hyper-V server initially configured but once it is I administer it remotely just like any other server. ( Zero Touch ) . To me the disadvantages are outweighed by the flexibility I get of having very, very litle installed/configured on the parent partition ( or host or whatever they call it these days ). I like knowing that I could just stand up another server, move my VM's over and discard the original server and none of my guests would ever notice the difference because none of my dependencies are on the physical box.
I hope to upgrade my Intel Q6600 8GB to a more modern Xeon with 32GB in the near future and it'll pay off when I do. Business is starting to pick back up and it's so awesome to have that server always available. --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me ----- Original Message ---- From: Jerra <beddel...@gmail.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 7:13:56 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting up efficient environment for testing installation packages? Thank you, I will install Hyper-V on a Server 2008 R2 instead of using the standalone version of Hyper-V. Do difficult already for me and not having GUI doesn't help things. /Jerker On 8.3.2011 14:44, Christopher Painter wrote: > On the side as a one man consultant, this is how I roll at home: > >http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2008/07/virtual-brownbag-installation-testing.html >l > > > At my day job I'm on a 10 person Build/Install team serving about 250 > developers. We use a system called VMLogix that sits on top of ESX. It's a > really powerful system that manages the complexity of defining complex test > environments and deploying them in mass. We have a team of "Lab Managers" who > work with the development groups to understand their needs and set up the >images > for their use but the system also allows for self service. This system > doesn't support the SnapShotting story so it's a little painful ( slow ) for > installation developers but it's really powerful for what everyone else needs. > > We are looking at moving towards TFS 2010 which has a lab mgmt component that > integrates with Hyper-V. The concept is supposed to be that when you do a > build it deploys to a machine and runs all the integration tests. If any tests > fail it can create a work item and associate the VM state to the item so that > the developer doesn't have to hunt down a QA person to get information to debug > the error. > >> From the install side I don't sweat these things too much as my only >>requirement > is that we are able to install silently. At home I manage my snapshot trees so > I can do my boundry testing and then move on. > > > --- > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jerra<beddel...@gmail.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 6:15:24 AM > Subject: [WiX-users] Setting up efficient environment for testing installation > packages? > > This is off-topic, but I assume the knowledge can be found within this list. > > Can someone point me to some pages on how to setup an efficient > environment for testing installation packages? > > I have Hyper-V 2008 R2 Server installed and I have started installing > guests but I don't want to go much further until I know an efficient setup. > > -- > I guess I need to quickly be able to restore a guest to clean state so > already installed components won't interfere. > > -- > I am testing my client/server software so I need to connect between > different client operating systems against different server operating > systems. > I am wondering if this can be made all within the Hyper-V server. > > > Kind Regards > Jerra > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
