Hi all,
I was wondering how ESX would handle multiple video cards as I'm trying to Virtualise our test network and need to have different VMs displaying to separate monitors. I couldn't see any info about ESX and video drivers and was wondering if, as the ESX kernel is a modified Linux kernel, it would simply be a matter of installing the relevant Linux video drivers as per a normal Linux installation.
Thanks,
Martin.
The vmkernel which does the virtualization and is in essence the operating system of your ESX is code written by vmware - where the ocnfusion comes from a component of the ESX version - the service console which is used to manage and control your ESX server - the service console is in essence a virtual machine running a modified version of Linux RHEL 3 - now back to your original question ESX does not support multiple video cards nor can you access the VMs directly from the ESX Server. You have to use a workstation running the VI Client - the VI Client is how you access your VM providing access to the running VM. You can access multiple running VMs simultaneousky from a single workstation.
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The vmkernel which does the virtualization and is in essence the operating system of your ESX is code written by vmware - where the ocnfusion comes from a component of the ESX version - the service console which is used to manage and control your ESX server - the service console is in essence a virtual machine running a modified version of Linux RHEL 3 - now back to your original question ESX does not support multiple video cards nor can you access the VMs directly from the ESX Server. You have to use a workstation running the VI Client - the VI Client is how you access your VM providing access to the running VM. You can access multiple running VMs simultaneousky from a single workstation.
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Thanks you so much, that is most helpful, at least now I know it can be done, but will require 2 computers, the ESX server and a workstation. The workstation having multiple video cards, running multiple copies of the VI client, one for each VM per display. Does that sound OK?
If the video card on your workstation has multiple outputs you wont need multiple cards. Also you can use RDP to connect to the clients.
Cheers
Kevin
you would only need a single instance of the vi client - from there you can open multiple remote console sessions or as the other posterindicated you can use RDP -
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Defo RDP is the technology to achive this. The console access from the VI Client is only really for setting things up, viewing a reboot etc.
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