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guilly08
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‎09-20-2010 05:51 AM

SuSe Linux from VMware

Has anyone tried this already? Concidering if it's worth it to switch over? From what I can see the only advantage on buying SUSE from VMware as of right now is to receive updates for the SuSe O/S and VMware Host from one place?

If you have anything to add to this I'd appreciate it. We are currently a Novell shop and just starting to virtualize some of our SuSe Servers.

Thanks

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Synced
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‎09-20-2010 06:04 AM

I've read that VMware was working closely with the SuSe community, and that this distro was the most supported one by VMware for virtualization.

So if you're using SuSe a lot and that you need a real support, this could be a good idea.






There's no ignorance, there just only a lack of experience

There's no ignorance, there just only a lack of experience
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none95
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‎09-20-2010 06:12 AM

Yet again, VMware screws old customers...

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guilly08
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‎09-20-2010 06:27 AM

I guess the big question is, what are the risks of patching ESXi hosts seperately from your SuSe guest? We already have a patching architecture all set up through ZLM for our SuSe Servers.

If it's a case of no risk just a little more work having to pull patches from two different places. I can live with that.

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