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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==VmWare Presentation Outline==<br />
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===My Intro===<br />
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<br />
* Who am I<br />
o Wouldn't you like to know?<br />
o Name/Vitals<br />
* What I do<br />
o As little as possible :)<br />
o Systems Systems Systems<br />
* Who I work for<br />
o The Mouse<br />
* Where to find out more (website/blog)<br />
o My Website<br />
o My Blog<br />
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===VmWare Intro===<br />
<br />
* What is it<br />
* What I use it for<br />
o Development<br />
o Windows Software<br />
o Testing upgrades<br />
* What it costs<br />
o Server Version (requires a host)<br />
o ESX Version (bare metal install RH kernel based)<br />
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===VmWare Pros/Cons===<br />
<br />
* Free/paid versions<br />
* Not open source<br />
* Runs a wide variety of operating systems unmodified<br />
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===My Envrionment===<br />
Host<br />
<br />
1. OS/Software:<br />
* Minimal Debian (always!) system:<br />
o SSH<br />
o Samba<br />
o Vmware<br />
o Snort<br />
o Tuning?<br />
2. Hardware:<br />
* 2 gigs of ram<br />
* AMD 1.2 Ghz CPU<br />
* 3 hard drives<br />
* 1 200 Gb<br />
* 1 LVM partition<br />
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Guest<br />
<br />
Guest OS/(virtual)hardware specs:<br />
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1. Windows<br />
* 2003 Server SP1<br />
* Vista RC1<br />
* Why I run windows<br />
2. Linux<br />
* Debian Testing (used for development of my exchange replacement)<br />
* Debian Stable (used as a DMZ server to provide Asterisk/LAMP service and VPN endpoint services)<br />
* Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (used to test configuration changes/new stuff instead of messing up my production environment)<br />
* Ubuntu Edgy Eft (used to host my XEN and OpenVZ environment (planned)<br />
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===New vm creation (demo)===<br />
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1. Vista<br />
2. Ubuntu Edgy<br />
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Questions</div>Charlesnw