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Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/02/2008
From: "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I am setting up a development/test machine running Vista Ultimate. I would
like to run a few virtual XP Pro machines and one or two virtual servers.
The virtual XP Pro machines require Virtual PC. The virtual servers require
Virtual Server. Can the two virtual systems run on the same host at the
same time?

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Re: Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Sent: 10/01/2008
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:22:41 -0400, "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Yes, no problems at all. However, if you try to run other VM software
(VBox, VMWare) you'll need to disable hardware virtualization in one
of them if you want to run them concurrently.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>I am setting up a development/test machine running Vista Ultimate. I would
>like to run a few virtual XP Pro machines and one or two virtual servers.
>The virtual XP Pro machines require Virtual PC. The virtual servers require
>Virtual Server. Can the two virtual systems run on the same host at the
>same time?

Re: Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Sent: 10/02/2008
From: Marek Chmel <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Yes its possible, to run VPC and VS together, i have this config on my
Vista system.

M.

saberman wrote:

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> I am setting up a development/test machine running Vista Ultimate. I
> would like to run a few virtual XP Pro machines and one or two virtual
> servers. The virtual XP Pro machines require Virtual PC. The virtual
> servers require Virtual Server. Can the two virtual systems run on the
> same host at the same time?

Re: Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Sent: 10/02/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:22:41 -0400, "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

They do co-operate. I have a VS server running 24/7 on my PC, and I
can start and use both VPC2007 and VMWare Workstation regardless of
the VS machine in the background.

What you should be aware of is that every guest running will need its
chunk of the host system resources like RAM and this can be the
limiting factor on how many you can run simultaneously.
A typical guest needs say 500 Mb RAM and if you have a 2 Gb system you
can only run two guests since the Vista host requires 1 Gb all by
itself.
--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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Re: Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Sent: 10/02/2008
From: "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Thanks for the heads up. I am only running the VMs to do testing so each
one have very little installed (other than the OS). I have one testing just
a VPN and it works fine with the 128MB minimum. I assume the typical guest
you are referring to is actually being used by an end user to do a verity of
tasks. What is nice is since the VMs have almost no hardware defined they
restart in seconds. Of course I haven't installed Virtual Server and the
machines that will run on it -- I expect they will not be quite as peppy.

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> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:22:41 -0400, "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>I am setting up a development/test machine running Vista Ultimate. I
>>would
>>like to run a few virtual XP Pro machines and one or two virtual servers.
>>The virtual XP Pro machines require Virtual PC. The virtual servers
>>require
>>Virtual Server. Can the two virtual systems run on the same host at the
>>same time?
>
> They do co-operate. I have a VS server running 24/7 on my PC, and I
> can start and use both VPC2007 and VMWare Workstation regardless of
> the VS machine in the background.
>
> What you should be aware of is that every guest running will need its
> chunk of the host system resources like RAM and this can be the
> limiting factor on how many you can run simultaneously.
> A typical guest needs say 500 Mb RAM and if you have a 2 Gb system you
> can only run two guests since the Vista host requires 1 Gb all by
> itself.
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

Re: Can Virtual PC and Virtual Server Run On the Same Host At The Same Time?

Sent: 10/02/2008
From: "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

No -- this is just Virtual PC and Virtual Server.

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> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:22:41 -0400, "saberman" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>I am setting up a development/test machine running Vista Ultimate. I
>>would
>>like to run a few virtual XP Pro machines and one or two virtual servers.
>>The virtual XP Pro machines require Virtual PC. The virtual servers
>>require
>>Virtual Server. Can the two virtual systems run on the same host at the
>>same time?
>
> Yes, no problems at all. However, if you try to run other VM software
> (VBox, VMWare) you'll need to disable hardware virtualization in one
> of them if you want to run them concurrently.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

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