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The Latest Goings-on in Sun's xVM Department Everything from Desktops to Servers to Free Hypervisor Options May 29, 2009, Volume 135, Issue 4
Catch up with what is happening in the world of Sun's xVM by reading up on Stephen Wilson's (Virtualization) blogs. In Blog 1, readers learn about What's Up with xVM – everything from releases for desktops with VirtualBox 2.2 to servers with xVM Ops Center 2.1. In Blog 2, readers find out what is meant by "Free" Hypervisor Options and how to get them, whether it is through VirtualBox or OpenSolaris. What's Up with xVm
Since xVM VirtualBox 2.0 was released in September 2008, updates were shipped with VirtualBox 2.1 and then the recently released VirtualBox 2.2 that has received "rave reviews" that apply to desktop computing. Providing seamless integration, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) software release for version 3.0 combines the VDI broker and VirtualBox and also Sun 7000 series storage appliances. Sun released in January 2009 the xVM Ops Center 2.0, which is a tool that manages multiple systems simultaneously. Wilson blogged the key features of 2.0 as being for management and monitoring of hardware and OS, provisioning of firmware, patching automation, compliance, scalability etc. xVM Ops Center version 2.1. released April 2009 addressed feedback from the first 50 customer deployments. Power Management is a key feature in the 2.1 release. Wilson comments, "With Ops Center 2.1 we now include the ability to interface with the Server's on-board Service Processor (ILOM) and create power reports." "Free" Hypervisor Options
By readers' request, Wilson explains how to get the "free" hypervisor. The xVM Server product is being bundled into xVM Ops Center, which led users to believe that no open source hypervisor options exist for Sun. However, Wilson provided clarification. He explained that VirtualBox is available for download. However, to satisfy the appetite for users who crave the "type-1, bare-metal hypervisor that supports features like multi-CPU guests and migration," there is OpenSolaris. The xVM hypervisor is available through open source with every copy of OpenSolaris. "This is the same hypervisor that's at the core of xVM Server, but it's exposed as a feature of the OS instead of as a managed appliance -- all the same base capabilities are there," said Wilson. Since this can be "a little tricky to get started," so Wilson refers readers to Paul Telles' blog entries for further details. More Information
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