Learn the steps it takes to run a Windows guest using the Sun xVM hypervisor, which is now bundled with OpenSolaris, under the open source OS. In a 14-page PDF, Abhishek Gupta explains installation, configuration and use of Sun xVM hypervisor product/technology under OpenSolaris, and subsequently installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise as xVM guest.

The Sun xVM hypervisor under OpenSolaris provides a mechanism to virtualize the hardware and run heterogeneous guests, Gupta writes. It sits between the x86/x64 hardware and the OpenSolaris operating environment and enables the transparent sharing and partitioning of system resources such as CPU, memory, disks and network interfaces.

Gupta's article contains the following content:

• Introduction to Sun xVM Hypervisor

• Domain & Virtual Machine Overview

• Installation Overview: High-level installation steps, Installation Prerequisites and Assumptions, Hardware

• Installation Steps

• Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server Installation

Using the instructions he outlines, readers will be able to install a Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise server as a guest under OpenSolaris 2009.06, and then use the Windows server for installing other applications on top of it such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server or enable roles such as Active Directory (Domain Controller) or Web Server.

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