VM Suggestions? Best Practice?
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@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
You also likely want at least 16 GB of RAM so you make sure you have plenty to share between your VMs and the main Windows 10 host OS.
You can download the trial version of Windows 10 and Windows Server to setup a lab environment in your VM setup on your machine.
The other issue you're likely to run into today is disk space. Windows 10 like 40+ GB of space, so your base(host) OS will need a min of 40 GB, and each new VM will likely want that much as well. I'd see about getting a 512 GB SSD in your new laptop if possible - you could even replace whatever it comes with an aftermarket drive if needed, they are getting pretty cheap now.
so upgrade Ram - get a Larger SSD and set up Hyper-v to run Vm's .
Sweet.
Hyper-V is a Type 1 Hypervisor. It creates what is essentially a Dom0 out of what is presumably Windows 10.
While this will work I would avoid it if at all possible and if you are wanting a Type 1 instead of a Type 2 as has been recommended by @Dashrender use KVM from a Fedora desktop instead of Windows.
Smaller footprinter, less resources consumed and the same end result.
Not exactly the same result - he has to learn the linux tools while also learning the KVM tools.. but meh.. it's definitely an option.
Nope, no tools needed to learn. It's just "use". It's the easiest virtualization you've ever seen. Easier than VirtualBox, easier than Hyper-V on Windows Pro. Not much easier, as all of them are so easy you can't really make it easier. But.. THAT easy. There is no "learning curve" for KVM in this way beyond just reading what is on the screen. Someone who has never seen it before can use it at full speed without reading about it first.
This I disagree with whole-heartedly.
Everything requires some learning and familiarity. Granted all solutions may be on par with the simplicity but you can't make the claim that the GUI is intuitively the easiest for "everyone without experience".
It really doesn't. There is SO much software that we can use "the first time" without learning. It's all just so easy. Do you need to learn it, sure. Can you learn it by looking at the screen in the time it takes to move the mouse where it needs to go though? Yes.
It's like the learning curve of a new book. Once you know English and standard book formats, each new book takes milliseconds to learn.
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@hobbit666 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
Your "runs ON Windows choices" are VirtualBox (free) and Vmware (not free.) That's it.
^^ VMware Player 15 is free for non commercial use. I use it for a few VM's fine.
It's a Type 2 and he has Windows 10 Pro.
So Hyper-V would work well here, but I'd still recommend against it.
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@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
What is everybody using? I've used Orcale VirtualBox in the past but had so many problems with it.
What kind of problems?
VBox is the most popular for this kind of thing, especially if you are using Windows Home where Hyper-V isn't available in a "local console" style that you would want.
KVM is really good for this.
Last time I used it, It wouldnt run properly, wouldn't update. I havent used it in a while.
Install with Chocolatey then. I've never seen an issue with VBox running or updating unless it was exposing a broken OS underneath.
That's how I installed it to begin with - For some reason it would not work for me the way I wanted it to .
Did your CPU support virtualization? That could be the only reason I could see it not working. Or maybe virtualization was disabled in BIOS. . .
In which case, nothing will work.
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@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
You also likely want at least 16 GB of RAM so you make sure you have plenty to share between your VMs and the main Windows 10 host OS.
You can download the trial version of Windows 10 and Windows Server to setup a lab environment in your VM setup on your machine.
The other issue you're likely to run into today is disk space. Windows 10 like 40+ GB of space, so your base(host) OS will need a min of 40 GB, and each new VM will likely want that much as well. I'd see about getting a 512 GB SSD in your new laptop if possible - you could even replace whatever it comes with an aftermarket drive if needed, they are getting pretty cheap now.
so upgrade Ram - get a Larger SSD and set up Hyper-v to run Vm's .
Sweet.
You have Pro?
yes, The laptop I am getting is Windows 10 Pro.
"Am getting?"
Why are you getting Pro for home? Home lab AD use?
Okay - Just looked at the amazon order - It is Windows 10 home (which is frustrating cause I thought it said pro)
"Am getting" as in in the mail - potentially going to be there tonight by 8:00 pm according to the Order tracking., -
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
What is everybody using? I've used Orcale VirtualBox in the past but had so many problems with it.
What kind of problems?
VBox is the most popular for this kind of thing, especially if you are using Windows Home where Hyper-V isn't available in a "local console" style that you would want.
KVM is really good for this.
Last time I used it, It wouldnt run properly, wouldn't update. I havent used it in a while.
Install with Chocolatey then. I've never seen an issue with VBox running or updating unless it was exposing a broken OS underneath.
That's how I installed it to begin with - For some reason it would not work for me the way I wanted it to .
Did your CPU support virtualization? That could be the only reason I could see it not working. Or maybe virtualization was disabled in BIOS. . .
In which case, nothing will work.
But it did work - Until it didn't.
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@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
You also likely want at least 16 GB of RAM so you make sure you have plenty to share between your VMs and the main Windows 10 host OS.
You can download the trial version of Windows 10 and Windows Server to setup a lab environment in your VM setup on your machine.
The other issue you're likely to run into today is disk space. Windows 10 like 40+ GB of space, so your base(host) OS will need a min of 40 GB, and each new VM will likely want that much as well. I'd see about getting a 512 GB SSD in your new laptop if possible - you could even replace whatever it comes with an aftermarket drive if needed, they are getting pretty cheap now.
so upgrade Ram - get a Larger SSD and set up Hyper-v to run Vm's .
Sweet.
You have Pro?
yes, The laptop I am getting is Windows 10 Pro.
"Am getting?"
Why are you getting Pro for home? Home lab AD use?
Okay - Just looked at the amazon order - It is Windows 10 home (which is frustrating cause I thought it said pro)
"Am getting" as in in the mail - potentially going to be there tonight by 8:00 pm according to the Order tracking.,Okay so we're limited to VirtualBox or KVM on Linux.
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@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
You also likely want at least 16 GB of RAM so you make sure you have plenty to share between your VMs and the main Windows 10 host OS.
You can download the trial version of Windows 10 and Windows Server to setup a lab environment in your VM setup on your machine.
The other issue you're likely to run into today is disk space. Windows 10 like 40+ GB of space, so your base(host) OS will need a min of 40 GB, and each new VM will likely want that much as well. I'd see about getting a 512 GB SSD in your new laptop if possible - you could even replace whatever it comes with an aftermarket drive if needed, they are getting pretty cheap now.
so upgrade Ram - get a Larger SSD and set up Hyper-v to run Vm's .
Sweet.
You have Pro?
yes, The laptop I am getting is Windows 10 Pro.
"Am getting?"
Why are you getting Pro for home? Home lab AD use?
Okay - Just looked at the amazon order - It is Windows 10 home (which is frustrating cause I thought it said pro)
"Am getting" as in in the mail - potentially going to be there tonight by 8:00 pm according to the Order tracking.,Home makes more sense. Why have Pro at home unless you plan to do AD testing? If I was building an AD lab that was a permanent fixture of my home (and I have), then Pro all day, every day. If not, don't. It's just wasted money.
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@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
What is everybody using? I've used Orcale VirtualBox in the past but had so many problems with it.
What kind of problems?
VBox is the most popular for this kind of thing, especially if you are using Windows Home where Hyper-V isn't available in a "local console" style that you would want.
KVM is really good for this.
Last time I used it, It wouldnt run properly, wouldn't update. I havent used it in a while.
Install with Chocolatey then. I've never seen an issue with VBox running or updating unless it was exposing a broken OS underneath.
That's how I installed it to begin with - For some reason it would not work for me the way I wanted it to .
Did your CPU support virtualization? That could be the only reason I could see it not working. Or maybe virtualization was disabled in BIOS. . .
In which case, nothing will work.
But it did work - Until it didn't.
Then you know the CPU features were there.
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@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
You also likely want at least 16 GB of RAM so you make sure you have plenty to share between your VMs and the main Windows 10 host OS.
You can download the trial version of Windows 10 and Windows Server to setup a lab environment in your VM setup on your machine.
The other issue you're likely to run into today is disk space. Windows 10 like 40+ GB of space, so your base(host) OS will need a min of 40 GB, and each new VM will likely want that much as well. I'd see about getting a 512 GB SSD in your new laptop if possible - you could even replace whatever it comes with an aftermarket drive if needed, they are getting pretty cheap now.
so upgrade Ram - get a Larger SSD and set up Hyper-v to run Vm's .
Sweet.
You have Pro?
yes, The laptop I am getting is Windows 10 Pro.
"Am getting?"
Why are you getting Pro for home? Home lab AD use?
Okay - Just looked at the amazon order - It is Windows 10 home (which is frustrating cause I thought it said pro)
"Am getting" as in in the mail - potentially going to be there tonight by 8:00 pm according to the Order tracking.,Okay so we're limited to VirtualBox or KVM on Linux.
Yup
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@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
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@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
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So a Type 1 (KVM) or a Type 2 VirtualBox.
Both are still pretty simple, but do you want to go and install a Linux operating system and then have to install KVM? It's not difficult. Just more steps.
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@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
Nothing in either case means you can't have windows. The question is do you need it as the primary desktop or can it be run sas a VM for times that you need windows?
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@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
What tool?
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@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
Nothing in either case means you can't have windows. The question is do you need it as the primary desktop or can it be run sas a VM for times that you need windows?
It can run as a VM for when i need it.
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@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
What tool?
it's Called "Command Center"
Only runs on Windows according to the "paperwork" -
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@DustinB3403 said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs so now the question is... do you want to keep Windows or do you want to upgrade to Fedora or Ubuntu?
I will need to have Windows in one way or another ( possible a VM for work- to run the Remote Desktop Tool we use to connect into sites)
Nothing in either case means you can't have windows. The question is do you need it as the primary desktop or can it be run sas a VM for times that you need windows?
It can run as a VM for when i need it.
So uninstall Windows and install Linux, Ubuntu or Fedora and then install KVM and Virtual Machine Manager.
Create a Windows 10 Home VM and from there you have your portable lab.
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For my own info.
If we went the KVM router. How would this look & get installed?- Install CentOS/Fedora etc with minimum install and a GUI.
- Enable KVM bit (Virtualization role I think?)
- Then use either Cockpit or Virt-Manager to create and "hop" into the consoles of the VM's to use them
@DustinB3403 Just answered it as I posted
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@scottalanmiller said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@WrCombs said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
@Dashrender said in VM Suggestions? Best Practice?:
You mentioned you're using Windows on the desktop - use Hyper-V in Windows 10 Pro. Hopefully your boss didn't cheap out and get you a laptop with Windows 10 Home on it.
This is my laptop - Not a work laptop.
This is for personal as well as business reasons.(that way they dont have a say in what I do on my Laptop )
In that case - Learn what you can, as fast as you can, then GTFO! The boss clearly doesn't actually desire smarter employees - he's pushing everything off on his support contracts - while that might be a good business decision, it's not good for you as an individual.
What do you suggest I do then? What should I focus on ?
We've been telling him this for quite a while.
Sure, telling me to leave for a while. But I'm Still learning and trying to soak up as much as I can, I'm in no position to leave, regardless of the politics I enjoy the job I'm doing and helping people, and even if my boss doesnt want smarter employees, that doesnt stop me from Being the hardest working and most involved- it especially doesn't stop me from learning and pushing to learn new things.
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What you'll need to do though is download the Windows 10 Home iso of course as the installer tool won't work.
So maybe you build an ISO first before installing Linux, export that ISO to a USB. Then install Linux and go from there.
Copy the ISO to the store for KVM and build your VM from that.
