Sorry, meant to post to the list. -----Original Message----- From: Meanor, Tim Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: z/Linux to p/Linux
The service console in ESX is a minimal RH 7.2 OS. It's purpose is to bootstrap the hardware, then turn over control to the ESX kernel and resource manager. So IT Week is incorrect in referring to ESX as "based on a Linux kernel". For more information, see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx2_performance_implications.pdf. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carsten Otte Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/Linux to p/Linux Kielek, Samuel wrote: > That is incorrect. ESX does not run on Red Hat or any other Linux > based OS. I think you are referring to the service console which is > based off of an older version of Red Hat (7.x). However, the service > console is not required for operation. In fact, you can shut the > service console down altogether and your guests will continue to run > just fine. I think people mistakenly think that the ESX hypervisor > runs under Linux because it uses a familiar Linux bootstrap process, > but that is where the similarity ends.. No it is very correct. VMware ESX is a distribution based on the Linux Kernel. "The ESX software is based on a Linux kernel, and installation on our test system - an eight-way IBM x440 server, detailed below - took about 15 minutes. Once installed, ESX is managed from a Web-based console, and virtual machines are accessed using network-based remote control tools. Several guest operating systems are supported, including Windows, Linux and NetWare. The most notable omission is Solaris x86." quoted from: http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/software/2085877/vmware-esx-server cheers, Carsten -- Carsten Otte IBM Linux technology center ARCH=s390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
