I put something up on the blog about this thread - http://briandesmond.com/blog/thoughts-on-building-a-server-image/.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: things to include in a vm server template? Exactly. Put all the junk, trinkets, tools, whatever on a share and use it from there when you really need to. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: things to include in a vm server template? On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > There's no native SSH client, tho, is there? PuTTY will do both, so I > can understand including it, if you're going to include utilities in a > standard server build. PuTTY can run from a network share, without installation. Ditto the SumatraPDF reader. That's what I use on the server for those rare occasions when I'm on the server console and need to reference some mfg docs. Our "NETBIN" share is full of stand-alone utilities like that. Update them in once place and you're done. I wish more software was like that. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
