On Sat, 2012-02-18 at 20:13 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Am 18.02.2012 19:54, schrieb Daniel Lindgren: <snip> > <soapbox> > The hassle with having to install vmware tools in every guest to perform > a soft power-off, and keeping the tools up-to-date and matching the > currently installed kernel is one of the many reasons why I'm moving my > customers away from VMware to KVM+libvirt. Of course, they were using > VMware Server, not ESXi, but honestly, my personal opinion after years > of using VMware products in multiple scenarios is, if you aren't forced > to use VMware (upper management decisions, already existing virtual > infrastructure based on VMware components,...), don't. Had KVM been > available and in a usable state 6 years ago, I would never have touched > VMware Server. VMware Workstation is kind of neat for debugging/demoing > stuff, though, I have to admit that. > > Shutting down a guest in KVM/libvirt works by sending an ACPI > "power-button pressed" event to the guest, no special drivers/modules > required, just the stock ACPI support present in every modern operating > system, be it Linux, *BSD or Windows. > </soapbox> <snip> Likewise, if we're not using VServer, we're using KVM - John
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