virtualising an existing server using VirtualBox

[NoOp]

On 12/12/2010 03:46 PM, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:55 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Note: I do still have multiple VirtualBox installs, but the more that I
>> use VMWare Player, the more I like it. I'm in the process now of
>> converting 3 VB machines over to VMWare.
> 
> The only downsides are:
> - Need to re-run the vmware setup everytime there is kernel patch on
> the host. Won't be a problem most of the time, only VM downtime.
> Virtualbox seems not affected by kernel patch.

Oh, there's plenty of times that I have to rebuild VB due to a new
kernel. The difference is that VMWare Player just prompts you and does
it from the gui. VirtualBox always requires going to the command line.

> - If somehow we want to move the VM to another host, we must make sure
> the virtualization feature in the BIOS of the host is similar.
> 

It will not matter at all when moving an Ubuntu server (which is what
the OP is looking to do).