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Steve,<br />
&gt;and create the images on a seperate hard disk from the system.<br />
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What do you mean by images? 
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Steve,
>and create the images on a seperate hard disk from the system.

What do you mean by images?

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Hi imherson,<br />
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I call it an image... perhaps a bad choice of word. &nbsp;When you &quot;create&quot; the virtual machine, create it on a different hard disk to the system.<br />
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Steve :)
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Hi imherson,

I call it an image... perhaps a bad choice of word.  When you "create" the virtual machine, create it on a different hard disk to the system.

Steve :)

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 free ? lightweight ? secure ? sounds like LINUX to me ....<br />
<a href="http://www.linux.org/" rel="ugc">http://www.linux.org/</a>
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free ? lightweight ? secure ? sounds like LINUX to me ....
http://www.linux.org/ [http://www.linux.org/]

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Steve, what's the reason for the separate disk? Performance? &nbsp;Fragmentation (we're having this issue running VMWARE workstation machines on some test machines)
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Steve, what's the reason for the separate disk? Performance?  Fragmentation (we're having this issue running VMWARE workstation machines on some test machines)

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If you are interested, I have posted another question: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21814207/VMWARE-images-in-production.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21814207/VMWARE-images-in-production.html</a>
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If you are interested, I have posted another question:  https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21814207/VMWARE-images-in-production.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21814207/VMWARE-images-in-production.html]

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I'm looking for a recommendation.<br />
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I want start using VMWARE Server by shrinking an existing 2003 server and making it a Guest on same hardware, but I was wondering whether I should or shouldn't want to have 2003 as the Host. &nbsp;We have the 2003 licenses. &nbsp;But, the question is whether another free, *but secure*, OS might be better suited for the Host. &nbsp;
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I'm looking for a recommendation.

I want start using VMWARE Server by shrinking an existing 2003 server and making it a Guest on same hardware, but I was wondering whether I should or shouldn't want to have 2003 as the Host.  We have the 2003 licenses.  But, the question is whether another free, *but secure*, OS might be better suited for the Host.  

Secure lightweight OS for VMWARE Server Host

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.