To create an OES 2 Linux virtual machine, you need the following:
A virtual machine host set up on a SLES 10 SP1 or OES 2 Linux server. For setup procedures, see
Setting Up a Virtual Machine Host
in
Virtualization: Getting Started
.
Enough memory available on the host dedicated to installing and running the virtual machine. You need enough memory for the host and enough memory to support each virtual machine that you want to run concurrently on the host server.
For example, if you are installing one OES 2 Linux virtual machine, you need a minimum of 1 GB of memory: 5.12 MB for the host and 5.12 MB for the OES 2 Linux virtual machine.
If you are installing two virtual machines, but the services running on the first virtual machine needed 1 GB and the services running on the second virtual machine require you to have 1.5 GB, you would need 3 GB.
For specific OES 2 Linux requirements, see
Server Hardware
in the
OES 2: Linux Installation Guide
.
Enough disk space on the host for the creating and running the virtual machine.
The default disk space for an OES 2 Linux virtual machine is 4 GB. The space you need is dependent on what you use the virtual server for.
For specific OES 2 Linux requirements, see
Server Hardware
in the
OES 2: Linux Installation Guide
.
If you want to set up Novell Storage Services (NSS) on the virtual machine, note the following:
NSS can recognize physical, logical, or virtual devices up to 2 TB in size (where 1 TB = 2E40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes).
In a virtual environment, the devices that you want to use for the NSS file system on the guest operating system cannot exceed the 2 TB limit, even if the host operating system and guest operating system can handle larger devices.
For information, see
Device Size Limit
in the
OES 2: NSS File System Administration Guide
.