Hi. I looked for somewhere on the website to send VM server 2 feedback but couldn't find anywhere, so I guess this is it.
I almost installed vmware server 2 on my workstation at work the other day, but was cautioned by someone who had tried it. So I thought I'd better try it at home first. I've installed it on my Ubuntu 64bit laptop now (AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 with 1G RAM). I've found it fairly unusable.
On trying to install my first guest OS the interface was very
slow, but that didn't really worry me. I should only be using it to
get the guest OS installed. But I tried booting the guest off
a Knoppix install CD and the processor went to 100% utilisation and X
becaome unuseable. I lef it for an hour or so but it was frozen (mouse
still moved, but no keyboard response). I tried again with a Debian
install CD and got the same problem. I removed VM server 2 and tried to
install version 1. But it had 32-bit library issues. I re-installed
version 2 and tried the Debian installer again. This time the install
went straight through and I thought all was well. I created two more VMs and copied the disk images from the first one over them to save time.
Opening the first console window through the interface was fairly fast, but opening a second one takes around 5 minutes, and often results in an error saying the connection timed out. (this is a connection to localhost). Closing the failed window and trying again sometimes works, but just as often X has become unusable again so I have to logout and try again.
I think that tying the UI to a browser is a bad idea. You could have kept it as a standalone app and still launched it from the browser? Firefox is a great browser but it leaks memory like a sieve. Trying to run it for an hour or more is a bit of a stretch. Is there a way to launch the plugin standalone?