{"id":235,"date":"2007-06-11T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-06-11T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T18:35:00","slug":"virtual-windows-to-run-unmodified-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/235-virtual-windows-to-run-unmodified-on-linux.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Windows to run unmodified on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Novell distributor, Workgroup, has announced the availability of para-virtualised network and block device drivers that aim to allow Microsoft Windows Server 2000\/2003\/XP to run unmodified in Xen virtual environments on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell, operating on Intel-based server platforms featuring Intel Virtualisation Technology.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;Combined with the existing ability to host unmodified Linux on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, these new drivers will let customers confidently migrate to newer and fewer energy-efficient servers, consolidating legacy Windows or Linux solutions onto virtual servers,&quot; says Sally Berimbau, Novell product manager at Workgroup. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">In addition to providing cost savings when virtualising Windows on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, these drivers can improve the availability of Windows- and Linux-based workloads via clustered virtual systems, and help IT staff to respond faster to business needs, by easily creating and provisioning services on virtual systems, she adds.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Novell is sponsoring a virtualisation pilot programme for customers, aiming to provide enterprise-level support for running fully virtualised Windows 2000\/2003\/XP workloads on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;The paravirtualised device drivers are now available to members of the pilot programme and general availability is scheduled for later this year,&quot; says Berimbau.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novell para-virtualised network and block device drivers enabling Virtual Windows to run unmodified on Linux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}