


It is time to put the hardare out to pasture, or possibly re-purpose the hardware to be a desktop. It has served me well for quite some time, although it is starting to show signs of wear. I have an old web server, which has been up and running for over 10 years. So, what IF I like the application or OS, and I've spent a lot of time configuring it in a VM? How about moving it to a physical machine?Ĭ) Moving existing installations of a OS, and all its carefully configured applications from a physical machine to a VM? If you don't like the given application or OS, you can simply delete the VM. The ability to "test drive" a given application, or OS, without affecting my computer, is powerful. I've been installing and testing software products inside VMs for a couple of months now. Note: This is a strange, and yet fascinating concept to me, because of the fact I have been running one OS per physical machine, for decades.ī) Moving an OS from a VM to a physical machine ie bare metal. I've been wondering about things like:Ī) Running production machines in VMs ie running multiple different OSs, on one physical machine, simultaneously. I've been reading more the past day or two about VMs (Virtual Machines).
