Hi, There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then Asterisk over it. Thanks, Dan
If you want to use it for IP only it __MAY__ work but probably not all that well unless you have a really strong processor.. VMWare abstracts the hardware layer you will not be able to get it to communicate fully with any cards in order to connect phone lines..> Hi, > > There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? > I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then Asterisk > over it. > > Thanks, > Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze
On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 11:48, WipeOut . wrote:> If you want to use it for IP only it __MAY__ work but probably not all > that well unless you have a really strong processor.. > > VMWare abstracts the hardware layer you will not be able to get it to > communicate fully with any cards in order to connect phone lines..You forgot to mention that as an application running in userland it is possible to stall and hang while kernel or other less nice applications hog the system. I use vmware on a regular basis and have seen times where system speed inside of vmware is dependent on other factors like mouse movement to force vmware to receive a few more time slices.> > Hi, > > > > There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? > > I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then Asterisk > > over it. > > > > Thanks, > > Dan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
On Monday 07 July 2003 12:07, Dan wrote:> Hi, > > There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? > I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then > Asterisk over it.I use it with VMware, but Asterisk runs on the host OS, not in the VM. You should have no problem running Asterisk in a VM, but you would be unable to use any Digium or similar hardware, as VMware does not expose such devices to a VM.
Hi, The reason I ask this is because I have a Win2K PC running 24/7 which has enough power left, but if I cannot use any of the Digium hardware from inside VMWare then is useless. Thank you, Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Gapinski" <Gary.Gapinski@grc.nasa.gov> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare> On Monday 07 July 2003 12:07, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? > > I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then > > Asterisk over it. > > I use it with VMware, but Asterisk runs on the host OS, not in the VM. > > You should have no problem running Asterisk in a VM, but you would be > unable to use any Digium or similar hardware, as VMware does not expose > such devices to a VM. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
On Monday 07 July 2003 15:26, Dan wrote:> The reason I ask this is because I have a Win2K PC running 24/7 which > has enough power left, but if I cannot use any of the Digium hardware > from inside VMWare then is useless.If you have not yet purchased the VMware license, run Linux, Asterisk, VMware _for Linux_, and W2K within VMware (with the caveat that special hardware will likely not be supported within VMs). Even if you have already purchased VMware for Microsoft Windows (the MS and Linux licenses are not interchangeable), contact VMware regarding a possible exchange.
Hi Dan, For a totally unrelated reason I did this today. * runs fine here under VMware, athough I haven't stressed it at all. Andy *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 07/07/2003 at 19:07 Dan wrote:>Hi, > >There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? >I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then Asterisk >over it. > >Thanks, >Dan > > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Hi Gary, This possibility is excluded because the Home Automation framework runing on WinXP now needs to have direct access to a couple of proprietary hardware devices. I think to have a home Asterisk box on the same computer without any specific hardware, just to be able to use a couple of SIP phones (Cisco 7960 and ATA 186) without GSM support. The PSTN connection is made at the office, through another Asterisk box connected to the home one using IAX and GSM as codec. BR, Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Gapinski" <Gary.Gapinski@grc.nasa.gov> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare> On Monday 07 July 2003 15:26, Dan wrote: > > The reason I ask this is because I have a Win2K PC running 24/7 which > > has enough power left, but if I cannot use any of the Digium hardware > > from inside VMWare then is useless. > > If you have not yet purchased the VMware license, run Linux, Asterisk, > VMware _for Linux_, and W2K within VMware (with the caveat that special > hardware will likely not be supported within VMs). > > Even if you have already purchased VMware for Microsoft Windows (the MS > and Linux licenses are not interchangeable), contact VMware regarding a > possible exchange. > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
I use a similar asterisk setup when my T100P card is being used outside the home. I ran it on a 1ghz athlon that was shared as my workstation, but all linux. When my screen saver started, the audio quality dropped below usable. So obviously my system was idle if the screen saver started. SO as you can see you most likely will not get good results under vmware even if you are on a pretty hefty machine. On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 01:43, Dan wrote:> Hi Gary, > > This possibility is excluded because the Home Automation framework runing on > WinXP now needs to have direct access to a couple of proprietary hardware > devices. > I think to have a home Asterisk box on the same computer without any > specific hardware, just to be able to use a couple of SIP phones (Cisco 7960 > and ATA 186) without GSM support. > The PSTN connection is made at the office, through another Asterisk box > connected to the home one using IAX and GSM as codec. > > BR, > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Gapinski" <Gary.Gapinski@grc.nasa.gov> > To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare > > > > On Monday 07 July 2003 15:26, Dan wrote: > > > The reason I ask this is because I have a Win2K PC running 24/7 which > > > has enough power left, but if I cannot use any of the Digium hardware > > > from inside VMWare then is useless. > > > > If you have not yet purchased the VMware license, run Linux, Asterisk, > > VMware _for Linux_, and W2K within VMware (with the caveat that special > > hardware will likely not be supported within VMs). > > > > Even if you have already purchased VMware for Microsoft Windows (the MS > > and Linux licenses are not interchangeable), contact VMware regarding a > > possible exchange. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
> I use a similar asterisk setup when my T100P card is being usedoutside> the home. I ran it on a 1ghz athlon that was shared as my workstation, > but all linux. When my screen saver started, the audio quality dropped > below usable. So obviously my system was idle if the screen saver > started. SO as you can see you most likely will not get good results > under vmware even if you are on a pretty hefty machine.VMWare GSX server would give you better performance (probably enough to run asterisk in the VM); however, it does not meet your criteria for a couple reasons: 1) Windows cannot be used as the host environment 2) It costs as much as a machine sufficient to run asterisk for your purposes. If you are not interfacing to any hardware devices you might be able to get asterisk compiling with MinGW or Cygwin and running natively in Win32. You would not have zaptel timing, so MusicOnHold, MeetMe, etc. are all out unless you somehow emulate the functionality of zaprtc or ztdummy under windows. I am sure there are a lot of other issues compiling under Win32 that will come up as well, but still it may be possible. John
Hi, I have installed Asterisk in a VM under VMWare Workstation 4.x (on WinXP). The computer is an Athlon @1GHz with 384MB RAM, 128MB allocated for RH9. Linux is fully installed (but without any X stuff). I have the latest Astrisk distribution (DL today) I have no Digium card installed on this machine. When I call Echotest, Asterisk play the message a l ittle bit choppy, but the echotest is perfect (no interruptions). The processor is used max 5% (peak) by the VMWare engine during the message playing. I have used a Cisco 7960 (G711) to call the Echotest. It seems that the GSM to G711 conversion inside VMWare virtual machine is the cause of this. It can be done something to improve this behaviour? Thanks, Dan
buy a 30$ hd, install linux on it and use it natively. Matteo. Il sab, 2003-07-12 alle 21:49, Dan ha scritto:> Hi, > > I have installed Asterisk in a VM under VMWare Workstation 4.x (on WinXP). > The computer is an Athlon @1GHz with 384MB RAM, 128MB allocated for RH9. > Linux is fully installed (but without any X stuff). > I have the latest Astrisk distribution (DL today) > I have no Digium card installed on this machine. > > When I call Echotest, Asterisk play the message a l ittle bit choppy, but > the echotest is perfect (no interruptions). > The processor is used max 5% (peak) by the VMWare engine during the message > playing. > > I have used a Cisco 7960 (G711) to call the Echotest. > It seems that the GSM to G711 conversion inside VMWare virtual machine is > the cause of this. > It can be done something to improve this behaviour? > > > Thanks, > Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Matteo Brancaleoni Espia System Administrator - IT services Website : http://www.espia.it Email : mbrancaleoni@espia.it
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 14:49, Dan wrote:> Hi, > > I have installed Asterisk in a VM under VMWare Workstation 4.x (on WinXP). > The computer is an Athlon @1GHz with 384MB RAM, 128MB allocated for RH9. > Linux is fully installed (but without any X stuff).If you where to look through the archive you would find that I have a similar machine running linux on bare hardware and when my xscreensaver would come on it would cause call quality to drop below usable. Of course I used a T100P so I also had an interupt timer that asterisk needed. So please understand that your _WILL_NOT_ get the performance you need from within windows. -- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>