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‘Configuration Testing’,
‘Localization Testing’,’Internationalization
Testing’ these are few key
words which cause chaos
amongst the software testers
and the system
administrators. The above
mentioned testing types
require setting up of the
test environment with
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Different OS Platforms
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Different Browsers.
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Different Databases
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Different Application
servers
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The requirement of different
hardware resources is
directly proportional to the
complexity of the
configuration matrix. This
causes a pain in the neck of
software testers as they
will have to invest most of
their time in setting up
different environments.
‘VIRTUALISATION’ can help
you rise to the occasion.
The different sections of
this article would explain
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What is VMWare?
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How to create VMImages?
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How to add hardware
resources?
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What is a snapshot?
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Replicating the
Environments
The sections
contain very useful tips
especially for adding
resources. I faced
difficulty in adding hard
disks so I want to share my
information with other
people so that they do not
have to re-invent the wheel
J
What is VMWare?
VMWare is
virtualisation software.
In simple terms, VMWare
Workstation allows one
physical machine to run two
or more operating systems
simultaneously. The machine
on which the Vmware software
runs is called the Host
Machine. Within this
software you can create and
run virtual operating
systems known as VMImages.
The figure below shows two
Vmimages of Windows Server
2000 and Windows XP Pro
being run on host Windows
Server 2003 machine.
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