How to use a DB through a virtualized S.O.

[OscarOsorio]

Hi to all,

I am a beginner in virtualization, so I hope someone could help me to figure out this.

I have a computer with windows vista, and have alredy installed MySQL, Oralce and SQL Server (express editions of course).

I have virtualized throug virtual box Ubuntu 9.10 and I am installing java on it (still on it, hope soon will be done).

I thought I could use the data bases that I have alredy installed in the non-virtualized windows vista in my computer, but still couldn't find if it is possible.

Does anybody know whether if this is possible, and how to do it?

Thanks in advance for your time.

Oscar

[TerryE]

I thought I could use the data bases that I have alredy installed in the non-virtualized windows vista in my computer, but still couldn't find if it is possible.

Oscar, you need to ensure that [client] applications are able to "talk" to other hosts on the LAN, because that's what your Vista based database services will look like. If you only want to "talk" to the host then you can configure your VM network as "Host only", but IMHO I usually find that selecting a "Bridged Network" easier, though this won't work without your PC being plugged into a network hub such as your ADSL router. The next step is to configure your database service to accept connections from other PCs on the same network; note that some by default only allow connections from the localhost (and the VM isn't as far as host applications are concerned). Then you need to configure the VM based client apps to connect to the remote services on the host.

Most of this you can get from the appropriate MySQL ... cookbook on the Internet. The key to think of the VM and the host as two separate machines.