![]() ![]() Here are the projects that I know of that currently use VirtualBox for some of their They have 24-hour tasks that launch a VM that connects to their servers to download/process/coordinate smaller-sized chunks. Just open BOINC, go to the Tasks tab, select the task, and click the "Show VM Console" button, and it will launch a Remote Desktop connection so you can peek at the guest OS! ![]() ![]() What's really neat is that, if you also have the VirtualBox Extension Pack installed before the task starts, and are using Windows, you can actually view the guest OS, assuming the task reports supporting this feature (which most do). However, if you are running a service-install of BOINC, you cannot. If you are running a non-service-install of BOINC, you can see the VMs listed within Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager. When BOINC starts such a task, BOINC will register a new VM, which will run a guest OS to do the work for the task. Some of those projects have applications/tasks that use VirtualBox VMs. Then, you use BOINC to connect to projects. The installer does not create any Virtual Machines (VMs). The combination installer installs BOINC, and then also installs the included version of VirtualBox (if you don't already have that version or newer installed). Please show me what forum or article explains the expected process. Is the virtual machine THE work unit or are the work units additional to the VM? If they are separate the VM should appear separately even if a work unit in not available. Are you suggesting that it all happens the same way as the BOINC only option, transparently with a virtual machine being installed automatically in VirtualBox? I started VirtualBox and now after 60 hours there is nothing there. So this forum seemed an appropriate one to post my question. While I used a specific example in my post, my real question is a general one: what is the order of events that one might expect to happen with the VirtualBox + BOINC combination? I could not find ANYWHERE an outline of what to expect. Always best ask these questions on their forums, or check if there are actually 'tasks ready to send' at their server status page. If not, it's probably a bug on the project's part and you'll have to report that to them. Whether or not you can see the progress of the task in VBox is up to the project.ĭepending on where the project is with regard to development, their application will communicate back to the BOINC client what's happening, which will then show in the Task tab in BOINC Manager. Most probably running a form of Scientific Linux. The general thing is that BOINC starts the Virtual Box environment, and that the science applications and tasks run in that environment. The only project detailing what you can expect is Test4Theory, but their method of how things are done can differ from how other projects use the technology. I cannot give you an answer on that, as I don't run any of the projects with VBox. You will have to ask at the project you're running or wanting to run, what to expect. Probably because this differs from project to project. ![]()
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