June 3, 2010 3:39 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
32-bit,
64-bit,
bootloader,
BSOD,
disk2vhd,
microsoft,
P2V,
VHD,
vmdk,
vmware,
VMware Converter Standalone,
VMWare workstation,
vsphere,
Windows 7,
x64Why is it so hard to find out how to properly P2V(physical to virtual) Windows 7 32 or 64 bit? I looked all over the net, googled until i couldn't google anymore and could not find the answer. Everything I did would end up in a BSOD or Bootloader errors, so i gave up. Then one night I was...
May 26, 2010 12:31 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Aero,
DirectX 9,
industry standard,
opengl,
Virtualization,
vmware,
VMware Workstation 7.1,
Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 R2As of yesterday the industry standard in desktop virtualization has just been upgraded to version 7.1.
Along with the new release comes the ability to create virtual machines with up to 8 vcpus and 32GB of memory, driverless printing with no configuration for both Windows and Linux guest...
March 25, 2010 12:58 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
datastore,
iSCSI target,
lun,
mcp,
starwind,
VCP,
VCP3,
vcp4,
vmwareStraight from StarWindsoftware.com, mind you this is a little late, but I am sure not many people were aware, is if you are a VCP or MCP(apparently), and email vmware@starwind.com, you can get a key to activate the software. I have included an insert from...
March 23, 2010 12:06 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
small to medium business,
SMB,
Timothy Stephan,
Virtualization,
vmware,
vSphere 4,
vSphere EssentialsVMware announced that as of March 18th vSphere Essentials can be acquired for less than $500 USD. Finally VMware is looking more seriously at the SMB space, not just enterprise, this will allow many more companies to take advantage of this great technology.
“VMware vSphere allows...
March 18, 2010 3:05 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
alarm,
alerts,
commiting snapshots,
snapshot,
virtual machine,
VM,
vmware,
VMware vCenter ServerEver check on your VMs and they have been running on a snapshot for the last couple months? Committing a couple months worth of snapshots can take 1 to many hours depending on the hardware and disks present, well VMware has posted a video on how to create an alarm to alert you when virtual machines...
January 21, 2010 10:38 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
iSCSI,
VCP,
vcp-310,
VCP-410,
VCP3,
vDistributed Switches,
vmotion,
vmware,
vsphere,
vSwitchingWell I did it with 9 business days of studying I attained VCP vSphere4 Status! Since I am not a good studier as my buddy Raj, I found the exam a little more difficult. When I found out that they lowered the...
January 15, 2010 1:42 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
SSL Error,
The request failed due to an SSL error,
upgrade virtual center,
vCenter Update 1,
vCenter Update Manager,
vmware,
vSphere 4,
VUMSome people over look this when upgrading to vCenter 4, even though it warns you before installing vCenter... yeah I fell for it also.
Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.5 to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 without upgrading VUM and Converter might result in certain issues
If you upgrade...
January 9, 2010 6:33 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
certification,
deadline,
VCP,
vcp-310,
VCP-410,
virtual infrasrtuture client,
Virtualization,
vmware,
vSphere 4If you are someone like me and looking to get the VMware Certification before time runs out, your actually not too late. VMware hasofficially extended the date at which you can take the exam. The statement below is straight from VMware's website.
Due to overwhelming demand, existing...
