virtual server
can i replace physical server with virtual server

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2013  4:31 PM
Physical Server, Virtual Server

Unable to login with root credential in physical server
I have a physical server in which two VPS servers are present. Iam now not able to login into one of the VPS server with the rrot credentials ! Is there any way to reset the password so as to access the VPS ? I tried contacting the providers for changing the root password but [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  4:41 AM
Anish (VPS), Hyper-V Physical Server, Physical Server, VPS

Consolidating 5 or 6 physical servers into one
We have a small environment consisting of 5 physical PC servers running departmental applications. What’s the best approach for server consolidation? Do you recommend server virtualization? SAN or NAS? Would VMware or Citrix Xen be best suited for this? What’s Microsoft’s approach?

Answer Question   |  January 4, 2011  5:41 PM
Citrix XenServer, Physical Server, Virtual Server, Virtual Server Architecture, Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, VMware

Virtual Server converted to Physical server; Windows Server 2003 & HP Bladesystem C3000
Hi, Has anyone done it before? Convert a virtual server to a physical one. The OS is Windows server 2003 on HP blade system C3000. I will like someone that has done it to tell me how to go about it.   Thanks WaleAde

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2010  10:31 PM
HP BladeSystem c3000, Physical Server, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2003

Is there anyway for a standard operating system to know the computer name of the physical server it is running on?
Is there any way for a standard operating system running on a virtualized server to access the computer name of the physical server?

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2010  6:31 PM
Physical Server, Virtual Machine Security, Virtual Machines, Virtualization

Moving a virtual machine from one physical server to another
When an adminstraor wants to move a virtual machine from one physical virtualized server to another I assume he identifies both the “computer name” of the virtualized machine to be moved and the “computer name” of the virtualized physical server he wants the virtualized machine moved to. Is this correct and how does he cause [...]

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2010  6:00 PM
Moving Virtual Machines, Physical Server, Virtual Machine Migration, Virtual Machines

Managing Physical server leases
I have worked in the Windows server administration field for 10 ten years.  I have recently moved to the asset management team.  My main task is to review about 3,000 server leases.  When the lease is time to expire, I look at the utilization stats and determine if they could be moved to a VM [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  2:41 PM
Asset management, Physical Server, Virtual Machines, Windows server administration

How do I move a virtual machine from one physical Hyper-V server to another?
How do I move a virtual machine from one physical Hyper-V server to another? This question is from the 5/14 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  2:15 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Migration, Hyper-V Physical Server, Microsoft virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization Chat 5/14, Physical Server, Virtual Machines, VM

What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers?
What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  1:36 PM
Microsoft virtualization, Physical Server, Virtual Server