About owning a server
I need to host my cloud based software and want to know whats the advantage of using my own server. If so, should I still host it some where else in a data center? I have 25 PCs at different locations which have to use the software and it is a clinic oriented software.

Answer Question   |  February 20, 2013  3:27 PM
Server virtualization, Servers

What’s your top IT priority for 2013?
In TechTarget’s annual IT Priorities Survey of IT managers, data protection was #1 on respondents’ list with over 56%. Server virtualization and network-based security take the next 2 spots. Do you agree with this list? If not, what’s your top IT priority for 2013?

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2013  8:30 PM
Data protection, IT, Server virtualization

Trying to virtualise a Windows Server 2000 running Lotus Domino Server 5.0
Hello, Our organisation has a very old legacy app running under Domino 5.0 on a Dell Server on Windows 2000 Server. It is totally read-only, and just has to be there for cross-reference. Ideal solution is to virtualise onto our Vsphere platform. Made several attempts using VMware Standalone Converter 4.x and 3.03. Conversion always successful, [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2011  12:41 PM
Lotus Domino, Lotus Domino Server 5.x, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2000

Automatic HOT failover between Highend Rack servers running under Windows2008R2 EE
How to implement Hot failover between two high end Rack Servers running under Windows 2008 R2 EE server and a critical application which uses MS MQ for application message Queue handling since windows2008R2 EE provides four instances of Virtualisation.      

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:01 AM
Failover, Hyper-V, IBM X 6230, MSMQ, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

RDP into multiple servers with only one NIC
If we have a VMware server hosting several Window servers 2008 can we RDP into each server at the same time even though the server only has one NIC?

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2011  1:39 PM
RDP, Server virtualization, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Server, Windows Server 2008

Running multiple virtual machines on the same server
Is it possible to run multiple virtual machines on the same server? How and with what software?  

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  6:40 PM
Server virtualization, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Virtualization software

What sort of differences in storage workloads can be expected?
What sort of differences in storage workloads can I expect with desktop virtualization versus server virtualization?

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2011  3:41 PM
Desktop virtualization, I/O Monitoring, Server virtualization, Storage, Storage management, Storage virtualization, Workload analysis

How does virtualization change my storage needs?
We’ve been considering server virtualization over the past year, but I’m wondering what sort of planning and preparations we’ll have to make for storage, since virtualized servers use up significantly more storage space. Any advice or resources for further research?

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2013  7:58 PM
SDN, Server virtualization, Server Virtualization Implementation, Storage virtualization, Storage virtualization software, Virtualization

Windows Server 2003 on Intel DH55TC
I have an Intel DH55TC MB with Intel Core i-3. Now my problem is that, it does not support to install Windows Server 2003 / 2008. After workground, it supports only Windows 7, XP(Pro) and Vista. Is there any patch / tools / other way to overcome my problems. Server virtualization is also possible, but [...]

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2011  5:40 AM
Server virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

Running IIS to make one virtual server
We have four Windows Servers 2003. Running IIS, can we make them all into one virtual server accessible by one ip address?

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  5:35 PM
IIS, IIS Server, IP address, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization

Setting up drive configuration for virtual Windows Server 2003
What is the best way to set up my drive configuration for five virtual windows server 2003 on a system with five 750gb drives on a SCSI controller?

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2011  5:00 PM
Configuration management, SCSI, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization

Virtualize SCO OpenServer 5.0.6
Hi, [span title=”Clique para obter traduções alternativas” class=”hps”>I [span title=”Clique para obter traduções alternativas” class=”hps”>recently inherited an old machine with [span title=”Clique para obter traduções alternativas” class=”hps”>SCO OpenServer [span title=”Clique para obter traduções alternativas” class=”hps”>5.0.6 that is working with some Informix application and DB’s for which I don’t have the sources.   Since the hardware [...]

Answer Question   |  July 12, 2011  11:13 PM
Informix, RAID 1, Server virtualization, Virtualization

Backup solutions for VMware environment
We’ve added VMware servers to our data center, and we’re looking for a backup solution that works. There will be a mix of ESX 4.0 and ESX 3.5 hosts along with vCenter 4.0 with a mix of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat 4.x and 5.x, SQL Server 2005 and Oracle database. TSM [...]

Answer Question   |  January 3, 2011  7:57 PM
Desktop virtualization, ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0, Oracle Database, RedHat, Server virtualization, SQL Server 2005, vCenter 4.0, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

Analysis of IT equipment failures from high heat in data center
Is there any analysis for the probability systems will fail as the temperature rises in a data center. Example, I have a CRAC unit fail, but the other is still running and cooling. I do not have enough tonage to keep the temperature at 74 degrees, so the room temperature will rise about a degree [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2010  6:50 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center cooling, Data Center in 2010, Server virtualization, Server Virtualization Implementation

Microsoft Datacenter Server – OS Installation and Licensing
If you have a Datacenter 2008 license, are you allowed to install Microsoft Server Enterprise 2008 (or 2003) as the “primary server OS” on a physical box(server) instead of the Datacenter OS product?

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2010  1:52 PM
Server virtualization, Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2008 DataCenter, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Licensing

Rebooting Virtualized Servers
If I have a virtualized server that is running ten instances of the operating system and the hardware goes down, after the hardware is fixed do I reboot the hardware once and that automatically reboots those ten instances of the operating system or do I need to reboot each of the ten instances of the operating systems? [...]

Answer Question   |  October 20, 2010  10:44 PM
Server management, Server virtualization, Virtualization

How to match specs for a server to host virtual machines
We want to virtualize 4 computers we have their needs for a processor and memory. How can we match those specs up to a server that will host these virtual machines? Can you run virtual machines on computer without hyper v? What will the outcome be? Will it be slow? Is there a limitation? What [...]

Answer Question   |  September 24, 2010  4:12 PM
Desktop virtualization, Hyper-V, Server virtualization, Virtual Hosting, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Virtualization platforms, Windows

Server virtualization
I want to purchase a server to virtualize 10 other servers. What specs should I be looking for in the machine? What do I NEED to do virtualization? Do some chips support it and other don’t?

Answer Question   |  September 7, 2010  2:31 PM
Server virtualization, Server Virtualization Implementation, Virtualization, Virtualization Hardware, Virtualization in 2010

Do servers in large enterprises go to sleep often
This is kind of a strange question but is going to sleep a common thing that servers do in large server farms? Would it be less likely in a vitualized server?

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  1:03 AM
Server virtualization, Servers, Sleep Mode, Virtualized Environments

RHCE server virtualization certification
sir, I am RHCE certified,please guide me regarding virtualization of server.certification regarding this. thanks Rikki Raj

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2010  6:42 AM
Certifications, RHCE, Server virtualization, Virtualization in 2010