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Windows XP Virtual Machines

Hello All, I would like know how to start creating vrstual machines that contains Windows XP. - What progam is the best to create Virtual machines? - What do I need to start create VM? - How can I create a Server for VM? Thanks

View Answer   |  Oct 23 2008  11:54 PM GMT
Desktop virtualization, Virtual Machines, VM
asked by Staap12

  10 pts.

print servers run on windows 2003 sp2 in vm

we have three servers. Two are running on vm. Are their any advantages or disadvantages to do this

View Answer   |  Oct 23 2008  5:31 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, VMware, Virtual Machines
asked by Mcattack74

  5 pts.

HA vm restart

Hi blog!! I have ESX 3 server with HA (high availability). If the server ESX crashes my vm's are moved to another ESX server, when all my vm's moved to the new ESX server do they keep their status (power on) or their status change for example they restart. Thanks

View Answer   |  Oct 13 2008  4:11 PM GMT
VMware, HA, Virtual Machines
asked by Hechicero

  15 pts.

Virtual MACs keep changing

Using Vristual Server 2003 R2 on a 2003 Ent Server. One program I run uses the MAC address for licensing. Twice I have had to Remove and Recreate to VM, and each time the MAC changes, requiring me to have to request a new license key. If I have to do this again, for for other VM, how can I...

View Answer   |  Sep 30 2008  2:55 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, MAC address, Virtual Server
asked by Schoelow

  5 pts.

I am trying to make a usb device available to a virtual machine using esx 3.5, is it possible

I have installed Blackberry Enterprise Server in a VM and now am finding that I have to connect a BlackBerry device directly to the box to activate it. Unfortunately USB isn't available within the VM when I connect the BlackBerry device directly to the ESX 3.5 server. I know that you can activate...

View Answer   |  Sep 17 2008  1:25 PM GMT
VMware ESX, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, VMware ESX 3.5
asked by Tfortin

  5 pts.

Looking for a virtual Machine program that will run Windows 3.11

I have an ancient piece of software that will only run on DOS/Windows 3.X It is used to program the Allen-Bradley PLCs, and read the outputs of a machine used to pressure test pipe fittings (Machine is from the early 90's). I believe the problem with more current OS's is the fact the program needs...

View Answer   |  Sep 10 2008  3:51 PM GMT
DOS, Virtual Machines, Win3.X
asked by Flame

  14495 pts.

Virtual PC console is not displayed

I installed MS Virtual PC 2007 under Windows XP Professional (Russian edition) about a week ago and everything worked fine (I installed and used several virtual machines). But now when I run the program I don't see console window of VirtualPC where I start virtual machines. I just see a...

View Answer   |  Aug 30 2008  9:38 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual PC
asked by Sirikiana

  5 pts.

Hyper-V VM installation: "cannot change state" error

I did follow the steps you mentioned for Hyper-V VM installation. But i get this error which says "cannot change state" after i start the VM.

View Answer   |  Jul 30 2008  4:04 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, Hyper-V
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Virtual machine performance management in Hyper-V

Microsoft Virtual Server provides two ways for managing the priorities of virtual machines: weight-based and constraint-based resource allocation. What's different in Hyper-V?

View Answer   |  Jul 29 2008  4:39 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, Virtual Servers, Hyper-V
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Virtual server performance

Is response and throughput in virtual servers a lot slower than in physical servers? Has the performance overhead in virtual machines improved? Can you offer some good ways to troubleshoot performance problems in virtualized environments? Any good third-party tools for Microsoft Hyper-V yet?

View Answer   |  Jul 29 2008  4:37 PM GMT
Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Virtual Servers
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Xen 4.1 upgrade and backup problems

We have one physical server running Xen 4.0 with 3 virtual machines (VMs): 1st VM - Appserver 1 drive capacity 50GB and used space 25GB 2nd VM - PDC 2 drives c: 20GB used out of 50GB , E: 60GB out of 200GB 3rd VM - SQLserver 2 drives c: 30GB used out of 50GB , E: 80GB out of 150GB I wanted to...

Answer Question   |  Jul 24 2008  4:30 PM GMT
Backup & recovery, Virtual Machines, Xen
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

How to run virtual machine in MacBook created in external harddisk from PC running Windows XP Home?

I wanted to transfer my Windows XP Home applications and setup to my MacBook running on Leopard OS. After using the free VMware Converter on my PC to create a virtual machine (VM) in an external harddisk and copying it to my MacBook, I realised something else is needed to run it. Do I need to buy...

View Answer   |  Jul 18 2008  2:31 AM GMT
Virtualization, VMware, OS installation/upgrades
asked by Lpengkee

  5 pts.

Hyper-V VM installation error: cannot change state?

I followed Anil Desai's step-by-step guide for Hyper-V VM installation (http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/loginMembersOnly/1,289498,sid94_gci1294582,00.html), but I get this error which says "cannot change state" after I start the VM. What is wrong?

View Answer   |  Jun 25 2008  6:43 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, Hyper-V
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Virtual vs. physical machines

What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers that I need to be aware of?

asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Preventing VM sprawl

Our organization is starting to deploy more virtual machines (VMs). Should we be concerned about VM sprawl? How can it be prevented?

View Answer   |  Jun 2 2008  4:28 PM GMT
Virtual Machines, VM sprawl
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

VM configuration - Why does increasing the number of VCPUs beyond those of phyical CPUs lead to poor performance?

Why does increasing the number of VCPUs beyond those of phyical CPUs lead to poor performance?

View Answer   |  May 31 2008  6:43 AM GMT
Virtual Machines, vCPU
asked by Vmconfig

  25 pts.

Consequences of Virtual Machines(VM) after the hardware failure

What will be the consequences if hardware failure occurs when VMs are running on a server? what will be the VM status? whether we will loose the data or not? There may be a xen-motion , but when the server crashes , what will be the status of the VM's running on that server ?

View Answer   |  Apr 21 2008  5:48 AM GMT
Virtual Machines, XenServer, XenMotion
asked by Good logics

  20 pts.

NAS or SAN?

We have a need to run numerous virtual servers from a NAS/SAN. The questions is, which should we choose? THe product we support (Citrix XenServer) supports either for backend virtual system storage and can run VM's from either. Currently, our needs are small. We have about 10 virtual servers that...

View Answer   |  Mar 3 2008  6:44 PM GMT
NFS, NAS, SAN
asked by Isdpcman

  20 pts.

Is it possible to install esx on a vmware vm?

Not having a spare machine I'd like to install an eval esx onVM Workstation. I am encountering a problem during install which states that it cannot find any compatible NICS. 1. Is it possible to run esx in a vm? 2. If yes, is there a workaround for the nic incompatibility?

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2008  9:14 PM GMT
VMware, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX
asked by Rberns

  5 pts.

VMware and NT4

I cannot get a NIC to work on NT4 VM. I imported from a legacy machine that needs NT4 to run software installed. I was able to import it to a VirtualMachine, but the Realtek 8139 NIC is not found so network connectivety is not working. I cannot find ANY VMware hardware in the add/remove section....

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2008  3:27 PM GMT
VMware, Network, NIC
asked by VMjunkie

  95 pts.

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