Active virtual machines
Is it too much of a pain to keep a monthly active VM usage rate? That is can I report the number of VMs being used on a monthly basis?

Answer Question   |  February 21, 2013  5:50 PM
Virtual machine monitor, Virtual Machines

Streaming video issues
We want to visualize on of our systems. However, we are having an issue when trying to do streaming video, both the video and audio are choppy at best. We have tried doing it on a local box connected through RDP, choppy and connecting to a terminal server, much worse. We are starting to research [...]

Answer Question   |  December 20, 2012  6:05 PM
VDI, Virtual Machines

Creating a dynamic data center best practices (sponsored webcast)
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Answer Question   |  October 10, 2011  1:17 PM
Automation, DataCenter, Sponsored Webcast, Virtual Machines, Virtualization

Hyper-V VM settings 3070MB memory limit
I Installed Hyper-V R2 to ML150 G3 hardware. Everything works fine, but I can’t set over 3070MB memory to any VM’s configured. There is 16GB physical memory available. I get “Out of bounds” error if I try to set more memory to VM. What could cause this? I have no such problems with our other [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:20 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2, Virtual Machines, Virtual memory

Multiple users accessing KVM
How can I have multiple users access our kernel-based virtual machine at the same time? Can we use some sort of screen sharing to get around the 1 user at a time limit?

Answer Question   |  October 17, 2011  6:20 PM
Kernels, KVM, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machine Security, Virtual Machines

Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 on VMware virtual machine
How can I upgrade from windows Server 2003 to 2008 on an installed VMware virtual machine?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  6:49 PM
Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, VMware, Windows Server 2003, 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

Running SIP proxy server as a virtual machine
What role does the SIP proxy server play and what issues would we see if it goes down? Can we run it as a virtual machine and have a backup one in another VM?

Answer Question   |  May 26, 2011  7:45 PM
Backup Server, Proxy Server Configuration, Proxy servers, SIP, Virtual Machines

Allocating 2 CPU for a VM
Hi there, Iam vmware conultant for a coporate organisation, i would like to know what are the disadvatanges of adding 2 CPU on 1 VM for 2 node VM cluster example, cluster has 10 VMs and i add 2 CPU to one or two VM will this make the cluster inconsistent.  I can see increase [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2011  7:04 AM
CPU, CPU Utilization, Virtual Machines, VMware ESXI 4.0 Performance, vSphere

To connect two Linux virtual machines in VMware
I have installed  two  virtual Linux servers  on VMWARE 2.0 and I need help  on  how  to  connect  those  server, can  anybody please  help me  out in this  one.

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2011  10:31 PM
Linux, Linux Virtual Machines, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware ESX

Cloning existing database servers to migrate to virtual machine
Can we clone existing database servers with their contents and migrate to a virtual machine? We want to do this for two smaller database servers that are each on very expensive high level machines. One can be repurposed and the other can support both servers as vms.

Answer Question   |  April 25, 2011  4:22 PM
Clone database, Database migration, Database servers, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines

Imaging Windows server 2003 so I can use it in a virtual machine
How can I image my Windows server 2003 so I can use it in a Virtual Machine on a Windows XP workstation? Asked via email.

Answer Question   |  April 12, 2011  8:09 PM
Imaging software, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Window Server 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Workgroup

Adding NICs to my machine to run VMs from my Windows 7 computer
If I want to run multiple VMs from my Windows 7 computer, I will need 6 NICs. How can I add 6 NICs to my machine? Are there ethernet banks or a single PCI card with lots of ports?

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2011  1:56 PM
NIC, NIC Ports, PCI, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration

Interacting with file system on virtual machine from Windows 7
I want to be able to interact with the file system on a virtual machine from my Windows 7 desktop. How can I do this?

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2011  7:41 PM
Virtual Machine File System, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 desktop, Windows Virtualization

Virtual server is running very slowly
WMWare ESX 4.0.0 We are running Softshare on a virtual server: Windows Server 2003 1 CPU 8Gb of memory This server is running very slowly and when I open Task Manager I see that Task Manager is hogging all the CPU time (91% – 100%), but when I close the Task Manager the performance doesn’t [...]

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2011  4:43 PM
Task Manager, Virtual Machines, Virtual Server, VMware, Windows Server 2003

Imaging Windows Server 2003 to use in virtual machine
How can I image my Windows server 2003 so I can use it in a Virtual Machine on a Windows XP workstation?

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2011  6:43 PM
Imaging software, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Workstations

Antivirus software for a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 R2
What type of antivirus software should I put on a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 R2?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  6:15 PM
Antivirus software, Cloud Security, Virtual Machine Security Management, Virtual Machines, Virtualization security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 security

Replicating virtual machine to an offsite data center
We want to replicate a virtual machine to an off site data center it is running on a vmware server. How can we set this up as a daily backup to an identical machine?

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2011  7:56 PM
Data Center management, Replication, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware Server

Memory on a VMware Virtual Machine?
What is the max memory a 32-bit operating system can use for a VMware virtual machine? If the system has 8 GB and the OS sees 3.5 can we use more for VMs than the system sees?

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  6:21 PM
32-bit (x86), Desktop virtualization, Memory management, Virtual Machines, Virtualized Storage, VMware

Sharing pool of memory on Windows Server 2003 virtual machines
If I have four virtual machines running on a windows server 2003 can we share a memory pool across all of them since they will never be using it at the same time as the others because they are doing load balancing?

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2011  5:34 PM
Desktop virtualization, Load balancing, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization