Ubuntu Xen error message: execvp: ./chk: Permission denied
I’m trying to install Xen 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 10.10.  When i run the “make world” it gives the following error at the end…. make -C check clean make[4]: Entering directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ ./chk clean make[4]: execvp: ./chk: Permission denied make[4]: *** [clean] Error 127 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ make[3]: *** [subdir-clean-check] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory [...]

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2011  4:26 AM
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Errors, Ubuntu Servers, Xen 4.x

Virtual Apps vs. Virtual Desktops
I work for small school district with about 600 PCs on our network. We have a 1GB backbone and 12 servers (7 of them VMs). I recently put in a large terminal server to utilize thin clients, but found restricts with software I could run on the server OS (Win 2008R2). In some research, I [...]

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2011  8:24 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Hyper-V, Terminal Server, Thin clients, VDI, Virtual Apps, Windows Server 2008 R2

Hyper-V Host Not Responding in SCVMM R2
I have a 2 node hyper-v cluster managed by SCVMM R2. Node 1 has the correct agent version but node 1 is not responding and has an older version. I try and update agent but it fails and is still not responding. The option to correct this is to remove the host and add it [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  3:42 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Host, Hypervisor, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual machine manager

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

Open IT Forum: Pros & cons of VDI-in-a-box
In the still maturing technology of desktop virtualization, VDI-in-a-box is heralded as a cost-effective solution for specific applications or users that can reap the benefits of virtualization. Are you currently deploying or considering deploying VDI-in-a-box? What are the pros & cons you’ve experienced? The best answers get 50 knowledge points toward our iPad contest!

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  8:22 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Open IT Forum, VDI, Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, Virtualization technologies

Windows XP Shutting Down after VMware update
Windows update on VMWare prompted reboot. I rebooted about 3-4 hours ago. I can shut it down but when I restart, it still indicates ‘Windows Shutting Down’. Is there a way to override this?

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  6:03 PM
VMware, Windows Update Manager, Windows Updates, Windows XP Error Messages, Windows XP rebooting

IT Knowledge Exchange’s iPad Contest Starts Today!
Today marks a new contest around IT Knowledge Exchange. The Lowdown (i.e. The Rules**) Every member who earns 500 knowledge points in the next 4 weeks (between today and Wednesday, February 16th) will be entered into a drawing for 5 names. You must have a completed profile including a photo or avatar to be eligible [...]

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server

Free IT Book: RAILS Antipatterns
This week’s free IT book, from the Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series, is RAILS Antipatterns: Best Practice Ruby on RAILS Refactoring. Answer one of the five questions listed below and leave the link to your answer in the discussion area. Hard disk and partition imaging backup software help Checking number of users logged into Exchange 2010 [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  6:59 PM
Desktop virtualization, Exchange 2010, Giveaways, IT Books, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Symantec Endpoint Protection, VDI

How does VDI handle IP addresses for each virtual desktop?
I’m setting up a test environment in VMware View, with Windows Vista and Windows SP. We use DHCP but each IP in the DHCP scope is reserved. Does the virtual desktop point back to the parent VM? How does VDI handle the IP address for each virtual desktop? Am I going to have to go [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  6:55 PM
Desktop virtualization, DHCP, IP Addresses, VDI, Virtualization strategies, VMware View, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Open IT Forum: Who is deploying desktop virtualization?
Are you deploying desktop virtualization in the enterprise? If not, why not? If so, what hardware and software are you using/do you recommend?

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  5:58 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Open IT Forum, Virtualization strategies

Profiling traffic associated with virtual machines
If I wanted to profile traffic associated with virtual machines using MAC addresses, what services would you suggest?

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  5:38 PM
Desktop virtualization, MAC address, Traffic management, Virtual machine manager, Virtual machine monitor, Virtual Machines

Which is better: Microsoft App-V or Citrix XenApp?
There’s a lot of hype about Microsoft’s App-V as an alternative to XenApp. What are the differences and pros and cons? Any opinions or experiences in the community?

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  5:31 PM
App-V, Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Open IT Forum, Virtualization, Virtualization software, XenApp

Suggestions for desktop virtualization resources
We’re compiling a list of the best desktop virtualization resources, from books to software to hardware. What are your top picks (or least favorites)?

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  8:35 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, ITKE Community, ITKE Feedback, Open IT Forum, Virtualization software, Virtualization technologies

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

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

Best solution for deploying Linux virtual desktop
I’m looking to replace Windows XP client that’s used only for web applications & mail with Linux/Ubunutu virtual desktop using a thin client or old PC. I’d like to have failover and balancing capability and a simple UI. Any suggestions?

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  5:09 PM
Desktop virtualization, Failover, Linux, Linux Virtual Server, Thin clients, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, Windows XP clients

How to find the questions that I have asked
Hi, Can anyone let me know where to find the question that I have asked..

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  4:59 PM
IT answers, IT Knowledge Questions, ITKE, ITKE Feedback, VMware

Disabling virtual memory on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can I disable virtual memory AKA the swap file on a Windows Server 2008 R2 that is a 64 bit Os with 64 GB of memory?

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  2:56 PM
64-bit Servers, Memory management, Virtual memory, Virtual Memory Management, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Securing a virtualized network
What’s new out there in securing a virtual network? I’ve done some research and found ALTOR but they’ve been purchased by Juniper so their product may soon be intergrated with their routers and switches. I’m looking for a defense in depth solution to my question.

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  6:35 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Security hardware, Security products, Virtualization

VMware ESX 3.5 and DS3400, Vcenter stop seeing datastores
we have a DS3400 and a Blade with ESX 3.5, the vcenter stops seeing the datastores, but the virtual machines still working. we don´t know what is going on? any comments

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  3:23 PM
ESX 3.5, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX DataStore