Alternate site to download Windows 7 beta ?
I registered for the beta and got my product key, but I did not download the software when I had the chance, and now the download is no longer available. Do you know of an alternate site where I can download it for testing ? Also, have somebody installed it on VMWare server 2 (preferred) [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2009  3:02 PM
Microsoft downloads, Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual PC 2007, VMWare Server 2.0, Windows 7, Windows 7 Beta

Best IT solution for Home working
Hi. Is citrix based solution the best for remote working by employees in terms of information security.Are there any solutions which offer better infosec protection especially to prevent copying of data from screen shots

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2009  7:33 AM
Citrix, Remote access security, Remote desktop, Remote desktop management, Remote management, Remote users, Remote workers, Security policies

Help with Exchange 2003 SMTP virtual servers, connectors, and TLS security.
I’m having problems coming up with the right Exchange SMTP Virtual Server and SMTP connector configuration for our network, after we decom two of our Borderware routers. I’ll try to explain it as simple as possible: - We have all our internal email filtered, and this will be sent to an Exchange server in our [...]

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2010  2:31 AM
Bridgehead Server, DMZ SMTP, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, SMTP, SMTP connector, SMTP Virtual Server, Transport Layer Security

Hyper-V Manager console showing no virtual machines
when I launched the Hyper-V manager yesterday, I got this message “‘No virtual machines were found on this server’ under the Virtual Machine panel. I checked and found that the VHD still exist. Any help with troubleshooting? user submitted

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2009  3:55 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Error Messages, Hyper-V Manager, VHD, Virtual Hard Disk, Virtual Machines

Virtualization Xen and VMware combined
Arre there ways to combine VMW and Xen on single x86 socket multicore processor, whereby Xen and VMW are assigned for eg 2 cores each? Will this be feasible with Nehalm having multiple memory buses?

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2009  9:56 AM
Intel Core i7, Intel Nehalem, VMware, Xen

New Contest: ASK, Answer and win some Amazon.com gift cards
It’s that time again — a chance to win an Amazon.com gift certificate based on your activity in the IT Knowledge Exchange community! Remember: the more you ask, answer and discuss questions, the more Knowledge Points you will earn. (Only valid questions, answers and discussions will be counted towards your total.) The top 10 most [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2012  5:17 PM
AS/400, CIO, CRM, Data management, Database, DataCenter, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL, SQL Server, Storage, VMware, VoIP, Windows

Measuring SAN IOPS
How can I measure IOPS between the SAN and VMware ESX server, Windows server, AIX, SUN, HPUX and Linux?

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2009  3:39 PM
IOPS, SAN, SAN Performance, Server Performance, VMware

Efficiency differences between circuit switching and virtual switching
Which is more efficient: circuit switching or virtual circuit switching and why?

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2009  4:14 PM
Circuit switching, efficient, Network hardware, Networking, Switches, Switching, Switching equipment, virtual switch

Backing up entire virtual machines.
I want to backup all my virtual machines, as a whole. Not just files on a virtual machine, I want to grab the whole virtual machine. Is there a way to automate this? I have about 10 virtual servers, each has between 2-5 virtual machines running. I am using Hyper-V

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2009  3:57 PM
Backup, Hyper-V, Virtual Machines, Virtual Server Backup

Windows Server 2008 creating test VM’s with Hyper-V
I have setup Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64x on my desktop and have the Hyper-V feature enabled. Is it possible to create test virtual machines on it like XenServer 5.0 / XenDesktop and VMWare ESX 3i ? User Submitted

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2009  3:43 PM
Hyper-V, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX 3i, Windows Server 2008, Windows Virtualization, XenDesktop, XenServer

Is SATA II disks adequate for running VMs
I built a Hyper-V server, which has a 6 channel SATA II controller. I will use one disk to run he host OS (Windows 2008 Server Enterprise – Core) and will use the remaining 5 SATA II disks to run VMs on. In addition the system has the capacity to hold 32GB RAM, and has [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2009  10:17 AM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, SAS disks, SATA 2, SATA 2 disks, SATA hard drives, Serial Attached SCSI, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2008

Virtual Box Sharing Feature (Vista=Host, Kubuntu=Guest)
Dear IT KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE, How can I set up a shared folder between a Windows Vista Host and a Kubuntu Guest? I have seen many tutorials explaining the reverse (Host = Ubuntu, Guest = Windows). I wish to understand more on cross-desktop sharing. Thank you.

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2009  10:18 AM
Kubuntu, Linux shared folders, Shared folders, VirtualBox, Virtualization, Windows Vista

Looking for multi-vendor Storage Virtualization
Need a “simple concept” to do the SAN Interconnect based Storage virtualization on multi vendor basis / heterogeneous SAN sub system based. And how much this will be helpful on ROI? -Guru

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2009  9:47 AM
Network storage, NFS, SAN, Shared Network Storage, Storage ROI, Storage virtualization, Virtualization ROI/TCO

SAP Virtualization
Anyone other then us virtualizing SAP with multiple Virtualization tools?

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  9:02 PM
SAP Virtualization, VMware, Xenserver 5

VMware virtual center in Backup Exec 12
After adding our VirtualCenter on ESX servers any click to it gets a timeout after a few minutes. Can’t select or browse for any VMs. We are using the newest version of esx an Virtual Center.

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  4:10 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, VMWare Virtual Center

VMware virtual infrastructure and Backup exec 12.5 error
I have just installed Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure on my BackupExec 12.5 server. I have added Virtual Center Server and now am trying to browse it to select what virtual machines to backup but cant connect to VC

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  4:03 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, VMware, VMWare Virtual Infrastructure

VNC
I want to setup vnc over a few computers which all have ADSL connections. I never used VNC before and would like to set it up so that those computers can connect to each other for remote desktop sharing.

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  3:10 PM
ADSL, Remote Computers, Remote Network Management, VNC

How to virtuliaze the desktop server running applications in very less time
I wanted to know how to make a desktop which is used as server running several applications a virtuazed server as i have heard it doesn’t take much time may take 5minutes. Regards, Anil C.R

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  7:19 AM
Learning Guides, Server virtualization, Virtualization and the hypervisor, Virtualization how-tos, Virtualization platforms

Active directory issue
When we originally went to our 2000/2003 AD domain we had 1 DC that had all the FSMO roles. I have since then transferred all the roles to another server. I want to down the original server long enough to convert it to a virtual server but when I down it all of our user’s [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  8:46 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2000, Active Directory 2003, Domain Controller, Virtual Server, Windows Server 2003

VNC without or with domain
I want to setup vnc over adsl and some 3g connections over a distance on several computers. Is it needed to configure them as domain controllers or can they be connected just like that? Can someone please help me with the connection setup etc. Tnx Toit

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  10:42 AM
3G, Domain Controller, Virtual Network Computing, VNC