On which parameter , the no of concurrent virtual machines running on a citrix xen server 4.0(Enterprise edition) is dependent ?
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 ?
I have installed the vmware and when i inserted the linux red hat cd i got in the book then rebooted the vmware and i get this message no bootable device was detectected and Cannot connect virtual device floppy0. No corresponding device is available on the host. Would you like an attempt to be made [...]
How much performance loss is attributed to virtual machines (VMs) compared to stand alone servers? A VM server cannot be lossless because the VM software itself should consume some hardware resources.
Could you offer some step-by-step advice on how to get started on a virtualization pilot?
What are the key security implications of moving to virtualization in the data center?
Dear All, We have a dedicated server and I have to set-up a virtual hosting environment where multiple domains will be set-up (with apache, mail servers and the rest) for my clients. Because it is a shared-IP environment all zones will have records that will point to the shared IP. My question is the following: [...]
Can anyone please explain in easy to understand english how I can install win98se, from a Win98se installation cd(not virtual) and a win98se boot floppy? I have fdisked the virtual drive (c:) and formatted it. I now get an error “cannot create a temporary directory. If you have HPFS or NTFS installed on your hard [...]
Gartner Inc. analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald believe that Microsoft Windows is aging like a prize fighter — it still packs a punch, but certainly can’t make its way around the ring like it used to. Silver and MacDonald believe that in an increasingly mobile and global workplace, a one size fits all solution [...]
On SearchSystemsChannel.com, systems expert Hilary Cotter says that Microsoft has done its homework with Hyper-V to make it competitive with VMware ESX. But some VMware partners say Hyper-V has a lot of growing up to do before it can take on VMware. Who’s right? Which one should VARs recommend to their clients?
@ my facility, I have a Dell 2950 running ESX 3.5. It is hosting 4 VMs, 1 XP and 3 W2K3 servers. On average it is utilized about 1/3 of it capability. I want to use on of the W2K3 VMs to run BackupExec 12 on to back up my server rack to a PowerVault [...]
We have four Citrix servers and when our users connect we have to manually map their drives each time they connect to a different server. Once you have connected to all of them the drives are always visible, but for new employees the process is tedious and frustrating. is there a script we can write [...]
What is a vendor source for generic virtualization training (risk perspective)?
I have list of employee numbers. We create IDs on AS400 based on employee numbers. I want to compare if the employee numbers which I have, have the IDs on the AS400 system. If anyone has any script, where I an input the numbers and run it such that I get a result if those [...]
There has been a lot of words printed and spoken about Green IT: There are power and cooling savings that can be realized. It can be used as an entree to virtualization — if your shop isn’t already there. But are the proposed benefits of Green IT lip service? Are there actual ROI benefits of [...]
We have installed a SQL server on Windows 2003 virtual server and there were performance issues. Will oracle 10g make a significant difference in terms of performance? Are there known issues concerning 10g DB running on Microsoft 2003 virtual server? thanks
What is the difference between the terminal server and Citrix server?
I’m running MS Virtual PC in VMWare Player so that I can use usb devices. These devices aren’t supported when just operating MS Virtual PC. My problem is that when I click Player into full screen mode the image of my hosted OS desktop remains at the size it was when Player was in its [...]
We are using Exchange 2003 server and would like to run IMAP services. Whenever I try to start the services I get an error reading: Error26 The specified module cannot be found. How can I fix this problem? Thanks, Sal
Got a technical challenge that I need help on Customer: An organization that trains radiologists Situation: They certify radiologists to use computer based radiology tools at their site in Northern VA. Radiologists come in from across the US to get certified. Each radiologist wants to get advanced training on the tool that he has at [...]





