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How to setup private/public networks on VMWare

Vmnewbie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:04:29 +0000

Like to connect one NIC card to a public switch so everyone can access that server, and another NIC connects to a private switch (network) to access the private network. Right now after install ESXi 4, only the pubic link works. Anything I need to configure in VMWare to make it work? Thanks!
-Steve

Windows Server 2008 R2 classic start menu

Jeffrey7562 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:12:37 +0000

how do I set up the classic start menu in windows 2008 server r2. We used to be able to go to properties of taskbar and select classic menu but not in window 2008 server. is there a way to recreate this?

Server virtualization

Troubleshooter24 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:31:06 +0000

I want to purchase a server to virtualize 10 other servers. What specs should I be looking for in the machine? What do I NEED to do virtualization? Do some chips support it and other don’t?

Small Business Server 2008

Hoser — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:02:04 +0000

Does anyone know if there will be an R2 version of Small Business Server 2008?

Most of our customers fall into the SMB category, with the emphasis on Small. Our organization pretty much functions as the complete IT department for these companies. Because of cost and features, they are all running one version or another of Microsoft Small Business Server and almost all are currently running on SBS 2003 R2. RWW has been a godsend for solving server and desktop problems and offers reduced costs to the customer and better time utilization for our staff. Definitely a win-win situation for all of us. We plan to be doing upgrades to the SBS 2008 platform for most of them over the next few months. But we do not want our customers to get stuck with the non-R2 product if an R2 version release is imminent.

In our office networks in both offices, we are running instances of SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008 and the full version of Server 2008 R2, both in stand-alone modes and as virtual servers on a single Hyper-V R2 platform. The 2008 products are most impressive but as of yet, there is no R2 version of the SBS 2008 product (at least as far as we know) and therefore some of the features provided in the full Server 2008 R2 product are missing in the SBS 2008 platform. I have been unable to determine if there ever will be an R2 version of SBS 2008 and if so, when. MS has been less than forthcoming with this information, so I’m hoping that someone such as you guys might have better information sources than those of us who are merely selling and supporting those products. Any information that you could provide us would be most appreciated.

Jim Sheehy

President United Channel, Inc; Sequel Data Systems, Inc

Reno, NV; Anaheim, CA

jsheehy@unitedchannel.com

RHCE server virtualization certification

Carrier — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:42:52 +0000

sir,
I am RHCE certified,please guide me regarding virtualization of server.certification regarding this.
thanks
Rikki Raj

Virtualizing SQL

greg08 — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:05:45 +0000

Is it possible to run SQL Server 2000 on a VM on a workstation? If so, anything special to consider?

Configuring VM with Multiple Cores

Sebeticus — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:27:40 +0000

I have a gulftown 6 core processor, running Windows 7 as my host OS. I’m new to VMWare and have a few questions bout using multiple cores. I’m installing Ubuntu 10.4, the 32 bit version.

1. If I specify 1 processor with 4 cores for the virtual machine does that mean Ubuntu can use 4 of my cores?

2. Are cores reserved explicitly for vmware or are they shared with my windows processes?

3. When configuring a new vm I can specify the number of processors and the number of cores. From a vm perspective, what’s the difference? Both are essentially multiple processors.

Thanks in advance.

Total throughput on the iSCSI interface (between server and storage)

IHFL — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:45:00 +0000

If i put 4 No. 10/100/1000 ethernet ports on server as well as on storage and i connect and configure teaming of the ethernet ports; what troughput i should get from it.

i) 4 GBPS throughput.

ii) Less than 4 GBPS throughput and why less.?

Does anyone use a multiple IE program or Virtualization?

ITKE — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:48:06 +0000

For years I’ve been meaning to download and install a program that allows multiple IEs to be used for testing web design/development. Does anyone have experience with these – or use virtualization to achieve the same thing?
Treadsoft’s Multiple IE – around for years, but doesn’t allowing test on IE7 and IE8
Edskes Software’s (“Internet Explorer Collection”) – looks too good to be true … IE 1 through IE8!.
IETester – buggy, some crucial features have problems.
Virtual desktops have also been recommended

Is there a way to virtualize such that applications can be installed in virtualization layers over a core system?

ITKE — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:43:41 +0000

Sometimes I need to install a particular setup for testing… I’ve used virtual machines for this. The ease of compartmentalizing the installation of unstable software and drivers made me wonder if there is a straightforward way to generate a new virtualized layer of my own machine, whenever I want to install a collection of potentially risky or unstable apps. Essentially, stack the installs using only files that would be changed or created in the base system to define the VM. That way, unstable setups and complicated special purpose configurations could be turned on and off as if they were layers of a photoshop image.