If I report e.g. one second of CPU time used by Windows running as a guest under ESX how much CPU time is reported by ESX? Is it more, less or the same? Software/Hardware used: Windows, ESX
VMware ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5, are the vm guest machines getting it IP address from the HOST NIC card (on a DHCP LAN) by a created Bridge networking bonding.
What are you currently using for your virtual machine backups, particularly with VMWare? One of the writers over on SearchDataBackup recently virtual agents rather than the APIs VMWare and others have been rolling out, and I'm wondering if that's true with ITKErs as well. Software/Hardware used:...
How do I enable SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server Software/Hardware used: vmware esx 3.5, SNMP
Hi Guys, I am hoping that someone out there can help me with this. I have a ESX 3.5 server with 5 systems on it, ranging from XP to Server 2k3, some of the systems are powered on and some are not. When I connect to the server through Infrastructure Client, after about 10 minutes I get disconnected....
We are interested in being able to allocate costs for vm’s back to cost centers. We use some vmware esx and xenserver in limited instances. Are there any third party tools out there that can take usage data from both of these platforms to give us one consolidated view of utilization - time...
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We have a large number of VM's on ESX today. What tools do I have available to migrate these VMs from ESX to Hyper-V? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.
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It seems that Microsoft has made significant strides in catching up with VMware. Besides cost, what would be the advantage of using Hyper-V and SCVMM vs ESX/vSphere infrastructure? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.
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We have virtualized a number of our servers (with VMWare) and updated our CA Arcserve backup software. Arcserve suggest having a backup proxy server and a backup server. I have installed VCB on the backup proxy server. This is right out of CA's installation manual: Software/Hardware used: Server...
After Hyper-V R2 goes GA, do you think VMware ESX will lower its price? Why or why not? Hannah Drake and Bridget Botelho discussed this, among other topics (including what's ahead at VMWorld) with John Gilmartin of VMware -- you can listen to the podcast here.
How are the networking stacks better in Hyper-V than in ESX? This question is from the 7/30 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
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Is there a way to migrate VMs from ESX to Hyper-V (easily)? This question is from the 7/30 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
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I have VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 server and i am accessing it from VMware infrastructure client version 2.5.0. I created a new virtual machine with french windows xp sp2 using LSI logic controller following the instructions on the below link: ...
Looking for a centralised file server application which runs on Linux flavour OS.Would like to know what is the disk size capacity which an ESX can hold at the maximum and also the maximum disk size a paticular linux vm can hold ?
Jason Tramer pointed out on his blog today that though you can downgrade vSphere licenses to ESX 3-equivalent licenses, but vSphere essentials licenses cannot be downgraded, and you must use them with vSphere. Have you run into this issue? Will this knowledge affect any purchasing decisions in the...
At my place of work we recently started using vmare esx server 3.5, all was ok until recently when most of the thin clients started slowing down. these are full machines created virtually on the server. Now what is the cause of the machines running slow? How do i install an antivirus on the server...


