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Best practice for moving VM to new server?

Both hosts are Windows Server 2003 running VMware Server 2. I would like to move a VM from one of these Windows Server 2003 hosts to the other - and would appreciate if someone would list a step-by-step or point me in the right direction to preserve everything. Thank you very much. Moderator...

View Answer   |  Apr 2 2009  7:46 PM GMT
VMware Server 2, VM appliance, Windows Server 2003
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

How can I recieve e-mail to 2 different exchange domains on 1 IP address

I do a lot of testing for customer installs. I have an sbs 2003, exchange 2003 domain setup for our office email. I also use VMware running sbs 2003 and exchange 2003 in a test environment. I would like to be able to test incomming e-mail on the test domain, without reconfiguring the...

View Answer   |  Apr 2 2009  6:59 PM GMT
Exchange 2003, VMware, SBS 2003
asked by NetSupport

  430 pts.

vranger backups

I recently updated vrangerpro to the most current version. Since the update I am getting errors that "Error: An error occurred during backup operations: Unable to launch the File Transfer Daemon process. The process has been launched by another application." The majority of the backups complete...

View Answer   |  Apr 2 2009  6:11 PM GMT
VMware, vRanger Pro, Backup
asked by Technochic

  40210 pts.

WinBind authentication with VMware host

I need to allow Active Directory users to authenticate to our VMware host running on Ubuntu. Would someone using Samba/WinBind share an example vmware-authd file or point me in the right direction? Thanks much. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

View Answer   |  Mar 31 2009  6:41 PM GMT
VMware, Authentication, Active Directory
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

3rd Party P2V Migration tools

The following question was recently asked by a user via e-mail: I'm looking to move 50 servers over to VMware Infrastructure 3 and I'm looking for the best, most cost-efficient 3rd party tools. What would you recommend?

View Answer   |  Mar 27 2009  8:48 PM GMT
P2V, P2V migrations, VMware
asked by JennyMack

  3330 pts.

Exchange 2003 Corrupt Mailstore in Virtualised Environment

Four weeks ago we experienced a corrupt mailstore on a Windows 2000, Exchange 2003 environment. The server had been snapshotted and was virtualused within VM3.0. It had ran clean for approx 1 year but serious errors commenced just prior to the mailstore failing to remount after a routine reboot. ...

View Answer   |  Mar 24 2009  8:58 AM GMT
Exchange, VMware, VReplicator
asked by Nomadion

  5 pts.

Unable to store emails with attachments into public folders

We are running Small Business Server 2003 SP2 on VMWare. We are using the exchange function of SBS and when we go to move an email from someone's mail box to a public folder if fails with an unknown error.

View Answer   |  Mar 19 2009  2:54 PM GMT
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2
asked by Jmanda

  5 pts.

VMware for Windows Vista (Virtual tool)

Hi, I have HP PAVILLION DV5 1002AU laptop with windows vista home sp1 operating system at a time of purchasing.now i am trying to install windows server 2003 but my laptop is not supporting any other OS.also drivers are not available on net.customer care also told me that it is not possible to...

View Answer   |  Mar 17 2009  2:52 AM GMT
VMware, Windows Server 2003, HP Pavilion dv5-1002au
asked by 28975089

  40 pts.

VMware ESXi 3.5 error when installing on IDE drive machine

I am trying to install VMware ESXi 3.5 on a machine with an IDE drive and am getting the following error message: “Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to”.

View Answer   |  Mar 10 2009  1:22 PM GMT
VMware ESXi 3.5, VMware, VMware ESXi error messages
asked by 123456

  250 pts.

VMware benchmarks for popular Linux distros

Can anyone point me to benchmarks or performance tests comparing the major flavors of Linux/OS with VMware? Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

View Answer   |  Mar 9 2009  7:31 PM GMT
VMware, Linux, Red Hat Linux
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

Intalling QTP on a VM Server

I want to install QTP on a VM Server. What are the advantages? Where can I find more details on this? Has anyone done this before?

View Answer   |  Mar 9 2009  7:21 PM GMT
VMware, QTP, QTP on VMware
asked by Rmaney

  5 pts.

Virtual Center Server and Double Take with ESXi Enterprise Version

Is anyone using Double Take to replicate their VC Server for ESXi? If so, how well does it work?

View Answer   |  Mar 5 2009  4:48 PM GMT
ESXi 3.5, Virtual Center, VMWare Virtual Center
asked by Quincy

  180 pts.

Running VMware on a macintosh -intelcore---)S 10.5.5

How do I get the number pad on the right side to work in the Vista side of my vmware????

Answer Question   |  Feb 27 2009  7:10 PM GMT
VMware, Macintosh operating system, Intelcore
asked by Cjharriff

  10 pts.

VMware ESXi

Does VMware ESXi allow you to virtualize a server that is already running on another box? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5

Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5 environment? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2009  7:56 PM GMT
VMware ESX 3.5, iSCSI SAN, VMware ESX
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

Minimum hardware specifications for a VCB proxy?

We use VMware Consolidated Backup with EMC Networker and have no problems when backing up virtual machines. But when mixing in VCB backups with regular network backups - then the VCB backups don't complete and we get a "Mount point already exists." Can someone tell me what the minimum hardware...

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2009  7:49 PM GMT
VCB proxy, VMware Consolidated Backup, EMC NetWorker 7.5
asked by BrentSheets

  6535 pts.

VMware admin working with Exchange admin

I'm the Exchange administrator at our organization. We'll be virtualizing Exchange soon, and I was wondering if anyone else works with another administrator for virtualizing Exchange. What are some techniques? Should I start ramping up on VMWare - which I don't know much about? Should he start...

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2009  8:32 AM GMT
VMware, Exchange Virtualization, VMware administration
asked by Nevermore929

  55 pts.

SBS 2003 stuck on applying settings (running VMware)

sbs 2003 stuck on applying settings also running vmware, 2Gb of ram, one each

View Answer   |  Feb 17 2009  10:55 PM GMT
VMware, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 configuration
asked by Tork2much

  5 pts.

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?

View Answer   |  Feb 13 2009  9:56 AM GMT
VMware, Xen, Intel Core i7
asked by Vanis

  35 pts.

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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...

View Answer   |  Feb 11 2009  5:17 PM GMT
Storage, DataCenter, VMware
asked by ITKE

  10345 pts.

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