Fedora 9 in a window
Is there anyway to cause my fedora 9 vmware appliance to display in a “full” window as opposed to a small one that is apparently the default?

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2008  11:26 PM
Fedora Linux, VMware

How to Virtualise a legacy Windows NT server
We have an old Windows NT server that is running some legacy software. How can I virtualise this server to vmware? Are there some utils that will allow me to convert from the physical box to virtual machine. This is running windows NT sp4 thanks in advance for your help

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2008  5:25 PM
Server virtualization, VMware, Windows NT Server

deploying a virtual demo
I want the ability to send a single file to my remote staff to upgrade their laptops with our latest demo versions. The ‘virtualized’ environment file must contain our application server, a database server and the client, along with all the configured application and data files. I’ve tried MS Virtual PC and found it slow [...]

Answer Question   |  August 11, 2008  9:31 PM
Virtual PC, Virtualization, VMware

Your opinion needed on blade server setup for a small company
Hi! I’m the Sys Admin for a small (50 employees) company. We’re currently running off of a couple of Dell 2850s, a 6600 for SQL and a few other various machines for web server, intranet, etc. We recently partnered with a new company. They are pushing me to setup a blade server (mostly because they [...]

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2008  6:09 PM
Blade servers, Dell 2850, SAN, SMB, Systems Channel, VMware

VMWare ESX What are the advantages in booting from a SAN
What are the advantages in booting VMWare ESX from a SAN. Are there any potential issues i should expect? Thanks

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2008  2:04 PM
SAN, VMware, VMware ESX

How to run virtual machine in MacBook created in external harddisk from PC running Windows XP Home?
I wanted to transfer my Windows XP Home applications and setup to my MacBook running on Leopard OS. After using the free VMware Converter on my PC to create a virtual machine (VM) in an external harddisk and copying it to my MacBook, I realised something else is needed to run it. Do I need [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2012  2:31 AM
Leopard, OS installation/upgrades, Virtual machine software, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Player

vmware infrastructure and migrating vlans between hosts
I have a set of hosts in a cluster and I need vlans on all of them, but the only way to get the vlans on all of them is to manually set them up on each. Is there a way to migrate all the vlans to each and only enter them once?

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2008  7:18 PM
VLAN, VMware, VMware ESX

VMWare vs. Virtual Server 2005
Hello, I am looking to deploy a virtual environment that can contain multiple machines (50+), have the machines networked inside the virtual environment, and be accessed remotely by two or more simultaneous users. This is primarily going to be used as a training and test environment. So the remote access and virtual networking capability are [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  2:29 AM
Remote access, Virtual networking, Virtual Server 2005, Virtualization, VMware

Server VMWARE is a routing group master but a connection to port 25 cannot be established from the workstation where this tool is running
I’m new to exchange server installation.I completed Installation after running ExBPA It showed me two errors Could you please let me how can I resolve these 1.Server VMWARE is a routing group master but a connection to port 25 cannot be established from the workstation where this tool is running 2.Do running Exchange 2003 on [...]

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2008  6:15 PM
ExBPA, Exchange 2003, VMware

installation of sql server 2005 in vmware
I am trying to install sql server 2005 in vmware with scripts but failed. Script is running successfully, but nothing is shown in sql server configuratin manager.

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2011  9:42 AM
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server Configuration Manager, VMware

Installing VMWARE 10.6
Error 25009. Setup failed to create the vmware group and user account on this system

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2008  4:18 AM
Error 25009, VMware, VMWare 10.6

How to fix this proble, i have installe VMWARE in Host Server 2003 EP, and configure it as AD, then the host was configured as Backup AD?
VMWERE as configure as AD, and host Server later configure as BACKUP AD, when I try to reboot the host server can not login to VMWARE any more, any one please help?

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  3:16 AM
Active Directory backup, AD, Backup, Host Server, Virtualization, VMware

How many physical host can be in a VMware ESX 3.0.2 cluster?
How many physical host can be in a VMware ESX 3.0.2 cluster?

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2008  5:30 PM
Host-based virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX

Virtual Storage Help
I am looking into the virtual storage arena but I am not sure who to look at. I have looked at Lefthand, equalogics, DataCore, and Falconstor. Any input would be appreciated as I need to start looking at what will work with our 5TB SAN. EverlearningOne

Answer Question   |  July 15, 2008  3:02 PM
DataCore, EqualLogic, FalconStor, LeftHand Networks, SAN, Virtual storage, VMware

Setting up ESX servers
I have two new ESX servers. I have enterprise VM and I can see that Vmotion is licensed, but it says not used and under the summary it lists Vmotion as not enabled. I have two NICs on my VMkernal for redundnacy. One is running the console. What am I missing?

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2009  6:35 PM
VMotion, VMware, VMware ESX

I am plannign for a virtual server esx 3.0.2 in dell 2950 with 24gb ram,dual quad core process and 1.5 tb hdd.WIll i can easily accomodate 10 server
I am plannign for a virtual server esx 3.0.2 in dell 2950 with 24gb ram,dual quad core process and 1.5 tb hdd.WIll i can easily accomodate 10 server with mixture of app servers and database sql servers ? i m confused about the practical knowledge of implementing maximum number of servers in this environment

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  3:51 PM
Virtual Servers, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware Planning

Pros and cons of running SQL Server 2005 through virtualization on VMWare
I have been asked to provide pros and cons for running SQL Server 2005 on one hardware (VMWare) for multiple groups of DBAs. The proposed plan is to have SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition with system administrators managing the server and DBAs not allowed to logon directly to the server (only through the Management Studio [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  4:52 PM
SQL Server 2005, Virtualization, VMware

What is the best environment to run VMWare on?
What is the best environment to run VMWare on? Anyone have any experience or guides? Thanks

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2008  7:25 PM
Virtualization, VMware

VMWARE guest creation using a template
OK I made a template and all is good, I just need to figure out how to get the deployed server from template to use a different name and not the name of the server used in the template. Sysprep I thought I read somewhere takes care of that but what exactly are the steps? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2008  7:18 PM
NIC, VMware, VMware templates

How can VMware VI3 servers be clustered?
I want to Cluster 2 ESX VI3 Servers. Should I use Veritas Cluster for ESX or VMware HA? I am told that VMware HA does not protect from individual VM failures whereas veritas does.

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2008  2:11 PM
High Availability, Learning Guides, VI3, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization how-tos, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware Infrastructure 3