How to connect to database inside VMWare from the web applications
Hi All, I have VMWare in my desktop which contains the Oracle database. And in general my desktop is in network with the server having web based applications. Now I want to fetch the data from this VMWare database in my application. Can we establish JDBC connection from the application to this database. Can we [...]
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| July 21, 2010 12:34 PM
DSN connection, Java Database, JDBC, Oracle Database, VMware, Web Dynpro
Hi All, I have VMWare in my desktop which contains the Oracle database. And in general my desktop is in network with the server having web based applications. Now I want to fetch the data from this VMWare database in my application. Can we establish JDBC connection from the application to this database. Can we [...]
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| July 21, 2010 12:34 PM
DSN connection, Java Database, JDBC, Oracle Database, VMware, Web Dynpro
error 25009 in vmware
error 25009. setup failed to create the vmware group and user account on this system
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| July 7, 2010 9:08 AM
VMware, VMWare Error 25009, VMware error messages
error 25009. setup failed to create the vmware group and user account on this system
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| July 7, 2010 9:08 AM
VMware, VMWare Error 25009, VMware error messages
Importing physical computer to esx server problem
Hi. I tryed import phisical server to esx server. I get error Import Machine 10.10.1.156 Failed to take snapshot of a source volume. Possible causes include not having any NTFS volumes on Windows XP or Windows 2003 source systems, and not having enough free disk space. domainadministrator VMM 05.07.2010 12:45:27 05.07.2010 12:45:27 05.07.2010 12:47:01 Error [...]
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| July 19, 2010 8:20 AM
ESX 4.0, VMware, VMware configuration, VMware error messages, VMware ESX 4.0
Hi. I tryed import phisical server to esx server. I get error Import Machine 10.10.1.156 Failed to take snapshot of a source volume. Possible causes include not having any NTFS volumes on Windows XP or Windows 2003 source systems, and not having enough free disk space. domainadministrator VMM 05.07.2010 12:45:27 05.07.2010 12:45:27 05.07.2010 12:47:01 Error [...]
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| July 19, 2010 8:20 AM
ESX 4.0, VMware, VMware configuration, VMware error messages, VMware ESX 4.0
VMWare, Windows, Deduplication, Defragmentation: Bad combo?
I was in a meeting the other day talking about our VMWare implementation and one of our Windows engineers brought up a comment that I wanted to throw out to everyone. He was told by a VMWare engineer that if you run Windows defragmenation on the virtual server while also are using de-duplication on the [...]
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| July 29, 2010 8:12 PM
Deduplication, Defragmentation, Storage in 2010, VMware
I was in a meeting the other day talking about our VMWare implementation and one of our Windows engineers brought up a comment that I wanted to throw out to everyone. He was told by a VMWare engineer that if you run Windows defragmenation on the virtual server while also are using de-duplication on the [...]
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| July 29, 2010 8:12 PM
Deduplication, Defragmentation, Storage in 2010, VMware
Force Remote Desktop logoff after specified time
I have set the parameters through both gpedit.msc for Computer as well as User and have even tried to do this through regedit, but they are being ignored. I’ve set time limit of 1 minute to disconnect a terminal services connection for a) disconnected session, b) idle session, c) session time limit. However, the session [...]
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| June 17, 2010 3:58 PM
RegEdit, Remote desktop, Terminal Services Client Control, VMware, VMware Server, Windows XP
I have set the parameters through both gpedit.msc for Computer as well as User and have even tried to do this through regedit, but they are being ignored. I’ve set time limit of 1 minute to disconnect a terminal services connection for a) disconnected session, b) idle session, c) session time limit. However, the session [...]
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| June 17, 2010 3:58 PM
RegEdit, Remote desktop, Terminal Services Client Control, VMware, VMware Server, Windows XP
Configuring VM with Multiple Cores
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 [...]
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| June 9, 2010 6:27 PM
Multi-core processors, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Windows 7
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 [...]
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| June 9, 2010 6:27 PM
Multi-core processors, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Windows 7
Starting VM as an executable with as low overhead as possible
Is there a solution to create a virtual machine and start it by having an executable file, that will start the machine? If possible to start as quickly as possible. Strange situation? Not at all. Read on… Real life scenario Since we can’t have domain controller on a non-server OS it would be nice to [...]
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| June 1, 2010 2:49 PM
Domain Controller, Virtual machine manager, Virtualization, Virtualization in 2010, VMware
Is there a solution to create a virtual machine and start it by having an executable file, that will start the machine? If possible to start as quickly as possible. Strange situation? Not at all. Read on… Real life scenario Since we can’t have domain controller on a non-server OS it would be nice to [...]
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| June 1, 2010 2:49 PM
Domain Controller, Virtual machine manager, Virtualization, Virtualization in 2010, VMware
Do you know costs and hardware requirements to virtualize development and testing phase?
I need to configure the development environment in a VM, cloning it in 3-4 copies. I thought to use VMware server on a Windows XP host and to build 3-4 client (scalable dimension). Each machine needs 2 GB Ram and dual core CPU. I’ll use this lab in my intranet. Is the VMware license free [...]
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| May 20, 2010 7:07 PM
Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare License, VMware Server, Windows XP
I need to configure the development environment in a VM, cloning it in 3-4 copies. I thought to use VMware server on a Windows XP host and to build 3-4 client (scalable dimension). Each machine needs 2 GB Ram and dual core CPU. I’ll use this lab in my intranet. Is the VMware license free [...]
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| May 20, 2010 7:07 PM
Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare License, VMware Server, Windows XP
VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC that support to deploy 64 bit OS
I have a 64 bit hardware machine and I have installed 64 bit windows server 2003 R2. Now I want to install VMWARE or virtual PC on that machine to deploy exchange 2007. I have used many versions, but all are 32 bit virtualization support. I need to install 64 bit OS on that particular [...]
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| May 19, 2010 2:36 PM
Exchange 2007, Virtual PC, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Windows Server 2003
I have a 64 bit hardware machine and I have installed 64 bit windows server 2003 R2. Now I want to install VMWARE or virtual PC on that machine to deploy exchange 2007. I have used many versions, but all are 32 bit virtualization support. I need to install 64 bit OS on that particular [...]
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| May 19, 2010 2:36 PM
Exchange 2007, Virtual PC, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Windows Server 2003
How to best consolidate 5 or 6 physical PC servers into one and save on total cost?
For typically small (departmental) environments consisting of 5 physical PC servers (more or less) running departmental applications, what would be the best server consolidation approach ? Do we use server virtualization ? Do we use SAN or NAS ? Would VMWare or Citrix Xen be best suited for this? What’s Microsoft’s approach to this ? [...]
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| May 20, 2010 2:23 PM
Server consolidation, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Xen
For typically small (departmental) environments consisting of 5 physical PC servers (more or less) running departmental applications, what would be the best server consolidation approach ? Do we use server virtualization ? Do we use SAN or NAS ? Would VMWare or Citrix Xen be best suited for this? What’s Microsoft’s approach to this ? [...]
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| May 20, 2010 2:23 PM
Server consolidation, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Xen
Site reference to justify Hyper-V in production environment
I’m thinking of proposing Hyper-V instead of VMWare to save cost. We don’t need advance features like VMotion or Live Migration, only the virtualization capability. I would need a reference site to justify the proposal to convince the management that Hyper-V is stable and that other companies have implemented it in their data centers. Can [...]
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| May 18, 2010 2:17 PM
Hyper-V, Virtualization in 2010, Virtualization software, VMware
I’m thinking of proposing Hyper-V instead of VMWare to save cost. We don’t need advance features like VMotion or Live Migration, only the virtualization capability. I would need a reference site to justify the proposal to convince the management that Hyper-V is stable and that other companies have implemented it in their data centers. Can [...]
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| May 18, 2010 2:17 PM
Hyper-V, Virtualization in 2010, Virtualization software, VMware
VMWare or Xen?
I want to construct a small private cloud with the following configuration: Servers: commodity 1Us as far as possible. Running almost exclusively Linux/Apache to serve web pages. A few Windows machines in a cluster running SQL server. Three Linux machines in a cluster running Vertica. Multiple developers in multiple locations globally running assorted dev products. [...]
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| May 19, 2010 2:15 PM
Infrastructure management, Infrastructure services, Private Cloud, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Xen
I want to construct a small private cloud with the following configuration: Servers: commodity 1Us as far as possible. Running almost exclusively Linux/Apache to serve web pages. A few Windows machines in a cluster running SQL server. Three Linux machines in a cluster running Vertica. Multiple developers in multiple locations globally running assorted dev products. [...]
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| May 19, 2010 2:15 PM
Infrastructure management, Infrastructure services, Private Cloud, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, Xen
ESX 3.5i Console Access
How do you get to the login prompt on the physical console? I can press <f1> but it only appears to display console messages. It does not give me the login prompt.
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| May 19, 2010 7:20 PM
ESX 3.5, VMware, VMware Console Errors, VMware error messages, VMware ESX 3.5
How do you get to the login prompt on the physical console? I can press <f1> but it only appears to display console messages. It does not give me the login prompt.
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| May 19, 2010 7:20 PM
ESX 3.5, VMware, VMware Console Errors, VMware error messages, VMware ESX 3.5
Licensing problems when virtualizing servers?
I’ve talked to several people who’ve run into licensing restrictions when virtualizing their environments, and was wondering if this is a common headache? I know Cisco’s changed some recent policies which have affected testing platforms, but was wondering if anyone else has run into problems, either with keys or just keeping in line with their [...]
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| May 19, 2010 4:18 PM
Cisco IOS, Cisco Licensing, Virtualization, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare License
I’ve talked to several people who’ve run into licensing restrictions when virtualizing their environments, and was wondering if this is a common headache? I know Cisco’s changed some recent policies which have affected testing platforms, but was wondering if anyone else has run into problems, either with keys or just keeping in line with their [...]
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| May 19, 2010 4:18 PM
Cisco IOS, Cisco Licensing, Virtualization, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare License
Does VMWare open any new security holes?
I wonder if someone might point me at something that illustrates the additional problems of securing something like VMWare? Assuming that all servers are maintained with firewalls, AV etc, that they are properly administered by a minimum number of staff and that that same minimum number have control over the virtual infrastructure itself then where [...]
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| May 13, 2010 5:43 PM
Hyper-V, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare security, XenServer
I wonder if someone might point me at something that illustrates the additional problems of securing something like VMWare? Assuming that all servers are maintained with firewalls, AV etc, that they are properly administered by a minimum number of staff and that that same minimum number have control over the virtual infrastructure itself then where [...]
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| May 13, 2010 5:43 PM
Hyper-V, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMWare security, XenServer
Connecting to VMWare console from ESX
I was trying to connect the vmware serial console from my esx host. Steps I followed: Made the changes into the virtual machine properties. serialport 1: use named pipe pipe name : /vmfs/volumes/Storage1/vm1/pipe1 near end : server far end : the virtual machine issue: the pip1 socket [...]
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| May 12, 2010 5:42 PM
ESX Host, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMware configuration
I was trying to connect the vmware serial console from my esx host. Steps I followed: Made the changes into the virtual machine properties. serialport 1: use named pipe pipe name : /vmfs/volumes/Storage1/vm1/pipe1 near end : server far end : the virtual machine issue: the pip1 socket [...]
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| May 12, 2010 5:42 PM
ESX Host, Virtualization in 2010, VMware, VMware configuration
Seperate VMware Infrastructure for Linux?
We have a fairly large deployment of Windows guests (a few thousand) in our VMware environment and are starting to grow our Linux (Red Hat and Suse) population. Since our Linux servers are normally larger (4 processor Plus) and would leverage different code in shared memory would it make sense to deploy seperate farms for [...]
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| May 6, 2010 3:11 PM
Redhat Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware, VMware infrastructure, VMware on Linux, VMware vSphere, vSphere Installation
We have a fairly large deployment of Windows guests (a few thousand) in our VMware environment and are starting to grow our Linux (Red Hat and Suse) population. Since our Linux servers are normally larger (4 processor Plus) and would leverage different code in shared memory would it make sense to deploy seperate farms for [...]
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| May 6, 2010 3:11 PM
Redhat Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware, VMware infrastructure, VMware on Linux, VMware vSphere, vSphere Installation
Is it possible to connect both ports into the same VMware ESX server?
Is it possible to connect both ports into the same VMware ESX server?
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| April 20, 2010 9:21 AM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMWare Port Connection
Is it possible to connect both ports into the same VMware ESX server?
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| April 20, 2010 9:21 AM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMWare Port Connection
New Member contest: Win a free iPad
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| February 7, 2011 6:34 PM
Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Developement, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Notes, Mobile, Network connectivity, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, VMware, VoIP, Windows
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| February 7, 2011 6:34 PM
Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Developement, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Notes, Mobile, Network connectivity, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, VMware, VoIP, Windows
vmware net management
what products are used to monitor the activities in vmware platforms
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| October 17, 2010 7:25 PM
Network monitoring, VMware, VMware administration
what products are used to monitor the activities in vmware platforms
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| October 17, 2010 7:25 PM
Network monitoring, VMware, VMware administration
