Vsphere installation
I have downloaded the trail version of Vsphere from VMware Site on to My PC. I want to install it. Is it mandatory to have dedicated Server for running V sphere in your P.C? Please guide regarding the installation of VSPHERE.

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  7:37 AM
VMware, vSphere, vSphere Installation

Packing and Unpacking Xen tarballs
Using vmware I have a generic machine file that I use to quickly stand  up a vm  then customize as I need.  It’s a tgz that I use and occasionally unpack and  patch to keep the OS on the generic vm up to date. I’m looking to be able to do that with Xen, but [...]

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2010  7:29 PM
opensuse, VMware, Xen, XenMotion

PIP1 socket file not getting created
I am trying to connect the VMWare serial console from my ESX host. The steps I followed: 1. 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: [...]

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2010  2:50 PM
ESX, ESX Host, Socket, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX

Which vCloud Express provider do you use?
There are currently five vCloud Express providers on the market — if you use vCloud Express, which platform did you choose and why?

Answer Question   |  March 29, 2010  8:38 PM
vCloud, vCloud Express, VMware, VMware vCloud Express

Data Guard implementation for Oracle 10gR2
I am making a standby database for dataguard on 10.2.0(windows 2003 VmWare) following this tutorial. I am confused about the standby database creation. I successfully configured the PD with these steps, but I simply ran the oradim command for the standby databae creation then mounted the database using pfile. What do I have to do [...]

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2009  1:57 PM
Dataguard, VMware, Windows Server 2003

VM WORKSTATION 6.5
Does VM Workstation 6.5 support MAC platforms? Or is a different software

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2009  6:28 PM
VMware, VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation 6.5

VMware ESXi backup solutions
Looking for a backup solution for esxi 4. Doesnt have to be free but needs to be reliable

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2010  3:31 PM
Backup, VMware, VMware ESXI 4.0, VMware ESXi backup

VSphere 4.0 Upgrade
Hi, I would like to know what is involved in upgrading VMware ESX server 3.5 to VSphere 4.0. Any recommendations on best practices of doing this? Here is a list of questions that I would like to know What steps are involved for the upgrade process? How does the upgrade process work?  If something goes [...]

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2009  6:39 PM
VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, vSphere 4.0, vSphere Upgrade

How are you backing up your virtual machines?
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.

Answer Question   |  January 4, 2010  4:39 PM
Open IT Forum, VMware, VMware ESX, vSphere 4

VMware backtracking on vSphere Enterprise Edition phaseout
As you may have read, VMware is backtracking on its end-of-availability for vSphere Enterprise Edition, extending its availability indefinitely. Are you confused about it? Relieved? Has this announcement affected your decisionmaking process for upgrades in the future?

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2009  6:17 PM
Open IT Forum, VMware, vSphere, vSphere 4.0

Virtualize external OS hard drive
I have a hard drive that has an operating system on that was backed up using Acronis.  I would like to make this hard drive a virtual machine so I can use it for testing on VMWare or Virtual PC.  I don’t have the original machine the hard drive was backed up on so could [...]

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2009  9:46 PM
Acronis True Image, Virtual machine management, Virtual Machines, Virtual PC, VMware

Add new hard drive in ESXi 4
I’ve installed ESXi 4 on a 40gb ATA drive.  I’ve also added two 1tb Hitachi SATA drives using the controller on an ASUS M4A785-M motherboard.  How do I format those two drive to make them available as datastores for virtual machines?

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  8:47 PM
ESXi 4, SATA, VMware, VMware ESXi

Windows Server 2008 with VMware Domain Controller migration
I am currently upgrading our network with a windows server 2008 and VMware. I have 2 Domin Controllers. Server09 and Server11. Server09 is also the DHCP server. I want to move the Domain Control off Server11 and Server09 to the new Server 2008 My Question is if the new server 2008 is attached too the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2009  2:21 PM
Domain Controller, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Datastore on ReadyNAS NV+ disconnects
I have VMserver 2.0 running and have one of my VMs on a datastore on a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+, when ever I reboot the VMserver the server loses the connection to the NAS and the VM can’t be found. I’ve had to resort to deleting the now missing inaccessable VM, removing the datastore and then [...]

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2009  1:37 PM
datastore, NAS, ReadyNAS, VMware, VMWare Server 2.0

Evaluating HP, Dell, IBM Solutions for small VMware deployment
Gday All, Currently doing some research for a solution to consolidate our 6 or so servers using VMware. We are looking to implement HA, DRS and VMotion. Our budget for the hardware is about $30K AUD and we currently have 10 users. We have the following server roles to consolidate and they are running on [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2009  8:08 AM
Blade Centre S, Dell, DRS, HP, IBM, SAS, Virtualization Hardware, VMotion, VMware, VMware Deployment, VMware HA

which is the best virtualization for my scenario?
Hi All, We are having 15 desktops used for around 30 users.The users only need to store thier exchnage email account in outlook and will use VPN (window s/thirdparty) clients and need internet. all are running on windows platform.   We are planning to increase the no of users and we need to  make this scenario [...]

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2009  4:59 AM
Enterprise Virtualization, Terminal Server, Thin client, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

How do I configure VMware guestOS(s) to talk to Vista Home Premium as a Host to access DB2 or any other database?
Greetings all, I have a Vista home premium 64-bit, 4GB AMD ram, etc on a HP pavillion Laptop. My goal is to work with DB2 in testing advanced features such as replication, federation, failover and data partitioning (DPF). I want to do all of this with one physical machine (a spare office laptop) hence I want [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  9:28 PM
DB2 replication, Linux servers, Network connectivity, Vista, Vista Home premium 64-bit, VMware, Windows Server 2003

How do I enable SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server?
How do I enable SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  8:14 PM
SNMP, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

Active Directory and VMWare
I installed VMware on the server which is running AD (domain Controller), for some new applications eg.HRIS.But the clients who are using this client software are being affected.Everytime their accounts are locked out what could be the problem could it be the VMware affecting it.It started when i installed VMware.AM running Windows server 2003 on [...]

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2009  1:31 PM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, VMware

Buying Laptop to Run Vmware Workstation
I am planning to buy a laptop. I will primarily run VM Workstation 6 or sometimes VM ware Server on it with one or two guest O/S ( Mostly Linux / Sun Solaris 32 bit for i386). Do you think the below configuration would be enough Intel core 2 duo , 4 GB , 320 [...]

Answer Question   |  September 30, 2009  4:25 PM
VDI, Virtual Desktop, VMware