October 2007
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
Cold Migrate errors
Describes two major errors with cold migration. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
More configuration tips for VMware on Windows Server 2003: Windows series
If you've followed this series, you've already installed VMware. But now you need to configure your new software. In this installment, Kutz teaches you how to do just that. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to enable mail logging and secure the mail server for VMware on Windows Server 2003: Windows ser
SMTP is the topic of part five of this series. Enabling mail logging and securing the mail server is an important part of running VMware Server. Learn how in this tip. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to secure Windows Server 2003 for VMware and install IIS: Windows series
VMware Server: Some assembly required. Never fear, expert Andrew Kutz is here -- read this eight-part tip and be the IT pro in the know on getting VMware up and running. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
Services, networking and RAID: VMware Server on Linux series
Part two of Andrew Kutz's VMware on Linux series covers VMware Services, executables, physical host servers, RAID and networking. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to install a guest OS with VMware on Linux: Linux series
After creating a virtual machine, the final step is installing a guest operating system. Andrew Kutz shows you how in the final installment of the VMware on Linux series. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to install a guest OS in VMware on Windows Server 2003: Windows series
The finish line is in site. That means it's time to install a guest operating system on VMware Server. Read this tip for Andrew Kutz's instructions. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to obtain, configure and use VMotion and how VMotion works
VMotion is about migrating a virtual machine from one ESX host to another without incurring downtime. This how-to explains how to obtain and configure VMotion, what its appropriate usage scenarios are and how VMotion technology actually works. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
How to install and prepare Linux for VMware: Linux series
Before you can start running virtual machines, you have to install Linux and prep it for VMware. Find out how in part three of this series. Continue Reading
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
VMware Server on Linux - Getting started guide
In the first of the VMware Server on Linux series, site expert Andrew Kutz explains the parameters of the guide and describes how VMware Server works. Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
Leveraging the VI3 SDK with .NET, part one - Understanding the VI3 SDK
The preferred mechanism for programmatically interacting with VI3 is the SDK, not the commands available in the ESX COS (such as the suite of commands prefixed with "esxcfg" found in /usr/sbin). The SDK is very powerful, and its power can be ... Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
How to create a virtual machine with VMware on Linux: Linux series
In this tip, Andrew Kutz teaches you how to create you first virtual machine for VMware Server on Linux, complete with screenshots. Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
Leveraging the VI3 SDK with .NET, part two
The best tool to interact programmatically with VI3 is the SDK. The SDK is very powerful and its power can be harnessed with another equally powerful tool, .NET. In this tip, Andrew Kutz describes how to leverage the VI3 SDK with .NET using C#. Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
VMware Server how-to: Clean up snapshot files to free disk space
Frustrated with how much space your virtual machines demand? Read this tip by Andrew Kutz and learn how to recover some virtual hard disk space. Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
VMware ESX Server guest OS performance tips, part two
In part two of this series, learn why you should pay attention to VM-to-host placement, use remote access with caution, monitor CPU and memory usage and remove unnecessary virtual hardware. Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
Certificates and the VMware Infrastructure 3 SDK
The components of VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3), ESX 3 and Virtual Center 2 (VC2) all run a Tomcat Web server that provides access to the VI3 SDK. This server restricts access to the SDK via SSL and uses self-signed certificates from VMware. This ... Continue Reading
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October 18, 2007
18
Oct'07
Get virtualization availability via Windows clustering, VMware HA and more
There are a variety of ways to accomplish varying levels of availability among your virtual servers depending on how important they are, and they fall into different places along the availability continuum. Continue Reading
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October 16, 2007
16
Oct'07
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) script additions
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) provides image-level backup of virtual machines and file-level backups of Windows VMs by hooking into existing backup solutions such as Veritas BackupExec. But the scripts Veritas BackupExec uses to interact with VCB... Continue Reading
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October 11, 2007
11
Oct'07
How VMware works: Windows series
This guide provides instructions for installing, configuring (with a focus on high security) and maintaining a successful production instance of VMware Server on Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Continue Reading
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October 11, 2007
11
Oct'07
How to install VMware Server: A screencast
This screencast will cover the requirements for installing the product and then will walk through the basic installation process to get you up and running quickly. Continue Reading