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Virtual Server Setup
I am new to virtualization and was just wondering what is the best way to go on a setup. I want to have a virtual server with many instances running (for home lab use). If I use Ubuntu Server as the host OS then which virtual software should I use: hyper-v, vmware, or virtualbox? Also, Is Ubuntu Server a good OS to run as…
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New VMware VCAP-DCA exam release date
This may be of interest to current VCP4 holders, or those preparing for VCP4: VMware Training and Certification: Exclusive: VCAP-DCA exam release date Scott.
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VCP-410 Passed
Well, I guess the title says it all. After being kinda late with the VCP3 and just about getting it in before the deadline in March, I'm happy to have got this one done before ESX5 is out :D . I'm just hoping dynamik and astorrs didn't make any bets, but I'll gratefully accept a beer or two :) I used the VMware pdf manuals…
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Jumbo Frames in ESXi 4.x and Licensing
I'm using the free ESXi 4.0 and I ma wondering what teh different ways to enable Jumbo Frames for iSCSI are. Also, what are the management licensing options that are open to me? RCLI and SSH are just killing me.
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FAUmachine (or other highly-configurable VM environment)
Has anyone experience with using the FAUmachine Open Source Virtual Machine project? I'm looking for a VM environment that's highly configurable down to the vitualized hardware level. I need to fool the drivers installed in an OS image into perceiving they are installed on compatible hardware (CPU, NIC, video, sound,…
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Boot to cd esx3.5
hey guys I am a moron I forgot how to boot into a vm once made with the Infrastructure client. I believe we have 2.5 version. I did this: 1. made vm 2. set the option on boot up to boot into BIOS set boot sequence to boot to CD/ROM first then hard drive. pressed F10 to save 3. boots to virtual network card hit ctrl C…
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GNS3 with real hardware
This would probably be a good place to talk about implementing a virtual router with real physical hardware. I am currently trying to implement a CCNA: Voice lab, but am having a hard time getting GNS3 to interact with other networking equipment. So far this is what I want to have done. 3625 CME Router -> 2900XL Switch ->…
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how to relink a vm to Infras Client?
hey guys I am just learning VM Infrastructure client. We have ver 2.5. Okay, I backed up some vms from the datacenter to my local PC. Okay. Something went wrong with a vm. So I said to myself cool I have a backup. So I deleted the files inside the vm instance folder in the datacenter browse window. So I thought if I copy…
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ESXI reallocate Harddrive memory?
hey guys when you delete a vm or two doesn't esxi 3.5 delete that vm and free up physical hard drive space again? I do not see it doing that on our Esxi server?
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DC FSMO considerations in a virtualized environment?
Do you guys have any recommendations on places I can read up on this? We currently have a Citrix Xenserver deployment, 2 servers in a pool, 2 TB SAN. Out primary DC (and all the FSMO roles) is running on hardware that is literally 9 years old (Dell PE6450). I want this moved. My options are the second physical DC, a PE 860…
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Virtual NAS
Hi. I found a couple of good boxes that meet my requirements for creating VMs. I want to eventually create a SQL Server failover cluster from two of the VMs I'll use for labbing for my MCITP: EA. (The SQL Server cluster is a secondary project...not necessarily going for certs on SQL (though I will in the future). From what…
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Interested in virtualization, what basic certs to get besides VMWare?
Hello all, What a great forum this is, glad I found it. Background - I have a 4 year degree in Information Systems from a university and 7 years of experience in systems administration, mainly Windows 2000/XP, hardware and networking. Some security, database and web development experience too. My goal is to get a VMWare…
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VMware Converter and dynamic disks
We currently have VMware Server 2.0 with many VM's and are trying to convert everything so that it runs on our new ESX box. The VMware Converter works for everything except a few of our servers are setup to grow dynamically and from what ive seen the the converter doesnt support it. Have any of you experienced it and ifso…
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Exam Query
Please could someone explain the differences between the Exam 70-659 and the Exam 70-652. I've ordered a book (cheaply) on the 652 as below but may have bought the wrong one? MCTS Self-Placed Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server Virtualization Book/CD Package" Danielle Ruest; Paperback; £7.98 Thanks
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VCP exam upgrade
I remember reading something in the posts about VM upgrading the VCP exam to include the update 1. Has anybody heard anything more on this? I'm slated to take the VCP-410 exam on 9/24. I emailed my instructor this question but have not heard back yet. Thanks
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Hyper-V R2 iSCSI Pass-thru Disk Performance
I'm working with a client and ran into a puzzling issue with disk performance using pass-thru disks and iSCSI on Hyper-V R2. Here's the setup: 2 Hyper-V R2 standalone physical servers (H1 and H2) All storage is iSCSI using MCS for load balancing to an EMC Celerra VHDs for virtual OS drives Pass-thru disks for other storage…
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Thin client question
Do people use VMWARE 4.0 to do thin client apps? and do you think a t1 that is bonded to a t2 will be fine for thin clients. we have 4 branches. 1 corp and 3 satalite branches. all the branches go thru the corp office firewall. we have say 25 PCs at each branch. do you think a t1 that is T2 bonded will be enough speed for…
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Hyper-V -- Book suggestions
Just getting in to Hyper-V and wanted to know what book recommendations are out there? Might take a look at the MS Press book for the 70-652 but wondered if there is anything better for learning and working with Hyper-V. Thanks.
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Host and guest OS ends up with same IP address
For some reason the host and guest OS ends up getting the same IP address sometimes, the connectivity mode in VMware workstation for the VM is bridged. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening? Both browsers( Firefox and IE) on the host OS just give a blank page when this happens(glad I found out today what's causing…
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question about running multiple versions of VMware Workstation
It is possible to have two versions of VMware Workstation installed? I'm asking because I wanted to try out Workstation 7 without uninstalling 6.5.
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Monitor VMware with Nagios
Any of you use Nagios to monitor your VMware systems? We are on ESXi/vShepre 4.0. Would love to know what you use, even if you don't use Nagios, and if you do use Nagios how you do it.
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VMware
when trying to get more hands on with VmWare, what kind of hardware did you guys installed on? Wondering if I need a play box to install and run it. Getting some calls from some jobs (3 in the past 12 days), but all 3 had VMware experience on it. Wanted to install ESXi. Or whatever is the best choice version to get hands…
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VMWare noob here...
Where do you get the image files / licenses for the OS's that you run in VMWare? I would assume you have to purchase licenses just like any other software, but didn't know how to go about getting them etc.
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Hyper-V R2 component architecture map
Download details: Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V Component Architecture This should give a nice overview/step-by-step for those looking to learn Hyper-V and see how things happen with it. Official link broke: Look here for a zoomable and downloadable verison http://seadragon.com/view/12u8
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SNMP and VMFS
I have a monitoring software running which monitors all sort of server / services of 100s of server (alerts via SMS etc.) Does anyone know how I can monitor the VMFS partition via SNMP ? I don't mean sending traps (push) but rather pull the information for each header (also ones which aren't connected to a vcenter) ?
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VCP Home Lab
TE, I'm interested in using ESXi and learning more about VMWare. Right now I have a pretty good understanding of ESX and how it works, but I'd like to learn more. A little background... I've been using VMWare at home for probably 6 or so years now. I was a really big fan of VMWare Server when it was an application. I…
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VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance Course
Has anyone here been through this class, yet? I just found out that my employer is sending me to it next month, which puts me on the path for a VCAP certification whenever the tests become available. VMware Education Services
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Looking for a good VMware course provider in NY.
Got my hands on some funds and before $$ slips away I would like to subscribe for a good VMware vSphere training provider in New York City. By "good traning provider" I mean: decent SAN/NAS, hardware and lab. Any suggestions?
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VMware VCP Certification
Hi, I checked the VMWare website for their certification and there it was mentioned that you need to complete their course and give the certification for being VCP certified. But their course fees are around $3500+taxes which is a bit too much. What i wanted to figure out is, whether it is possible to give the VCP…
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Esxi
we only have like 7 to 8 vms on our esxi lic. version what is the big differences between the paid? 1. is there a limit on the free how many vms you make? 2. and I can convert Esxi lic version 3.5 vms to the free esxi edition is that possible to convert. I think i asked this question before but just making sure i can…
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openQRM
Anybody use openQRM for managing VMWare Server or ESX? Before I dig into openQRM myself, I'd like to know of other people's impressions, trials, and tribulations with using it.
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The name <server name> already exists
I tried to add a host to a cluster but I typed the wrong password. Now when I tried again to add the host it gives me the error The host is obviously nowhere to see just yet so probably just managed to get into the database but that is pretty much it .. Anyone knows how to remove that host cleanly so I can re-add it ?
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VCP course $ Questions
It looks like if I want to get VCP I am going to have to pay for the course on my own. I am currently implementing Two ESX Servers V-center with Netapp storage 10 TB raw. 1. What / where is the most economical option for taking this course? 2. With only haveing done one implementation and obtaining the the cert (also only…
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Passed the VCP410 Today!
The VMware exam is so straight-forward, the instructor of my class that I attended last week is a great instructor his name is Chris McCain. He's the author of the book Mastering VMware Infrastructure 3. He gave a great study guide which was awesome for passing the exam with flying colors.
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vim.fault.NotFound: No virtual machine found - WTH?
Trying to shutdown some VMs through the command prompt and receive this on some VMsvim.fault.NotFound: No virtual machine found with name: ./4c5c2446-0a0951d4-f1c3-003048f5af08/Replicated-23/Replicated-23.vmx But# ls -ls ./4c5c2446-0a0951d4-f1c3-003048f5af08/Replicated-23total 8944000 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 Aug 9…
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Question about VMware Certified Professional certification
I thinking about getting this one.. How tough is the test from other certifications. Appreciate any feedback.. Thank You.
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about vsphere4 certification
Hi Our It departement will sooner goes to virtualisation. I wonder , how to prepare a certification on virtualisation. Asking friends they suggest that i go with Vsphere certification ; i'm asking for advice about vsphere 4 certification; please Please do asap i'm in needed
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Considering 70-693 in a Couple of Weeks
I think I need another MCITP. Client scheduling changes have left me with a couple of empty weeks this month so I think I will take a shot at the 693 before the end of August. For those of you who have taken it, what was your opinion of the exam? I trying to determine how much effort is needed and what I need to cover to…
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Virtualization and Cisco
Anyone here use as Cisco Nexus 1000v? It looks extra sweet. I kind of want to download the trail and play with it in ESXi. Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches - Cisco Systems
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VMWARE Conversion keeps failing
Hi Guys, I am currently converting a windows server 2003 box into an ESX guest VM, all my settings are correct I login to the esxi 4.0.0 node which is using an EMC storage node, I then provide all my credentials it looks like everything is okay the conversion process starts but somehow it just fails on the status bar,…
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VCP410 -- passed!!!
Well after a lot of studying and labbing, I took and passed the VCP410 yesterday!! It was my second attempt... my first attempt was at a horrible test center a week earlier, and the PC I was using crashed and my progress couldn't be recovered, so I had to reschedule (at a good test center). Resources used: VMware vSphere:…
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Need Help Setting Up Your ESX 4 Lab?
While looking around the net for tips on getting my lab together with Workstation 7 I found Roggy's videos. He has done an excellent job of taking you through the steps to set up * DNS * 2 ESX 4 hosts * vCenter * Openfiler If you are a visual learner, as I am, these walk-throughs are a great resource. Thanks Roggy! vSphere…
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Should I Attend Vsphere Training without any experience
Hi Guys, Would It benefit me to sit for Vmware training now before actually getting a job that demands it? I'm going to be working my way up the IT job world, hopefully on the Network Security side. The training costs 700$ in my Country. I've been reading Scott Lowe's Mastering Vmware Vsphere 4 book and and messing with a…
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Thin-client vs Zero-client vs Desktop Streaming setup.
We are in a process of setting up a computer lab (25 workstations) and looking into "new eco/green" technologies as an option. It's going to be our pilot run, and if it works out well we might be moving entire school (30 site branches and almost 1800 workstations) to new setups in the near future, 2-4 years. I am looking…
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Virtualization Learning
For someone looking to learn more about Vmware/Virtualization has anyone read this book? Amazon.com: Mastering VMware vSphere 4 (Computer/Tech) (9780470481387): Scott I also looked at this book as well to help me learn about the security aspects of virtualization: Amazon.com: VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure…
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VMware training and certification news - July 22nd
Here's a few items from the world of VMware from the last couple of weeks: - vSphere version 4.1 released - tons of new and updated features - VCP exam blueprint updated - reflects 4.1 release - VCAP-DCA exam blueprint updated - exam tasks will be applicable to 4.0 and 4.1 - vSphere: Install Configure Manage course -…
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VMWare Certification
Quick question. I'm currently looking for another job in IT - and I keep repeatedly getting asked if I have experience with VMware. We don't run VMWare at the place I currently work (we don't use Virtualisation at all) so I currently have to say no. I've had a quick dig to see how I can get certified in VMWare and learn…
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VCP-410 - Passed!
Exam was fair. On par with most of the MS exams I have taken, but not as difficult as the Cisco CCNA. All of the questions were multiple choice, no simulations or hotspot. Registration is done through VUE and costs only $131.25 if you use discount code VMUGH209. I was concerned there would be VSphere 4.1 questions;…
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Upcoming VMWare Webcasts
Got this in the mail today Register Now for Upcoming Webcasts Datacenter Solutions Simplify IT infrastructure and create a more dynamic, flexible datacenter while reducing capital and operating expenses. Building an Internal Cloud with VMware vSphere and Dell EqualLogic Storage August 3rd, 9:00 a.m. PT Virtualization with…
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VMware Instructor
Hi All, I've just joined up as a member on here, and I thought I'd just say hello... I'm a VMware Certified Instructor working for Global Knowledge in the UK, and I help out on the official VMware community forums on certification and education matters. I also run my own blog and website, packed full of information on the…
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Hyper-V, are you SERIOUS?
Brand new shiny PCI-E SSD installed in my test Hyper-V R2 box. Low-level format with 4k sector size. Windows sees it fine, mounts it fine. Copy a few template VHD's to it. Duplicate them, friggin screaming fast. Create new VM based on existing template VHD - all is fine up until I click "finish. Google says Hyper-V doesn't…
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Oracle VM Virtualbox
My Sun Virtual box did an update the last time I used it. Now none of my old VM's I had created will work. Does anyone have any info on what exactly was changed and why I'm having this problem.
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Steve Herrod, VMware's CTO, Introduces VMware vShere 4.1
This is pretty cool. Watch the 3 1/2 minute video from the link below. Memory compression – This brings more efficiency out of the hardware. Since memory is normally the bottleneck on VM’s with this new technology they can insert themselves between the virtual machine and the RAM and compress some of the pages before they…
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Legacy USB devices with VMWare?
Does VMWare work with legacy USB devices connected to the host machine? I want to use a console cable from my laptop to my Cisco device but I do not have any serial ports so I picked up a USB to serial adapter. Unfortunatly, because the drivers are not digitally signed, Windows 7 will not let me use the device. I tried a…
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Guided Consolidation not working
This is doing my head-in ... This is a work group environment. The credentials configured have permission to logon as service, has full WMI permissions and is local administrator. It seems to be able to gather the CPU and Memory details but I still get this : The odd thing is that I can't find any logs either ... Anyone…
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VMWare Workstation Student discount?
I recall reading in an earlier thread, which I can't locate, that VMWare Workstation is available at a discount for students. How do we get this discount? I have the 1 Workstation I got through WGU but wish to purchase another to have it available on my laptop.
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VMware ESXi 4.0 and USB Wireless Network Adapter?
So I have Backtrack installed in a VM. I have searched google for the past 3 hours and I give up. I am trying to get my USB Wireless Network Adapter working. The closes information I got was to check Configuration -> Hardware -> Advanced Settings and configure Passthrough. This isn't an option as it says "Host does not…
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VMadmin - am I smoking crack?
So I've done variaous levels of "support" over the years. From tradefloor/deskside to production. While the pay is good, I'm tired and I really want to move into a new direction, namely an administrative type role. While I've never held a title as an "admin" before, I do have some exposure. At previous employer I have…
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Request letter to company for training, your opinion?
The situation is we are implementing Vsphere 4.0 at my plant (major fortune 500) We have a guy up north that is our Vmware guru and he is great, helps me alot, but I believe training is the way to go for our local level. So I wrote this letter to my boss and his (after talking with my boss about it of course) and wanted to…
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70-403 Experience
Passed this one today. My thoughts echo those of Claymoore in that you could kinda see the exam designers running out of ideas for questions, and for this reason I can see why this exam isn't included on the MCITP:Virtualization path as they can just drop a few questions into the others that are. I was out in around 45…
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70-403 SCVMM 2008 Resources
Resources and Study Guide for the Mcirosoft exam 70-403 TS: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Configuring Recommended Reading Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server Virtualization. (The book contains chapters for the 403 SCVMM exam as…
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64bit chip can't run 64bit Virtual OS?
I have a 3.4ghz Pentium D 64bit chip... but it doesn't support VT technology. Therefore I cannot install Server Enterprise 64bit on it! Couple Questions: -If I buy a chip that does, say a dual or quadcore intel does my motherboard also have to support VT/Virtual Instructions? I have an asus p5rd2-vm which has a horrid…
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vRanger Pro vs Veeam vs ???
Looking for your opinions on the latest versions of vRanger Pro and veeam Backup, if you have any experience with either. I'm in dire need of changing our VM backup strategy and I have some $$$ to spend :) I'm currently starting to evaluate vRanger 4.5 and Symantec Netbackup's vStorage backup functionality that is included…
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iSCSI shared storage in a Citrix Xenserver 5.5 Pool?
We had one server running Xenserver 5.5 with iSCSI storage to our Netapp. This has been working fine. So I finally got the ok to wipe another server to set up a pool. It integrated fine except I have a red exclamation point over my Netapp iSCSI SR. If I right click and hit repair I get a message that VM1 is connected and…
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vSphere 4.1 ?
4.0u1 seems to have an iSCSI bug which a Dell engineer mentioned when using the built-in one and we desperatly want to wait with the new cluster (using Dell SANs) until we have the new Dell firmware and vSphere release. Did ANYONE heard ANYTHING about a release date ? Dell intends to release a new firmware which works with…
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P2V trouble WIN2K Server
Ok, I am lost here. This is what I did P2v win2k machine into my Vmware Vsphere 4 environment, running two esx servers and one V-center server. running on Dl380 G6 quad cores with hyper threading. 48 GB of mem. NFS Storage to Netapp appliance, Netapp currently on different network (waiting on new one) and my storage…
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VCAP - now that sounds interesting
Tempted to scrap my idea of getting Exchange certified ... being VCP3/4 that makes much more sense :) VMware Introduces New Certifications to Recognize Advanced Virtualization Skills among Customers and Partners
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XenServer Question
Hello Everyone, I have a couple design questions I was hoping someone would be able to help with. -I've configured 2 blades with XenServer 5.6 and added them to a resource pool. I need to add a storage repository now and was wondering should I add storage to each server or to the pool that will hold my VM's. Since I want…
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Best Practises in using replicated volumes in vSphere 4.0
I have a bit of trouble to test a proper DRS scenario. We have a vSphere cluster setup with two PS4000 series SANs. Scenario Maybe it is worth to mention that we are not Enterprise VSPP partner and we currently do not have the Site Recovery Manager available. Anyway, both SANs have multiple LUNs configured which are…
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Mass editing vmx files to include uuid.action
It seems that uuid.action cannot be added using setconfig and vmware-cmd Now using a single command I can add this line into a VMX, for exampleecho 'uuid.action = "move"' >> EQL1-Vol1/VM-02/VM-02.vmx I am trying to find a way to mass do this using 'find' and 'exec'. Something likefind . -name '*.vmx' -exec vmware-cmd -s…
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Vmware workstation
Is Vmware workstation worth picking up or for most purposes is virtualbox ok? I am considering picking up a copy with my student discount. Any thoughts?
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VM workstation and Hyper-V
I have ESX set up and running in VMworkstation. It's pretty slick what you can do with this :) I tried doing the same for Server 2008 R2. While I can install it fine, when I try to add Hyper-V as a feature, it has a fit. I changed the CPU to IntelVT, but that didn't do the trick. Is there a way to get this running inside…
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VMWare server noob problems
I just installed VMWare Server and can't seem to get it to work. Are there some settings I need to make somewhere to get it to work. I get, from diagnostics "name" is not set up to establish a connection on port "###" on this computer How do I set this up? (I used name and ### instaed of my own identifiers.)
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New VMware certs
VMware has released two new certs: VMware Education Services VCAP = VMware Certified Advanced Professional * Datacenter Administrator * Datacenter Design You must get your VCP prior to VCAP. Anyone going to do this?
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Seeking Advice: DataCenter Consolidation w/VMWare
Looking for advice about taking on consolidating about 150 servers and around 20TB storage in a datacenter. I think I'm finally going to give in and take a real look at consolidating our datacenter with VMWare. I've always wanted to use open source, but I've always had issues that turned me away, so I'm giving in to VMWare…
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Passed VCP 410!
I took the test on Thursday and passed with a 444! I took the VMWare training course back in March! Very excited.
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Adding wireless network interface to VMWare Workstation
Question- How would I add a wireless usb adapter as a second network interface to a vm. I know this is probably simple I've just never done it before. It's for labbing for my 70-642 connecting to networks chapter.
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Free Virtualization Software (P2V/V2P/V2V) Until 5/24
License software - free backup, partition freeware, data recovery Paragon Virtualization Manager Personal - Overview Via EH
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that "ESX workstation ready" website
There was a link floating around somewhere with a link to machines that were ESX friendly, and I can't find it. Anyone remember the link?
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VirtualBox 3.2 new features
VirtualBox 3.2 came out a couple days ago with some impressive new features, including memory ballooning, TPS, and hot add/remove CPU. These aren't in the GUI yet, so check the manual. The change log (with links to the relevant manual entries) is here: Changelog - VirtualBox
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Install, Configure, Manage Class
Was wondering who has attending this class? I'm looking at doing it in June. I saw the class info on VMWare's page. How intense is the class? Is it a ton of information jammed into the four days? Would you consider it to be heavier on the lab side or the lecture side? Any other comments would be cool. Thanks.
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669 Beta Score Reports are Out
Got a 750 I already knew I passed, but it was closer than I expected. Using the report as an estimate, I got about a 700 on MED-V, 750 on the RDS and App-V sections, and an 800 on VDI. Surprising that my best section was the one in which I had no experience. Maybe enough people struggled that the resultant question pool…
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VMWare workstation Team not cooperating
I have a team set up. They were working fine until I try to get internet connectivity. Do teams work differently than individual VM's? I had to bridge the VM's in the team to get them to communicate with each other. When I was working with individual VM's I just bridged and voila internet connectivity. What am I missing…
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Cisco UCS.... Starting VCP4 Req.
Hey Everyone, I'm starting the training for the Cisco UCS FE designation and one of the requirements is the VCP4. Today marks my first day of test prep for the VCP4, and this website has already provided me with a ton of great resources (thank you for that)!! Anyone else either just start studying for VCP4 or plan to start…
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VCP410...Passed
Got a 438. Here's what I used: 1) Daily administration of a vSphere environment 2) Mastering vSphere 4 book 3) All documentation listed at VMware's site 4) Miscellaneous blog posts and vmtn posts Now what do I do?? Good luck to others pursuing the cert!!
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VMware internet access
I just installed both a server 2003 vm and a xp vm. Neither one of them can open a webpage, however they can ping and receive a response. The correct place is responding too, so why can't I get to the site? I tried resetting the winsock, but that didn't do anything.
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659 Beta Exam Report
I took the exam this afternoon and I am quite impressed with level of knowledge reuired. I expected it to be more concerned with the basics of Hyper-V and VMM but it was very, very heavy on Enterprise level knowledge. You need to understand clustering and iSCSI pretty well, for example. I am fairly sure I did not pass.
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Vmware converter
I have a small company, roughly 10 users. They are closing their main office down and want to be completely remote/home based. It's not for a lack of money or anything, it's just a centralized model doesn't make sense now days for them. I am planning on dropping Win7 ultimate on their laptops/tablets and a couple 2008R2…
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ESX & Vcenter installation
I have two new Dl380 G6 servers with 48Gb of memory and 250GB drive space in a raid 10 array and a Server for Vcenter, database to be housed remote. I have been speaking with my company resource for Vmware and he says there is a forum called RTFM or something to that effect that details some really good best practices for…
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70-669 Desktop Virtualization future testers
This will probably be a good primer for you Desktop Virtualization Hour
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VCP410...Passed!
after 3 months of studying....Passed!. I've attended the Fast Track after 2 months of solid study....Kept studying for another 1 month and attended the test. Now....Pint please!
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Citrix vs Terminal Services vs VMWare
We're evaluating desktop virtualization options for our clients. We have one on Terminal Services, and another on Citrix Access Essentials. Citrix is kind of neat, but is quite complex to configure. You almost need to be a Citrix guru to make it do what you want, while Terminal Services feels much more intuitive. We have…
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Suggestions on virtual software
I am using windows 7 and I would like to try out the new ubuntu on it but dont want a dual boot. I was thinking of running it on vmware or virtual box or something like that. What do you guys suggest? Also, since I am just trying it out, don't want to buy anything as the company will not allow it. Thank you.
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Openfiler Question
Hi all, I bought a used server to have a play around with VmWare ESXi. It didn't come with any scsi drives. I have a laptop with about 100GB free memory which I was thinking of installing openfiler on. I don't know much about it yet. Would I still need to buy a scsi drive and then use the laptop with openfiler as extra…
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Question on maximizing Virtual PC performance
Hello folks. Host OS is Win XP SP3 with 2 GB physical RAM. When running virtual machines, I have found I am limited to 1 GB RAM total. For example, I can have 4 VMs running if they only have 256 MB each or 1 VM running with 768 MB and another with 256 MB but can't get past 1 GB total for virtual machines. Does anybody have…
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VMWare Player ?
I just checked my WGU VMWare account and they added VMWare Player to the account. I've checked through a few threads here trying to find more info on it and got very little. I was just wondering if anyone here uses it or has used it and some of the basics : Hardware requirements, why I would want to use it and what it is…
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Vmware Server and performance Issue
Hardware HP laptop 3GB memory, Intel core 2 Duo CPU p8700 @ 2.53GhZ, shows as two processors. Currently using Vmware server latest version (downloaded a month ago), running 1 VM server 2003, 320Mb memory, currently using 140 of that. Running Vcenter server inside it now to test out P2V features. *ISSUE* This config seems…
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Looking for Virtualization Experts
Thanks to JD Murray for letting me post this! PrepLogic is looking for writers and technical editors again. We'd like to talk to subject matter experts with VMware products, specifically VCP4s (or experts with vSphere 4). If you're interested in writing or editing for us, please feel free to send an email to:…
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CVE4 vs VCP 4?
I'm confused, what is this CVE4 cert? I have a group offering the class (5 days, 8 hours) nearby, and I thought it was for the VCP4, but it's for a CVE4?? Ultimate Bootcamp - VMware Training - vSphere 4.0 - CVE 4.0 Certification That is a link to the 'brand' that is offering it at a different location. The cost is $3k for…
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70-669 Desktop Virtualization beta - results are in!
I better go take 70-693 so I can wrap up the MCITP:VA. :D