So, this is my second day working with totally converting from having and Vmware hypervisor. You can read the Day One blog here. Today I was task to install a few vm guests, totally wipe my main Vista x64 desktop and install Fedora 12 with KVM. Again I choose the base install during the...
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I made and went forth with the decision to convert to Fedora 12 and the KVM hypervisor. This decision was not easy but hey... change is not always bad right? I just wanted to see how the KVM hypervisor and tools compared to Vmware VI3 and vShpere 4.
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This video show an HA cluster setup in vCenter 4 using Openfiler 2.3.
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Sun Virtualbox is out with a major update version 3.0. I have blogged before about how much I like Virtualbox over Vmware when it comes to Linux desktop virtualization. VirtualBox is not only supported on Linux though. VirtualBox has support for Windows, Linux, and OS X. VirtualBox also comes in 32bit and 64bit version.
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A few week ago the WAN guys came to me about these new Riverbed hardware appliances that can host vmware guests. If you don’t know Riverbed has a great products for WAN optimization. Our WAN team deploys these Steelhead hardware appliances, models vary, in redundant pairs and it’s really worked well in our company and has enhanced...
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I have this running on a ubuntu 904 x64 system running virtualbox. Installed hyperv standalone vm guest fine. Installed window 2008 vm guest fine but could not enable hyper v. The video show what happened when i tried to connect to the stand alone hyperv vm guest using hyper v manager. HyperV in VirtualBox...
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This document outlines the best practices and process for migrating physical servers and virtual
machines to a Vmware Infrastructure and/or ESX 3.5 or higher server host.
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So last week I took the plung and installed Ubuntu 8.10 64bit version on my HP Pavilion a6720f home pc. It has 6GB of ram, AMD Quad Core processor, and a 600gb hard drive. I previously had fedora 10 but wanted to try something different for a change to see what the Ubuntu craze...
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Summary: This document outlines the steps for installing the vmware tools in a redhat flavor linux client like fedora or centos. Files needed: • gcc • kernel • kernel-headers • vmwaretools-xxxxx.rpm Instruction: Note: This will cause downtime because the network will be stopped during this process. 1. logon to the console of the linux...
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