Archive for May, 2009

Virtualization Stall

May 30, 2020

Everyone has probably heard of the term "vm sprawl". This is where when giving the means to easily create virtual guests they are not giving any for thought before creation and increasingly get out of hand. This usually starts at the host level were companies buy numerous servers for their virtual infrastructure.
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vSphere 4 using Openfiler2.3 Video

May 29, 2020

This video goes through the setups of setting up and iSCSI HA Cluster in vSphere 4 using Openfiler2.3.
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Homedir Sweepergui

May 25, 2020

The app scans the homedir directory you choose and checks the name of the homedir folders to accounts in AD. For this to be useful the homedir folders should have the same name as the users logon. I created this tool for file server cleanup of old, none used data and homedirs after the...
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Scripted ESX3 Installation with HP Servers

May 14, 2020

This documentation was created to show the process for installing ESX server 3.x software from Vmware using a scripted install iso created with esxdeploy_u4.py (esxisobuilder) from thehyperadvisor.com.
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Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines by Using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology

May 11, 2020


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Will hyper v run in a VirtualBox vm guest?

May 5, 2020

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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Vmware features vs the cost?

May 2, 2020

So, today I had the pleasure of setting in a meeting with VMware as they talked about the future road map for vSphere. A lot of good stuff is coming and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Now this is not a post about the technical details and features of the...
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