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How to Connect FreeNAS iSCSI Disks to VMware vSphere 4 (ESXi 4)

March 3rd, 2010 Dinesh

Connect FreeNAS iSCSI Disks VMware vSphere 4Having a setup like a data center including VMware vSpehre 4 (ESXi 4) server, NAS (Network Access Storage), iSCSI disks on your home PC is wonderful way for learning.  You can experiment all at your home PC before go to production environment.  In this article I show you how to connect FreeeNAS iSCSI disks to VMware vSphere 4 (ESXi 4) Server.

For testing purpose with VMware ESXi4 server and iSCSI disks, we can’t buy physical NAS or disturb existing production NAS. So, FreeNAS and VMware workstation are good option to achieve this requirement.  I used VMware vSphere 4, FreeNAS and Windows 2008 R2 servers to install and test Exchange 2010 in cluster.

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Run Mac OS X on PC, Free and Easy with VMware Player 3

January 24th, 2010 Dinesh

Everybody likes to see and use Mac OS X, but how many of them are ready to buy Apple hardware? It’s very rare. This free and easy steps show how you can run Mac OS X on PC without buying any special hardware or software. This is completely free for testing and experimental use only.

Mac OS X on PC

I already published similar steps to run Mac OS X on PC with VMware workstation, obviously VMware workstation is not a free product. This time, let’s install and run Mac OS X on your PC with free product VMware Player 3.  You can run Mac OS X on any X86 Intel or AMD computers having enough of RAM to run Mac virtual machine by this method.

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VirtualBox P2V Physical to Virtual in VirtualBox

January 18th, 2010 Dinesh

This article explains how you can do VirtualBox P2V convert physical machine to virtual machine in Sun VirtualBox. It’s not straight forward method since no tools available for VirtualBox P2V Physical to Virtual conversion in VirtualBox. But still it’s possible with free VMware tool.

Before start the procedures, let me tell you how it’s going to work.

Physical to Virtual VirtualBox P2V

We will use a free VMware converter tool to convert physical  to virtual machine which will create VMX and VMDK files according to physical computer and disks configuration.

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8 Advantages of Sun VirtualBox than VMware Workstation

December 22nd, 2009 Dinesh

Are you using VMware workstation?, then you have read this article explains advantages of sun virtual box than VMware workstation. Both desktop virtualization software have advantages and disadvantages.  Here, I have listed out advantages in Sun VirtualBox.

I don’t have statistics of results between both desktop virtualization software to prove the difference, but all points came out from my experience with both products. Not very deeply, this is just as a guide of sun virtualbox advantages. If I’m missing any important advantages in below list, then share with us.

Advantages Sun VirtualBox VMware Workstation

1) Free to Use

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Setup Windows 2008 R2 Cluster in VMware Workstation

December 14th, 2009 Dinesh

Windows 2008 R2 Cluster VMware Workstation

Is it possible to setup MS windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 failover cluster in VMware workstation? Yes, we can do. This article explains how to setup Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 Cluster in VMware workstation just in your computer. if you search on internet about setting up Windows 2008 R2 cluster in any desktop virtualization software, you can’t find it in one place.

Installation and setup procedure for MS windows 2003 cluster and earlier versions are available on internet, but not Windows 2008 or R2 failover cluster. Everybody, including me stuck in one place while setting up Windows 2008 or R2 cluster in Virtualization environment, which is Cluster disk validation.  This is the main issue on MS windows 2008 R2 cluster in VMware workstation or Sun virtual box desktop virtualization software.

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Windows 7 Network Slow - 6 Easy Ways to Make it Fast

December 9th, 2009 Dinesh

Windows 7 Network Slow 6 Easy Ways to Make it FastWindows 7 is a good Operating System compare to Windows Vista. It has improvements in lot of areas including network.  These 6 easy ways will help to solve slow Windows 7 network problem and make it fast.

Network is a major factor in computing. Windows 7 network slow in real world compare to Windows XP. Accessing data and transferring data over network in Windows 7 is still a problem. Resolving DNS requests internally (LAN or WAN) and externally (Internet) also slow in Windows 7.

How to Fix Windows 7 network slow problem?

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