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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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VMware vSphere 4 ( ESXi 4) on Windows 7 PC by VMware Workstation 7

February 28th, 2010 Dinesh

desktop virtualization softwareIf you like to install VMware vSphere ESXi 4 on your Windows 7 PC then this article shows how it’s possible. It can be done without disturbing existing operating system on your computer by desktop virtualization software VMware workstation 7. After installed vSphere 4 on VMware workstation then you can install Operating systems inside ESXi 4 and mange from host or any other networked computers. In this example I used VMware workstation 7 which is installed on Windows 7.

This method will be ideal for test and play around with VMware vSphere 4 servers at your home. Follow the steps to install ESXi 4 on Windows 7 PC with VMware workstation 7.

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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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Physical to Virtual Machine by VMware vCenter Converter

January 13th, 2010 Dinesh

If you are trying to convert physical to virtual machine and to be used in VMware workstation or Sun VirtualBox, then continue reading this article. VMware vCenter converter is being used to convert physical to virtual (P2V) to VMware ESX server. But you can use this converter to create VMDK and VMX files locally.

When you want to convert physical to virtual machine and use locally in VMware workstation or Sun VirtualBox, this method will help you lot.

Physical to Virtual

Follow the steps to create VMX and VMDK files by converting physical to virtual (P2V) in VMware vCenter Converter.

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Why Desktop Virtualization Software?

January 10th, 2010 Dinesh

Desktop Virtualization Software products are very interesting, useful and nice to work with them. But a simple question, why desktop virtualization software required for a person? Do you have an answer?

If you are an ordinary computer user how it will help you? Or if you are a computer expert, how you can utilize desktop virtualization software? After I wrote several articles on VMware Workstation and Sun VirtualBox problems and solutions,I got a doubt whether desktop virtualization software is useful for all computer users?

Why Desktop Virtualization Software

The final answer is ‘No’ because it’s suitable for advanced computer users only.

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Unity Mode Not Working in VMware Workstation 7

January 6th, 2010 Dinesh

Unity Mode Not Working vmware

Unity mode view is one of my favorite features in desktop virtualization software VMware workstation. In Sun VirtualBox, the same technology called ‘seamless mode’. To run unity mode properly, virtual machine should have VMware tools installed on it.  If unity mode not working in VMware workstation 7 try following steps to fix it.

If you get an error virtual machine cannot enter unity mode, it’s because of VMware tools problem. It can be,

1)      No VMware tools installed on guest virtual machine

2)      Different OS VMware tools installed wrongly.

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