StarWind, the famous premium SAN software is available for free now with very few limitations. These limitations are very minor and not to be considered for learning, personal usage and even for the small business firms. Free StarWind iSCSI SAN software makes a Windows computer as a professional network storage for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen server [...]
Install VMware Tools Manually in Ubuntu 11.04 and Get VMware Shared Folders Working
May 4, 2011 By 7 Comments
Latest Ubuntu 11.04 can be installed with ‘Easy Install’ in VMware which was explained in my earlier guide. The most of the guest additions features started working in guest OS after the installation. For some reasons, VMware shared folders did not work with this method as expressed by readers in earlier guide. Therefore I decided [...]
Download OpenSUSE 11.4 and Install on VMware with Working VMware Tools
April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
OpenSUSE is another great Linux flavor that you can install and play around. The latest version is having excellent new features, appearance and working environment. This small guide shows how to download OpenSUSE 11.4 and install on VMware with working VMware tools by ‘Easy Install’ method, so you can adjust the screen resolutions and get [...]
What’s New in VMware Workstation 7.1.4? Download it Now!
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
VMware has released maintenance release of Workstation 7.1.4 and VMPlayer 3.1.4 in their desktop virtualization software series. Its just an ordinary update with few security issues and problems fixed. Let me inform what’s new in VMware workstation 7.1.4?. Windows 7 SP1 and Ubuntu 10.10 is supported as host and guest in new version. Some known [...]
[Guide] How to Install FreeNAS 0.8 on VirtualBox 4
March 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
FreeNAS is the best choice to create iSCSI disks and ZFS files systems in local PC with normal hard disk by using virtual machine or physical computer. Sysprobs already published several articles about FreeNAS on VMware and VirtualBox to configure and connect iSCSI disks, test VirtualBox teleportation and even Windows 2008 R2 Failover cluster. The [...]
[Guide] How to Use VMware Virtual Machine as LAN Router Between Two Networks
March 18, 2011 By 21 Comments
Jitendra, one of the contributor of Sysprobs requested this guide with his home testing environment scenario and a nice lab setup picture. This small guide shows how to configure a virtual machine in VMware to act as a LAN router between two networks. This will be very helpful for learning purpose with real world scenario [...]
Install Natty Narwhal Ubuntu 11.04 on VMware – Easy Install and VMware Tools
February 26, 2011 By 22 Comments
Have you tried the latest Linux OS Natty Narwhal Ubuntu 11.04?, its having some major changes from previous 10.10 version, but its still a beta. The final and full version to be released by April 2011. If you like to install and work with this new OS, then it’s advisable to install in any of [...]
[Guide-Server Virtualization] Update VMware ESXi 4.1 to Update 1- VMKernel Release Build 348481
February 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
Server virtualization software VMware ESXi is the best choice for learning purpose at your home or office. It can be installed in normal computer with VMware workstation or directly on physical computer, more over, it’s a free product. Recently VMware released Update 1 for ESX, ESXi and vSphere products, which is covered in this post. [...]
