Virtualization is a great innovation in technology world and having plenty of advantages, no doubt in that. Meanwhile there are few disadvantages also exist and should be considered. For long time I wanted to publish an article with gathered details from other blogs and with my working experience on disadvantages of virtualization. Disadvantages are very [...]
[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. [...]
VMware vSphere 4.1 Update 1 Released with More Fixes and Guest OS Support
February 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
VMware released a update patch for vSphere 4.1, ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 with several issues fixed, more features added and more guest operating systems supported. vSpehere 4.1 or ESXi 4.1 is a good server virtualization software you can install in normal computer for learning and testing purpose. Some useful guides available here at Sysprobs [...]
Install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 on VirtualBox 3.2 on Windows 7 Host – Guest Additions Not Working
November 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
This post is second part of installing Oracle VM server on VirtualBox. Oracle VM manager should be installed and connected to work with Server Hypervisor and it can be installed only on Red Hat enterprise or Oracle Linux enterprise OS versions. Therefore, before go to server virtualization management, let me show how to install Oracle Enterprise Linux [...]
How to Install Oracle VM Server 2.2.1 on VirtualBox -Test the Best Server Virtualization
November 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Oracle VM server is another server virtualization product like VMware ESX and MS Hyper-V. Good thing is, its completely free. As usual before try any new products, its better to test and experiment. Desktop virtualization software VirtualBox supports Oracle VM server as virtual machine on a desktop computer. This post shows how to install Oracle [...]
How Server Virtualization Helped in Data Center Shifting- Real Example
September 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
Last few days I was busy with a data center shifting project, which disabled me to reply comments or publish new posts. The project involved in shifting physical servers, storage and network devices to different location. What I wanted to say is, how server virtualization helped in this data center shifting and migration. We had [...]
Configure and Test MS Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster on VirtualBox
September 10, 2010 By 4 Comments
Do you think still you need special physical servers and storage devices to configure and test Microsoft cluster environment? It’s not, time has changed now. A single computer allows to install latest Windows 2008 R2 and Network Access Storage (NAS) by desktop virtualization software and configure failover cluster. This post shows how to install, configure [...]
Install VMware ESXi 4.1 on VMware Workstation 7.1.1 with Windows 7 Host – Download vSphere Client 4.1
September 2, 2010 By 7 Comments
Maintenance release of VMware Workstation 7.1.1 officially supports server virtualization product ESXi 4.1. These updated versions enable us to run both latest products on Windows 7 computer without any physical servers. It’s a great chance for system and infrastructure administrator IT guys to experiment and play around with latest ESXi version on home or office [...]
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