Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor (Exmon) is a great tool which helps to identify and troubleshoot basic issues on an Exchange server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013. It collects very informative data in real time about the user activity, mailbox access, incoming requests and more details to locate the possible cause of the server issues. […]
[Guide] Install VMware vSphere 5.5 on Windows 7 and 8 Using VMware Workstation
vSphere 5.5, the server virtualization software from VMware had come up with several exciting features. They have tweaked the hardware compatibility and scalability which can almost match up with Windows 2012 R2 hyper-v. The newly introduced virtual hardware version 10 is having plenty of improved and extended hardware support for virtual machines. If you are […]
Convert (Export) Virtual Machine from VMware to Hyper-V with SCVMM 2012 Without vCenter
When you are migrating your virtual machines from VMware ESX hypervisor to Microsoft Hyper-V by using SCVMM 2012 without VMware vCenter, you will face a slight issue. Without VMware vCenter (which should have connected to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012) you can’t move virtual machines from VMware to Hyper-V by selecting ‘virtual to […]
Oracle Solaris 11.1 on Windows 8 with VirtualBox Pre Installed Image – Download and Install
The power of virtualization is here, yes, you can run the latest Oracle Solaris 11.1 on Windows 8 or 7 PC. This will be an great opportunity to learn latest Solaris 11.1 with the same existing desktop or laptop without any additional hardware. This guide shows where to download the pre installed virtual machine image […]
How to Show My Computer Icon on Windows 2012, R2 Server Desktop and Add Run to Windows Task Bar
Your first view of Microsoft server operating system Windows 2012 or R2 would be different than earlier operating systems. The different interface, metro icons and some of the missing elements such as Windows start button/bar, my computer icons are the noticeable changes. By default My Computer icon is not included and you can’t get it […]
High CPU Usage in Exchange User Monitor Tool and High RPC Average Latency in Exchange 2007, How to Fix and How We Did It?
Last couple of weeks we have faced several strange issues on our company’s Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment (Yes, still 2007, not the latest version). It took some time to investigate, analyze, find a solution and fix it without distracting mail services for any of the around 1300 users. Always high CPU usage in Exchange user […]
Hyper-V Has Not Been Installed on Computer – Windows 8 Error, What Does It Mean? How to Fix It?
Windows 8 comes with Hyper-V, Microsoft’s hypervisor software which is usually available on Server Operating Systems only. So that is really one of the great news for all virtualization fans, because we can have Hyper-V software with normal desktop PC and Operating System now. It enables us to play around or run some different types […]
Server Consolidation Benefits – With Real World Examples
Server virtualization is one of the major and unavoidable concept in technology world. There are plenty of benefits by server consolidation in a production environment which directly impacts the business. Let me list out the server consolidation(virtualization) benefits from my experience and what I’m seeing at my working place. I have already published an article […]