Category: VMware

What’s The Different Between ESX And ESXi

date 02 May 2010 | category VMware
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VMware makes available two bare metal hypervisors; ESX and ESXi, which form the foundation of their virtualization product line. both hypervisors do the same thing when it comes to virtualization, they only differ in packaging. ESX is shipped with a …

ESXi Pink Screen Of Death ( Purple Screen Of Death ( PSOD )

date 01 May 2010 | category VMware
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I know I’m running ESXi in an old server, and this PSOD problem might be related to hardware issues, but I just wanted post it here to see if I can get some feedback from other people with the same …

Changing ESX Root Default Password

date 30 Apr 2010 | category VMware
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ESXi installation is straightforward and unlike ESX installation, it does not prompt for any input from the user ( except license agreements) during the installation. so when you first install ESXi you wonder what is the login password, and guess …

Changing DNS Configuration On ESX

date 29 Apr 2010 | category VMware
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I just finished installing ESXi 3.5 on my old server, and everything looks fine, except the host name. the server is not on a domain yet, and there is no enterprise DHCP or DNS on my network yet, but I …

Installing ESXi 4.0 On a 32-Bit Processor

date 29 Apr 2010 | category VMware
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Today I purchased a couple of old servers on craiglist to setup my home testing lab. one my plan is to setup ESX on one of this suckers and setup the other one as a SAN ( more on this …

Convert VMDK VMware to VHD Virtual Server Files

date 15 Jan 2009 | category VMware
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This past weekend I formatted my hard drive and installed Windows 7 Beta on my working laptop. yes this is my working laptop and Windows 7 so far is working like a champ, better than Windows vista, and so far, …

How to Install Windows 7 on VMware – For Testing Only

date 20 Dec 2008 | category VMware, Windows 7
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As you probably know that Windows 7 has been leaked from Microsoft. earlier there was version of the leak consisting of many pieces that you needed to put together and then burn it to a DVD, but I was able …

Installing Microsoft Server 2008 On VMware Server 2.0

date 11 Dec 2008 | category Microsoft Server 2008, VMware
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Today we will be installing Microsoft Server 2008 on VMware 2.0 which eventually will be our domain controller. read our previous article How To Create a Virtual Machine on VMware 2.0 and we will take it from there….