VMware

As soon as you begin using VMware Servers in a production environment you will have a need for remotely managing those VMware servers. Sure you could use remote desktop or something but there are much better tools. As the number of servers grows, the need will grow for a remote management application to administer those…

VMware Server is the perfect place to test Microsoft Windows Vista. That is because VMware Server is free to download and you don’t want to install Vista over your existing operating system. Vista is a significant upgrade to Windows XP and there are so many changes. In the perfect world, installing Vista under VMware would…

With VMware Server, you run virtual guest operating systems inside a host operating system. Because you are running multiple operating systems on a single server, you can imagine that the performance of that host system will be pushed to the maximum. You need to get every ounce of performance you can out of your system….

Perhaps you are planning to install VMware ESX in a product environment or, like many of us, we just want to find some way to test it out and learn more about it. Either way, even if you are just testing it, you need to know the installation requirements. Because ESX is such a specialized…

VMware recently announced a new product called VMware Converter version 3.0. This product is based on the discontinued VMware P2V assistant. The purpose of VMware converter is to allow you to quickly migrate from physical machines to VMware virtual machines. Let’s find out what this new product can do for you… Introduction to VMware Converter…

VMware Workstation and Server both come with the VMware Management Interface (VMI). The VMware Server product also has its web-based administration component. However, sooner or later, you will want to administer VMware from the command line. For example, you may want to write scripts to shutdown VMware virtual servers so that you can run backups…

VMware Workstation, Server, and ESX Server can use virtual CD/DVD disks instead of having to insert physical disks. This saves tons of time and trouble. Even better, creating a shared ISO library and all of your Virtualization servers can share that installation media. Let’s find out how to mount these virtual CD/DVD drives in VMware….

Just like any other server OS or application, VMware ESX Servers also need patches and updates periodically. Some users assume that ESX doesn’t require patching, however that is simply not true. While there may be better tools in the future, currently, esxupdate is the most popular tool used today. In this article, you will learn…

As VMware ESX is loaded directly on hardware and is its own virtualization operating system, there are a number of factors to consider when securing it. While, due to its design architecture, ESX is inherently secure, there are still a number of security factors to consider. In this article we will cover the vulnerability points…

It was just announced that VMware Server 2.0 Beta is now available for download. There are a lot of new features in this Beta. In this article, we checkout those features and show you what the new 2.0 version looks like. So, check it out, I think you will like what you see in VMware…