Virtualization

While the ability to create snapshots is a benefit of using virtual machines, issues can arise when these snapshots are restored. Daniel outlines some the authentication issues that can occur and available options.

vExpert David Davis takes a look at Virtual Profiler from Tek-Tools (vProfiler) and explains what it manages, monitors, and alerts on and how it can help manage your virtual infrastructure.

A great reference guide for creating and cloning virtual machines for use with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XEN and how to avoid the most common pitfalls.

Disk2vhd is tool from Microsoft’s Sysinternals group that allows system administrators to create virtual hard disk images (VHD) of running operating systems loaded on physical hardware. VHDs are the Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format used in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). Disk2vhd Overview There are other physical-to-virtual tools that are available…

Before the release of Windows Server 2008 the process of expanding the boot volume was tedious, and in most cases involved downtime and the usage of third party partition tools to get the job done. Now, with Windows Server 2008 you can use the native Disk Manager to expand (and in some cases shrink) the boot partition without any downtime at all! Learn more…

This tutorial by Christian Mohn provides instructions on how to nest Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic Koala into Microsoft Windows using only free software.

If you’ve received a Hyper-V error on export indicating “failed to create export directory with the name…”, learn how to resolve it with this quick tip from MVP Daniel Petri.

Learn how the default Virtual Windows XP virtual machine (used for enabling the Windows XP Mode – or XPM for short) uses virtual hard disks.

If your Hyper-V host is having issues displaying certain screens, or with general video performance, learn the possible cause and how to correct it with this quick tip from MVP Daniel Petri.

When trying to install the Hyper-V Integration Services on a Windows Vista SP2 virtual machine, you may run into errors which require you to install Service Pack 2 (SP2) on the Hyper-V host, meaning SP2 for Windows Server 2008. In this article, MVP Daniel Petri guides you through the process from start to finish.