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Whether you’re planning on virtualizing the majority of your existing servers or just using it as part of your infrastructure, vSphere4 represents a major investment for most SME IT managers. This article is aimed at helping you plan for implementing your own vSphere4 Infrastructure, from meeting system requirements to choosing appropriate licensing options, and all options in between.

In this latest article in his series on vSphere4 Tom Finnis explains one of the less publicised new features in ESXi4 – VMDirectPath; which allows host PCI & PCIe devices to be passed through to the virtual machine.

I am running a multitude of Windows-based virtual machines hosted on a bunch of virtualization products, ranging from Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server (yes, I need those for most of the Microsoft Official Curriculum courses I teach), Microsoft Hyper-V, along with those hosted on VMware products such as ESX and (my personal favorite) Workstation….

Can Windows Virtual PC & VMware Workstation be installed and function properly on the same machine? Daniel explains the most common errors.

ESXi 4.0 is the latest version of VMware’s industry leading hypervisor; allowing multiple virtual machines to be run on a single physical host. Amazingly its available completely free of charge, so in this step by step guide Tom Finnis will show you how to set up your own ESXi4 server.

VMware has recently replaced their entire Virtual Infrastructure virtualization product suite with vSphere 4. Read on to find out why all IT Admins should be considering a vSphere 4 deployment in their future.

Just released from Train Signal – the leader in video training for IT Pros – is their VMware vSphere video training course by vExpert & VCP, David Davis. Get the full details on what’s included in this new, comprehensive training package.

Following on from his previous article on deploying ESxi4, Tom Finnis now shows you how to use the vSphere Client to complete the configuration of your new ESXi4 host server and then deploy your first Virtual Machine.

Although VMware Converter 4 now has Linux support there are still a number of limitations to what servers you will be able to convert. Written for Windows people, this guide by VMware Pro Tom Finnis explains how to use the Converter BootCD to convert any physical server to a virtual image, and how to resolve the problems you’re likely to encounter without needing advanced Linux skills.