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		<title>Microsoft Hyper-V Debutes for $28 per License</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited Microsoft Virtual Server dubbed Hyper-V has now been released. At $28 a license, verses $7, 000 &#8211; $14,00 for VMware ESX, it should be well received with the economy possibly suffering from a recession. Should you install Hyper-V instead of VMware VI? Let&#8217;s see, one of the many purposes of virtualization is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Fit Virtualization Criteria Checklist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Checklist Criteria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disk Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Availability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Values]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vminstall.com/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding servers which are the &#8220;Best Fit&#8221; canadates for virtualization can be tricky. I have put together the following criteria checklist to help determine whether a new server provision or a P2V should use virtualization. The Best Fit checklist uses my own criteria and weight recommendations but it can be modified with more liberal values.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Windows templates for deployment in Virtual Center</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/creating-windows-templates-deployment-virtual-center/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/creating-windows-templates-deployment-virtual-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[C Documents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cab File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Correct Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cpu Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will cover Windows templates but the same steps are used with Linux, except the Sysprep. After you get your VM the way you want it, patches, secured and have your applications installed, you right click on it in the inventory windows of your virtual center and select “convert to template”. Converting to a template [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESX iSCSI Connection to NetApp</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/esx-iscsi-connection-netapp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/esx-iscsi-connection-netapp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dynamic Address]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiber Channel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Settings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server Configuration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storage Administrator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subnet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Successful Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tight Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to connecting ESX Server to NetApp storage, there are two flavors: iSCSI and Fiber Channel. If your organization can afford FC, then you have a larger IT budget than most of us, so you should have IT staff trained to configure your LUN storage. However, for the rest of the tight budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube Video &#8211; VMware ESX 4.0 (vSphere) : Setup</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/youtube-video-vmware-esx-4-0-vsphere-setup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxkKkWjRtm4 YouTube Video showing basic  installation of VMware vSphere ESX 4.0 VMinstall.com &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>To V or Not to V is the Question?</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/to-v-or-not-to-v-is-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/to-v-or-not-to-v-is-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buzz Word   Has virtualization become a buzz word in your strategic plan? Take the advice from someone who has spent years supporting VMware in three different enterprise environments &#8211; think before you V.   If all you plan is a small experimental cluster of virtual servers, it’s no big deal. The software is even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naming Standard for Virtual Infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/naming-standard-for-virtual-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/naming-standard-for-virtual-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vminstall.com/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like a new mom and dad, have you given any thought to what naming standards you plan to use for your new virtual environment? Right, I said naming standards because you will have to have names for the VirtualCenter or VMM, datacenter, clusters, data stores (LUNs), ESX or Hyper-V host servers, VLAN tags, VM guests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step One &#8211; Start your VMware ESX Install by Creating a Checklist of Important Information</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/step-one-start-your-vmware-esx-install-creating-checklist-important-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/step-one-start-your-vmware-esx-install-creating-checklist-important-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vminstall.com/?p=7</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Step one in our step-by-step VM installation process is to make a pre-installation checklist with important information. Before you even think about installing any software, make a checklist. The checklist will save you hours of frustration later on when the troubleshooting begins, which believe me, you will troubleshoot a lot while performing the simplest VM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VMware Lab Manager 3.0 Requires VirtualCenter</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/vmware-lab-manager-3-requires-virtualcenter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/vmware-lab-manager-3-requires-virtualcenter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Extra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Host Configured]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lab Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manager Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Reasons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vminstall.com/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After spending a week on what should have been an easy project to designing a student lab environment at a well known online university, I am now stumped because of a change in VMware&#8217;s Lab Manager 3.0 requirements. Lab Manager 3.0 now requires VirtualCenter which poses a problem because this lab environment is isolated for security reasons away from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Websites and Blogs for VMware and other Virtualization Support</title>
		<link>http://www.vminstall.com/great-websites-and-blogs-for-vmware-and-other-virtualization-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vminstall.com/great-websites-and-blogs-for-vmware-and-other-virtualization-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Sanchez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hyper-V]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[VMware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catchy Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Chapters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networking Storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Favorites]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vminstall.com/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I did a Google search to see how many people like myself have started a blog or website to discuss or support virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, Virtual Iron, etc). I was surprised to find so many cool websites with catchy names.   Take this name for example: www.vmwarewolf.com. Visiting the site I found quite a [...]]]></description>
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