The long awaited Microsoft Virtual Server dubbed Hyper-V has now been released. At $28 a license, verses $7, 000 – $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’s see, one of the many purposes of virtualization is [...]
If you’re interested in Microsoft Hype-V Technology, I’ve found viewing the following YouTube video worth the 4-1/2 minutes: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Demo on Quad-Core Intel Xeon
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 [...]
It’s been a while since I had to P2V a Windows server but recently I found myself on a project doing P2Vs of business critical servers, again. FYI: The new version of VMware VM Converter works great for converting a physical Windows and Lunux server into a virtual server. Once the conversion is completed, the [...]
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