Free Citrix XenServer or Free VMware ESXi (xenserver vs esxi)
Seems like a lot of people are comparing XenServer vs ESXi so I thought I’d update this post with new data. (revised 6/4/2012) In the blue corner what VMware …
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Post P2V Guide: Step by Step Removing Ghost Hardware
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 …
vKernel CapacityVIEW is Free and Works!
Yesterday I saw a demos of the vKernel CpacityVIEW tool that is a free download from vKernels website. It sums up some the more complete tool like Capacity Analyzer …
Free Tool – Veeam FastSCP For ESX
So you just installed your first pair of VMware ESX or ESXi hosts and you’re wondering how you can move VM guest servers from host to host without vCenter. …
Why you need a step by step guide for installing ESX
For more than 10 years I’ve been installing server technology and it’s never been easy to get things operating correctly on the first go-round. Even with the best planning, …
10 Biggies to Help Managers and Admins Avoid Virtualization Pit-Falls
I wish this information was available 10 years ago when I started working with virtualization, but then again, like many reading this, I thought I was an expert and didn’t …