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Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:56:02 +0100

Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine

This tutorial shows how to convert an existing CentOS VM to a Physical machine. This tutorial covers the cloning of the VM to an unpartitioned HDD and troubleshoot some of the possible errors that you may have booting the OS on your new hardware. To illustrate this procedure I will use VMware Workstation 7 as the handler to transfer the VM installation to a physical HDD.

Upgrade/Migrate VMware ESX / ESXi 4.* To ESXi 5.0

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:30:49 +0200

Upgrade/Migrate VMware ESX / ESXi 4.* To ESXi 5.0

VMware has recently released its new VM hypervisor product, VMware ESXi 5.0. VMware is replacing its current ESX model with ESXi and the biggest change (between ESX and ESXi) is the architecture, as most of you VM gurus are well aware of, but for the people that don't know I will quickly explain.

How To Upgrade VMware ESXi 3.5 To 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version)

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:03:36 +0200

How To Upgrade VMware ESXi 3.5 To 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version)

In this guide I will show you how to upgrade VMWare ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.1 Update 1 (Free Version) without going through the pain of reinstalling your host server and then restoring your VMs.

How To Install VMware Player On Ubuntu 11.04/Linux Mint 11

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:43:52 +0200

How To Install VMware Player On Ubuntu 11.04/Linux Mint 11

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Player on an Ubuntu 11.04 or Linux Mint 11 desktop system. With VMware Player you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. on your desktop, i.e., you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money.

Monitoring ESX/ESXi Servers

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:27:41 +0200

Monitoring ESX/ESXi Servers

The purpose is to highlight the most important topics related to setting up ESX/ESXi monitoring as well as applications hosted within managed virtual machines (a MySQL database is used in this tutorial).

How To Install VMware Tools On pfsense (FreeBSD)

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:26:09 +0200

How To Install VMware Tools On pfsense (FreeBSD)

This tutorial shows how to install VMware Tools onto pfsense v1.2.3 which is operated by the FreeBSD OS. It took me days to figure out how to do it, especially with lack of a complete guide in the Internet.

How To Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 14 Desktop (Kernel 2.6.35)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:21:19 +0100

How To Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 14 Desktop (Kernel 2.6.35)

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on a Fedora 14 desktop system (with kernel 2.6.35). With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35)

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:21:01 +0100

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35)

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

VMware Server 2.0.2-x On Ubuntu Server 10.04 With VMware Remote Console Plug-in

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:01:36 +0200

VMware Server 2.0.2-x On Ubuntu Server 10.04 With VMware Remote Console Plug-in

Today I will tell you how to set up a new Ubuntu 10.04 server which runs VMware server 2.0.2-x and the VMware Remote Console Plug-in.

How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On A Kubuntu 10.04 Desktop

Wed, 26 May 2010 17:43:32 +0200

How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On A Kubuntu 10.04 Desktop

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 1.0.x (1.0.10 at the time of this writing) on a Kubuntu 10.04 desktop system. This is for those who prefer VMware Server 1.0.x over VMware Server 2.

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.10

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:29 +0100

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.10

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:25:58 +0100

How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 1.0.x (1.0.10 at the time of this writing) on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop system. This is for those who prefer VMware Server 1.0.x over VMware Server 2.

Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX Server 3.5 Update 4

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:45 +0200

Installing VMware Tools On Debian Lenny 5.0.2 With Gnome Desktop On ESX Server 3.5 Update 4

From time to time, installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest will cause you some grief. While there are lots of howto's, usually they're for VMware Workstation. Here's one that works in Debian/Lenny 5.0.2 on ESX Server 3.5 Update 4.

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.04

Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:53 +0200

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.04

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

Install VMWareTools On Endian Firewall Community 2.2 RC3 (Released 07 October 2008) On ESXi (3.5)

Thu, 14 May 2009 13:29:14 +0200

Install VMWareTools On Endian Firewall Community 2.2 RC3 (Released 07 October 2008) On ESXi (3.5)

This is a small guide that shows how to install VMware-Tools on Endian Firewall Community 2.2 RC3 (released 07 October 2008) on ESXi (3.5). I'm using Endian Firewall Community 2.2 RC3 (released 07 October 2008) on an ESXi 3.5 Server. Installing and using Endian is no problem but it's great to get VmwareTools installed.