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How To Shrink VMware Virtual Disk Files (.vmdk)
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: virtualization, vmware • Comments: 20How To Shrink VMware Virtual Disk Files (.vmdk) This guide shows how you can shrink the virtual disk files (they have the extension .vmdk) of your VMware virtual machines so that if you zip them, they will use much less space. It is then easier to upload and share them with other people.
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Install WebVZ 2.0 On Debian Etch To Administrate OpenVZ
Author: shuaibzahda •
Tags: debian, openvz, virtualization •
Comments: 10 Install WebVZ 2.0 On Debian Etch To Administrate OpenVZ WebVZ is one of the simplest and most powerful web management tools for OpenVZ. This article explains how you can install WebVZ 2.0 on a Debian Etch system.
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Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization •
Comments: 4 Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 2.0.0 from the precompiled binaries.
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 8.04 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization •
Comments: 21 VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 8.04 Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 on a headless Ubuntu 8.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
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How To Install VMware Server 2 On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware •
Comments: 28 How To Install VMware Server 2 On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 8.04 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).
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Create CentOS 5.2 Domu on Ubuntu Hardy Dom0
Author: Camran •
Tags: centos, ubuntu, virtualization, xen •
Comments: 5 Create CentOS 5.2 Domu on Ubuntu Hardy Dom0 This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Images of xen on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) server system (i386). Linux distributions that can run as Xen guests out of the box, obviating the need to create your own custom filesystems. The filesystems on jailtime.org have already been tweaked to deal with Xen’s idiosyncracies, and are also designed to be lightweight and minimally divergent from the original distribution.
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The Perfect Load-Balanced & High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Servers Running Xen On Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
Author: marchost •
Tags: virtualization, ubuntu, high-availability, xen •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Load-Balanced & High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Servers Running Xen On Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The goal of this tutorial is to achieve load balancing & high availability with as few real servers as possible and of course, with open-source software. More servers means more hardware & hosting cost.
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Virtualization With XenServer Express 5.0.0
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: virtualization, xen •
Comments: 6 Virtualization With XenServer Express 5.0.0 This Howto covers the installation of XenServer Express 5.0.0 and the creation of virtual machines with the XenCenter administrator console. XenServer Express is the free virtualization platform from Citrix, the company behind the well known Xen virtualization engine. XenServer Express makes it easy to create, run and manage Xen virtual machines with the XenCenter administrator console. The XenServer Express installation CD contains a full Linux distribution which is customized to run XenServer Express.
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How To Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 9 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora, virtualization, vmware •
Comments: 9 How To Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 9 Desktop This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on a Fedora 9 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).
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Installing Xen On CentOS 5.2 (i386)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, virtualization, xen •
Comments: 9 Installing Xen On CentOS 5.2 (i386) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.2 system (i386). Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0). Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual machines that are totally independent from each other (e.g. a virtual machine for a mail server, a virtual machine for a high-traffic web site, another virtual machine that serves your customers' web sites, a virtual machine for DNS, etc.), but still use the same hardware. This saves money, and what is even more important, it's more secure. If the virtual machine of your DNS server gets hacked, it has no effect on your other virtual machines. Plus, you can move virtual machines from one Xen server to the next one.
