Linux Tutorials on the topic “vmware”
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How to import Howtoforge OVF and OVA Virtual Machine Images in VMware and Virtualbox
Author: howtoforge • Tags: virtualization, virtualbox, vmware • Comments: 0How to import Howtoforge OVF and OVA Virtual Machine Images in VMware and Virtualbox This guide explains how to import virtual machine images in the vendor neutral OVF and OVA format into VMware and Virtualbox. I will use a ova image from howtoforge.com as example here. The vmware images from howtoforge can be used as basis for test and production servers.
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Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine
Author: mafe72 • Tags: virtualization, vmware • Comments: 15Converting 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.
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How To Install VMware Tools On pfsense (FreeBSD)
Author: lokyuen12345 • Tags: virtualization, freebsd, vmware • Comments: 11How 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.
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How To Set Up VMware Tools On Various Linux Distributions
Author: o.meyer • Tags: linux, virtualization, debian, fedora, ubuntu, desktop, pclinuxos, vmware • Comments: 0How To Set Up VMware Tools On Various Linux Distributions This document explains how to set up the VMware Tools in the following guest operating systems: Ubuntu 7.04, Fedora 7, PCLinuxOS 2007 and Debian Etch. Installing VMware Tools in your guest operating systems will help maximize performance, provide mouse synchronization and copy & paste functionality. This article also shows a way of making VMware Tools start automatically when you start a guest operating system.
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Creating Virtual Machines In VMware Server From ISO Files Without Burning CDs/DVDs
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: virtualization, desktop, vmware • Comments: 2Creating Virtual Machines In VMware Server From ISO Files Without Burning CDs/DVDs This article explains how you can create virtual machines in VMware Server from .iso files without burning the .iso file to a CD or DVD. This way you can save lots of blank CDs/DVDs.
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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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How To Convert A Xen Virtual Machine To VMware
Author: mannes • Tags: virtualization, vmware, xen • Comments: 1How To Convert A Xen Virtual Machine To VMware This article explains how you can convert a Xen guest to a VMware guest. The steps descibed here assume advanced VMware and Xen knowledge.
