In this how-to you’ll learn that it is possible to mount a Windows folder share to the VMWare ESX Service Console. Like this you can use your windows shares as an additional storage space within your ESX Server. So in this scenario I imagine that I have one physical server running 2003 Server, and on […]
How-to convert your Acronis file Backup into virtual disk
When you are using Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (or Server) to backup and create an image file of your system, you can convert this file into Virtual Disk. You can imagine that you do your backups with Acronis on regular basics and so you can use this virtual disk in VMware ESX Server or […]
How to install Windows XP on ESXi with LSI driver
The correct LSI driver is necessary to install Win XP on ESX Server.When you first install a Windows XP on ESX, there is a little trouble. Windows XP uses by default the LSI Logic driver. But Windows XP does not have the correct driver by default so the installation will fail, stating that no disk […]
How to easy use ISOs during managing and installing VMs in ESX Server
Iso file – what is it? It’s simple. Iso file is an image file of your CD or DVD-ROM or it can be also your own ISO file created from a folder of your choise. Iso Image of your CD rom can be different sizes. Maximum size of an ISO file created from a CD […]
How-to activate SSH in ESXi
This post is now a historical post as the activation of SSH is possible through GUI, but this wasn’t the case before (you’ll see at the end of this post). How-to activate SSH in ESXi through vSphere Client. If using ESXi 3.x and 4.x, than the process has been invoked from the server’s console, but now,if you’re using […]
How-to use Symantec BESR to V2V your VM – Part 1
V2V Virtual to physical with Symantec. In this article, I’m gonna show you that is possible to use Symantec’s Backup Exec System Recovery to successfully convert your VMs either into VMware (VMDK) or into Virtual PC (VHD) format. The advantage of using BESR is that you can also use the image of your VM to do […]
How-to root access VMware ESX Server from WinSCP, Putty and others…
How-to root access VMware ESX Server When you first install VMWare ESX Server you don’t have the root account SSH acces. VMWare ESX 3 security restricts SSH access by the root user account by default. This means that the root account is denied access when using Putty, WinSCP or similar SSH applications. To remove this […]
Installation ESX Server inside of VMWare Workstation 6.5
UPDATE: Just check my post showing the installation of ESXi 5 insisde of VMware Workstation. I did one of my first videos. In this video you’ll see that it is possible to install and manage ESX Server even without appropriate hardware. The installation of ESX was possible on a laptop from Fujitsu-Siemes with 4GB of RAM […]
How to change root password on ESX server
How to change root password on ESX server. What to do if you forgot (or misstype) your administrator password? You have to have an access directly to the ESX server with a monitor. Then if you want to change the password, you can follow this procedure: 1. Hard reboot ESX server. So first shutdown all your […]
How to convert a physical server using VMware converter.
This is my first video. As you can see this website’s title, the main subject will be the virtualization. I’m gonna show you how to convert a physical server, or computer, which does not has to be a server, into a VMWare ESX server. The tool I’m gonna be using in this video is called […]
