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Create virtualized environments with these five apps

April 18, 2013 12:08pm PDT

Virtualization plays vital role in IT. Here are five virtualization applications that you should consider.

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Inside the Cold War bunker that's now a cloud datacentre

June 11, 2012 8:15am PDT

With enough steel doors, tunnels and caverns to make a James Bond villain weep with envy, Switzerland's former main Cold War command centre is undergoing a makeover as a cloud computing datacentre.

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Screenshots: Install Virtual CloneDrive

May 8, 2013 11:56am PDT

Virtual CloneDrive makes using ISO files in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, just as easy as it is in Windows 8.

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How to connect an ESXi host to an iSCSI storage target

February 15, 2011 12:00pm PST

Shared storage is the saving grace of vSphere virtualization. In this gallery, virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows you how to add an ESXi host to an iSCSI storage target.

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Step-by-step: Installing ESXi as a virtual machine

November 19, 2010 10:35am PST

VMware's ESXi hypervisor offers a very important lab and training feature. Virtualization pro Rick Vanover shows how to set up nested ESXi.

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How to create a Windows Vista VPN connection

April 11, 2007 1:46pm PDT

VPNs can be a lifesaver. Secure remote access enables additional productivity, saves travel time and empowers administrators and other staff. Here's how to create an ever-popular VPN connection in...

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How to create a VMware vSphere virtual machine utilizing all available features

September 22, 2010 8:02am PDT

Virtualization pro Rick Vanover walks you through the process of creating a virtual machine in VMware vSphere and utilizing all of the new features that are available.

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How to create a floppy drive image for a virtual machine

October 6, 2010 1:50pm PDT

It may seem odd, but every now and then we may need to have a floppy drive connected to a virtual machine. IT pro Rick Vanover shows you how to create a floppy image for VMware virtual machines.

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VMware ESX Server step-by-step installation

September 11, 2006 11:43am PDT

VMware ESX Server is mainframe-class virtual machine software that runs on a Linux kernel. It is a highly scalable platform that increases the efficiency of Intel-based hardware. In this...

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Configuring FreeNAS for CIFS storage connectivity

December 23, 2010 4:20pm PST

IT ninja Rick Vanover shows you how to install FreeNAS as a virtual machine and provision it as a Windows file resource using the common internet file system (CIFS) storage protocol.

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Five Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows

November 7, 2012 10:51am PST

Users of Unix and Linux are probably very used to virtual desktops; they've been present in the GUIs for those operating systems for a long time. Windows users, however, have been stuck with a...

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Configuring Virtual PC 2007 to run Windows 3.11

July 30, 2008 10:31am PDT

Virtual PC 2007 is a handy tool for running multiple operating systems. However, it's not without its limitations when running an older OS like Windows 3.1. Here's what it takes to get everything...

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How to deploy Linux servers with NOC-PS PXE Server

February 25, 2011 9:50am PST

Rapid provisioning of servers can be a necessity in today’s demanding IT environments. IT pro Rick Vanover tours a virtual appliance that can be used to provision servers quickly.

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Create a virtual machine with Microsoft Virtual PC

October 3, 2006 2:22pm PDT

Learn how to create an virtual machine using Microsoft Virtual PC.

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Convert XP into a Windows 7 Virtual Machine with Disk2vhd

September 17, 2010 8:40am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use Disk2vhd to move your Windows XP installation into Windows 7 and then run it with Windows Virtual PC.

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How to connect an iSCSI storage target to ESXi over IPv6

March 18, 2011 10:15am PDT

Ethernet-based storage provisioning is one of the areas that may not get much coverage related to the IPv6 transition; but it is fully supported. Virtualization expert Rick Vanover shows how to...

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Five virtual appliances useful for business

October 30, 2012 11:45am PDT

Choosing the right virtual appliance can solve major problems. Jack Wallen suggests five of his preferred app choices in this area.

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Creating a virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager

October 20, 2008 8:50am PDT

This gallery blog walks you through how easy it is to configure a Hyper-V virtual machine.

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VMware player screenshots

August 2, 2006 12:10pm PDT

VMware released a free player that allows you to run virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX, and ESX Server as well as Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk...