I haven't found a public cloud provider yet that allows me to run a nested ESXi server as a virtual machine. The public cloud is the perfect place for a test and training labs. Every cloud provider ...

I have a Windows 2008 server which has just died. It hosted some low-usage IIS sites (some with supporting SQL Server databases), and a few media and file server applications (e.g Logitech Media ...

Every now and then I like to point out some of the free management tools that make our lives as administrators easier. If you’re looking for an easy way to move files between your Windows desktop or ...

In case you missed it, VMware recently updated its compatibility guides for the VMware ESX Server product: HCL: Storage Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x VMware ESX Server 3.x has been tested and ...

Over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers inventoried by Lansweeper just reached end-of-life (EOL), with VMware no longer providing software and security updates unless companies purchase an extended support ...

This walk-through will show you how to install VMware’s ESXi hypervisor on bare-metal hardware for the purpose of hosting client-based virtual machines. Utilizing virtualization technology, businesses ...

Hey guys, I am looking at this product line to help me spread my burdgeoning application requirements over my underutilized server hardware. Having used the workstation product in the past I have been ...

VMware’s vSphere virtualization platform is known for its reliability and offers built-in features like High Availability (HA) to ensure that physical server failures have only minor effects on ...