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Before VMware released version 8 of their popular Workstation software, it was not possible to run 64-bit guest operating systems (O/S) from an ESXi 4.1 or vSphere 5 guest. This nested Virtual Machine (VM) setup is great for learning and test lab environments, but up until now you were limited to 32-bit guest O/S's. Workstation 8…
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Today I'm going to show you how to install the Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8. The Windows 8 Developer Preview was just released last night (09/13/2011), and VMware Workstation 8 was just released today (09/14/2011). UPDATE: If you came here because the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released today (02/29/2012), this…
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Windows 8 has a new "BSOD", or "Blue Screen of Death". Microsoft apparently tried to make it look a little friendlier. Notice how it suggests you search for the error online.
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VMWare released version 8 of Workstation today. The upgrade costs $99, and a new license will set you back $199. The new version boasts over 50 new features, including: Remotely connect to virtual machines running on VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, and VMware vCenter anywhere on your network Simply drag and drop when you are…
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Microsoft announced that they will be releasing the Windows 8 Developer preview "later this week". According to PCMag.com, it will be available at 8PM Pacific time tonight. Keep an eye on the Windows Dev Center, as the download will be posted there. I'll be downloading it and writing up a full review as soon…
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During his keynote speech today, Microsoft Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky demonstrated the resource useage of Windows 8 on an old Lenovo Netbook. Windows 8 is set to use almost 50% less RAM than Windows 7. It shed a few processes, and uses significantly less CPU resources.
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For Part 4 of the "Budget Laboratory" series, we're going to connect the ESXi 4.1 server we installed in Part 3, to the Virtual SAN we created using FreeNAS 8 in Part 2, using the vSphere client. You will need: An iSCSI SAN. An ESXi 4.1 Server. A system running the vSphere client.* *If you…
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For this installment of my “Budget Laboratory” series, I’ll show you how to install VMWare ESXi 4.1 on VMWare Workstation 7. Yes, we’ll be running Virtual Machines (VMs) inside of a VM! Why would anyone want to do such a thing? To learn ESXi and vSphere of course! If you don’t have spare hardware for…
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Storage Area Networks (SANs) are used in most Enterprise class networks, you’ll also find them at a lot of small and medium businesses. A lot of systems rely on SANs to provide high availability features. A SAN is great to have for setting up shared storage for any type of cluster. Fiber used to be…
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Last week I showed you how I used PowerShell and diskpart to partition, format, and label 193 disks. If you’ll recall, I said I still needed to figure out how to get 188 of those disks mapped to folders for Volume Mount Points. My goal was to get this 100% automated. Due to time constraints,…