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vSphere is an enterprise level virtualization solution. It acts as the cloud computing OS managing a set of VMware ESXi-based hosts.

VMware's vSphere is a cloud computing virtualization platform built around the ESXi bare metal hypervisor. vSphere includes popular features such as HA (High Availability), DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduling), vMotion (live migration of guests), and Storage vMotion (live migration of guests disks between datastores).

See the vSphere product page at vmware.com.

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iSCSI drive running at 100% but SAN and Network are not

We have a virtual server running on VMware. This virtual server has a number of iSCSI drives attached to it (E, F & G drives). It has 2 virtual NICs - 1 for normal network traffic and 1 for iSCSI. Both NICs are connected at 1Gbps. We are running…
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Apple XServe 2,1 Questions (ESXi, Temp)

So I have Apple XServe 2, 1 (Earlier 2008 model) I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 on it. I've read it that it's possible. I'be burnt the ESXi ISO to a dvd-r. I am now trying to boot from it but I have no luck on that. I've looked at: Startup Disk,…
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Does Virtualbox from Oracle have similar tool like Vmware vSphere Client?

I'm using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 personal PC for open-source OS environment testing. Today, a friend show me his Vmware vSphere Client where he can manage the same Virtualbox thing but under server-client manner. I just think it would be lovely…
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Colocating mystery server

My employer has tasked me with bringing a server over to a local web hosting facility. The server has vsphere pre-installed with numerous virtual servers installed(5 servers, 3 linux, 2 windows). After bringing this server to the web host they have…
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External IP shows me ESXi web client

Recently i installed Vmware ESXi on my proliant server and created some VM there , opened ports on mikrotik router and installed nginx web server and when i tried to reach it via external ip it gets me on my web client of Vsphere ESXi. Any help ? I…
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Layout for virtualisation of 50 desktops

We are planning to deploy 50 virtual desktops(for normal users) using thin client hardware and VDI solution(using VMware or Citrix).Currently we have'nt virtualised any of the physical servers.I heard virtualisation of the servers are required for…
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How to get the specs of a server?

I have a virtual machine and boss says "Hey, get me the specs on that server." Presumable because she wants to acquire a comparable one and will ask me to set it up from a backup of our current one. What's a simple easy way to get the relevant…
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Running Windows Server 2012 on vSphere 4.1

I know it's not supported, and won't be officially supported, but has anyone had success getting a Windows Server 2012 VM running on a vSphere 4.1 box? Thanks for the help.
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Alternative program foe vSphere with VMWare ESXi

I've bought my dedicated server and chose VMWare ESXi and manage everything using the vSphere 5 client. It says "60-day evaluation" on the client. Does this mean I only have 60 days to trial vSphere client before I have to purchase their expensive…
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