Q&A Monday: Windows 8 Install on VmWare Issues

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Question: I just downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview ISO from Microsoft’s website, and when I went to load the ISO into VMWare, I get the following message: “Windows cannot read the <Productkey> setting from the unattended answer file” I am not using an answer file, so I am not sure what is causing this. […]

Virtualization Planning

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When deciding you need to virtualize your network there are some things you need to consider prior to doing so.

Virtualized Domain Controllers

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I got a call yesterday from my old job, it was the software specialist who was having problems with the VMWare 3.51 server which I installed a couple of months before I left.  Though by the time I was able to get a break and call them back, but it got me thinking about my […]

Changing IP Address of VMware ESX Host

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I’ve come into many occasions where I needed to change the IP address of an ESX server.  In one ocassion there was tiering a network so the servers were on a different network from the workstations, and in another it was moving the ESX server to a test network where it could not touch the […]