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converting a Virtualbox to Xenserver

How can I use my virtualbox image in a Xenserver 6 or above? I mean is there a way to import the image to Xenserver? Secondly is there anyway we can import vmware image to Xenserver without using ...
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converting KVM virtual machines to VMware-vsphere

I am using KVM on Ubuntu Server 12.04 and Virtual Machines are running on it in LVM. I want to migrate of them to Vmware-vsphere. How can I achieve this. Can some one suggest as where do I begin?
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Storage vMotion fails with a DMotion error

I've ran into an issue where several servers that I've been trying to migrate to different datastores the past few days are unable to migrate properly. Rather than migrating like normal, the servers ...
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VMWare serial connection between two vm hosts

I am attempting to simulate a serial connection between two VMWare virtual machines running CentOS 6.3; both hosted on the same VMWare vSphere 5.1.0 host (linux based ). Googling yielded these ...
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VCenter Upgrade Does not work

Task/Details We need to upgrade our Vcenter enviornment from v4.1.0 Build Number: 799345 to v4.1.0 Update 3 Build Number: 816786 Problem After backing up the database and the SSL certificates we ...
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Veeam backup iSCSI drive

We have an ESXi virtual machine currently being backed up using Veeam B&R 6.5. The virtual server itself has an ISCSI drive attached (Windows iSCSI Initiator), but it is not included within the ...
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VMware ESXi 4.0 upgrade to ESXi 5.1 minimize VM downtime

I am looking for the least amount of down time to do the following: Issue: One ESX Host running ESXi 4.0 (locally attached storage) with one VM running on it. This host needs to be updated to ESXi ...
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Should backup necessary before upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1? [closed]

We are using ESXi 4.1 and we need to move to ESXi 5 as we need VMs for Windows server 2012 and Windows 8. Our servers are already having VMs. So we want to upgrade without reinstall. Some people ...
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How to rename a VMWare ESXi 5 VM physically?

When I create a VM on a VMWare ESXi 5 server naming it "MyVM" then "MyVM" directory is created on a data store and files like "MyVM.vmx", "MyVM.vmdk" etc. in it. I've renamed the VM and would like ...
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File .vmx not found error when trying to create a VM snapshot after removing an independent volume

I had had a Windows VM having a second virtual drive configured as an independant volume placed on a second datastore on a VMWare ESXi 5 server. Then I have removed the second drive by removing it in ...
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How to get my Windows 7 virtual machines on my ESXi host connected to my network

I have 2 windows 7 virtual machines on an ESXi host I set up, and I want to get them so that they are accessible on my LAN that I have set up. I read the documentation and it said the virtual network ...
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Is VMWare Management Server, VMWare Hypervisor, or both, required in order to run Acronis vmProtect?

I am an individual freelance programmer who wishes to install VMWare vSphere Essentials Kit on my (single) server machine, in conjunction with Acronis vmProtect. The sole reason I want to run these ...
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How to conserve memory and run more vms on vSphere 5.0 with vCenter 5.0?

The server has 16 gig of memory. We want to run as many VMs as possible on this server. They are used as automated testing "slaves" to a Jenkins VM which distributes testing jobs. The VMs right now ...
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Why are virtual machines on vSphere 5.0 suddenly suspended?

We just got our vSphere 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0 configuration working with several VMS. These are the vms. Jenkins appliance. vCenter Server Appliance Windows7x64 Windows7x64-1 Windows7x64-2 ...
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ESXi 5 licencing [closed]

I have dedicated server with one physical CPU (socket) and 64GB RAM. I have ESXi 5 installed trial for 60 days (I didn't apply any licence and it is coming to an end). I have 5 virtual machines using ...
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In ESXi server, Why consumed host memory is more than allocated memory?

I am using ESXi 4.0 and ESXi 4.1 for my VM needs. I have allocated a VM with 4 GB RAM. Recently the user of that VM complained that he is unable to access the VM. I was trying to connect it through ...
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Method for sorting VMWareVMs by annotation fields

Background: One of the policies of our vCenter cluster is for (almost) every VM to have an "expiration date". This is a custom field in the annotations panel that is mainly a reminder to contact the ...
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What free (as in beer) solution should I use on a remote (no console access) server? [closed]

I currently have a 1U server in a data center. I run my (mostly personal) DNS, mail, and webserver on it. It will be time to replace/refresh it soon. When it is time for the new machine I am ...
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Dynamic screen resolution in VMWare vSphere Client

I use VMWare vSphere Client to access Windows 7 VM from Windows XP host. In Virtualbox, with guest additions enabled, in Win-Win machines pair, I had by default the dynamic screen resolution ...
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How to approach high availability and fail-overs when moving to a vmWare cloud server/cluster

I'm currently running a CentOS VPS with some simple web/DB/VPN servers, but I'm planning to move to a vmWare Enterprise cloud based machine in the near future to improve availability, and I need to ...
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How to maintain the list of VM in case free ESXi?

In our company we do not have licensed ESXi. I am having 10 ESXi server and using Vsphere to connect each and every machine. Whenever i am giving machine to users i store few information in excel ...
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How to get VM's usage pattern?

We are having VMware ESXi servers. VMs will be assigned to user and they will use RDP to use it. We are unable to find whether the users are really using them or the VMs are idle. Is there any way to ...
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How can I automatically create/control VMs using vsphere?

Is it possible to automatically create virtual machines using vSphere / ESXi? How would I go about doing that? I have a script to automatically create + install windows on a VM using VirtualBox. It ...
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Getting started with vmware vSphere

I am just getting started with virtualisation after being pointed towards it via another question on SF. I have installed vmware vSphere on one of our servers (HP ProLiant DL360 3.0GHz, 4GB RAM, 70GB ...
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What's the best way to make a copy of a VM and then rename it to save into your inventory from vSphere client?

I've had trouble exporting VMs, renaming them and importing them back into my inventory. What is the best way to do this inside vSphere Client? I am using vSphere Hypervisor version 4.1. Thanks.
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Install Starwind SAN as VM?

Is anyone of you using [Starwind 5.x, installed as VM in vSphere v4x.x.? In production environment? If you do,whats your esperience and how does your configuration looks like? Thanx for your answer. ...