Virtualization Archive
11 Jul 2012
Benefits of Virtualization
What are the benefits of virtualization during testing? That’s the topic for this post. I’ve been inundated with requests for more explanations on Virtualization from some of the more hardcore tech readers on here. So I’ve decided to run with the story for a few posts more, or at least until I run out of
10 Jul 2012
Virtualization: Evolution and Acceptance
Hey You! How you coming along? Following on from our first post on Virtualization, which we had to do since Nish and Dan both needed to learn a little more about the process, we thought we would do one more installment. In order to make it easier understand, how about you read this first? And
09 Jul 2012
Virtualization – The New Frontier in Tech
A Software Engineer spends a big chunk of working time in the set up and preparation of resources rather than coding, testing and debugging. A major factor in determining development project costs is the availability of optimum testing infrastructure. In a bid to meet business parameters companies cut down on expenditure at the cost of
16 Feb 2012
Managing Guest Isolation in VMware Workstation 8
What Is Guest Isolation? In VMware Workstation 8 guest isolation means preventing virtual machines from getting connected to the host computers and/or other virtual machines running on same or other computers. Two factors that are associated with the concept of guest isolation are Copy and Paste and Drag and Drop. Copy and Paste: As soon
16 Feb 2012
Enable Shared Folders in VMware Workstation 8
What Is VMware Shared Folder? In IT and computer networks field a shared entity is the one that can be accessed by anyone and from any computer. To elaborate, it can be said that a shared object is an entity that resides at one computer but is available for anyone who belongs to same organization
16 Feb 2012
Enable Autologon in VMware Workstation 8
What Is Autologon? In Microsoft Windows platform autologon means that as soon as the Windows starts it automatically accepts credentials of a user account and allows it to log on without any user interaction. In Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems this feature was not much popular however with the release of Windows
16 Feb 2012
Defragment Virtual Hard Disks in VMware Workstation 8
What Are Virtual Hard Disks? Virtual hard disks are the files that are automatically created when administrators create virtual machines using any virtualization application. Virtual hard disks are stored in the physical disks drives and the host operating systems looks at them as other normal files. Depending on the type of virtualization application that administrators
16 Feb 2012
Configure VMware Workstation 8 for Optimum Performance
Default VMware Workstation 8 Configuration When administrators install VMware Workstation 8 it has some default configurations which are considered appropriate for new users and students. However for advanced users these default configurations might not be appropriate as they may reduce system speed and decrease performance. Some default VMware Workstation 8 configurations that highly affect computer
16 Feb 2012
Capture Movies in VMware Workstation 8
What Are VMware Workstation 8 Movies? VMware Workstation 8 is mostly installed by IT administrators so that they can either virtualize their entire network setups or train people without affecting their production infrastructure. Many times when administrators want to train their juniors or some corporate trainers want to train trainees they either use projectors or
16 Feb 2012
Add Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 R2
What Is Hypervisor or Hyper-V? Hypervisor is a virtualization feature integrated in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RTM and R2 operating systems. Hypervisor allows administrators to run multiple operating systems on a single computer provided the computer has appropriate cores of processors, memory and available disk space. Unlike other virtualization applications Hypervisor ships along with Microsoft
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