Category: VMware

Creating a .flp file for use with Virtual Floppy.

In this document, I will try to explain how to make advanced use of the Virtual Floppy in a Virtual Machine, either with VMWare Workstation, Server, ESX or ESXi. In the beginning, We will no longer need the use of this support, But we all know, that on certain occasions, The easiest thing would be to take a floppy drive with us 3 1/2 USB on top. With this procedure, We learn how to create an image in .flp with drivers, or a boot floppy disk for later use on the VM.

Installing and Configuring 3CX VoIP PBX with Linksys SPA3102 Gateway

In this document I will explain the basic installation and configuration of the 3CX free PBX as well as the configuration of the Linksys SPA3102 Gateway to allow incoming and outgoing calls from a PSTN analog line. First of all, Get the files to install. You have the free version on the official 3CX website (HTTP://www.3cx.es/). The PBX can be installed on a WinXP or Server2003 machine. In theory, also about Vista and 2008 but personally, I haven't tried them. We will run the services on a WinXP and test the client with a View. Prior to installation, we must have available in the .Net Framework 2.0.

Using RVTools to facilitate our virtual administration

Vtools is ideal for managing our VMware Infrastructure-based virtual environment, or what is the same, for VMware VirtualCenter or VMware ESX server, only supports version 2.x of VirtualCenter and 3.x of lost host ESX. With this free tool, we can manage generic information about virtual machines, your virtual CPU's, your virtual RAM, Your Virtual Hard Drives, Your Virtual Networks, your virtual CD drives, Virtual floppy drives, Snapshots and the most important thing for me, The status of VMware Tools!!! So we can both disconnect CD drives or floppy drives and update the VMware Tools together!!

Installing and Configuring VMware Virtual Consolidated Backup – VMware VCB

VCB or Virtual Consolidated Backup is the ideal way to back up VMware's virtual environment. In this document, we'll show you how to configure VCBs to back up the virtual machines you're interested in, are complete copies of the VC or copies of their contents. We will also integrate VCB with Symantec Backup Exec. VMware Consolidated Backup is an easy-to-use, centralized backup program that incorporates the best features of both options. Provides file-by-file backup without the need for a backup agent, and supports incremental and full file protection.

Installing VMware ESXi on a USB flash drive

En este documento se verá cómo instalar en un Pendrive USB un host de VMware ESXi, in this case a VMware ESX 3.5i, and be able to boot from any VMware-supported computer, Your free hypervisor. Of course,, Whether virtual machines enter the pen drive is another story, we will need a separate storage to put the VM's with their VMFS format. The point is, first download the ESXi from the VMware website – HERE.

Using VMware Update Manager

Good, primer documento en formato WordPress, a ver que tal va 😉 En este documento se muestra cómo utilizar VMware Update Manager para mantener actualizados todas nuestras máquinas virtuales y los hosts con VMware ESX. En un documento anterior se comenta cómo se instala y cómo se habilita el plugin (HTTP://www.bujarra.com/?p=1115), en la instalación del VirtualCenter escojeremos si instalamos el componente de VirtualCenter o no. Well, Start,

Installing and Using VMware Virtual Machine Importer 2

VMware VM Importer, allows us to convert virtual machines from: VMware Workstation or VMware Player or VMware Server or VMware GSX Server or Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Virtual Server or Symantec Ghost or Symantec LiveState images in VMware ESX or VMware Workstation or VMware Player or VMware Server or GSX Server format. To do this,, we will need to download and install the VM Importer 2 from the www.vmware.com website.