http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com A SearchServerVirtualization.com blog Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the features that make desktop virtualization packages attractive is the ability to move files from the host to the guest virtual machine without the use of a network. Sun xVM VirtualBox has this functionality, so let's go through it for use on Windows systems. Enabling shared folders is fairly ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/23/sun-xvm-virtualbox-easily-enables-folder-sharing/ One of the more overlooked placement discussions that happen within the design or re-engineering phases of virtualization projects involves systems that are on an external network. The placement of external systems can be addressed many different ways, including the use of virtual private network (VPN) authentication servers, web servers or remediation systems ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/20/considering-external-facing-virtual-machines/ VMware has just updated their security hardening guide, which provides recommendations for hardening a VI3 environment. In addition to the updates for virtual machines and the ESX Service Console, they have now added new recommendations for ESXi, VirtualCenter Add-on components (plug-ins) and for Client components. Here’s a brief overview of the ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/17/vmware-updates-its-security-hardening-guide/ A virtualization package is ready for prime time when it has a full array of device connectivity between the host and the guest virtual machine (VM). Let's take a quick look at USB device redirection in Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.2. The USB device functionality has a nice feature that allows a selective ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/14/using-usb-device-filters-with-sun-xvm-virtualbox/ A general rule of thumb in virtual environments is to always treat virtual machines the same as you would physical servers. While this rule holds true in many cases, IT administrators should be aware of some exceptions to this rule. Let’s go over some reasons that you would not treat ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/14/when-not-to-treat-vms-like-physical-servers/ So, earlier this week I wrote a blog about Clabby Analytics Analyst Joe Clabby's report spelling out a handful of reasons why Microsoft's Hyper-V is going to take the lead in the virtualization market away from VMware Inc. over the next five years. I received a lot of feedback on this ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/10/where-are-the-microsoft-hyper-v-users/ The Sun xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions host and guest driver integration suite optimizes the guest experience in a way similar to the VMware Tools installation. The virtualization suite installs within the guest operating system with a small footprint on most of the supported platforms within VirtualBox. Let's take a quick ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/09/guest-additions-installation-makes-the-grade-with-virtualbox/ Speculations are overflowing within the virtualization community following Diane Greene's resignation from VMware. As a glass-half-full kind of guy, I'd like to offer my reasons why VMware may thrive in the next several years. First and foremost, I feel that VMware's technology has the potential to continue to be superior to the ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/09/four-reasons-why-vmware-will-retain-market-share-position-over-the-next-five-years/ Clabby Analytics analyst Joe Clabby is 100% convinced that Microsoft's Hyper-V will take over VMware in market share over the next three to five years, and makes some strong points for this in his recent report, Six Reasons Why Microsoft’s Hyper-V will Overtake VMware to Become the Major Player in ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/08/six-reasons-hyper-v-will-surpass-vmware-within-5-years/ Given that virtual environments for x86 servers are relatively new, most lack direct experience in performing major in-place upgrades. While there are many ways to approach a key upgrade to a virtual environment, we'll take a look at one example of a server virtualization upgrade: VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter ... http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/07/test-virtual-environments-make-for-better-server-upgrades/