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Four less-known mistakes that can kill Hyper-V environments

Greg Shields, Contributor — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:15:33 EST

With each Hyper-V release, virtualization best practices evolve. Here are four lesser-known mistakes that can kill virtual machine performance in Hyper-V environments.

How to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 as a KVM host

Sander van Vugt, Contributor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:36:57 EST

Now that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 natively supports KVM, you can easily configure a KVM host in your virtual environment. Here we outline how to install KVM on an RHEL server.

Oracle virtualization introduction guide

Shayna Garlick, Assistant Editor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:19:04 EST

This introductory guide to Oracle virtualization is designed to help you define and understand the basics of Oracle virtualization including Oracle's VM.

Virtualization errors happen to everyone

Server Virtualization Advisory Board — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:48:55 EST

Even top experts make mistakes when it comes to installing and managing server virtualization. As Halloween approaches, our Advisory Board members share their horror stories.

Understanding Hyper-V's failover settings in Failover Cluster Management

Greg Shields, Contributor — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:51:54 EST

Virtual machines that are colocated onto hosts can pose compliance risks. There are workarounds, including the use of Failover Cluster Management, to secure Hyper-V environments.

Sun VirtualBox tutorial: Guest Additions, shared folders and more

Editors, SearchServerVirtualization.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:50:53 EST

Sun's VirtualBox is desktop virtualization software that can also have benefits for server virtualization. Learn about Guest Additions, shared folders and more in this tutorial.

Building high-availability clusters with Xen virtual machines

Sander van Vugt, Contributor — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:40:37 EST

High-availability clusters can save your virtualized environment from downtime. Here's how to set up Xen virtual machines in a high-availability cluster.

Virtual-to-physical conversions: Why and how

Eric Siebert, Contributor — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:11:33 EDT

Physical-to-virtual or P2V conversions are well-known in the virtualization field. Virtual-to-physical, or V2P, may be less so. But V2P conversions are still important to know how to do -- especially when it comes to application vendor support calls.

Fixed vs. dynamic disks for Hyper-V virtual machines

Rob McShinsky, Contributor — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:58 EDT

As you provision new virtual machines in Hyper-V, you face a key choice: whether to select fixed-size or dynamically expanding disks. This tip explains each disk type's tradeoffs.

Creating virtual machine templates aids Windows server provisioning

Rob McShinsky, Contributor — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:30:04 EDT

By creating virtual machine templates before you provision servers, you can ease the burden of Windows server provisioning.