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Hi all, For my job, I work between both Windows and macOS. For the past few months, I've been using VMWare workstation to run the macOS virtually but it's beginning to struggle. I got my hardware upgraded to help but was remember the LInus video with 2 gamers 1 CPU. I would like to try something like this, but after some research there seems to be certain constraints. Here is my hardware: - HP Z600 Workstation - Dual Xeon Quad Cores - 48GB DDR3 - 2 x Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSDs - 2 x Seagate 1TB HDDs - NVIDIA Quadro FX580 - AMD FirePro V9500 - PCI network card - 3 x Monitors - 2 sets of keyboards/mice I'd like to be able to have macOS on 1 monitor and Windows on 1 or 2, each with a CPU, 24GB RAM, GPU, keyboard/mouse, SSD, HDD so both systems shouldn't be struggling (in theory). unRAID would be ideal but my work will not pay for this, so are there any other alternatives? Originally I was going to use ESXi but I would need a client and will render the GPUs useless. I'm not familiar with KVM and it's ability to support macOS. If this cannot be done, fair enough I will go back to the way I was doing it before but on the new hardware. Thanks
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i have an established connection for vmware, its foreign ip address is [::1]:8307. what does this mean?
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stupid Stupid idea, please tell me how stupid it is.
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Hello fellow geeks, I'm planning to build my own unRAID NAS, but running VMWare in my homelab already got me thinking. "What if the NAS also runs VMWare?" So that set off a whole string of ideas of which my last one has such a thin line between genius and stupid I just have to do it. The idea: Get an SSD and a bunch of large harddrives. Don't get a RAID controller Install VMWare on the SSD Install unRAID in a VM (on the SSD) Attach the harddrives to the unRAID VM (direct mapping, not an image) Create a RAID volume in unRAID like normal and enable CIFS, NFS, etc. shares. Attach the unRAID volume to VMWare via NFS so I can run more VMs with plenty of disk space. Optional bonus stupid idea: create a Windows VM and attach an iSCSI volume to it so I can use native Windows credentials for shares. And presto, a NAS and VMWare box all in one. -
So, i want an online web server and a network shared VM in the same machine. The base operating system is Windows Server 2016, How do i connect my non-vm physical computers (one is XP 64bit, other is Win10 64bit) to a local VM in my server so i can share the horse power of my server to other users in my network (connected by Ethernet) i have a rough idea of incorporate ESXi but it probably won't work. System specs: (base Windows Server 2016) (gigabit ethernet) Motherboard: Asus - KGPE-D16 SSI EEB Dual-CPU G34 Motherboard ($150.00) Memory: Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1333 Memory Memory: Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1333 Memory Memory: Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1333 Memory Memory: Kingston - 8GB (1 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1333 Memory Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00) Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($0.00) Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($60.00) Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00) Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GT 640 2GB Video Card Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($124.00) Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.08 @ Amazon) Sound Card: Asus - Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz) Other: mobo url CPU Dual AMD Opteron 6172 ($15.00) Other: RAM URL ($80.00) CPU Cooler: Dual Dynatron A14 ($60.00) Total: $605.07 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here's an alternative way to install windows 95 for those still having issues installing windows 95 manually without the floppy setup disk what you need: .DOS on a floppy or on an image (.flp .img) .Windows 95 cd .VMWARE player (it's free) or virtualpc (I recommend VMWARE) .Magiciso (the free trial version will do) .a copy of MSCDEX.EXE and oakcdrom.sys (both can be found online) MSCDEX.EXE: http://www.techadvice.com/tech/M/MSCDEX.htm oakcdrom.sys: https://goo.gl/YTZ3nL Magiciso: http://www.magiciso.com/download.htm step 1 create a new virtual machine (make sure to add a floppy image drive if you are using vmware) step 2 put your dos floppy/image in or mount it and install dos step 3 download and install the free version of magiciso open magic iso go to new - floppy - 1.44 find a copy of mscdex.exe find a copy of oakcdrom.sys (generic cd rom driver that works with dos.. might have to try another if it doesn't work) RENAME the oakcdrom.sys to cdrom.sys drag both these files into magic iso on the floppy disk we just created save the file close magic iso find the file we just saved in your explorer change the extension from .ima to .flp (if you are using vmware) or .img (if you are using virtualpc) (if you can't see the extensions you're going to need to change your folder options to show extensions) google it. it's easy to do step 4 go back to your virtual machine mount the floppy image we just created a:\ copy mscdex.exe c:\ copy cdrom.sys c:\ (don't forget to rename oakcdrom.sys to cdrom.sys in step 3) step 5 find config.sys in your c drive type: edit config.sys now add a line that says this device=c:\cdrom.sys /d:mscd001 exit and save step 6 find autoexec.bat in your c drive type: edit autoexec.bat now add a line that says this c:\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001 exit and save step 7 restart the computer or virtual machine step 8 we're still not done yet now move to your c drive and type mscdex.exe: /d:mscd001 /M:5 /V /L:d /S /K (this part /M:x refers to the amount of buffers your drive has.. it's either 4 or 5. usually 5) step 9 create a blank floppy image either in vmware or magic iso then mount that new one put your windows 95 cd in the cd drive type: d:\ setup.exe step 10 it should be booting windows 95 now now you might run into troubles when it tries to install the other drivers it might ask you for windows floppies even if you're using the cd version which I never understood but anyways, you can find all of these drivers on the windows 95b cd if you have it they're all in cab files so you'd need to extract them 1 by 1 and put them on floppy images to use them. (huge pain) but I actually just got it to load the drivers off the win95 cd by just trying it over and over again until it worked. it might have been because I either did or didn't restart after putting in the windows 95 cd can't remember, but I'd try both if you're having trouble all in all windows 95 is incredible wonky to install in a virtual machine. I highly recommend using VMWARE and not virtual pc for this one. If you didn't have a hard time installing this.. you got incredible lucky make sure you check to make sure windows95 is seeing your cd drive if not go to the add new hardware wizard in the control panel and see if that detects it (Note: I tried to install it without installing MS-DOS first the first time by using fdisk and format then creating the autoexec.bat and config.sys manually. Even though I did this right I ran into problems when windows started installing. Installing dos before hand made it run a lot smoother for some reason. Ask around and find a copy from a friend. A lot of people still have a copy lying around that they don't care about)
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So i currently have a macbook pro as my daily and it has been for the past 5 years (not to mention the fact that before that I had been all apple for a really long time). And my goal is to run an OSX (el captain or sierra) VM on my new alienware 13 that I have coming in. The trick here is that I would like to find a way to take my current OSX with all of my apps and files and transfer it over to a virtual machine (willing to run any free or reasonably priced virtualization software such as virtualbox, vmware, hyper-v, etc...) I have read people trying to do this with time machine and then restoring from time machine which doesnt exactly seem to work all the time. Of course apple makes this really easy when you buy a macbook they have a tool to transfer everything over wifi to the new computer but that doesn't seem to work either. Any help would be awesome.
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Hello! I have a problem, and many have asked this before but, why is performance in VMware (or any virtualization software) so bad? Everybody I have found who ask this question is running hardware not capable of running VMs, but my hardware should be capable of it. All OS's have this bad performance, but especially Windows 10 is bad. Choppy animations and slow performance in general. VMware tools are always insalled. The machine was dedicated 4 cores and 6 GB of RAM. This is always the case with all VMs. Core i7 4790K, 16 GB of RAM, GTX 770, host is Windows 7 running VMware 12.5.
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Hey wondering if ESXI will run on this, specifically kaby lake PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($96.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.88 @ OutletPC) Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: SeaSonic Platinum 400W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply ($106.50 @ Jet) Total: $568.35 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-21 19:45 EDT-0400
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Hey, right now i have a hp proliant server and the CPU isnt cutting it for my needs anymore. I am planning to upgrade to an I5 or something similar for some more performance. I figured this would be a good time to play with VM stuff on a server. My current server has 4x4TB drives in ZFS raid an the OS running on a 32gb ssd. If i wanted to recreate that in a VM how should I go about doing that? From what i've pieced together it seems I should install esxi on a usb/sd card, create the VM and give it space from the SSD and 4x4TB drives then create a ZFS raid with the 4TB drives? (I also read something about just passing the controller through to the VM?) Basically I just want to let this VM have access to a big 12TB mount for movies and tv shows and such. It doesnt need to be ZFS it's just what i've worked with. Or should I do raid 5 from the motherboard and assign the VM the one partition instead of doing software raid in the VM. This is the hardware I am planning on using https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gwmJGf (cheaper variant) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZBGNZ8 Thanks!
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Right, So i'm new to networking and servers. I'm going away for a bit next weekend and i want to be able to use my Vmware esxi server from the hotel i'm stopping in. I also want to be able to use the IPMI adaptor on my Server. Basically i want to be on my network from the hotel. Does anybody know how to achieve this? Thanks
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1st thing 1st I think this thread is in the right sub-forum, if its not I apologise. *waves frantically at Linus and Luke* Hello there guys, this is my first post. I'm a long time fan of LMG, and I have used the forums a few times to find help and advice. But this time I just can't find what I need, I think my Google-Fu is not strong enough. HISTORY I will start here. Until recently I, like every respectable geek, had 2 main PCs. The gaming rig and the server. Rig 1 - Day 2 day, Gaming, etc Windows 10 SSD - Windows SSD - Games HDD - #Stuffdrive Rig 2 - Media + Backup Server LIAN LI PCB70B Ubuntu 9 HDDs 1 - 500Gb - Ubuntu install and main downloads/sort + dump folders 8 - BtrFS - 1-3Tb - Backups, Media, Music, everything This way I had full network access to my entire library, all of my backups, and everything. Backups are run from within Windows and stored on the server. I use Kodi for the media centre on both PCs. BtrFS was NOT setup in a pool (im just not that good) but i used it primarily for the built in compression, and long term data storage benefits. My plan is to eventually upgrade the server to an UnRaid box and fully utilise its abilities. Recently my life situation changed. I am living with friends and having 2 PCs running is out of the question. THE PLAN Consolidate both PCs in to the Lian Li Tower case from my server. There is more room, for all the HDD's, and cooling for everything. Plus it has a hefty 1200w PSU. Run the rig as if it were still the main Windows gaming rig. Virtualise my entire Ubuntu server inside VirtualBox. This way all of my full setup will still be accessible. Everything over "the network", and the least amount of configuration (Inside the Ubuntu server at least) Run my PC as normal, but when I want to use the server, I just run the VBox VM, and crack on as normal. Or have it auto-boot with Windows. THE PROBLEM HOW DO I DO THIS? All the drives from the server (ex Ubuntu) are formatted in BtrFS, Windows doesn't work with updated, fun, decent, future looking File Formats such as BtrFS. So I think that as i'm not going to be accessing any of these drives from Windows itself, I should be able to use some form of hardware pass-through for the server drives, directly into the VM. I've been trying my hand at Google-Fu combined with my own knowledge, I know I should be able to do it, with either the "Serial Ports" feature or through CMD using "VBoxManage" but I don't know how. I could play around with this, but last time I did such a thing, I wiped the encryption headers from a 3Tb drive. (Don't do trial and error without sleep people!) THE ASK Can anyone out there help me with this? I know it should be doable. I know what I want + need Re-build my rig into my Lian Li case Connect ALL drives Not a problem I have enough SATA ports on my Mobo + HBA card. Build Ubuntu server in VBox. With the help of a dd img backup. (This I already have a guide for) Connect all server drives to the VBox server. Profit Wouldn't this make a great video for luke?
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I am a student in college (not a very good one, thus why I'm here asking for help) and I will eventually be in classes where I will need VMware, but that is at least a couple of years out. Currently, I have no experience using virtual machines, but I'm in some development classes that I believe would be improved if I could host XAMPP locally in order to test my php/perl scripting without having to upload it to the student server (which is time consuming during scripting/debugging), so I've concluded that it would probably be best to set up virtual machine capabilities in order to install XAMPP (on Linux, in a VM). I don't have any experience doing any of this, but I think I can figure it out. What I'm wanting to know is which Virtual Machine software suite is most similar to VMware, but FREE, since I really need to learn VMware, but I can't afford it currently (even with the student discount). I don't want to learn a program that will make learning VMware more difficult due to the need to "unlearn" things that operate completely differently, so I'm trying to get whatever free VM software is the closest to VMware in usability/UI. What would serve my needs best? Virtual Box? Hyper-V? Something else? I'd like to stress that I have zero experience with any of this, and I'm just going by what I could find using google search. Am I over-complicating this? I tend to do that. To be clear: I'd like to be able to run php and perl locally on my PC (Windows 10, 64 bit) so that I do not have to upload my webpages that include server-side scripting to the server to see if they work because it is very time-consuming.
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So I started a similar topic on TH but then I realized this is probably a better place to ask. I am trying to install Sims 3 on a VM for my niece (last time she had access to my pc for an extended period I got malware). The problem is that Sims 3 checks your gpu for compatability and if it isnt listed in the games gpu list then you have to add it manually. The problem is that when running a VM the virtual gpu obviously isnt on the list of supported gpus and it adding it is very hard since every manufacturer has custom made rules for their gpus. I tried tinkering and converting the rules from other manufacturers to get the virtual GPU to work but to no avail. The thing is that the game tries to set video settings to suit the gpu (which you later can change), but if it isnt recognized it wont even give you the chance to set the settings. (EA.. pls...) I got the idea that if I could change the VM gpu information in the registry to have identical information to say an nvidia 460, the game would start propperly. The thing is tho I dont really know how where to start, I need the dxdiag to output identical display info as it would with a supported gpu. I am running windows 10, I would switch to linux and make it easier on me but I cant because of adobe. Worst case scenario I might have to dualboot linux and then through that run a VM with a gpu passthrough with AMD and Nvidia at the same time (the only 2 gpus I own, sadly fx8350 doesn't intergrated graphics). Lastly; is there any possibility to create a virtual device that would mimic a gpu just cosmetically? As in only look as if a gpu is connected so that Sims can let the game launch? Thanks in advance, 1k cookie points to whoever solves this.
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Here is some context: My company uses an OLD DOS software for product purchasing, distribution, and sales. As it is a 16-bit software and DOS, it must be run on an XP or older OS. Due to aging hardware and older OS compatibility issues, I have decided to try using Virtual Windows XP machines on more modern hardware (ie. Windows 10 x64 machines.) I have set up the virtual machine as Windows XP Professional x86, enabled networking via NAT to the existing network adapter (Intel Lan Adapter.) I have an internet connection on the virtual machine (can get on Google.com with no problem, but I cannot see the server on the network, or any of the other connected workstations for that matter.) Any words of wisdom?
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I want to transfer my OSX Guest OS to an actual hard drive and put it in a mac I have, is there a way to convert the VMDK file to an IMG file?
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I have been developing an app on my OSX Sierra Guest (Windows 10 Host) and after updating VMWare Workstation, I get that first image during the VMWare boot screen, and that second image (Kernel Panic) during the apple logo boot screen. For some reason, recovery mode isn't working (I am holding Windows+R while it boots, right?).
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Hello there, I was playing around in VMWare workstation pro 12. Then I had to turn off my virtual machine and now it wont even boot. I never touched any setting which have anything with this to do, and all the posts I can find online with this problem is people who want to upgrade to windows 10, and I've had windows 10 working without any problems... bear in mind this is on my Laptop not on my primary dekstop, Thank you
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I'm just getting into the whole virtualization scene but am hoping to get rid of a couple physical server installs at work and also set up something similar to the Gaming NAS that linus demonstrated for Unraid. The two goals are very different in what they have. An enterprise grade server vs a homebuilt gaming machine. My question is, I see a lot of different virtual controllers which I'm gathering are referred to as hypervisors or whatever their counter parts in other companies are called. My questions are; Do Vmware or any of the other similar ones to that feature a RAID system similar to Unraid's or would that be done on a RAID controller like our Perc H710 in the server? Also what would Unraid's formation be considered as since it has designated parity drives instead of all the drives sharing parity data? I still have yet to start this project and intend to dig around in each of them but was hoping to get some questions out of the way. Thanks in advance!
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HelloEveryone, I just wanted to check if anyone has tried shared graphics card for different vms by on running them esxi 6.5 . I know pass thru has been around for sometime , just wanted to see if anyone has tried sharing a single gfx card . I am yet to build a pc ill be going for a radeon 480 and later crossfire . Full build : Intel processors i7 6th Core 6800K - CPU MSI X99S GAMING 7 Motherboard -Motherboard Samsung 750 EVo -250GB -SSD G.skill 8GB 2400MHz -RIPJAW -DDR4 Ram Seasonic 750Watt Modular Power - SMPS/PSU Rx 480 Asus or MSI - GPU Cabinet NZXT Cabinet Phantom 410 -Full Tower Cosrair H90 140mm Liquid -CPU Cooler
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Hey guys, I'm working on setting up a personal ESXI server that I can learn and play around with lots of different stuff. I have an i7-2600, 16GB 1333MHz DDR3, Intel DH67CL motherboard, a Zotac GTX 750 Ti, two 120GB Sandisk SSDs, and some random HDDs of varying sizes. The issue I have run into is that ESXI doesn't support "fakeraid" solutions like most onboard controllers provides, and I had intended to use the 2 Sandisk SSDs as a boot drive in RAID1. I need help deciding where to go from here. I've looked into getting an actual hardware RAID controller but the couple cheap ones I've found are still "fakeraid". I'm wondering if I should just give up on ESXI, although part of the reason I wanted to use it is because I know how huge it is in enterprise data centers and I wanted to get some experience with it. I've googled for an hour or two now and some people say I should install ESXI on USB, however that is both 1) slow to boot and 2) if the USB fails then all the settings are gone and I'm not quite sure how I'd back them up/restore them easily without manual configuration. I've also seen people suggesting alternatives like Proxmox, or XenServer. One of the things I'll be experimenting with on this server is FreeNAS, I'm new to it but I'm wondering if it has the capabilities to act as a virtualization server? Then I'd just have FreeNAS as my base instead of ESXI. Very new to this and at the moment quite discouraged so advice and suggestions on where to go from here is appreciated. Thanks guys. EDIT: Googling some more looks like Proxmox doesn't support "fakeraid" either. So the more general question is how can I get the redundancy (RAID 1ish) I want for whichever solution? If I install it on a USB and the USB fails, is it that hard/time consuming to recover from?
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i have this project for class in wich i must install android for phones v4.0 download whatsapp, and make it communicate with something, the problem is that after i have installed it, it doesnt seem to recognize the connection from the host machine, i have changed to NAT and bridged connection, but it doesnt seem to find the connection, in the logs i can see that it recognizes the motherboard connector, but nothing about my network, and im quite stuck, i would really appreciate the help.
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Looking for a storage solution that would fit our needs as a primary backup target using Veeam. We'd like to have around 40tb usable on the appliance to fit all of our backup needs. We'd probably use the dedupe and compression methods on the Veeam side for any space savings. We're currently looking at the Netapp E series box and received a quote of $15k Canadian for 40tb. Is there anything cheaper out there that would suite our needs? Nothing fancy, just need to dump our nightly veeam backups, restore once in awhile, and that's pretty much it. Thanks
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Hi I have a windows VM running in VMware on a local pc account and I want to run it on another local account on the same pc. My worry is that doing this may start creating problems with the windows licensing. For reference, its a windows XP Professional license with service pack 2 installed. The way i would go about accessing it is by loading the windows VMDK file in VMware on my second account and booting it up. Would this cause any problems with the license. Would MS think the product is activated on 2 different PCs? I think its unlikely due to it effectively been like accessing the same hard drive and system components but just from a different Window. Any help is appreciated! -
Hello! I am trying to build a small computer lab for the after school program at my church. I decided to try to use a single server running 9 virtual desktops on 9 23" monitors placed around the room. I have a $7,000 budget, and threw together the following part list: ASAP Server Parts List I recently saw Linus' video where he showed that i7's were much more capable at running his video processing operation than his 22-core Xeons. I understand that one isn't simply better than the other, but I would like some feedback on this parts list. Are these Xeon processors the best processors for the job? I don't plan on doing any intensive work on any individual station: just basic flash games, web browsing, simple typing applications, and maybe Portal. However, with the other costs of making the lab, I'm pretty much out of space in the budget, so I would like to keep the price pretty much the same, if possible. Thank you guys so much! Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
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I just installed VMware on my Dell R310 rackmount server. I am now installing Ubuntu. In the install process, it is asking if it should add a new MBR. Should I or would that screw up everything else?