Monthly Archive: March 2009

Mar
18

Final Post on That VMware Server on Windows 2008 Server Core Thing

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I built a Server 2008 box and tried the install that I’ve been babbling about. Failed.

Mar
17

VMware Server 2 on Win 2k8 Server Core – Part 2

Last week I rambled out the following: Why not run VMware Server 2 on Windows 2008 Server Core? Core is lean and mean with no GUI and would free up more resources to be used by my VM clients. I’m reasonably certain it’ll run on the hardware, I’m just not sure if it’ll host VMware …

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Mar
12

VMware Server 2 on Windows 2008 Server Core?

You know how when you have a possibly zany idea you first do some web searches to see if anyone has already done it? That’s where I’m at with this one… problem is that I haven’t found anyone who’s done it yet! I currently run VMware Server 2.0 on an older server. It all works …

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Mar
04

Dump the VMware Server Web Management

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If you use VMware Server 2.x, you probably love the web based management console about as much as I do. In other words, not very much. I like the product well enough (and the price!) that I’ve just been dealing with it up to this point. I mean seriously, it’s not like you have to …

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Mar
03

Sending WatchGuard logs to Syslog

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I manage a handful of WatchGuard Firebox Edge series firewalls at work. I’m generally pretty happy with them and have found that they do just what I need done. Lately I’ve been wrestling with some provider issues and have been trying to get some better data on sporadic network outages. That caused me to look …

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