Despite the increasing number of critical applications and secure data on virtual infrastructures, few forensics tools exist to be sure a VM is locked down, or find out why it wasn't once it's been ...

Between the sheer number of community scripts and home lab-oriented settings, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish with ...

Registering a virtual machine with the hypervisor is a handy tool that can be used when moving VMs between hosts, changing storage locations or even manual creation of virtual machines. Hyper-V 3 in ...

After reading my article "Backing Up Live Virtual Server VMs," a couple of administrators asked me if it was possible to back up individual files or folders inside a running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 ...

I know what some of you who are familiar with the process are thinking: "What about your storage?" Others may even question ...

How to run VirtualBox virtual machines from the command line Your email has been sent VirtualBox virtual machines can be run without working with the GUI. See how to take advantage of the VBoxManage ...

Oracle has announced Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1, a key component in Oracle's complete, integrated desktop to data center virtualization portfolio. Pre-installed on Oracle's SPARC T-series servers, ...

How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

I am going to be setting up a new VM host and am deciding between these two options. I chose Windows as I have the most experience with Hyper-V and I like the ability to use a drive on Windows (NTFS) ...

While the benefits of virtual machines on a workstation may be quite straightforward, there are more far-reaching ramifications for virtual machines on a server. At first glance, much like a ...