Since Windows Vista, the SysPrep package has been “built-in” to Windows, and is generally to be located within C:\Windows\System32\sysprep. Prior to this change all previous […]

Once a VM has been converted to a template, it can be converted back to being a VM again. This will allow the administrator to […]

IMPORTANT: Whilst vSphere supports one of the widest range of guest operating systems available – that does not mean all OSes are supported for Guest […]

It’s possible to deploy a VM from template using the New Virtual Machine Wizard, and its also possible to right-click the template and also Deploy […]

Introduction to Creating and Deploying Templates One of the benefits of VMs is how easy they can be cloned – gone are the days of […]

Creating a Snapshot: Creating a snapshot can be done using the New-Snapshot cmdlet which supports flags for capturing the memory contents, and also quiescing disk […]

I’ve always felt a bit “iffy” about the use of the term “Advanced”, but when you scratching around for some sort of word for a […]

Although its unlikely that many will want to create a clean blank virtual machine using PowerCLI. It is indeed possible – but administrator may find […]

Virtual Machines and Appliance can be imported and exported using the Web Client. VMware supports the “Open Virtual Machine Format” or .OVF format which consists […]

One thing comes up increasingly is folks comparing the Ye Olde vSphere Client with the All New Shiny Web Client. There’s been a number of […]