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Convert Virtualbox into VMware support OVF Format

The purpose of this document is to provide you with the required steps to convert a VirtualBox OVA Image into VMware supported OVF Format. I’ve done this to install daloRadius on my ESX Server.

How to monitor network traffic inside an ESXi host
I’ve done several packet analyses on physical wired environment which was easy and pretty straight forward to set up. But with all virtualization efforts, you may need to analyze inside an ESX host. With a standard NIC and all connected virtual machines, it won’t work

How to install a Silver Peak VX-Xpress on VMware ESXi
The purpose of this document is to go through all necessary steps to install Silver Peak’s VX-Xpress. VX-Xpress is a free version and only supports one point-to-point deployment.

SPAN Port Configuration on ESXi
The purpose of this document is to provide you with a set of configuration steps to share a physical network port to be used as a SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer) inside an ESXi Server. It is required, that you have two physical network cards in your ESXi Server.

Setup Cisco Call Manager on VMware
The purpose of this document is to provide the necessary steps to setup a Cisco Call Manager to run on VMware. I’ve been researching for a while to get Call Manager installed, but there had been too many confusing articles in the forums, and not everybody could retrieve support information from Cisco itself. As an employee of a Technology Development Partner of Cisco, I was entitled to order CUCM Partner Bundle Offering (UC8.0.2-K9-PBO) and received a bunch of DVDs to install. The DVD could install on an HP DL 360, which I don’t have. Any other hardware I had available did not meet the “installer” requirement and therefore I’ve chosen to install CUCM on VMware.

Virtual Appliance: NetCordia's NetMRI Setup in 30 Minutes
Here is an overview to install NetMRI. I have downloaded the Virtual Appliance and added some devices into the Change Management and Network Management Suite into my Home Lab.

Simple Steps to install an ESX Server
To evaluate Cisco’s Nexus 1000v in conjunction with NetQoS SuperAgent Virtual Collector, I had to install an ESX Server into my lab. All necessary steps to do the first installation of an ESX Server are documented in this TechTip

How to enable and configure SNMP on ESX 4
In ESX 4, VMware created an own SNMP agent and is disabled by default. They also removed .6878 OIDs from the SNMPD Agent built into the 3.5 version of ESX. To get SNMP back on track, there are few thing to do

How to Install a new a new Guest Operating System on ESX Server
If you are new to VMWare as I was and trying to get a new Virtual Server installed in a minimum of time, just follow these simple steps. I assume that ESX Server has been installed