Archive for March, 2011
Upgrade from VMware ESXi to Vsphere on the cheap
Current Setup: 3 existing ESXi servers running 4-6 VMs each. Two old Windows servers (backup and exchange). Recent Purchase: 1 new (blank) server and 1 copy of Vsphere Essentials ($449) Goal: To move everything to 3 ESXi/Vsphere servers with one VCenter server and decommission the windows servers. Step 1. Install ESXi on the new server. ESXi and Vsphere [...]
How to delete windows.old folder and regain space
After installing a new version of Windows or upgrading from Vista/XP, Windows leaves a folder on your root drive called WINDOWS.OLD. This folder can be tough to simply delete because of it retains all of the security restritions from the previous windows install. But, really, do you need to keep it around? Probably not. To [...]