How to run XenServer 6.0 on vSphere 5 - with nested Windows Server 2008 R2 VM

It is possible to install XenServer 6.0 in a virtual machine on vSphere ESXi 5 and then with a few tweaks you can even run a nested Windows Server 2008 R2 VM on the virtual XenServer 6.0.One important step is to execute the following command from the console:echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/configOtherwise, configure like the guide. Once the custom VM has been created, to be able to choose ESXi 5 as operating system, go to Edit ...

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Updating VMware Tools on Red Hat Enterprise/Scientific/CentOS Linux 6 for VMware ESXi 5

With the upgrade to ESXi 5 the update process for the tools installed from the repository is not very seamless because of some update issues in addition to package changes. First off, to get the VMware tools packages updated it is important to upgrade to the latest version of Red Hat/Scientific/CentOS Linux 6 due to some issues with the yum version distributed originally with 6.0. VMware has disabled the automatic update due to this issue:http://packages.vmware.com/tools/docs/engineering-release-notes/rhel-upgradeI am using Scientific Linux...

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Splitting your WINRAR files to parts

1. Open the WinRar application and choose the source file,2. now right-click the file or folder you want to split, 3. and select "Add files to Archive" or simply press [Alt] + A. which opens "Archive name and parameters" window, 4. now find among tabs (on the General tab) "Split to volumes, bytes" select the option which suites you best. 5. Afterward press Ok. NOTE:But let me inform you that the split on both the 700MB media disc will only serve as data backup, and won't be able to work without any of one dics. Since both the splits...

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