I used to think of my old PC as “still useful,” which is a polite way of saying it was headed toward the tech shelf of retirement. It handled everyday stuff fine, but it didn’t feel like it had a ...

VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...

Microsoft has announced a new Azure capability known as automatic VM guest patching and designed to automatically apply patch Windows virtual machines against newly discovered vulnerabilities. The new ...

Much like a human lifecycle, each virtual machine goes through one that needs to be managed from birth to end of life. Here are some tools to consider. While most every virtualization admin already ...

Ever since VMRC Plus came out I've been spending more and more time with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. As you may recall, I extolled the virtues of VMRC Plus a week or so ago, and since then I've been ...