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When you browse a VM folder on a datastore you find different types of files listed there . Each file has specific role in a VM functioning. We  will learn here for which purpose which files are created. Typically you will find following types of files in a VM directory: VMDK files –  VMDK files names as (VMware Virtual Disk file) are the actual virtual hard drive for the virtual guest operation system. You can create dynamic or fixed virtual disks. With dynamic disks, the disks start small and grow as the disk inside the guest OS grows. With fixed disks, the virtual disk started out at the same (large) disk size decided initially while creating VM. Log files  – Log files are just that- a log of VM server activity for a single virtual server. Log files can be used only while doing any troubleshooting with a virtual machine. It can be more than 1 or 2 and modified each time while we Start, Suspend or reboot the Virtual Machine.   V...

Updated versions of HP Customized version of ESXi 5.0 U3 /5.1 U2 / 5.5 U2 (November 2014) are available. The new versions fix  a critical AMS issue causing inability to initiate vMotion or enable services, and reporting of HEAP Global errors. See What’s new section below for details Driver Versions in HP supplied VMware ESX/ESXi images October 2014 VMware FW and Software Recipe HP VMware vSphere 5.5 U2 Customized Image Release Notes for November 2014 HP VMware vSphere 5.1 U3 Customized Image Release Notes for November 2014 Download : VMware ESXi 5.0 U3 Installable HP Customized ISO Image (November 2014) VMware ESXi 5.1 U2 Installable HP Customized ISO Image (November 2014) VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 Installable HP Customized ISO Image (November 2014) What’s New: AMS Fixes Fixed critical AMS issue causing inability to initiate vMotion or enable services, and reporting of HEAP Global errors when attempting...

Active Directory Domain Services Overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831484.aspx What is Active Directory? http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/server-cloud/windows-server/active-directory-overview.aspx Active Directory Services Overview (wiki) http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1026.active-directory-services-overview.aspx Microsoft Active Directory: An Introduction (Microsoft Virtual Academy video series) http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/IntroToAD Wiki: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Portal (Fantastic!) http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13752.wiki-active-directory-domain-services-ad-ds-portal.aspx Wiki: Active Directory Features in Different Versions of Windows Server http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/19037.active-directory-features-in-different-versions-of-windows-server.aspx AskDS / AskPFEPlat The AskDS blog remains the most amazing place on the internet ...