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Skytech is a part time blogger that has over 7 years experience in servicing, repairing and configuring computers and administering the server systems.

How to Fix mscorwks.dll could not be loaded on Windows

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When you click vSphere client or any software that requires the .NET Framework, you suddenly get the following messages : “C:\Windows|Microsoft.Net\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll could not be loaded” “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll could not be loaded” This error will occur after booting your machine or after you uninstall some software such as microsoft office, microsoft visual studio etc. You may need … Read more

Download VMware Player Free for Windows and Linux

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VMware Workstation player (formerly known as Player Pro) is a desktop virtualization application software that can run multiple and concurrent operating systems on one computer. It has three different versions, which are VMware Workstation 12 Player free (unlicensed), VMware Workstation 12 Player (licensed) and VMware Workstation 12 Pro. This article will describe how to download VMware … Read more

How to Fix “pbm.fault.pdm.fault.summary” Error when Perform VMware vMotion

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Question : I have an issue when perform vMotion on of my virtual machine using VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5. pbm.fault.pdm.fault.summary Answer : This is known issue by VMware where by the problems may occurs with two possible reasons. a) The inventory service fails to start because of an incorrect DNS entry or b) The inventory service … Read more

How to Deploy vCenter Server Appliance 5.5

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vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 is a module for vCenter Server. VMware provide the simple way to deploy vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 into ESXi 5.5. It is via .ova or the .ovf file that can be download officially at VMware website. How to Deploy vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 1. To download the vCenter Server Appliance 5.x: a) Go … Read more

How to Check Microsoft Windows Uptime or Recent Reboot

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Q. How to check windows uptime or most recent reboot or recent boot up for Microsoft Windows XP, windows 7, windows 8, windows 10, Windows 2003 server, Windows 2008 server and Windows Server 2012 ? A. The following example to check the windows uptime/most recent boot time/reboot for Windows Xp and Windows server 2012 R2. … Read more

How to Install ESXi 5.5 Update 2 using USB Flash Drive

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The following article will explain how you can install ESXi 5.5 Update 2 using USB Flash Drive. You can create bootable Live USB for ESXi 5.5 via UNetbootin. UNetbootin is a free tools that allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Linux ditribution such as Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS and other Linux distributions without … Read more

How to Enable Nested Virtualization on VMware ESXi 5.0/ESXi 5.1/ESXi 5.5/ESXi 6.0

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Nested virtualization is when you run guest hypervisor, like ESXi 5 or later version, inside a virtual machine(VM) instead that on real physical server hardware. This will require hardware-assisted virtualization (HV) for 64-bit guests on AMD hardware. On my HP N40L Lab server, i have installed nested ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 6.0 guest … Read more

How to Install VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi 5.5) Host

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VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware to host the virtual machine. VMware ESXi 5.5 is included in the VMware vSphere 5.5 that was released on September 22, 2013. This post will explain how to install VMware ESXi 5.5 host. These steps has been prepared from the screenshot of the … Read more

How to Install Oracle VirtualBox on CentOS 6/CentOS 7

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Oracle VirtualBox can be install on Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac operating system. Oracle VirtualBox is open source virtualization software that allow you to install and run more than one virtual computers and operating system in one physical server and freely distributed and modified. The following step will show how to install Oracle VirtualBox on … Read more

How to Install Oracle VirtualBox on Windows

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Oracle VirtualBox is open source virtualization software that allow you to install and run more than one virtual computers and operating system in one physical server. Unlike VMware, Oracle VirtualBox is under the General Public License ( GPL ) open source license that has an active development community and is open and allows us to … Read more

How to Clone Virtual Machine using vmkfstools Command on ESXi 5.5

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Vmkfstools command offers the ability to clone the contents of VMware virtual machines(VM) from (.vmdk ) disk format to another without the help vCenter. This is very useful to anyone who does not have a license to perform vCenter cloning. To change the virtual machine disks from one type to another, you must perform the … Read more

How to Display Windows Server / Desktop Information

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Q. How to display Windows Server or Windows Desktop information ? A. There are two method to display windows server or windows desktop information. First method is by using “systeminfo” command and second by using “winver” command. Both command require you to login to the workstation and open the MS-DOS command prompt shell window. Method … Read more