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What is the fastest way to create a new virtual machine? The existing virtual machine can be cloned to work for you immediately. Different virtual machines will be cloned in different ways. See the ways to clone virtual machine in VMware, Hyper-V, KVM environment.
Aug 26 2025
VM backup is crucial for Business continuity. In Hyper-V environment, IT administrators can extract VHD from Hyper-V VM to save the applications and other data.
Aug 22 2025
vMotion vs Storage, which one you should choose? VM migration is unavoidable in virtual environment. vMotion and Storage are the two features in VMware vSphere to help you migrate virtual machine but they work differently. See how they work in VMware vSphere.
Aug 21 2025
VM contains useful data so you could export Hyper-V VM to make backup. The VM export could be used to import to the host if the original host fails or when you want to quickly get the same VM by copying or cloning. See how to do these in Hyper-V virtual environment.
Aug 20 2025
vMotion is the popular feature in vSphere because there is always the needs about VM migration. Users might wonder whether it is possible to perform vMotion migration without shared storage. You would know the answer in this passage and learn how to use vMotion for all kinds of needs.
Aug 19 2025
Sometimes operating system patching is not stable and causes unknown problem. To guarantee the work of guest, a way to quickly recover VM is needed. VMware snapshot is the internal solution to revert VM to the state before the patch is installed. How does it work? Is it the alternative for VM snapshot? You will know VMware snapshot best practices in this post.
Aug 19 2025
VMware allows users to export OVA and OVF templates to save VM data or clone VM. In this post, you will learn the ways to import OVA and OVF templates to VMware with or without vCenter.
Aug 19 2025
With the development of server virtualization technology, more and more virtualization solutions flourish and VMware becomes not the only choice for virtual environment deployment anymore. Heterogeneous virtualization starts to be embraced by companies. See its advantages and how to manage hybrid cloud environment.
Aug 15 2025
Virtual disk images are used to store VM data and in KVM and OpenStack environment, raw and qcow2 are the popular disk image formats. You might want to know their features and which one is better for your IT environment. See the details in this post.
Aug 12 2025
Sometimes you have to change the host of virtual machine. There is a way to complete VM migration without shutting it down. Read this passage to know what is VMware vMotion and how to use it in vSphere.
Jul 02 2025
VM is a folder on the host and what does the vmx file represent? Follow this passage to learn how to use vmx file to manage VM.
Jun 25 2025
Virtual machine is very convenient for IT Admin. You could use VMware, Hyper-V or other products to create and use VM. Sometimes you might encounter with the problem that virtual machine cannot be started because hypervisor is not running, follow this passage to know how to fix it.
Jun 25 2025
