SolarWinds free VM Monitor makes it easy to quickly check the health of your VMware ESX server by monitoring CPU, memory utilization, virtual machine status. The Petri IT Knowledgebase has recently made this tool available to all site visitors. To download your free VM Monitor tool, just visit: Monitor VMware ESX Server Performance for free – VM Monitor

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Every admin is familiar with the well-known troubleshooting commands ping and traceroute. In David’s latest article, he shows you how to use these commands in their extended versions to become an expert at troubleshooting your Cisco network.

To read the full article, visit: Use extended ping and extended traceroute to better troubleshoot your Cisco network

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In David’s latest article, he explains how the new network management platform, PacketTrap Perspective, can help you better manage your Cisco network. Topics include:

• What is the PacketTrap Perspective?
• How is Perspective different?
• How can Perspective help Cisco network Admins?

You can read the full article at: How can PacketTrap Perspective help you manage your Cisco network?

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Just a short post to let you know that the HappyRouter.com website has undergone big theme changes, resulting in a great new look and feel for the site! I think you will like how the site is clean, simple, and easy to navigate.

Also, the RSS site has moved so please make sure that you update your link!

If you have questions for or comments about the new look or content, please let me know with the Contact form.

Thank you!

-David Davis

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In this video, you will learn how to run a Virtual Router & Firewall inside VMware ESX with Vyatta.

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Looking for information on running  vSphere 4 inside Workstation? Checkout:

Running VMware ESXi 4 / vSphere in VMware Workstation – VIDEO

In my new video, I demonstrate, step by step, how you can run VMware ESX Server 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 inside VMware Workstation 6.5. This is also shown in my Train Signal VMware ESX Server video training course.

While you wouldn’t run ESX in Workstation for a production server, running ESX in Workstation is an excellent way to test and demonstrate ESX Server (and the entire VMware Virtual Infrastructure suite) on a single PC. Think about it – what if you had a single PC with 2 ESX Servers, an iSCSI virtual SAN, and a Windows Server running Virtual Center. With that, you would have “VMware Infrastructure in a box” and be able to run powerful features like VMotion, SVMotion, VMHA, and Update Manager, all on a single PC.

Special thank you to Xtravirt.com for their “VI in a box” whitepaper that shows how to run ESX Server in VMware Workstation.

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Train Signal, Inc. is providing you with over 6 hours of Windows Server 2008 Training, FREE! Learn how to Install, Configure, and Manage Server 2008. This FREE training also covers topics like IIS 7, Server Core, WDS, RODC and much more. More than 6 hours of the best computer training on the planet and Train Signal is giving it away! Visit Server2008Training.com to download the course now!

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In David’s latest Cisco article, you will learn how PCI affects Cisco network configuration. If your business accepts credit cards and you haven’t yet had to get tough with your network security, you will eventually. David Davis explains how the PCI data security standards affect your Cisco router and switch security configuration.

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Would you like to configure multiple routers, switches, and firewalls, all at the same time, from the console? This is what you want to do when practicing and learning configurations to prepare for the CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE. In fact, I have also used this in the rack of a production network to ensure that I always have console access to all production network devices. This configuration is called “using a Cisco router as a terminal server (or termserver)”.

To read the full version of my new article explaining how to do this, please visit:  How to configure your Cisco router to be a terminal server

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