How to Successfully Copy a virtual (ESXI Vmware Only) Machine

1. Shell into your vmware ESXI server and copy the  the files (vmdks only) or simply make a copy of  an existing  virtual machine using the  vsphere GUI  interface.

2.  Copy only the vmdk and the XXX-flat.vmdk

3   Create a new Machine  choose custom in the option.

4. Choose "Existing Vritual Disk" then browse to the location of the new virtual disk and select the vmdk listed.

5. Start your new machine.

 

 

VirtualBOX Networking (Without WAN)

Using Virtual Box Without Wan. The power of virtualization resides in the ability to network more than one computers and to be able to route traffic to one or multiple machines without the internet.  Yes without the internet. 
That allows me to simulate the traffic of a real netwrok without getting the internet involved.

Here are the instructions to set up a network without the internet.

1. First turn off the internet on your laptop or desktop

2. Set up a host-only network adapter.

3. Ipconfig /release  Ipconfig/renew on the host and the virtualbox client

4. verify that both (host and virtual box machine are on the same  subnet).

5. Voila. You should be able to communicate with the machine on your network.

Restore the Show Desktop Quicklauch Icon

Step to restore the Show Desktop Icon

1. Open notepad

2. copy the following to the file:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

3. Name the file Let's say "MyDesktop.scf"

4. Save it to your "c:/windows/system32/"

5. navigate to you "c:/windows/system32/" and drag an drop it to your toolbar