bookie32

Hi XPerties Nice sentiment..... It will be nice if this thread just does that ....remind folks of their humble roots before being MSFN gurus.... Thanks for your comments! bookie32

Hi allen2 God this was a good idea.....even found my thinking cap.... OK! Let us start again and see if I can makes sense.... My Router: I did forget that this d-link dir-825 router has dd-wrt firmware and allows me to reserve IP's without enabeling DHCP...So now the router is set for reserving and I have disabled the DHCP, which means I can allocate a static ip to my Windows 7 machine on nic1 On Windows 7 computer I have installed VMware and at the moment have two installations of Windows Server 2008 r2 installed. I haven't, as yet, set them up. For arguments sake they are called DN1 and DN2....(if I need two?) DN1 would be the domain controller and have 1 nic with the static address needed for AD and nic2 for my physical machines added to the 16 port switch when I am deploying or capturing. The physical clients don't need internet connection. I will be adding other vvm's which are for building my images, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and they will be part of the domain and need internet access to update etc... I will then capture images from the vm's which then can be deployed to the physical machines..... Now that I have set my (physical machine) windows 7 to a static ip how do I give (virtual machine) DN1 a static ip and still have access to the Internet? bookie32

Hi guys! I am used to putting myself in the firing line...and will probably continue to do so.... I didn't write this thread for anything I am unsatisfied with....wouldn't dare......I have noticed short replies to threads where a little more tact could have been used..... BUT like I said: My idea was to start a thread where folk can vent their frustrations without any supposedly personal attacks on a member........ I am always gratful for the help I get here and I don't spend time here helping others.... I do like to finish off a thread with a detailed account of what I have done to solve my particular problem....(time permitting, where necessary) in the hope that my (and members help) can be useful to someone else in the future..... Very experienced members can and do lose sight of what they went through in the beginning and I wanted this as a reminder...... Also, rightly pointed out...anyone coming here for a quick fix ought to know better....some of my projects go on months...building up a bit of knowledge here and there...... bookie32 B)

Hi allen2 OK! What a brilliant idea...will get onto that now! Thanks for your patience! bookie32

Hi Folks I am writing this, not with the intention to personally attack any member, but more as a reminder as to why we have forums such as MSFN.... There are many areas of computers that seem to give me and many other members grief.....we just don't grasp what a member is saying or they have assumed that they don't need to explain that in such detail....there are many reasons for this.... Many have been here years and are devoted to helping members with their problems, but there are many who have forgotten what it was like for them in the beginning.....and assume that a member should know "this or that"....that is a mistake we all make at times..... My customers have such a varied level of knowledge that I always have to start from zero and work up...and try to do this without offending anyone......not easy!! There is no way we can be good at everything to do with computers....there is just too much...and that is why we rely on the exchange of ideas and information on forums such as MSFN.... My request is that members try not to forget where they started and what might be insignificant information to them is a whole lot to others....... We all have different ways of learning and I am part of the group that needs it on served up on a plate dissectt I can disect it working backwards to try and understand things....this has always worked for me, but doesn't have to be the same for others.... I am always grateful for the help I can get and always hope that the threads one starts will shed some light on a particular subject for someone else.......... Before anyone takes offfense...please take a deep breath and see this in the spirit it was written..... I don't care if members think he is a poor old sad ******. I don't have any problem with that.....just wanted to remind everyone why we have forums.......

Hi again! Still not getting anywhere with this...... My physical machine Windows 7 as two network cards...I understand that when you create a virtual machine an adapter automatically is added to the virtual machine and that you can add extra adapters to the virtual machine.... This physical machine stands outside of my network and gets a dynamic ip address from my supplier....I have installed my Windows 2008 and called it DN1 shortened from my company name in VMware and understand that in order to create AD I need to give my DN1 a atatic address....this is where I am getting lost.... What I thought would be best is allowing one of my physical adapters to go to DN1 but for the outside world and the other will be for the domain where I can add machines for building windows images and then using mdt to capture and deploy them via a switch which is attached to the domain network adapter for when I need to deploy several computers at once.... I thought it would be practical to assign to DN1 one network adapter for the outside world ..I thought I'd have DN1 with dhcp, AD and dns and use dhcp to give out ip's to my vm's connected to DN1 so that we have the best of both worlds and still outside of my home network....of course if I need contact with my home netword for any reason - then I can physically join them to the domain..... I need to give DN1 a static ip, so that I can install AD and get started...what do I need to do based on the above information? I know I am missing something that is staring me in the face...please, humour an old fart and guide me through setting up DN1........ bookie32 PS If you have suggestions as to the best way to set this up...then by all means say.....I do appreciate you guys/girls

Hi allen2! Thanks for the info.....will get to that tomorrow now....going out for the evening....good food, good beer.... I will leave this thread open for a while while I get all the machines set up and can really test cluberti's "How To".. Thanks again for coming by on a Saturday! Much appreciated! bookie32

Hi again! VMware Workstation 7.1.4 has virtual switches: Network Type Switch Name Bridged VMnet0 NAT VMnet8 Host-only VMnet1 I am trying to follow cluberti's guide, but they use an internal switch and I wondered what that would be in VMware? Thanks bookie32

Hi allen2 OK! Now I am really confused....not hard as you know I have VMware Workstation 7.1.4...do I need to install esx to make this work? bookie32

Hi cluberti! Question: When I looked at "MDT for the small(er) guys – Part 1" I saw that you used Hyper v and I have VMware... Would you happen to know the equivalent of " Creating an Internal Virtual Network" in VMware? I have looked around and can't really see what it could be... Thanks! bookie32

Hi cluberti Now that is some really awesome work! Can we go through some of it....OK! I can see what you are saying about setting up the network address etc... At the moment as mentioned I have one physical machine with Windows 2008r2 which receives a dynamic address straight from the modem..... This computer has two nics....(if I really need them) and Nic1 is connected to the dynamic address given out by my broad band supplier and cannot be set as a static ip unless using dyndyns... Nic 2 is the one which will be connected to the private network and the Windows 7 machine for running VMware for building Windows images and windows machines for deployment as your link shows... Thought: I have Nic1 to keep my server up to date, but it doesn't need to be active all the time...and can be disabled while setting up the other nic as you have shown.....does that make sense? OK! little delemma ....the Windows 7 machine which will be connected to the server via a switch and Nic 2 on the server - needs to be able to connect to the Internet for updates like the Server...it also has two Nics...Nic one can have an idependant network connection like the one for Nic 1 on the server...to keep it up to date....I can then program Nic 2 for the virtual machines and connection to server... Hope I am making sense here....**** confusing.... The real problem for me is how to make the private side connect to the Internet. OK! Tell me if I am barking up the wrong tree, but logic says that I have the main server connected to my router which is a D-link dir-825 with dd-wrt and allows me to reserve ip's for my computers. I can then set the server to a static address, but what happens about gateway info? My concern is when I install dhcp on the server for my domain it will conflict with the router? Sorry, just trying to get my noggin to understand this.... Have you some ideas....Listening seriously though...... bookie32

Hi folks Please forgive me for starting yet another thread about deployment...but I am still trying to find the best solution. This will be a long post........... I posted here about a new build OK! the computer is built and I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu on it.... My idea was to build and deploy window in VMware and deploy the finnised product to my customer computers... I sort of put my Windows 2008r2 to one side because of never being able to get it to work as I wanted.. What I would like to do is build my windows in VMware and use a physical Windows Server 2008 with MDT for deployment... What is best: I have a home network but have taken a network connection from my incoming broadband before it goes to my network...I want to keep this side of things separate.... I have my Windows server built and have two nics installed..one for the outside world and one for my new domain....to this domain I want to add my new build where I will build my Windows in VMware. The VMWare workstations need contact with the physical server...(could have built the server in VMware but wanted an actual machine....LOL... The server has a dynamic network address from my broadband supplier and I know it is best with a static address for a Windows server... My first problem is setting up the server with a static address that is outside of my router, so I guess I need DHCP installed on the server plus DNS, and a way of connecting the clients to the second nic for deployment...? The second nic goes to a switch where I can add in my clients when deploying windows etc.... I need help with this...I have at present a clean install of my Windows 2008r2 and at the moment I have the network cable to my broadband which is outside my home network.....how I go from here is where I am getting lost...there is so much info on this I can't see where to start..... Can someone get me started.....? I don't mind doing the leg work as you know...just want to get it right....The new build will need a standard network connection which it can use via the second nic on the server? The VMware machines will need the same.. BTW IcemanND has been helping ny giving me options via email and I decided to start a thread to develop the idea into a reality....Thanks IcemanND! Please, get me started on this so I don't jump off my balcony...only on third floor, so it might be painful...... bookie32

Hi again! Missed your post.....LOL Great minds think alike bookie32

Hi again! OK! I have been looking at the work done on RT7 Lite and it is brilliant, but in this instance I am going to remove the hiber file and relocate the page file to get extra room.... Thanks! bookie32

Hi again Sorry, forgot to show hidden files "hide system files recommended" Thanks! bookie32

Hi again! I haven't relocated it yet....... bookie32

Hi Kelsenellenelvian Yep done that....must be going blind...can't see it? bookie32

Hi engmod Sorry, that much I know....is there a way for a user to see it? bookie32

Hi folks! Trying to increase space on my ssd drive by moving the pagefile.... I know how to do it...just wondered where it is physically stored? bookie32

Hi Kelsenellenelvian Good point! I bought Ultimate to give myself all the options and now find it wont do for this project...that is why I thought about slimming it down! bookie32

Hi again Oh no I hear someone saying......LOL! Ok! Looking for info as usual. I have started a thread about using Intel or Amd for a Server possibly running Windows 7 and Linux... I have only a small 20GB SSD drive for both Windows Ultimate and Linux, but Ultimate is a bit bloated for this job...just wondered about creating a slimmed down version with RT7 Lite... The main work being done on this computer in Windows 7 is building Windows Images in VMware...I am thinking about scrapping Windows 7 and just running Linux.....but wanted to keep my options open...... Lots of stuff including Windows Media Center is just excess baggage for this project... Has anyone experience with RT7 Lite and can get me going....? Thanks as always! bookie32

Hi Tripredacus Thanks for running the test for me.......much appreciated. OK! I guess I have my options now... Thanks! bookie32

Hi guys! Thanks for your input.... OK! Yes, I said I usually create a wim file...but that doesn't necessarilly mean that is the way to go.....LOL. I have heard negative things about windows 7 back up...maybe I am a little quick to dismiss that route... allen2: Thanks for pointing out the obvious... and I don't mean that sarcastically....needed to be told....LOL jaclaz: I was sort of thinking along your lines as well...(symbolic links)....interesting thought. Tripredacus: Thanks for the link...I will have a look at that! I do thank you all for your response...was getting a little worried....this old fart appreciates you guys If I have a separate partition for the program files - then I will have to think about it's size....otherwise my back ups will be huge....LOL. Just wish ssd drives were cheeper..... Thanks again! bookie32

Hi again! Hasn't anyone any information.....? bookie32

Hi folks When I usually create wims I have installed everything on the C: drive, so it is straight forward....BUT.... I have recently built a new computer which is here. As you can see I have a ssd drive for my OS...in this case it will be Windows 7 and Ubuntu. When creating the partitions for both Windows 7 and Ubuntu I realised it didn't give me much space for anything else...so I decided to install most programs on another drive....and those of you into Linux..the /home partition will not be on the ssd drive....LOL What happens when I create a wim of the C:drive in that situation where most programs are somewhere else? Do I need an image of both drives ...C: and where my programs are installed? Another thing I intend to do is export my directories my documents, etc to another drive in case of crashes....this I thought I'd do after creating my basic wims. As of now - I have just installed windows and updates and created a backup basic install of the C: drive before I start adding stuff.... Can someone give me some guidance here ...please bookie32