Hey Alan,

It was my pleasure to read both of your's blogs. but i have one doubt in mind. As i m a student, and want to create a private cloud as a part of my project, do Microsoft charge me for using their solution if yes then is there any open source solution to create private cloud. pls let me know. Thanks.

hT

Hi,

You can create this test scenario with evaluation software and for that there is no charge. If you want to run a longer term project, greater than 3 months then you will need to look at licenses. In the post I talked about using the software from a TechNet subscription. That is one of the cheapest methodsof trying this out. Not sure about an equivilent Open Source solution. I've not heard of one, that doesn't rule one out, just means it not hugely main stream.

How long is your project and what does it involve?

Alan

thanks for ur reply, basically i need to create a simulation of a cloud or in other words a private cloud on which i can deploy my application the application which i planned is almost ready and the time left for this project to complete is near about 1 and half month. so pls suggest me wat should i do.

Hi Alan,

Second part is not as descriptive as first part. I have installed all components and it works fine. What next? How to configure each step by step as there are multiple softwares. I am a newbie. Please guide me in this regards with answer direct to the point.

Regards,

Hari Prasad

Hi Alan

Thanks for these guidelines, they were very helpful. I have one issue though and hope you can help. I can access the VM through the self-service portal when on the server (BTW - I configured everything on one server), but when I try to access the VM through the Self_service portal from my laptop, I get:

Virtual Machine Manager failed to connect to the virtual machine because of a socket connection error. Check the firewall and network settings, and then try to connect again.

What could the problem be?

Thanks

Trevor

Hi Trevor,

Is the RDP port 3389 open?

Regards,

Alan

There is no firewall on the LAN. I can connect to the Self_service Portal with my laptop on the LAN. I can see the VM listed. I get the above mentioned error when I select "connect to VM". RDP is not enabled on the VM and my laptop is not joined to the domain.

When directly logged onto the server, I have the same as above only, I can connect to the VM.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Trevor

Ive really liked your Part 1 of the Private server creation. I really undertstood what you said and how things were installed. Ok im pretty new into networking and I have been able to decifer this second post. everything is worded like im a IT professional im learning this to be a professional but I could use alittle assistance. like idk if my DNS is working also idk if anything I installed is like working correctly