Creating a FTPServer in VMWare

Create VM in VMWare vSphere

1GB RAM
350GB and no partitions to be easier migration (Marco Reis advice in Xen FTPServer)
Windows Server 2008 standard (no need for datacenter edition if not using more than 8 processors and 64bit - Marco Reis advice in Xen FTPServer)
1 CPU

Installed VMTools from vSphere: Inventory->Virtual Machine->Guest->Install/Upgrade VM Tools

Configure VM in Server 2008 console

Update Windows

Run Windows Server 2008 sp2 from \\davinci\Software and run updates untill there are no more updates.

Activate Windows

Under Computer->Right.click->Properties->Activate and give windows key.

Copy Folders

Install Second Copy from \\davinci\Software and copy from ftpserver to the VM c:\web

ftp.mohid.com
FileRecipient
forecast.mohid.com

Define user permissions

see with Rodrigo

Links

VMWare