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I was chatting with Brian Bourne from CMS Consulting in Toronto about some Hyper-V R2 work that they have done recently. In the conversation Brian shared a ton of learning's from the field on some of the Hyper-V R2 upgrades, deployments and V2V/P2V Read More...
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I was chatting with Brian Bourne from CMS Consulting in Toronto about some Hyper-V R2 work that they have done recently. In the conversation Brian shared a ton of learning's from the field on some of the Hyper-V R2 upgrades, deployments and V2V/P2V Read More...
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A few weeks ago Rodney wrote a great post about the new XP mode in Windows XP. This is based on a new version of Virtual PC. I wanted to take a moment to talk about the new version which was released in beta along with the Windows 7 RC. First this version Read More...
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One of the major challenges with moving to a new OS is dealing with older applications. This was an issue with the release of Windows Vista and in order to mitigate that with Windows 7, Microsoft has released a feature called XP Mode, which runs Read More...
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A lot of people are making the switch from Virtual Server to Hyper-V lately. I’ve done it on my home network and Thelazyadmin.com servers are in progress of moving to Hyper-V as well. While you can simply copy over the VHD and create a new Read More...
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I can’t think of any feature we’ve been asked more in regards to Hyper-V has been around Live Migration, known as VMotion in the VMWare world. Hyper-V R2 now supports Live Migration, partly due to Cluster Shared Volumes . Live Migration allows a virtual Read More...
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One of the challenges faced with clustered Hyper-V servers today is that for each VHD on a highly available virtual machine, you need to carve out a LUN on your SAN to place that VHD. While it might not be a monumental task to do so, it is a management Read More...
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As with anything you should be backing up your Hyper-V machines. I think that just goes without saying. Backing up Hyper-V has gotten easier with the addition of VSS and Windows Server Backup (WSB). WSB is a new feature in Windows Server 2008 that replaces Read More...
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Softgrid is what I like to call the next paradigm shift in virtualization. First we had Server and computer virtualization. This helped consolidate resources by allowing administrators to increase the density of servers per rack, and decrease the complexity Read More...
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Ever wish you could grab just one file from a PC backup rather then having to restore the entire backup? Now with Vista CompletePC backup you can! Using Vista CompletePC Backup you can now create full backups of your entire hardrive to external media. Read More...
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Sysprep is a great tool, to create an image that can be pushed out to client machines. With Sysprep, you can install the OS and any applications, create the Sysprep image and then push it to other client or server machines. Within minutes you can have Read More...
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Just noticed the EnergizeIT Keynotes have been posted. You can see my demo in the virtualization keynote starting at about 10:30 but you should really watch the whole thing as Allen Stewart goes into some depth on what's in store for Windows Server Virtualization! Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 is a powerful virtualization tool. One of my favourite features is the web based administration of the server and the virtual machines. As with any web facing application SSL encryption is important, and with Virtual Server 2005, it Read More...
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If you read Part 1 and are following along, you should have your cluster running and Virtual Server 200 R2 installed. Part 2 will cover the creation of a virtual machine on the clustered host(s). With the Virtual Server cluster running, let's install Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a great virtualization platform to build your virtual network on. Improvements in R2 allow you to maintain availability using Windows clustering technologies. With R2 not only can you cluster guest machines in the virtual enviroment, Read More...
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If you read Part 1 of this article, you are 1/2 way to a virtual cluster! Part 2 will cover the configuration of the shared disk and the 2 node cluster. To start the configuration of the shared storage, ensure that the DC is running and that both Node Read More...
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Clustering is a difficult thing to learn for most people, not due to any inherent difficulty in implementing a cluster, but for the lack of hardware that most people have access too. How many people do you know with access to multiple servers and shared Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 is a great program for learning, testing and consolidating. There are a number of ways to improve performance and here are my top 5 performance improvements. Add more memory - Each virtual machine will require the same memory as a Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 includes a type of virtual hard drive (VHD) called a Differencing Disk. A Differencing Disk is a disk that holds changes made to the base, or parent disk, without affecting the parent disk. You can use one parent disk for multiple Read More...
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Virtual Server 2005 is a powerful tool for testing, development, labs and education purposes. With Virtual Server 2005 you can setup a small LAN with a few servers and/or workstations to test applications, work through how-to guides or practice for your Read More...
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