This week at TechEd 2011 I will be delivering a presentation about “Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation - Technology Update”. If you’re attending the conference in Atlanta-GA, this is session WSV317 on Wednesday at 10:15 AM, plus a repeat on Thursday also at 10:15 AM. The presentation is divided into 5 main topics: Overview … Continue reading TechEd 2011 Session WSV317: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation – Technology Update
Tag: Hyper-V
Mapping Cluster.exe Commands to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters – Extended Edition
While many of the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) administrators have moved from the old CLUSTER.EXE command-line to the new PowerShell interface, I know at least a few holdouts out there. It’s probably the fact that they have used the old CLI since the early days of Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS), combined with the fact … Continue reading Mapping Cluster.exe Commands to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters – Extended Edition
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is now available!
It's a pleasure to let you know that Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (which includes the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3) has been released to manufacturing (RTM). Scott M. Johnson (Program Manager in the File Server Team) has just shared via a blog post that the product is on its way to the OEMs and … Continue reading Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is now available!
Multiple names for one computer – Consolidate your SMB file servers without breaking UNC paths
Overview This blog post covers a few different ways to consolidate multiple SMB file servers and keep exposing the consolidated file shares under the old share paths. Scenario Let’s say you currently have 3 file servers named file1.contoso.local, file2.contoso.local and file3.contoso.local and you want to consolidate them into a single Windows Server computer called cfile.contoso.local. … Continue reading Multiple names for one computer – Consolidate your SMB file servers without breaking UNC paths
Why Hyper-V VHD Files Are So Large – And How To Efficiently Copy Them
Interesting blog post covering a tool to copy VHD files.The tool was created by a Microsoft MVP.Details at http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2010/03/31/why-hyper-v-vhd-files-are-so-large-and-how-to-efficiently-copy-them.aspx
Six Uses for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
Scott M. Johnson, a Program Manager in the Windows Storage Server team, has just published a new blog post that might give you some ideas on different ways to use the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. He outlines six different uses for it: 1) Consolidate storage for multiple application servers.2) Test and Development scenarios are endless, … Continue reading Six Uses for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment
I came across some interesting tips on things to consider in a virtualized environment by Greg Shields (Consultant and Microsoft MVP). They are non-issues (or settled issues) on physical environments and you might overlook them when making the transition to virtual machines. Here's a summary to get you interested: Screensavers Managing from the console AV on … Continue reading Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment
New White Paper on Hyper-V and SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft
A new white paper on how Microsoft IT is combining Hyper-V and SQL Server has just been published. This comes from a team that provides thousands of SQL Server instances for internal applications. It includes a lot of interesting new information, including results of specific tests they performed to evaluate their options. This is something … Continue reading New White Paper on Hyper-V and SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft
Free eBook on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
There is a new book on "Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions" by Mitch Tulloch with the Microsoft Virtualization Teams,available from Microsoft Press as a download. At 400 pages and 15MB, this PDF file covers Server Virtualization (Hyper-V), Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), Presentation Virtualization (Terminal Services), Application Virtualization (App-V), Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and User State … Continue reading Free eBook on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD)
Overview In this post, I will show all the steps required to run Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. We will cover the specific scenario of a standalone Windows Server 2008 server (as opposed to a clustered one) on a full install (as opposed to a core install) and using a … Continue reading Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD)
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