SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering – with screenshots

I spent last week in Orlando, Florida, working at the Microsoft booth in the Storage Networking World. I delivered one of the demos there and my demo included the following technologies: Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 iSCSI Software Target Windows Server 2008 Core Install Windows Server 2008 iSCSI Initiator Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 … Continue reading SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering – with screenshots →

Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008’s Hyper-V has been in public beta for a while now and lots of people have been experimenting with it. One aspect that I am focusing on is storage for those virtualized environments and more specifically the options related to SAN storage. Virtualization terminology Before we start, I wanted to define some terms … Continue reading Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V →

Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 Refresh and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Version 3.1 on a VM

Overview These are step-by-step instructions on how to install the 180-day evaluation version of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Refresh (WUDSS 2003 Refresh) on a virtual machine environment running on Virtual PC 2007. This WUDDS 2003 Refresh was released in September 2007 and includes an updated management interface and the new version 3.1 … Continue reading Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 Refresh and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Version 3.1 on a VM →

Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

Introduction This post describes how to configure the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target offered with Windows Storage Server, including the steps to configure both the iSCSI Target and the iSCSI Initiator. Note: The iSCSI Target is the server (where the iSCSI virtual disks are actually stored) and the iSCSI Initiator is the client (where the iSCSI … Continue reading Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target →

High Availability Scenarios

I recently delivered a presentation on Highly Available Clusters focused on the scenarios related to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 (WSS 2003 R2) and Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). The scenarios ended up being quite generic, so I decided to share them here. High Availability In general, high availability will lead you … Continue reading High Availability Scenarios →

Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 (with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target) on a VM

This post is OBSOLETE. Please check the updated post at:http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/01/07/installing-the-evaluation-version-of-wudss-2003-refresh-and-the-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-version-3-1-on-a-vm.aspx --- Overview These are step-by-step instructions on how to install the 180-day evaluation version of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003) on a virtual machine environment running on Virtual PC 2007. There are a few different target audiences for this post, including: … Continue reading Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 (with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target) on a VM →

Experimenting with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in Beta 3

I just wanted to share my experience around the use of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. I worked on this basically for a demonstration and I ended up doing quite a lot of work around it. This was mainly because I like to build my demo systems from scratch as opposed to just downloading ready-made … Continue reading Experimenting with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in Beta 3 →