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Hey All, Microsoft released a hotfix for potential problems with Windows Server 2008 systems. Could be an important one if you are experiencing issues with dynamic disks, which is what DPM uses. Hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962975 Information: http://blogs.technet.com/dpm/archive/2010/02/18...
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The PowerShell management module for Hyper-V contains about 100 cmdlets that will let you manage your Hyper-V infrastructure by using scripts. Out of the box you can only manage this through WMI and we all know that WMI is not so user friendly. The PowerShell module is available onto codeplex
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One of the shortcomings in Windows Server Core is the possibility to change the network order or bindings in an easy way. The only way to do it is through the registry key. After we received some feedback from our customers one of the Hyper-V team members decided to write a tool called NVSPBind. NVSPBind...
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Optimize for and more! Increase Website Traffic and Revenue Analyze your website and find ways to boost your number of hits. Use SEO recommendations to improve traffic and increase your revenue stream. Influence and Update Search Engines Control the access and display of your content in search...
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Register for the new efficiency launch event >> Can't read this mail? View the online version here. TechNet Event: Learn how to use Virtualization from the Desktop to the Datacenter Using products that span the desktop to the data center, you can bring capacities online in real-time, as needed;...
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11-05-2009
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Filed under: Event, Technet, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Virtualization, Exchange Server, Exchange, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, w, e, sessions
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DPM 2007 message: DPM failed to create the system state backup. If you are trying to create the system state of a Windows 2008 Server operating system, verify that the Windows Server Backup (WSB) is installed, and that there is enough free disk space on the protected server to store the system state...
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Hey All, Microsoft just released the new VMMCA for vmm 2008 and vmm 2008 r2. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02d83950-c03d-454e-803b-96d1c1d5be24&displaylang=en Brief Description Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and 2008 R2 Configuration Analyzer (VMMCA) is a diagnostic...
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You want to make sure your Virtual machine are always up and running ? Come to this session and see for yourself how simple it is to make a Hyper-V Cluster,Live migrate Virtual Workloads and best of all: how you can do it for free ! Speaker: Arlindo Alves started his career as an ICT consultant at a...
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Speaker: Arlindo Alves Microsoft Arlindo Alves started his career as an ICT consultant at a Microsoft Partner, with a strong focus and recognized expertise in server based computing. Today, Arlindo is an IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft Belgium & Luxembourg, focusing on the next wave of technology...
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09-17-2009
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Filed under: Event, System Center, Technet, Windows Server 2008, SCVMM, Hyper-V, SCVMM 2008, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Webcasts, Windows Server Virtualization, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, SCVMM 2008 R2
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A few weeks ago my colleague installed Hyper-V onto her laptop and she copied one of her Virtual Machines onto this server. When she booted the server there where some issues with the virtual machine, the main issue was that the vmbus technology was not available. After a bit of troubleshooting I find...
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Many of our customers do not know what computers are in their IT environment or what applications have been deployed. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 Beta makes it easier for customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in...
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[MSFT-BE] Arlindo's Blog - IT Pro Evangelist : Virtual Server, Virtualization, Hyper-V
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10-29-2008
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Filed under: SQL Server 2008, Security, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, App-V, Hyper-V, MAP, Announcement, Virtual Server, Vista, NAP, Forefront, Office 2007
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Back in june i posted this blogpost on what to expect from DPM2007 SP1 . Some weeks ago I attended a session hosted by the Belgian system center user group about DPM where there was a slide on what will be included in SP1. SCR protection for Exchange 2007 support for mirrored Databases and for SQL2008...
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10-26-2008
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Filed under: System Center Stuff, SCDPM 2007, windows server backup, DPM 2007, windows server 2008, SQL SERVER 2008, exchange 2007, Hyper-V, SQL, windows sharepoint services, MOSS 2007
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Hi! Just did another implementation of a DELL Equallogic PS5000XV iscsi array which is very nice and powerfull equipment well suited for the virtualisation project I'm currently working on. I just had a "few thingies" I wanted to try out offline so I booted up my virtual lab and started...
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10-26-2008
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Filed under: System Center Stuff, SCDPM 2007, DPM 2007, windows server 2008, windows server 2003, SQL SERVER 2008, virtual server, SCVMM, SQL Server, exchange 2007, Hyper-V, SQL, fun, DFS
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Whilst preparing for the TechNet Virtualization roadshow I came across some interesting links to help me with the configuration of the integration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 . Opsmgr 2007 Management Pack for Windows Server 2008: http://www...
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With the TechEd IT Professional EMEA coming closer I wanted to start share some of the top sessions in different tracks in this first post I will share with you what I think will be the 5 best rated or attended sessions in my track: Windows Server 2008R2 Hyper-V: Feature Dive Want to get...
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Virtualization: An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today’s virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of...
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Later tonight we will officially launch our new virtualization products with the “Get Virtual Now” campaign but the news is on the web now. Now you can virtualize from the data center to the desktop, and manage with the same tools you're already using for your physical infrastructure. Here are some...
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The “TechDays 08” are coming to Luxembourg on Sept 30th, the registration for this event is open. It’s a free event organized by the MS Belux team so be quick to register as places are limited. During this event you will have the possibility to choose between two tracks one track for developers and one...
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09-08-2008
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Filed under: SQL Server 2008, Event, Windows Server 2008, SCVMM, Virtualization, Hyper-V, GPO, Vista, Vista SP1, TechDays, IT Pro days
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TechEd IT Professionals 2008- Available Videos TechEd IT Professionals 2008 Event Page: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/event.aspx?id=104 Links to Session Videos: Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM , Susan Sauls Intro to SQL Server Data Services , Soumitra Sengupta The Spy Who Hacked Me!...
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Here is a list of the different Virtualization Solution Accelerators we have at Microsoft: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V and App-V - http://www.microsoft.com/MAP Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Hyper-V, App-V and SCVMM 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/IPD Offline...
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08-06-2008
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Filed under: TechEd IT Professional, System Center, Windows Server 2008, SCVMM, Virtualization, App-V, Tips & Tricks, IPD, Hyper-V, TechEd, MAP
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Today I finally found the time to update my demo environment which was still based on Hyper-V RC0 and SCVMM 2008 Beta. I want to share all the steps needed to perform the upgrade and updates. My demo environment consists out of 3 physical servers, one dc and two Hyper-V machines all in the same domain...
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run the following command to enable colocation of data on tape on the DPM Powershell window Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name> -OptimizeTapeUsage $true To disable tape colocation run the following command on DPM Powershell window Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name>...
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Last Saturday I presented at an event in Croatia called KulenDayz (aka Cool’n’days). Kind of funny to present at a Sausage (salami) event. Sausage? Yes Kulen means sausage and actually it’s a local spicy sausage, tastes nice. This event is organized by the community for the community. So my journey towards...
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Install this update to enable Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta (VMM) to function with Release Candidate 1 (RC1) to the Hyper-V role. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer. Once you have installed this update, it cannot be removed Download: http://connect.microsoft.com...
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Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Enterprise Edition and Server Core Evaluation Virtual Hard Drive Images are now available for Hyper-V and Virtual Server Download the Hyper-V VHD's from here Download the Virtual Server VHD's from here Technorati Tags: Hyper-V , Virtual Server , Windows Server 2008...
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Some time ago my customer and myself joined the IT-PRO MOMENTUM program in order to accelerate our roll-out of system center virtual machine manager and system center data protection manager . And last week we made a small video about this project that will be appearing later on Technet Edge i believe...
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05-25-2008
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Filed under: System Center Stuff, SCDPM 2007, DPM 2007, windows server 2008, windows server 2003, virtual server, SCVMM, exchange 2007, windows server, Hyper-V, powershell
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Earlier this week we released the Hyper-V RC1 package to the connect.microsoft.com site. What has been improved: In addition to bug fixes and stability improvements we also made some additional changes largely based on feedback from customers Integration Components For Windows Server 2008 guest’s included...
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In the first part of this blogpost I’ve explained how you can install and what to expect during the installation of the server components of SCVMM 2008 Beta. Now we are going through the Console installation ( not much to go through though) and I’ll show how to add a Hyper-V host to SCVMM both using...
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As I mentioned in me previous post System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 Beta is available for download and as a coincidence (believe it or not but it's true) I installed the bits today to test this new management tool. The installation process of SCVMM is very straightforward during...
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It has been announced at MMS conference during Bob Muglia his keynote System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Beta is publicly available at the connect site. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 enables customers to configure and deploy new virtual machines and to centrally manage their virtualized...
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Here's my review of the Techdays 2008 that took place in Ghent this year. The short version :-) Day1: the launch I hosted the SQLUG booth and did some chitchat with other communityleaders and members, some customers and some friends... Day 2 : Techdays01 taking the bus to the location i heard people...
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Last week I gave a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 session for a Belgian partner and I had the opportunity to talk to some of the IT Pro's who attended my session and here is an excerpt of a mail I received from one of those IT Professionals who relies on our Technology to run their infrastructure...
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02-11-2008
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Filed under: Windows Server 2008, SCVMM, Virtualization, Hyper-V, Community, Virtual Server, Virtual Server 2005, scom, IT Pro Momentum, Vritualization, Exchange Server, Exchange, Windows Server, DPM, SQL Server
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Hyper-V is changing the way networking works if you compare it to Virtual Server. Today I was reconfiguring my Hyper-V server and suddenly I've lost my RDP connection. Why did I lost my connection to the server? Well I was reconfiguring the networking settings and I wanted to add a network adapter...
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As promised I'm writing another post about what feedback I receive from our IT Pro's in the IT Pro Momentum Program . Hyper-V: Installing W2K8 and Hyper-V was very easy. We’re heavily using Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and Virtual Machine Manager, and there’s virtually no learning...
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01-31-2008
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Filed under: System Center, Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, Virtual Server, Virtual Server 2005, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, IT Pro Momentum, System Center Operations Manager 2007