I?ve summarized several notes about Hyper-V and VMM. It may be useful for you to take it into account when planning or handling Hyper-V platforms. 1. Enabling NLB on a VM Follow this procedure in case you need to enable NLB on a VM running under Hyper-V 2008. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953828 Note that when your VM
New System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Connectors
Microsoft announced the release of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Connectors! This is an important milestone as it provides a foundation for interoperability with other products, both external and internal. The Connectors are available for download at the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=592e4143-c5c8-4270-9a7a-cd0a31ab3189 The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Connectors provide Operations Manager 2007 R2 alert
The full and complete list of SCCM Log Files
SCCM uses a lot of log files, it could be quite confusing finding what you need. I gathered a list of all the log files and a description of their content to make life easy. The client logs are located in the %WINDIR%\System32\CCM\Logs folder or %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\CCM\Logs (for x64 OS).The SCCM server log files are located
Does a datacenter really needs a roof?
Take a look at this picture: Is there any chance it looks like a datacenter to you? Well, believe it or not, but it is. it?s actually the 4th generation of Microsoft datacenter design. A couple of very interesting posts has been published by the design team, I highly recommend you check them out: Our
Running SQL Server in Hyper-V Environment: Best Practices and Recommendations
Based on hypervisor technology, the Hyper-V™ virtualization feature in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system is a thin layer of software between the hardware and the operating system that allows multiple operating systems to run, unmodified, on a host computer at the same time. Hyper-V is a powerful virtualization technology that can be used by
Microsoft’s Virtualization Launch – Key Takeaways
I had the opportunity today (16.9.08) to participate in Microsoft?s getVIRTUALnow event, and to present the session “Physical and Virtual Server Management” I presented my take on data center management, which involves automating management tasks in response to system\application states. It was impressive to see the number of vendors that were present in the event. Microsoft
New in the Windows 2008/Vista Auditing
Have you ever thought that 9 auditing options available in Windows (via Local security policy or GPO) are too general? Have you ever asked to make more granular auditing? Now you can. You have about 50 new subcategories to audit: System Security State Change Security System Extension System Integrity IPsec Driver Other System EventsLogon/Logoff
Hyper-V Failover Clustering Using Normal Shares
Hyper-V have an option to use CIFS/SMB file server share as your option for Failover Clustering storage. This solution can enable you to use Quick Migration and but only be truly highly available if you file share is also highly available. Important performance issue – Windows Server 2008 file server does increased performance for this
Microsoft Supported Applications for Virtualization
List of supported applications on Hyper-V: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=957006 All, based on this press-pass published today. I think it will generate questions from our customers. In particular the section related to support: Expanded Technical Support Microsoft has updated its technical support policy for 31 server applications so that customers can receive technical support when deploying those applications
