Archive for December, 2009
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009Protecting virtual machines is also essential as protecting physical machines. You can use System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) to achieve that, but there is a small problem. System administrators can protect an entire Hyper-V host using the DPM Management Console, but the protection group has to be modified manually to include the new virtual [...]
Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 book
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009If you’re interested in learning more about System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 after reading SCVMM 2008 R2 Documentation, then you may want to buy the whole book Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. The book has 600 pages, and it has been written by Michael Michael and Hector Linares. Book is available at [...]
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Documentation
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009For IT professionals responsible for managing virtual infrastructures, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008—a member of the System Center family of system management products—provides a straightforward and cost-effective solution for unified management of physical and virtual machines, Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) for dynamic and responsive management of virtual infrastructure, consolidation of underutilized physical servers, [...]
Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources
Monday, December 14th, 2009Want to know more about Hyper-V? Want to know a lot about Hyper-V? Today I have to share a fantastic site with you. Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources is site with tons of materials for Hyper-V. Categories include: Install, Pre-Deployment Tools, Installation, Guidance, Deployment, Management, Workload Specific and Benchmarks. Just click on image provided to [...]
Boot Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from USB Stick
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009If you for any reason need to install Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on USB stick, and boot it from there, now you have an easy option to do it. You could have done that before, but the process was quite complicated. Now that process is quite simple, thanks to Paul Despe, who made a very [...]
Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster
Monday, December 7th, 2009Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components poster provides a visual reference for understanding key technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on Active Directory Domain Services, Hyper-V, Internet Information Services, Remote Desktop Services (including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)), BranchCache, and DirectAccess technologies. In addition, updates to core file services and server management are illustrated. [...]
Core Configurator 2.0
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009If you’re using Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition, but you’re too lazy to do all administrative tasks from a command line (Why should I use Server Core?), then Core Configurator 2.0 is the tool for you. It enables you to use Windows Server 2008 R2 Core and do all your administrative tasks from a [...]
Video: Back up Hyper-V with System Center Data Protection Manager
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009With virtualized workloads, data backup and recovery becomes even more critical. In this video Mark Wilson takes a look at using System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 to back up a Hyper-V host. In one of my previous posts, I shared a video showing you how to backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup. Length: [...]
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Do you want to monitor your Hyper-V server whenever you work at your workstation? Do you want to immediately see when server or virtual machine goes down? There is a nice gadget for Windows Vista / Windows 7, which can help you. It’s called Hyper-V Monitor, and it displays all necessary information from your remote [...]
Free Windows Server 2008 R2 Advanced Training Content
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Interested in Windows Server 2008 R2? If free eBook Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 is not enough for you, maybe some free training content will be. Windows Server 2008 R2 Advanced Series is an on-demand series about the advanced features of Windows Server 2008 R2. Topics will include Building a Seamless Enterprise, Virtualization Enhancements, Remote [...]
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