Article review – 5 things Microsoft must do to stay in the virtualization game
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010A couple of months ago (to be precise, on July 20th) I noticed a post on VirtualizationAdmin.com titled 5 things Microsoft must do to stay in the virtualization game. I immediately wanted to write my own version of the post and make a comment on that article, but I decided to skip on this one [...]
[VIDEO] How to install Hyper-V Server 2008?
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010It seems I forgot to post news and tutorials about Hyper-V Server 2008 . For those who don’t know, Hyper-V Server 2008 is a standalone “operating system” with only one role available – Hyper-V. It is free, lightweight and great solution for your virtual environment. It has no GUI, so you have to create and [...]
Dynamic Memory Architecture
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Have you ever start thinking about how it’s possible to have something like Dynamic Memory? For me, it was a “shock” to see memory available to virtual machine goes up and down constantly. I was wondering how something like that is possible, and here is a basic description of the process. First of all, it [...]
Why Dynamic Memory?
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010Memory is the key factor to the number of running virtual machines. In 99% cases, you will run out of your memory and won’t be able to start a new virtual machine. In 1% cases, you will have no more disk space (that happens to me from time to time ). Virtualization helps your organization [...]
How to reserve a memory for a Hyper-V host?
Monday, October 4th, 2010With Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 getting ready to RTM, system administrators should pay attention to one more thing. Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, the biggest feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, enables system administrators to oversubscribe (not overcommit) their RAM. It works great, but you could face some problems with a Hyper-V host.
How NOT to install a virtual Windows Server?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Few days ago I learned one "important" lesson from the field, which is actually my lab, which is actually my laptop. I’m in a process of writing my final thesis, and I write about Exchange Server 2010. I need to do some demo, so I decided to start a few virtual machines. Actually, 6! On [...]
Linux Integration Services v2.1 Beta for Hyper-V Now Available
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Microsoft just announced the availability of the beta version of Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V (version 2.1). In addition to the existing features (networking, storage, and fastpath boot), the 2.1 release adds the following: SMP support for Linux workloads Linux virtual machines running on Hyper-V will be able to use up to 4 virtual [...]
What is RemoteFX?
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010A few days ago Microsoft announced a new technology called RemoteFX? What is that, one could ask. RemoteFX is not a standalone product, it’s a set of RDP technologies which will allow users of virtual desktops or virtual applications to receive a rich 3D, multimedia experience while accessing information remotely. With Microsoft RemoteFX, users will [...]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux now supported with Hyper-V
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Here is a official statement from Microsoft: When we first released Hyper-V, support for Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was a shock to many customers. However, we’ve seen many customers in mixed environments virtualize SUSE Linux alongside their Windows virtual machines. We’ve received many requests for additional Linux distributions, and we worked closely with [...]
Hyper-V Live Migration
Monday, February 15th, 2010Live Migration is probably the most mentioned feature of the Hyper-V 2.0. It enables system administrators to move virtual machine from one server to another with no downtime. It is very useful if you have a huge network with many virtual and physical servers, and you need to move your virtual machines very often. While [...]
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