TechNet Radio: How Shared Virtual Disks in Windows Server 2012 R2 can Impact Your Datacenter

Direct answer

Dan Stolts and Jose Barreto are back for this episode on Shared Virtual Disks in Windows Server 2012 R2. Tune in as they go in depth on what the key new features and benefits are, how it works as well as how to deploy it. [1:29] What is Virtual Disk Sharing and what are the […]

Dan Stolts and Jose Barreto are back for this episode on Shared Virtual Disks in Windows Server 2012 R2. Tune in as they go in depth on what the key new features and benefits are, how it works as well as how to deploy it.

> _Video no longer available -- originally hosted on Channel 9 (Microsoft's developer video service, retired 2021). No archived copy could be recovered._

- [1:29] What is Virtual Disk Sharing and what are the key benefits?

- [3:30] Are we are able to maintain portability?

- [8:35] Does this work with Gen 1 and Gen 2 Virtual machines?

- [11:53] What is Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) and how has it changed?

- [14:52] Can you talk about when an admin might chose Scale-out vs CSV

- [19:17] Are there limitations with the Guest OS’s supported?

- [21:52] Are storage spaces required? What are the requirements?

- [25:12] DEMO: How to Configure Share Virtual Disks

- [31:31] Is there a way to see what machines are on a particular storage destination?

Filed under:Video

Dan Stolts

Founder and Chief AI Officer of Just In Time AI, with an IT career that began in 1988 -- nearly four decades of experience. Over a decade of that career went into building ITProGuru into a 250,000-uniques/mo IT-community resource, and he now applies the same teach-first approach to AI systems that run real businesses. Full profile →