Tag: Virtual Machine Manager
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How To Install IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 For Use With SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1
I am starting with a sysprep’d Windows Server 2008 R2 Server. I have allocated 2 processors and 512mb memory to the guest using dynamic memory. Once I get the system up and running, I will bump up the memory to be close to what I actually need but I will leave it dynamic. I need…
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Management and Deployment Firestarter –Must Attend Event
Slides and other resources available for download from: Management and Deployment 2011 Firestarter – TechNet Events – Resources If you missed the national Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) last week, you can still get the highlights by attending the TechNet Firestarter coming to your area this month. This is a must attend event for all IT…
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Out of Disk Space on Drive C–How To Increase Space on Drive C of a Virtual Machine Running Windows Server 2003
Revised 4/2/2011 to add merge change instructions link and link to simple way to do this using diskpart. I documented the process at: How To Expand and Extend To Increase Capacity On A Virtual Hard Disk The Easy and Fast Way–Solve the problem of “Out of Disk Space on Drive C” Forever Note… this is…
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Hyper-V Security 101 – Virtualization Administration Delegation of Hyper-V and SCVMM
When running Hyper-V you do not need to be at the console to manage your virtualization platform. In fact, it is strongly recommended that you delegate these rights. If you let someone login to a server with administrative permissions they basically have the “keys to the kingdom”. We do not usually want to do this. …
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Allow Remote Desktop Services and Ping Through Firewall on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
This post in in response to questions on how to turn maintain remote connectivity to a server running Hyper-V with the firewall enabled. The first thing to consider is what inbound traffic you want to enable on the server. If it is a Hyper-V server you should consider if you are just going to use…
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iSCSI SAN for VERY Easy Storage Virtualization All About Storage From Virtualization Group Boston
A quick update on Virtualization Group Boston’s, “All About Storage” event. Thanks to our Community Sponsors: PerfectDisk, and StarWind Software. We had a great turnout with strong presentations from two big names in the industry, StarWind Software and PerfectDisk(Raxco Software). One of the topics we discussed and I wanted to explore more is iSCSI Storage…
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Where To Download ISO Images For The Latest And Past Versions Of Microsoft Software Including SQL Server 2000 x64
I had a customer ask me today if it was possible to download SQL Server 2000 x64. I am posting here so others can benefit from the answer. If you have an MSDN or Technet subscription you can download the ISO image of the CD/DVD’s. If you do not have either of these, you can…
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Virtualization Webcast for All IT Pros – Online Training – What You Need To Know About The Hottest Virtualization Topics
Our team of IT Pro Evangelists including: Kevin Remde, Matt Hester, Chris Avis, Chris Henley, and Yung Chou is getting ready to start delivering a 20-part webcast series on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions on January 14, 2009. The objectives of this series are not only to help you develop technical depth on various virtualization solutions with…
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Migrating Windows Server 2003 R2 Virtual Guest from Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager
There are several things you must consider before migrating a machine from Virtual Server 2005 to a Hyper-V Host. I thought I would make a post giving the quick list of how to do this so you do not miss any steps. These steps will produce a very clean machine on your destination host and…
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Windows Connections 2008 Hyper-V Security Deck
WMS07 – Hyper-V Security and Best Practices You can get the rest of the decks from this event here Attachment: WMS07 – Hyper-V Security and Best Practices.pptx 1 Comments Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization, Events, Security, resources, Dan Stolts