Check out the Best Practises for Virtualising Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R Hyper-v : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8647c69d-6c2c-40ca-977e-18c2379b07ad One of the most common questions I get on this topic is : Are Database Availability Groups (DAG’s) supported in a virtual environment? The answer is YES but with conditions. To quote the guidance: “Exchange server virtual…
Tag: Windows Server 2008 R2
Cannot mount VHD as it conflicts with other disks
Sometimes you can run into problems mounting VHD’s. I see it when people start testing/developing scripts. The most common error is : Error (13226)Virtual hard disk <path to VHD> cannot be mounted on host myhost.mydomain.local because it conflicts with other disks. All this means is that anothe process as already mounted your VHD. To unmount,…
SCVMM 2008 R2 SP1 RTM
The SP1 version of SCVMM 2008 R2 has shipped. http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/virtual-machine-manager.aspx There are some great reasons to go with SP1 for SCVMM 2008 R2 (detailed below). Its not a standalone service pack though so dont get put off by the full installation wizard. It will detect and upgrade your SCVMM instance. As with all upgrades, back-up…
VMM 2012 : How to deploy an application as a Service
As you know the System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2012 is in beta and available right now. We have a .NET Pet Shop application that you can deploy that shows what SCVMM 2012 can offer. Check out Michael Michael’s blog on how to spin the whole thing up. The .NET Pet Shop : http://blogs.technet.com/b/m2/archive/2011/03/29/how-to-deploy-the-pet-shop-application-as-a-service-in-vmm.aspx
Hyper-V: Real world consolidation and optimisation
The Microsoft Management summit 2011 was held in March of this year. Putting aside all of the product news, the event provided a practical example of how Hyper-V can help optimise IT environments. Not only that, the process has been refined to further reduce the overall footprint. At the MMS event there are hundreds of…
Remote Desktop Services (RDS) : Load Simulation and Capacity Planning Tools
Remote Desktop Load Simulation Tools The Remote Desktop Load Simulation toolset is used for 32-bit and 64-bit (x86 and x64) server capacity planning and performance/scalability analysis. Download Here. Remote Desktop Session Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 Use the RD session Host role service to allow multiple concurrent users to run Windows-based applications…
Hyper-V : How many network cards do I need?
[If you are viewing this from the main page the second table appears to be missing text. Just view the post on its own by clicking the title] [Edit 19/04/2011 – Include more info on Live Migration NIC] [Edit 19/06/2011 – More info on NICs for cluster communications] This is a topic that comes up…
SQL 2008 R2 Support for System Centre Products
I was asked during the week about the support statements for SQL 2008 R2 and System Centre products. At the time of writing, SQL 2008 R2 is supported for most, if not all, of the System Centre products. There are certain caveats of course. Always refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ie/systemcenter and the support configurations for each product. Here is…
Hyper-V – VM properties hang [Read the instructions first]
I’ve been building out a number of different test environments over the last few weeks and came across a problem when creating a VM in Hyper-V. The create VM wizard would hang just before prompting for the VM name etc. Turns out I had missed something essential in the FAQ’s. The environment I was building…
Schrader chooses BT Ireland for £500,000 virtualisation project – Big Hyper-V win
It’s always nice to see great virtualisation projects kick off in Ireland. Check it out : http://www.siliconrepublic.com/strategy/item/20959-schrader-chooses-bt-ireland/