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  • Dave's new laptop - Another reason to like Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    So my laptop is up and running with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (beta 2) and I decided to start 'playing' with Longhorn... I created a Virtual Machine with 1GB of memory and a new virtual hard drive. I put the Longhorn ISO into the virtual DVD drive and...

  • VHDMOUNT without Virtual Server

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Just in case you quite fancy being able to mount (and unmount) a single file into your file sytstem and use it as a disk drive, but do NOT want to install Virtual Server 2005 R2. Download the setup file for Virtual Sevrer R2 SP1 Beta 2 and follow these...

  • Fantastic 'find' (you'll like this)..

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 has a little tool that lets you mount a VHD file into your file system. Start a command prompt with admin rights. Change directory to c:\program files\microsoft virtual server\vhdmount And type vhdmount /p c:\temp.vhd (replace...

  • Dave's new laptop - Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 install.

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Nothing much to say about the install - it's still a bit 'fiddly'. First you need IIS installed with these settings. Then you run Setup.exe (with admin rights). You still need to run IE with admin rights to administer it. To make this easy, create a shortcut...

  • Dave's new laptop - Virtual PC or Virtual Server?

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Well I'm running Vista, so my only options are Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (both of which are in beta - but also both very stable). They both support 64-bit hosts, so they're even so far. Virtual PC runs all its virtual/guest machines...

  • Dave's got a brand new laptop..

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Those of you who know me, know that my main/work laptop is a three year old Tablet PC, with a 1.6GHz Centrino, 2GBs memory and a slow (5400rpm) disk. It has served me well over the years, and is still a great little machine for running Vista and Office...

  • You'll like this too..

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Still tidying my desk. Found these great links to Server Cluster (MSCS) Whitepapers (which you 'might' like): Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster Under Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Clustering: Storage Area Networks Geographically...

  • Great Info re: Server Clusters

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    Having a go at tidying my desk and had to share this Best Practice info before I filed it: Server Clusters are also commonly referred to as Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS), Failover Clustering or Wolfpack Clustering. When searching for Server Cluster...

  • You'll like this.

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Dave Northey [MSFT]}
    On your Windows Vista machine, launch a command prompt as administrator. Navigate to the windows\system32 folder and type: ribbons.scr /p65552 Enjoy Dave