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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Cheng's Random Thoughts on System Management : Windows Server 2008 R2</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Windows+Server+2008+R2/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Windows Server 2008 R2</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>It's here - SCVMM 2008 R2 RTM'ed.</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/2009/08/24/it-s-here-scvmm-2008-r2-rtm-ed.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3276432</guid><dc:creator>Cheng Wei</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/comments/3276432.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3276432</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Greetings folks!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This is one of the very&amp;nbsp;exciting mements that I have to drop whatever I'm doing and tell you about this. :-)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I've been busy on a few things. So sorry for not able to post much information lately. And I'll tell you about what I was working on in a few months. We're baking something big. :-)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Unlike last time when we released VMM 2008 (which was a few months after Hyper-V RTM), we're tying our VMM 2008 R2 release schedule right together with Windows Server 2008 R2. And it comes with &lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/05/11/scvmm-r2-rc-features.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/05/11/scvmm-r2-rc-features.aspx"&gt;a big load of goodies&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Live Migration support, CSV support;Storage Migration; Rapid Provisioning; Host Compatibility Check;&amp;nbsp;Support for 3rd party CSF; Support for Veritas Volume Manager; Integration with Visual Studio Lab Manager; etc.). &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Go &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b"&gt;download&lt;/A&gt; a trial and give it a try, go &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=292de23c-845c-4d08-8d65-b4b8cbc8397b"&gt;get it now&lt;/A&gt;, and unleash the virtualization power that Microsoft brings to you.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here are more information on this exciting RTM announcement:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2009/08/24/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-vmm-2008-r2-rtms.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2009/08/24/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-vmm-2008-r2-rtms.aspx&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Cheers!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Cheng&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3276432" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/SCVMM/default.aspx">SCVMM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Windows+Server+2008+R2/default.aspx">Windows Server 2008 R2</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/VMM/default.aspx">VMM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Live+Migration/default.aspx">Live Migration</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/VMM+2008+R2/default.aspx">VMM 2008 R2</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/CSV/default.aspx">CSV</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Rapid+Provisioning/default.aspx">Rapid Provisioning</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Storage+Migration/default.aspx">Storage Migration</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Host+Compatibility+Check/default.aspx">Host Compatibility Check</category></item><item><title>Multiple VMs per LUN</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/2009/01/15/multiple-vms-per-lun.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3182922</guid><dc:creator>Cheng Wei</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/comments/3182922.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3182922</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/"&gt;Rakesh&lt;/A&gt; just posted a &lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/01/14/vms-and-lun-allocation.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/01/14/vms-and-lun-allocation.aspx"&gt;new blog&lt;/A&gt;, through which he explains the ins and outs about the model where users create multiple VMs by using the same LUN. He also points out that, with the new &lt;A class="" href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/ENT-T588_WH08.pptx" mce_href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/ENT-T588_WH08.pptx"&gt;Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)&lt;/A&gt; support in &lt;A class="" href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/E/3/6E3E4529-27E3-48EC-B7E7-1A93242D3AE1/Windows_Server_2008_R2_Reviewers_Guide_(BETA).doc" mce_href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/E/3/6E3E4529-27E3-48EC-B7E7-1A93242D3AE1/Windows_Server_2008_R2_Reviewers_Guide_(BETA).doc"&gt;Windows Server 2008 R2&lt;/A&gt;, in VMM vNext (we're working on right now), users will be able to create and manage &lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/01/14/vms-and-lun-allocation.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2009/01/14/vms-and-lun-allocation.aspx"&gt;multiple VMs on a single LUN&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Enjoy your reading,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Cheng&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3182922" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Clustering/default.aspx">Clustering</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/Windows+Server+2008+R2/default.aspx">Windows Server 2008 R2</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/chengw/archive/tags/VMM/default.aspx">VMM</category></item></channel></rss>