DPM 2007 SP1 brings Hyper-V Support

infoz — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:52:27 GMT

DPM SP1 has been released just in time for the Christmas break, and is available for download in both x86 and x64 versions:

DPM 2007 sp1 x86 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125991

DPM 2007 sp1 x64 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125992

By leveraging the VSS writer built into the Windows platform, DPM 2007 SP1 can deliver host-based backups of guest operating systems running on Hyper-V with zero downtime, as well as 'traditional style' guest-based backups for more granular backups at the workload level, as well as coverage for any physical servers that may remain in your environment.

Find out what's new in SP1. [RH]

System Center Partner Airlift for Aussie Partners

infoz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:09:47 GMT

Register here for heavily subsidised, level 300 training for Australian partners, covering System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. Melbourne and Sydney only at this stage.

As three of the four pillars of the Server Management Suite - Enterprise, it's essential that partners get up to speed on the new launch of System Center products - there will be some fantastic opportunities for partners to deliver comprehensive data centre management solutions to customers, especially where virtualisation is involved.... [RH]

Virtual Server Cookbooks - now available

infoz — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:46:54 GMT

Some great new Virtual Server resources have just gone live and are available for download. There are 10 cookbooks covering a range of topics that are designed to help customers and partners build solutions on the Virtual Server platform. Some interesting potential scenarios and possible service offerings.....[RH]

Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager	Steps and guidance for you to successfully install and configure Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. You may then create and manage virtual machines, and perform P2V migration.
Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager	The scenario presented in this cookbook will take you through the steps necessary to install Virtual Server and SCVMM, and then convert a workload to a virtual machine. This cookbook also includes the steps necessary to install DPM and to back up a running virtual machine, as well as information about monitoring and reporting using DPM.
Quick Migration with Virtual Server Host Clustering Windows Server® 2003 Enterprise Edition & Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1	This cookbook describes a simple configuration in which you use Virtual Server 2005 R2 to configure one guest operating system, and configure a server cluster that has two servers (nodes). With this configuration, you can migrate workloads easily from one node to the other
Mobile User Access of Applications. Terminal Server running on virtual machines using Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1	Install Terminal Server on a virtual machine and access the terminal server remotely. We will also show how to install Remote Desktop Web Connection and how to configure Windows® Firewall to allow remote clients to access the terminal server.
Hosted Backup and Recovery Solutions for Service Providers using DPM and VS	This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience providing data backup and recovery to customers as a hosted solution using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
Simple Offsite Backup and Recovery of virtual machines using DPM and VS	This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for backing up and restoring virtual machines running in an offsite location using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
Simple Onsite Backup and Recovery of virtual machines using DPM and VS	This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for backing up and restoring running virtual machines using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
High Availability with VS and WS03R2 Enterprise Server Clustering	This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for implementing high availability of server workloads using Windows Server 2003 Server Clustering and Virtual Server using Intel-based hardware.
Backup and Recovery using Microsoft® Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 and Acronis® True Image 9.1 Enterprise Edition	The goal of this cookbook is to guide you through installing Acronis server imaging solutions for workgroups and installing Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. The cookbook covers creating a virtual machine (to serve as a standby for recovery) and restoring the contents of a server representing your production workload to the waiting virtual machine.
Application Isolation and Operation in Branch Offices Using VS	This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for isolating and operating applications on separate virtual machines in branch offices using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, in an Intel-based hardware environment for regulatory compliance and improved legacy workload performance.

Plumbing & Wiring in a Microsoft World : DPM

DPM 2007 SP1 brings Hyper-V Support

System Center Partner Airlift for Aussie Partners

Virtual Server Cookbooks - now available