16 September 2008
How to use uniquely identify a virtual machine in Hyper-V
When managing a large number of virtual machines, there is often a need to tag it in some way with one or more properties uniquely identifying it for administrative purposes. One example would be to identify a virtual machine as belonging to a person, Read More...
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08 September 2008
Virtualization launch day
Today is (was) Virtualization Launch day. Although the keynote presentations were streamed live (in fact I'm just watching Bob Muglia finish up as I'm typing this), they will be available later this afternoon for on-demand viewing here . Some of the highlights: Read More...
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09 August 2008
Connection Manager Administration Kit for Vista
Curiosity got the better of me. When I was analyzing why Hyper-V Remote Management didn't always work over a VPN connection due to DNS the other day, I mentioned that I wasn't familiar with the replacement technology for CMAK in Windows Server 2003. Well, Read More...
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08 August 2008
Hyper-V: Eight useful links and tidbits for 08-08-08
I've had a few links I've been meaning to post up for some time now, so here's a small collection of eight of them on the 8th of the 8th, 08... WMI/Development using Hyper-V The WMI SDK for Hyper-V has recently been updated with code samples in C# and Read More...
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07 August 2008
Hyper-V: Why does Hyper-V Manager not always work over VPN connection? Access Denied or RPC server unavailable errors.
This post examines a problem several people have reported when running Hyper-V Remote Management tools over a VPN connection  - specifically hitting an error “Access denied. Unable to establish communication between ‘SERVER’ and Read More...
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03 August 2008
Do I have the latest BIOS installed? (And a cheap laptop repair)
For Hyper-V to operate correctly, it is strongly advised, and in many cases, required, to install the latest BIOS onto your hardware for hardware virtualization features to operate correctly. While some OEMs provide fantastic information, my experience Read More...
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22 July 2008
Hyper-V: Why is networking reset in my VM when I copy a VHD?
This is a question I’ve seen come up a few times so figured it was time to examine why in a little more detail. In Virtual Server, you were able to copy VHDs and the associated VMC (Virtual Machine Configuration) file from one host to another, add Read More...
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15 July 2008
Hyper-V: MAC Address allocation and apparent network issues MAC collisions can cause
In a physical only world, you don’t usually have to worry about MAC addresses that much as each NIC vendor carves off a MAC address from their ranges which have been allocated to them. However, in a virtual environment, you have to be a little more careful, Read More...
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09 July 2008
Hyper-V: RTM available on Windows Update
Just a quick note to mention that Hyper-V RTM (KB950050) was made available on Windows Update yesterday. See here for more information on the RTM release. Note that the Vista SP1 management tools are not currently available through Windows Update and Read More...
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03 July 2008
Deploying Windows Vista SP1 with "slipstreamed" Hyper-V RTM. Part 3.
The first two parts of this mini-series dealt with deploying Windows Server 2008 – either as the root partition with the RTM Hyper-V role enabled, or as a child partition (virtual machine) with the Hyper-V RTM Integration Services installed. This third Read More...
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30 June 2008
Hyper-V: Locate Hyper-V enabled servers in your domain
It seems an eternity ago (May 2007) that I put up a post describing how to determine which domain-joined servers are running Virtual Server in your domain(s). Well that same functionality is present in Hyper-V, only the SCP or "Service Connection Point" Read More...
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30 June 2008
Deploying Windows Server 2008 with "slipstreamed" Hyper-V RTM. Part 2.
This continues on from last week's post to show the changes needed to enable the "slipstreamed" Hyper-V RTM role at the time of operating system deployment. To start with, follow the steps from part 1 to add KB950050 to each of the images in the WIM file Read More...
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26 June 2008
Deploying Windows Server 2008 with "slipstreamed" Hyper-V RTM. Part 1.
This article walks through updating an WDS infrastructure such that Hyper-V RTM bits are “slipstreamed” into the operating system installation. Given that Hyper-V has reached RTM (release to manufacturing), it was time to refresh my test deployment environment Read More...
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26 June 2008
Hyper-V RTM announcement. Available today from the Microsoft Download Centre
In the Hyper-V shiproom this morning, we signed off on Hyper-V RTM (Release To Manufacturing). The build and articles are actively working their way through the systems and will be available from Microsoft Download Centre from around noon Pacific time. Read More...
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17 June 2008
Hyper-V: What are the uses for different types of virtual networks?
If you followed yesterdays post explaining the basics of networking in Hyper-V, you may be wondering what the different types of virtual networks are, when you should use them, and how they look in terms of traffic flow. When you open Virtual Network Read More...
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