01 July 2009
Hyper-V: How to remove disabled virtual network adapters from the parent partition
In May , I mentioned that we introduced a checkbox in the Hyper-V UI for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 which determines whether a virtual NIC is created in the parent partition for External Virtual Networks. (To get a better understanding of Hyper-V Read More...
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21 May 2009
New in Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Part 2 – MAC Spoofing
Our Virtual Switch got smarter in Windows Server 2008 R2. In Windows Server 2008, VMs are susceptible to MAC spoofing. MAC spoofing is where a (generally) malicious machine pretends to be another machine on a network (there are legitimate applications Read More...
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06 May 2009
Using Hyper-V Manager "v1" against Windows Server 2008 R2
I had a couple of emails overnight asking whether it is possible to use Hyper-V Manager "v1" (as in KB952627 for Windows Vista SP1, or part of RSAT in Windows Server 2008) pointing to a machine running Windows Server 2008 R2 RC or Microsoft Hyper-V Server Read More...
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05 May 2009
Hyper-V RC Release Download Links
Today, the last of the download links for the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (Release Candidate) release, Windows 7 client and the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 RC have gone live. Windows Server 2008 Read More...
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05 May 2009
Hyper-V and in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate
A cautionary note for those of you performing an in-place upgrade of a machine running Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role enabled, to Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate. During the installation, you will see the following compatibility report Read More...
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04 May 2009
New in Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Part 1 – Dedicated Networks
I thought I’d start a series of posts highlighting some of the smaller changes in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2. There’ll be plenty of people covering the larger features such as Live Migration, so I figured someone needs to cover the other fun stuff! Read More...
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31 March 2009
Hyper-V Security Guide available
The Hyper-V Security Guide is now available online or for download as a Word document. It covers hardening, delegation (including using SCVMM), and protection mechanisms for virtual machines. You can read it online here , or download the Word document(s) Read More...
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24 March 2009
Hyper-V KB967902 on Windows Update today
Just a quick heads up – as posted on our team blog earlier this month, KB967902 resolves an issue in Hyper-V regarding a certificate expiration issue. This was released earlier today on Windows Update. A restart will be required to complete the installation. Read More...
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24 March 2009
Hyper-V: Mouse Integration Components for SUSE available now
News just in – the VSC (Virtualization Service Client) component providing mouse integration for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running as a guest operating system under Hyper-V has been released. The VSC is supported on SLES 10 SP2, x86 and x64 versions Read More...
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24 March 2009
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
OK, so I'm a couple of months behind the times.... but in case you aren't already aware, there's a free 400+ page Microsoft Press E-Book available online. It makes interesting reading and has an all-up view of Microsoft virtualization covering Hyper-V, Read More...
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23 March 2009
Hyper-V Fixed VHD creation
As Ben mentioned last year, creating a large fixed size VHD in Hyper-V can be a lengthy operation as we zero out the contents of the file during the creation process. In Hyper-V itself, there is no workaround to this. However Chris, a developer on our Read More...
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21 March 2009
Hyper-V floppy trivia
"When I were a lad" (you have to say that in a northern British accent for authenticity), I used to catch the “ Number 64 ” bus outside Fairfield Halls in Central Croydon as a leg of my journey to Junior school. The busses never arrived as scheduled some Read More...
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13 February 2009
Hyper-V energy drink
Just thought I'd add a quick blog entry - cool thing at the office today. Cans of Hyper-V ‘Pure Consolidated Energy for your Server’ turned up at our office this afternoon for the development team. Thank you marketing team! More info at www.serverunleashed.com Read More...
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28 December 2008
Hyper-V Resolving Event ID 4096
Over the break I’ve been taking over Christmas, one of my goals was to move the remainder of my Virtual Server “production” VMs across to Hyper-V. But when nearing completion, I noticed that Server Manager was reporting a role error: Looking at the detail Read More...
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19 November 2008
How to detect UAC elevation from VBScript
While working on the next version of HVRemote yesterday evening, one of the things I wanted to address based on feedback from various people was to have the tool (written in VBScript) detect whether it is being run from an elevated command prompt. While Read More...
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