June 2006 - Posts

29 June 2006
Download Virtual Server Additions for Windows Vista Beta 2

Mike's got all the info here . Cheers, John. Read More...

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22 June 2006
Shadow Copy failures: Scheduled task fails with General page initialization failed, error 0x8007000d.

I've rippled through quite a few nagging problems since my server failure at home a few weeks ago. One of the more intriguing problem I only noticed a couple of days ago. One server had not been running scheduled Shadow Copies. When you schedule shadow Read More...

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20 June 2006
Check your MACs. Ping fails between a VM and another Virtual Server host

Imagine this. Lots of machines, some virtual, some physical. Every single machine can ping every other machine, except just one pair. An administrators nightmare? Yes. Trust me, I've been there spending several hours diagnosing this particularly tricky Read More...

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16 June 2006
Webcast series on Virtualization

You know how sometimes you become so focussed on one thing, you can lose touch with everything else going on around you? So my apologies on this one, only just found out about a series of six webcasts this month around virtualization. The first two are Read More...

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16 June 2006
The UK isn't what it used to be

All because I left, I guess ;) So (IMHO), one of the great things about the TechNet evenings on the Microsoft UK Campus in Reading was the availability of beer & pizza at the break. (Of course, before I get blasted with comments about encouraging Read More...

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14 June 2006
Windows Virtualization WinHEC Slide Decks

I've just posted up on the VM team blog a set of links to the slide decks presented at WinHEC 2006 relating to Windows Server virtualization. If you want to find out a bit more of the architecture of what we're building, they're a great place to start. Read More...

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09 June 2006
Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Link

If you want to get your hands on Windows Vista Beta 2 have a good internet connection (or some patience) and a DVD burner, try this link . You'll need a passport account. Once you logon, you'll be given a product key and the full download links. There Read More...

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08 June 2006
Microsoft Codename Whistler Advanced Server is alive and well

Well nearly anyway. Long story about how I found this one, but if you run the Windows XP SP2 32-bit winver.exe on a Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1 machine, you get the screen shot below :) Maybe I should file a bug? Cheers, John.   Update June 2008 Read More...

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06 June 2006
WSUS SP1 (Windows Server Update Services) download link

Just spotted that WSUS SP1 is available for download. SP1 now supports updating machines running Windows Vista, comes with a newer version of MSDE and supports SQL Server 2005. Gives me my weekend upgrade task at home :) Follow this link for the WSUS Read More...

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05 June 2006
Book availability: Managing Virtual Server & Scripting Virtual Server 2005

Just spotted a couple of books from a Microsoft MVP, Anil Desai, which are now available: The Rational Guide to Managing Virtual Server 2005 and The Rational Guide to Scripting Virtual Server 2005 . I haven't seen a copy of either yet so can't comment Read More...

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02 June 2006
Can you sysprep to clone a Windows Vista Beta 2 VHD?

This question came up a few days ago - now that Windows Vista Beta 2 is released, can you still sysprep an installation to clone it for having multiple virtual machines? Of course, the same can be applied to a physical machine if necessary. Answer is Read More...

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