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May 2008 - Posts

Installing the VSS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008

Overview In this article, we’ll describe the process to install the VSS Hardware Provider (and, incidentally, the VDS Hardware Provider) for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, which is part of Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). This Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:11 PM by josebda | 1 Comments

Filed under: iSCSI, Storage, VSS, Windows Server 2008

Installing the VDS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008

Overview In this article, we’ll describe the process to install the VDS Hardware Provider (and, incidentally, the VSS Hardware Provider) for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, which is part of Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). This Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:06 PM by josebda | 1 Comments

Filed under: iSCSI, Storage, VDS, Windows Server 2008

Exposing native SCSI as virtual IDE in Hyper-V. Should you tell Virginia that there is a SAN?

I hear a lot of comments about the fact that Hyper-V can expose SCSI disks (either directly attached SCSI disks or LUNs on SAN) to child partitions (also known as guests) as IDE disks. Before you go telling little Virginia that, “Yes, there is a SAN”, Read More...

Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 3:27 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, Storage

New instructor-led training on Windows Server 2008 Clustering on its way

Microsoft has just published the preliminary syllabus for an upcoming instructor-led training on Windows Server 2008 Clustering. This will be Course 6423: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Clustering. Here’s a list of the modules included: Read More...

Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 11:11 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

Filed under: Clustering, Training, Windows Server 2008

The Basics of Windows Server 2008 Storage Explorer

1 – What is Storage Explorer Storage Explorer is a new tool in Windows Server 2008 to help you understand how your server SAN storage is configured. It provides information about the storage fabrics (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) and also about the configuration Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:40 AM by josebda | 1 Comments

Filed under: iSCSI, Storage, The Basics, Windows Server 2008

RAID configuration options for WUDSS and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

It’s very common for a server running Windows Unified Data Storage Server and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target to include a RAID controller and many hard drives in the box. I got a question on exactly how to configure RAID volumes for this kind of Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:56 AM by josebda | 2 Comments

Filed under: iSCSI, Storage, Windows Storage Server

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