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Using Constrained Delegation to remotely manage a server running Hyper-V that uses CIFS/SMB file shares

As explained in my previous blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/06/24/storing-windows-server-2008-hyper-v-files-on-an-cifs-smb-file-share.aspx , you can store your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files in a CIFS/SMB file share. This Read More...
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 10:27 PM by josebda | 2 Comments

Storing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files on a CIFS/SMB file share

Overview I previously covered the storage options for Hyper-V and described the many choices between directly attached or SAN storage, fibre channel or iSCSI, passthrough or VHD, Virtual SCSI or Virtual IDE, etc. If you missed that one, check it out at Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:41 PM by josebda | 3 Comments

Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Upcoming Level 300 Webcast)

Heads up for an upcoming webcast on the new file service features in Windows Server 2008 by Drew McDaniel, a Senior Program Manager with the Microsoft Storage Solutions Division (SSD). Here's a short description: "The Windows Server 2008 operating system Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 9:37 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options

There are many ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Hyper-V. I could actually find five unique methods to do it. Some of them will actually not give you a fully fault-tolerant solution, but most of them actually make sense in specific Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:40 AM by josebda | 8 Comments

Windows Storage Server (and WUDSS) History at the Windows Storage Server blog

Scott Johnson added another post to the Storage Server blog, this time focusing on the History of the Windows Storage Server, all the way up to the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Refresh, released in August of 2007. Did you know, for instance, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:59 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

New Storage Server Blog

Scott Johnson (Program Manager for the Windows Storage Server product line) has just added the the first post on a brand new blog on Windows Storage Server. This first post is a comprehensive list of all the key features of Windows Storage Server and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:40 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

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

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

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
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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

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

SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering - with screenshots

I spent last week in Orlando, Florida, working at the Microsoft booth in the Storage Networking World. I delivered one of the demos there and my demo included the following technologies: Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 iSCSI Software Target Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 4:50 PM by josebda | 4 Comments

SNIA Tutorials cover a wealth of Storage knowledge (SNW Spring 2008 Update)

I’m always amazed by the vast amount of knowledge being posted online for free download. If you are an IT Professional who deals with Storage (or if you manage one of them), check out the high-quality tutorials just posted online by the Storage Network Read More...
Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 2:59 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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SNIA Tutorials cover a wealth of Storage knowledge

This blog post has been updated. Check the latest version at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/04/11/snia-tutorials-cover-a-wealth-of-storage-knowledge-snw-spring-2008-update.aspx ---- I’m always amazed by the vast amount of knowledge being Read More...
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 2:50 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
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More on Storage Options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, you can expose storage to a Hyper-V guest in many different ways. After getting some feedback to that initial post, there are two frequent comments that I wanted to address. You can boot a Hyper-V guest from an Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:30 AM by josebda | 7 Comments
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