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The Basics of Windows Server 2008 FSRM (File Server Resource Manager)

Overview FSRM (File Server Resource Manager) is a service of the File Services role in Windows Server 2008. You can use FSRM to enhance your ability to manage and monitor storage activities on your file server. The main capabilities of FSRM include: Folder Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:11 AM by josebda | 1 Comments

Requirements for production deployment of Exchange Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

A new article has been posted on TechNet covering “Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments”. This article, posted this week, marks the first time that I have seen details on the requirements Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:54 AM by josebda | 0 Comments

Windows 7 blog and PDC 2008 sessions

I was glad to see the first bits of info about the upcoming “Windows 7” product being shared through this new blog by Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky. Jon and Steven are two senior engineering managers for the “Windows 7” team and the blog, called “Engineering Read More...
Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 7:00 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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Hotfix improves how Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster works with Hyper-V

If you work with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, you should check a new update called "Increased functionality and virtual machine control in the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Management console for the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:55 PM by josebda | 0 Comments

SQL Server Remote Blob Store (RBS) available as part of the Feature Pack RC0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

As I mentioned in a previous blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/03/17/sql-server-2008-and-unstructured-data.aspx , SQL Server 2008 introduces new options to store unstructured data, in addition to the current BLOB support we have Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:20 AM by josebda | 1 Comments
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Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage

Overview In a previous blog post, I described 5 different ways to implement Windows Server Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Those options included: Parent-based Failover Clustering with two physical servers, Child-based Failover Clustering Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:21 AM by josebda | 6 Comments

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 | 4 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V released today! (includes a list of main Hyper-V related links)

Hyper-V is here! As you can confirm on the press release linked below, the final release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was just announced. You can download the final version (number 18016) immediately from the Microsoft download web site. This version Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:04 AM by josebda | 4 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 | 6 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 | 13 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

TechEd 2008 - IT Professionals

I am spending this week in Orlando, Florida, working at the TechEd 2008 - IT Professionals conference. I am at the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 booth in the TLC (Technical Learning Center). I will be showing DPM's ability to protect Windows Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:07 PM by josebda | 0 Comments
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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
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