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Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 available to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers

Overview I am glad to share that Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS 2008) with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 is now available to all MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. This Microsoft product is offered typically via our OEM partners, but a version Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:50 AM by josebda | 10 Comments

Windows Storage Server 2008 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2

I am glad to share that Windows Storage Server 2008 (WSS 2008) and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 have been released to the Microsoft OEM partners. This is the successor to Windows Storage Server 2003 (WSS 2003) and Windows Unified Data Storage Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:25 PM by josebda | 2 Comments

Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD)

Overview In this post, I will show all the steps required to run Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. We will cover the specific scenario of a standalone Windows Server 2008 server (as opposed to a clustered one) on a Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 1:00 PM by josebda | 6 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 | 22 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 | 2 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 | 2 Comments

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 WSS and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

It’s very common for a server running Windows Storage Server (WSS) with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target or Windows Unified Data Storage Server (WUDSS) to include a RAID controller and many hard drives in the box. I got a question on exactly how to Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:56 AM by josebda | 3 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 | 7 Comments

Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008’s Hyper-V has been in public beta for a while now and lots of people have been experimenting with it. One aspect that I am focusing on is storage for those virtualized environments and more specifically the options related to SAN storage. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:40 AM by josebda | 30 Comments

Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 Refresh and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Version 3.1 on a VM

Overview These are step-by-step instructions on how to install the 180-day evaluation version of the Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Refresh (WUDSS 2003 Refresh) on a virtual machine environment running on Virtual PC 2007. This WUDDS 2003 Refresh Read More...
Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 4:05 PM by josebda | 4 Comments

Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

Introduction This post describes how to configure the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target offered with Windows Storage Server. One of the goals here is to describe the terminology used like iSCSI Target, iSCSI Initiator, iSCSI Virtual Disk, etc. It also includes Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:05 AM by josebda | 6 Comments

High Availability Scenarios

I recently delivered a presentation on Highly Available Clusters focused on the scenarios related to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 (WSS 2003 R2) and Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (WUDSS 2003). The scenarios ended up being quite generic, so Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 4:40 PM by josebda | 5 Comments

Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 (with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target) on a VM

This post is OBSOLETE. Please check the updated post at: http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/01/07/installing-the-evaluation-version-of-wudss-2003-refresh-and-the-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-version-3-1-on-a-vm.aspx --- Overview These are Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 4:39 PM by josebda | 4 Comments

Experimenting with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in Beta 3

I just wanted to share my experience around the use of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. I worked on this basically for a demonstration and I ended up doing quite a lot of work around it. This was mainly because I like to build my demo systems Read More...
Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 12:15 PM by josebda | 1 Comments
 
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