Browse by Tags
Hyper-V Server 2008 is RTM. You can download it as of October 1st. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 provides a simplified, reliable, and optimized virtualization solution, enabling improved server utilization and reduced costs. Since Hyper-V Server is a
Read More...
VMC to Hyper-V Import Tool Now that we have launched the Microsoft Virtualization strategy this Monday, I wanted to release my tool so people could start using it to import their old Virtual Machine configurations. So first of all, what is the
Read More...
It has been a while since my last post on the tool. It is still being tested within a limited group. However I get many requests for the tool but cannot handle any more. Thanks for all who wanted to volunteer. The tool will be called ‘VMC to Hyper-V import
Read More...
Yet another update just before my vacation. I have finalized the tool so it is feature complete, according to my specifications. Below is a screen shot of what it looks like today. The tool now basically covers everything there is you can specify in a
Read More...
I have made several enhancements to the tool and it is almost feature complete. I have added the capability to import and modify COM port settings, Virtual Machine notes and BIOS settings. The updated tool looks like this:
Read More...
I received several posts last week related to the error above. I am still investigating how/why this happened but it is caused by the fact that the .Net Framework 3.0 is missing from the machine where VMRCplus is being used. So to fix this for now, install
Read More...
When you have Virtual Server or Virtual PC virtual machines, you can use them in Hyper-V. However, this requires quite some manual steps. For the minimum, you need to attach the virtual hard disk files (.vhd files) to the hard disk drives in Hyper-V.
Read More...
Yesterday, June 26th, Hyper-V was officially released to web (RTW). You can find all info on Hyper-V here . For me, this means I will focus more on Hyper-V than on Virtual Server. I will continue to support VMRCplus, but new releases will likely occur
Read More...
Release 1.8.0 is available from the Microsoft Download Center. It may not be visible yet when you search for it but it is there. Click here to download the x86 release, here for the x64 release. This release matches the update for Virtual Server 2005
Read More...
An update to VMRCplus 1.6.0 has been released and is now available here . This release contains several fixes and minor enhancements. It has been tested on Windows Server 2008 as well. Matthijs
Read More...
It has been a while since my last post. I am busy doing Hyper-V stuff these days. Trying to grasp the Hyper-V API is one of them... Anyway, Windows Server 2008 has become available and people are installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on it. Yes, you may
Read More...
On connecting to a remote VS host from Vista, you may receive a dialog from VMRCplus with the message: "The object exporter specified was not found" Check the firewall settings on Vista. Use the 'advanced' snap-in and verify the active profile Windows
Read More...
On connecting to a remote VS host, you may receive a dialog from VMRCplus with the message: "QI for IEnumVARIANT failed on the unmanaged server" This may be caused by InstallShield. For a solution see http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=q10619
Read More...
Release 1.6.0, as discussed earlier in the TechNet Magazine related post, is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. You can get the updated release here . Matthijs
Read More...
The October issue of TechNet Magazine covers VMRCplus. I wrote that article for the Utility Spotlight in August. However, I updated the content in September. That is why you may notice screen shots of a different VMRCplus. The release on the Microsoft
Read More...
