• How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 9: WSUS Integration with SCVMM

    I’ve been quiet for some days now, there is a lot going on with some interesting projects, and I’m getting back to deliver the last parts of the series during the next two weeks, after that I will be working in a cloud monitoring series with some nice...
  • How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 8: Create a cluster from the console.

    In this post we will provision the storage for our cluster, a disk from our SMI-S provider for the Quorum and create the Cluster. Assign the storage for cluster: In the Fabric tab –> Servers –>All hosts –> Standalone, you should see your 3 machines...
  • How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 7: Adding our hosts

    Hi all, thanks for being so supportive with this series, I’m really glad I can help and your support is keeping me going at a fast pace to deliver to you this series of posts. Now let’s get to the fun technical part, we will be adding 3 hosts, two of...
  • How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center Series

    I’m adding an index post so it’s easier for you to browse through this series of posts. How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 1: Lab Setup How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 2: VMM Setup How...
  • How to create a private cloud step by step with System Center part 6: Bare Metal Deployment

    Now let’s check the prerequisites for the Bare Metal Deployment: Your motherboard should support BMC (Baseboard Management Controller), I am actually using an old 2nd generation Xeon I had around to test this. you can get a SuperMicro MB and a Xeon CPU...