This blog will now focus on advanced monitoring of heterogeneous data centers. This includes traditional physical servers, both Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms. It will also include the virtual space, both Hyper-V as well as VMware. Lastly, it absolutely will include networking components!

April 2009 - Posts

• Microsoft Targets Windows, Linux Management

  Courtesy of Network World - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/042809-microsoft-windows-linux-management.html?hpg1=bn Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:14 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: R2, SCVMM

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 Limits

  Read More... Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 9:49 PM by walterch | 1 Comments Filed under: Capabilities, R2

• Adding a Pass-through Disk to a Highly Available Virtual Machine

  Courtesy of the Windows Server Setup / Core Team: http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/archive/2009/02/20/adding-a-pass-through-disk-to-a-highly-available-virtual-machine.aspx Read More... Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:59 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Configuration, Hyper-V

• Clustering and High Availability – Windows Server 2008 R2

  http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2009/02/19/9433146.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:50 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: High Availability, R2

• Hyper-V Security Guide Now Available

  http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/04/07/fyi-the-hyper-v-security-guide-is-now-available.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 3:57 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Hyper-V, Documentation

• Hyper-V Client for Windows 7 (Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7)

  In order to communicate with Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, you will need the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82516c35-c7dc-4652-b2ea-2df99ea83dbb&DisplayLang=e Read More... Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 12:35 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Tools & Utilities

• R2 – Improved Override Screens

  Courtesy of Kevin Holman - http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2009/04/10/r2-improved-override-screens.aspx Read More... Posted Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:40 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: R2

• System Center Virtualization Reports 2008 – FQDN Required

  When generating OpsMgr reports, most users have become comfortable simply specifying the host name when adding objects or groups. When generating System Center Virtualization Reports, you must specify the fully qualified domain name. The report instructs Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:55 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Configuration, SCVMM

• Microsoft System Center Management for Virtualization

  http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/c754f940-b5a1-43ee-99f1-d9e083dbc81a Read More... Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 12:06 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Tools & Utilities, Operational Tuning, SCVMM, OpsMgr

• Microsoft Mythbusters: Top 10 VMware Myths

  http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/f8c3314f-c82d-4f8d-8b19-6a59733670f8?vp_evt=eref&vp_video=Microsoft+Mythbusters%3a+Top+10+VMware+Myths Read More... Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 7:04 AM by walterch | 2 Comments Filed under: Hyper-V

• Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer

  This has always been an issue with OpsMgr, to get the "outside perspective:. This tool will provide the necessary capabilities for Exchange Internet connectivity. http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/03/25/450908.aspx Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:37 PM by walterch | 0 Comments Filed under: Tools & Utilities