Re: Hyper v 2008 server password forgotten

January 22, 2013 6:56 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hyper v 2008 server password forgotten > > ** ** > > Hi There, > > ** ** > > Does anyone know how to reset the local admin password on a HyperV 2008 > Server > > ** ** &g

RE: SSD and 2008 R2 Hyper-V, SAS vs. SATA SSD

g apples to oranges. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SSD and 2008 R2 Hyper-V, SAS vs. SATA SSD Some of you may remember I fought a little with putting an SSD drive in my old home lab Powe

RE: SSD and 2008 R2 Hyper-V, SAS vs. SATA SSD

David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SSD and 2008 R2 Hyper-V, SAS vs. SATA SSD Some of you may remember I fought a little with putting an SSD drive in my old home lab PowerEdge 840 but I did finally get it to work. I've been r

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: > What is the benifit of the VHDX file type over VHD? It has an X at the end. Anything with an X at the end is better. It's like "32" from the 1990's. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

>> - Original Message - >> From: Jim Majorowicz >> [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] >> Sent: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 >> 13:18:24 -0800 >> Subject: Re: Cheapest way to get Hy

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

t; - Original Message - > From: Jim Majorowicz > [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 > 13:18:24 -0800 > Subject: Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > > > &g

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

is.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:18:24 -0800 Subject: Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > What is the benifit of the VHDX file type over VHD? > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Michael B. Smith > wrote: > > > Server 2012 completely supports you

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

he upgrade to VHDX. > > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Friday, December 7, 2012 9:12 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > > ** ** > > If the VM’s are not on the 2

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

; On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > >> And which did you replace it with - a cat5e or cat6 cable? >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: >> >>> Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

or cat6 cable? >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: >>> Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a *CAT5* >>> cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? >>>

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

*** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 6, 2012 4:16 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > > ** ** > > Do you know what happens if you don

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

t;> **CAT5**cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? >> >> Yeah, it operates at 10% of its overall potential. >> >> Thankfully, I noticed before moving a really large VM. >> >> Sigh. I was wondering what was up wit

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

mail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:16 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > > ** ** > > Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a > **CAT5**cable to the NIC that you intend

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a *CAT5* cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? Yeah, it operates at 10% of its overall potential. Thankfully, I no

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

And which did you replace it with - a cat5e or cat6 cable? On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a > **CAT5**cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? > > Yeah, it opera

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a *CAT5* cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? Yeah, it operates at 10% of its overall potential. Thankfully, I noticed before moving a really large VM. Sigh.

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

Do you know what happens if you don't pay attention and attach a **CAT5**cable to the NIC that you intend to use for Hyper-V Live Migration? Yeah, it operates at 10% of its overall potential. Thankfully, I noticed before moving a really large VM. Sigh. I was wondering what was up wit

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

amp; Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:15 AM, David Lum wrote: > Cool. At home I have a 2008 R2 server running Hyper-V and 2 VM’s on it, > think I’ll try the migration tonight myself…. > > ** ** > > Dave > > ** ** >

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

Cool. At home I have a 2008 R2 server running Hyper-V and 2 VM's on it, think I'll try the migration tonight myself Dave From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 3:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:08 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB > > ** ** > > I think it only comes down to what this box needs to do for you? If it > require

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

it handles the other, non-critical VMs I left behind. http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2012/09/13/migrating-to-microsoft-hyper-v-server-2012-from-2008-r2-and-vmware-winserv-hyperv-itpro-vmware.aspx#.UL_LkIfO3vZ *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.co

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

It only needs to host, I already have all those other functions being handled by the guest VM’s. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 12:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB I think it only

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

I think it only comes down to what this box needs to do for you? If it requires any other roles (DHCP, WINS, DNS, DC, etc) then Hyper-V server isn't what your looking for. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engine

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

This makes it look like the free 2008 R2 Hyper-V server supports 1TB: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj647789 It can be argued that if I’m going to change Hyper-V host OS then why not go to 2012. Next question….how nervous should I be about the guests if on the host I go from full

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

And the Hyper-V version is free. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of

Re: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

Go with Server 2012, the Hyper V is again improved and I think it supports more RAM. Did I say that Server 2012 rocks? On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:15 AM, David Lum wrote: > I have a client system that can physically hold 64GB of RAM, is $2000+ > 2008 R2 Server Enterprise the only way

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

Is Server 2012 not an option for you? Thanks Webster From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB I have a client system that can physically hold 64GB of RAM, is $2000+ 2008 R2 Server Enterprise the only way to use that much RAM with Hyper-V

RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

What about 2012 - 4Tb limit. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 05 December 2012 16:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB I have a client system that can physically hold 64GB of RAM, is $2000+ 2008 R2 Server Enterprise the only way to use

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

Someone else said something similar yesterday, time for me to fix it... From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V puzzler True, And your Linked in Picture looks a little scary :) Like some evil

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V puzzler Keeps us employed. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V puzzler I agree, not knowning more about Hyper-V, just seems weird... but

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

Keeps us employed. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V puzzler I agree, not knowning more about Hyper-V, just seems weird... but hey that is M$ sometimes Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

I agree, not knowning more about Hyper-V, just seems weird... but hey that is M$ sometimes Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:47

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

I don't think it'll matter, as I just tested VM01 --> VM02 and legacy to legacy = fast and any combination that doesn't have the legacy adapter = slow From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R

RE: Hyper-V puzzler

Issues Subject: Hyper-V puzzler New 2008 R2 physical server (Called SERVER001) with Hyper-V, three physical NIC's (well, six, but three are disconnected). Two 2008 R2 guests on SERVER001, called VM01 and VM02 SERVER001 uses NIC0 VM01 uses NIC1 VM02 uses NIC02 Other physical server o

RE: semi-OT: installing hyper-v 2012 as Layer 1 on PERC based dell server

ke that disk as a target partition -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: semi-OT: installing hyper-v 2012 as Layer 1 on PERC based dell server You can install Hyper-V

Re: semi-OT: installing hyper-v 2012 as Layer 1 on PERC based dell server

PE R900 that used to run ESXi 4.x off a USB stick with > 8x146GB SAS drives on a single virtual disk ... tried to pave it and just > redo it as a layer 1 Hyper-V 2012 server booting from the ISO to install, > and it doesn't like the RAID partition regardless of how I present it? >

RE: semi-OT: installing hyper-v 2012 as Layer 1 on PERC based dell server

You can install Hyper-V 2012 on a USB stick that presents as both a USB stick and as a hard drive. Otherwise, you have to go through a set of machinations. What the problem is, most likely, is you need to load the PERC drivers. Put THEM on a USB stick and load drivers during the boot process

RE: Hyper-V Server 2012

awesome, thank you From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V Server 2012 The GUI. Absolutely nothing else. From: Adam Meixler [mailto:ad...@interlink1.com]<mailto:[mailto:ad...@interlink1.

Re: Hyper-V Server 2012

** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 04, 2012 1:12 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hyper-V Server 2012 > > ** ** > > http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=13454 > > It's just HyperV. Nothing else. I

RE: Hyper-V Server 2012

The GUI. Absolutely nothing else. From: Adam Meixler [mailto:ad...@interlink1.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 1:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V Server 2012 Which seems wicked cool given the introduction of shared nothing live migrations, if that's supported i

RE: Hyper-V Server 2012

lines what HyperV Server is missing. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hyper-V Server 2012 http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=13454 It's just HyperV. Nothing else. It's like ESXi so it's a sm

Re: Hyper-V Server 2012

t 9:48 AM, Adam Meixler wrote: > Hi all, > > ** ** > > I just saw 2012 RTM on the MSDN site and noticed the Hyper-V server disc.* > *** > > ** ** > > Out of curiosity are there any limitations with Hyper-V Server 2012 that > are lifted by installing 2012 Standard

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMM/Hyper-V question Not a big deal to join or disjoin them, as long as you know local admin creds. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]<mailto:[mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]> Sent: Tues

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

istopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMM/Hyper-V question Curious if anyone out there is keeping their Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter network. Or are most people domain joining them. My initial thought was to have them all

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

Not a big deal to join or disjoin them, as long as you know local admin creds. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMM/Hyper-V question No, security is not the main consideration in this

Re: VMM/Hyper-V question

No, security is not the main consideration in this particular situation. Small office environment. I had always heard, not specifically read, that the Hyper-V hosts should not be domain joined. Should have done more reading before I set this up. Thanks Christopher Bodnar Enterprise

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

Beware of domain joining a Hyper-V host when the only DC is a VM on the same host. Can be a problem if the DC won't boot and you can only manage the host with a domain account! For those environments, workgroup, or managing using a local account just as though it was a workgroup, is the b

Re: VMM/Hyper-V question

Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > Curious if anyone out there is keeping their Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter > network. Or are most people domain joining them. My initial thought was to

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

And in contrast to what I just sent: "Hyper-V: Domain membership is recommended for servers running Hyper-V" http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee941123(v=ws.10).aspx Guess I'll be changing my ways :) David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // C

RE: VMM/Hyper-V question

I have one client with two Hyper-V hosts and one is domain-joined and the other is workgroup - mostly because I burned myself once and couldn't remember the local credentials on a VM host that had a DC on it. Now I always log in to the hosts with local creds weather it's domain-joi

VMM/Hyper-V question

Curious if anyone out there is keeping their Hyper-V hosts in a perimeter network. Or are most people domain joining them. My initial thought was to have them all in a perimeter network with no domain, but with VMM inside the domain. Finding some limitations to this configuration. Specifically

RE: Hyper-V on SMB share?

This is not doable in 2008R2. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 6:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V on SMB share

Hyper-V on SMB share?

Hey all. I'm playing with Windows Server "8" beta. One of the mentioned features is the ability to have your VMs stored on a SMB share. They say this means you can have high-availability without depending on a traditional iSCSI style SAN. So, I tried it. It works! I have a Serv

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

Good points. Seems to me this could be mitigated by one Hyper-V host not being on the domain and configured with static (not by reservation, even) IP’s. While I currently do have one physical and one VM DC at my %nightjob% sites I plan on having them all virtualized at some point, with the DC’s

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

two VMs. SQL data and logs on the RAID5. Art From: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V Design Questions Thank you Art for your input! The answers to your questions are b

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

re our DC was virtualized > and experienced problems because of it. You could call it a bootstrap > thing, where your hosts (VM or Hyper-V) need at least DNS and probably AD, > but neither is available until the host comes up and your DC guest starts. > There are workarounds, like using

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

I don’t know what the general consensus is, but I believe it’s a definite benefit. We’ve gone through a phase where our DC was virtualized and experienced problems because of it. You could call it a bootstrap thing, where your hosts (VM or Hyper-V) need at least DNS and probably AD, but

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:49 AM, David Lum wrote: > Is “having at least one DC a physical box” still a reasonable best practice > in 2012? Well, everything always depends on the details. If you've got a lot of Microsoft infrastructure -- especially virtualization and DNS -- I'd say it's a pret

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

Subject: RE: Hyper-V Design Questions Thank you Art for your input! The answers to your questions are below. Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org<mailto:m

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

They never did. >From a licensing PoV, if you buy Enterprise Edition you are entitled to 4 VMs >plus the host. But the host should have no roles other than Hyper-V. If you >want to put other roles on the host, you forfeit one of the guest licenses. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mail

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

m: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [SPAM] RE: Hyper-V Design Questions Just some general questions and observations. 1. The Hyper-V host server can legally only run the Hyper-V role. So no you can’t move

RE: [SPAM] RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

m: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [SPAM] RE: Hyper-V Design Questions Just some general questions and observations. 1. The Hyper-V host server can legally only run the Hyper-V role. So no you can’t move

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

gt; Big difference. > > ** ** > > BF > > ** ** > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 6:50 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hyper-V Design Questions > > ** ** > > Wrong! Sorry

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

We are talking about LICENSING... Not what you can do, but what you are supposed to do. Big difference. BF From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 6:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hyper-V Design Questions Wrong! Sorry I have a Hyper-V host

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

Wrong! Sorry I have a Hyper-V host in my test lab with WSUS on it. I know of more than one person on the list that has a DC running on their Hyper-V host (not a config I personally would want but that is neither here nor there). I have done what the OP is wanting without VM 4 but my VM 4 was

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Justin Thomas wrote: > If you are thinking MS Hyper-V server, it won't run anything else. The quote > is for Windows Server 2008 R2 where you certainly can run other services The license for Win 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition allows you to run R2 on

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

Just some general questions and observations. 1. The Hyper-V host server can legally only run the Hyper-V role. So no you can't move AD and File & Print Services to the host. 2. Are the virtual servers all new servers or replacing existing servers? 3. Do you have

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

If you are thinking MS Hyper-V server, it won't run anything else. The quote is for Windows Server 2008 R2 where you certainly can run other services On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > If I recall correctly, the MS Licensing does not allow you to have any > services

Re: Hyper-V Design Questions

ervices but HyperV on the host. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] > *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 2:09 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hyper-V Design Questions > > ** ** > > Hi All, >

RE: Hyper-V Design Questions

If I recall correctly, the MS Licensing does not allow you to have any services but HyperV on the host. From: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V Design Questions Hi All, I have very limited

Hyper-V Design Questions

Hi All, I have very limited experience with Hyper-V and am about to do my first install. Below is a descirption of my requirements and a proposed configuration. My two questions are at the very bottom of the email in Red. Any feedback or assistance is greatly appreciated!!! Michael

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

nection to the server...so the NAS ends up being another drive on the server. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's HEY...now there's a thought! User data a

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

p. I hadn't thought of that, thanks! From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's I was thinking more along the lines of taking the file load off the server (on

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 09 January 2012 15:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's I've had their SBS 2K3 on a VM for a long time now (it's on non-R2 Server 2008 Hyper-V, if that's any indication) an

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

I've had their SBS 2K3 on a VM for a long time now (it's on non-R2 Server 2008 Hyper-V, if that's any indication) and I have confirmed I can stand up the SBS VM on VMHOST2 from backups (never have tested external logins or other functionality yet though - that's next week

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

cached then it might be fine after a slow logon for users. Mike From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 09 January 2012 05:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's I have a client with SBS 2K3 (VM-SBS1) that's VM'd on a 2K8

RE: Hyper-V VM's and backups

Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 1:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V VM's and backups Hyper-V VM's. By default I have VM's where the config info of each VM is in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V but the VHD's are on a separa

Re: Hyper-V VM's and backups

51 AM, David Lum wrote: > Hyper-V VM’s. By default I have VM’s where the config info of each VM is > in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V but the VHD’s are on a separate > drive altogether. If I have just the VHD files would it be accurate to say > I can probably recover t

RE: Hyper-V VM's and backups

You can create a new VM (assuming there are no snapshots etc.) The NICs will be new, but that's about it. No need to reinstall the Integration Services Cheers Ken From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, 16 December 2011 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V

RE: Hyper-V VM's and backups

Way to be pre-emptive :) On VMWare, if you have the .vmdk, you have the really important stuff. I would be REALLY surprised if the VHD isn't all you need on HyperV. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hy

Hyper-V VM's and backups

Hyper-V VM's. By default I have VM's where the config info of each VM is in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V but the VHD's are on a separate drive altogether. If I have just the VHD files would it be accurate to say I can probably recover the server by just creating a n

RE: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2

Admin Issues Subject: Re: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2 BTW, although I have recently manually migrated VMs around my two Hyper-V host servers without any issue, I'm not using WBADMIN for backups. You could try the following, and see if it works f

RE: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2

nt: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2 Does the backup complete if you don't restart the VM? I'm assuming you saw nothing of interest in the logs of the VM, either. A

Re: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2

e: > I've got Hyper-V 2008 R2 fully security-patched running at home. I've > done few if any non-security patches on this server, certainly none > recently. > > > > It's running two VMs, both Windows 2003, a DC and an Exchange (2003) > server.

RE: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2

OBTW Hyper-V R2 is already SP1. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VM spontaneously shuts down to "saved" state under Hyper-V R2 I've got Hyper-V 2008 R2 fully security-patched

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

o: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server MLC is the TLA you're looking for. Multi Level Cell SSDs provide higher density at a lower cost. SLC provide fast performance and endurance, but at a higher cost. I like the comparison covered in the following paper

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

t;> We just did a nice Nexenta SAN with 8x2TB drives, and 4 80GB SSD for >> logging and write caching, it made a huge difference when we realized we had >> MFC and changed them to SLC drives. >> >> >> >> From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] >> Se

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

rk Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:46 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server > > ** ** > > Enjoy the HD speed. Depending on the age of the PE, you'll be running > slower than expecte

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

with 8x2TB drives, and 4 80GB SSD for logging and write caching, it made a huge difference when we realized we had MFC and changed them to SLC drives. From: Mark Boeck [mailto:netadmin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SSD for lab Hy

Re: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

bought a used PowerEdge 840 Xeon server so I can have a 2008 R2 > Hyper-V box (the free server core kind) at my home lab. It came with two > 40GB SATA drives. Any reason I shouldn’t use a single 40GB SSD drive for > the OS and regular (and much bigger) SATA drives? Would the SSD speed be &g

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

Ah size. Checking NewEgg yeah, $30 extra doubles the capacity... From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server I just bought a little server for Hyper-V and bought it with an 80GB SSD

RE: SSD for lab Hyper-V server

I just bought a little server for Hyper-V and bought it with an 80GB SSD. I verified with MBS that the 80GB would be fine. I originally specced it out with a 40GB. My minimum partition size for 2008 R2 is 40GB so the 80GB gives more breathing room and it not much more in price than a 40GB

RE: SMB Billing (wasRe: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure)

s/changes get approved makes it even sweeter. Sorry veered a little OTfirst time that's happened on this list EVER, LOL. Dave From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SMB Billing (wasRe: Hyper-

Re: SMB Billing (wasRe: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure)

n Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 7:56 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure > > ** ** > > Totally changing the subject, based on your comment about charging...*

SMB Billing (wasRe: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure)

Dave From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 7:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure Totally changing the subject, based on your comment about charging... How do you write your bills? On Wed, Nov 2, 2

Re: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure

was there for **four** J. But yes >> it’s both preventable or worst case easily remedied in the future. >> >> ** ** >> >> Interesting to note that it’s not just Hyper-V! >> >> ** ** >> >> Dave >> >> ** ** >> >>

Re: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure

future. > > ** ** > > Interesting to note that it’s not just Hyper-V! > > ** ** > > Dave > > ** ** > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2011 5:56 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues

RE: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure

I charged for one hour even though I was there for *four* :). But yes it's both preventable or worst case easily remedied in the future. Interesting to note that it's not just Hyper-V! Dave From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Monday, October 31, 20

Re: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure

; > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:31 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure > > ** ** > > Remotely working on a %nightjob% client tonight, both a VM

RE: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure

29, 2011 2:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V VM's and unnecessary heart failure Remotely working on a %nightjob% client tonight, both a VM and corresponding host unexpectedly drop my LogMeIn connection. I see from LogMeIn that other systems in that room are online, so I kno

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