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Hyper-V, shaking up the virtualization world
I had a chance this week to read an interesting interview with Microsoft MVP Aidan Finn on how Hyper-V is shaking up the virtualization world. The interview was done by TechTarget writer Nick Martin...
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Hyper-V 2012 Replicas – Feature rich, yet insanely simple
I have been working with Hyper-V for a while now and while I think overall it has just the right feature set to create a dent in the virtualization space, I was particularly impressed with the Hyper-V...
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Measuring Resource Usage in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Resource Metering is a powerful new feature in Hyper-V 2012. It allows Hyper-V host administrators to track the compute resources a given VM or set of VMs uses over time. The information collected...
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Hyper-V 2012 Shared Nothing and Live Migration
Microsoft introduced “shared nothing” for Live Migrations in Server 2012. This is simply the ability to move a running virtual machine/guest from one hypervisor host system to another with no...
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Hyper-V extensible switch and Cisco Nexus 1000v
In this blog, I had discussed the advancements in Hyper-V 2012’s networking capabilities, specifically the network virtualization capabilities. With network virtualization, physical and virtual...
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Managing Hyper-V Environments with the Unitrends User Interface
The Unitrends administrative user interface allows users to configure and manage their Hyper-V 2012 servers, and get a view at a glance of their data protection status. Users can build flexible...
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Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
I recently came across a blog post by a Microsoft engineer which showed his 5th grade son creating a virtual machine with Hyper-V 2012. Now, I am sure this child is hereditarily blessed when it comes...
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Amazon Storage Gateway for Hyper-V
In an interesting turn of events recently, Amazon made a bold statement to expand its footprint by releasing the Amazon Storage Gateway for Hyper-V. The AWS storage gateway is a cloud gateway resides...
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Hyper-V, UEB, & SpiceWorks
So next week there’s going to be this cool event I’m participating in with SpiceWorks, where we’re doing a “Dr. Phil” type talk show with several IT admins who use Unitrends to protect their business....
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Hyper-V Gaining Share Against VMware
Steven Jones over at the Wall Street Journal had an interesting article entitled “Microsoft Quietly Gains Share in Virtualization.” Here’s a recap from WSJ: Microsoft quietly gains share in...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hybrid Clouds
At TechEd 2013 in New Orleans last week, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on Windows Server 2012 R2 and for IT administrators with a mix of on-premise and cloud infrastructure, what they saw had to be...
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Granular Recovery for Hyper-V
I was talking with some folks at Cisco Live 2013 last week in Orlando about, well, backup, of course. We had a pretty good discussion on the topic of agent vs. agentless backup for virtual servers. One...
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Hyper-V and Integration Services
If you’ve deployed virtual machines using Hyper-V, you’ve probably already heard the term Integration Services. But why are they important? Integration Services are a set of services that can be...
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FREE Hyper-V
If you are somewhere along the way on your journey to virtualization, you’re probably evaluating your current resources and trying to plan what additional gear you need to buy, what software and tools...
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Hyper-V 2012 R2 Preview is Available
In June we posted an article discussing Hyper-V 2012 and hybrid clouds. We feel this alone will ratchet up the hypervisor battle for market share. But, guess what, this is not the only cool thing...
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Hyper-V, Azure, and Oracle
By now, you’ve read a number of news articles and blog posts about new features in Hyper-V, and how Hyper-V is continuing to close the feature gap and is gaining market share against VMware. Hyper-V...
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Hyper-V Case Studies
I have read some requests recently of examples of Hyper-V in production use in companies around the world. Good news, Microsoft offers a site that delivers thousands of case studies discussing how...
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Hyper-V Snapshots: Why Use Them?
A Hyper-V snapshot is an encapsulation of a running VM’s state, data, and hardware configuration. When the user creates a snapshot, it creates a point in time for that VM and allows an easy way to...
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There are tons of new features available in the new Windows Server 2012 R2 release. I thought I would dedicate this post to giving you a quick reference for the new and updated features available for...
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Why Upgrade My Hyper-V Host?
After I wrote in a recent blog about snapshots and why they are useful, I had a long conversation with some people about the fact that snapshots should be removed when no longer needed as they can...
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