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VSS Crash-Consistent vs Application-Consistent VSS Backups (1)

Hyper-v.nu — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:46:56 GMT

I can recommend an interesting 2-part series of blogs which helps you get a better understanding of the theory behind successful backups. In the first blog on Altaro’s Hyper-V blog, VSS Crash-Consistent Backups are compared to Application-Consistent VSS...(read more)

VHDX Specification Now Available

Hyper-v.nu — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:02:29 GMT

Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V support the new VHDX Virtual Hard Disk format. If you are interested in the technical details just became available and you can download the VHDX specification: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details...(read more)

Speaking at The Experts Conference 2012 in San Diego

Hyper-v.nu — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:06:21 GMT

Having presented at TEC2011 in Frankfurt for the first time was a good experience and I was very pleased to be asked to speak again. This time in San Diego in the US. Join us for The Experts Conference for Virtualization 2012, April 29-May 2 in San Diego...(read more)

Virtual Machine Migration Toolkit

Hyper-v.nu — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:57:26 GMT

Microsoft at MMS 2012 announces a new toolkit for mass conversion of VMware VM’s to Hyper-V. AVMMT is a free wizard based conversion tool aimed at conversion from VMware to the current version of Hyper-V. Windows Server 2012 support is still under development...(read more)

Windows Server ‘8’ is now called Windows Server 2012

Hyper-v.nu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:58:46 GMT

Last year I speculated about a number of possible names for the next version of Windows. Windows Server 2012 was just one of them. Now we now that the quotes around the number 8 were not for nothing. The official name for Server is Windows Server 2012...(read more)

Windows 8 Storage & Hyper-V Part 5 – SMB 2.2 and ODX in NetApp

Hyper-v.nu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:24:07 GMT

Today was my first day at MMS2012 in Las Vegas. It is the event for Microsoft System Center and the new 2012 version of the product is inseparable from Hyper-V and Private Cloud. Despite the hard economic times we live in, the event is sold out of all...(read more)

Windows 8 Storage & Hyper-V Part 5 – SMB 3.0 and ODX in NetApp

Hyper-v.nu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:24:07 GMT

[Update: Since I wrote this blog the version of SMB has been updated from 2.2 to 3.0 to reflect the vast amount of changes in the protocol] Today was my first day at MMS2012 in Las Vegas. It is the event for Microsoft System Center and the new 2012 version...(read more)

Windows 8 Storage & Hyper-V part 4 – Offload Data Transfer (ODX)

Hyper-v.nu — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:07 GMT

This is another installment in my series on Windows 8 Storage & Hyper-V. Previous blogs in the series can be found here: Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – VHDX and PowerShell Part 3 – The Art of Creating a VHD Another promising new storage functionality...(read more)

Windows 8 Storage and Hyper-V – Part 3: The Art of Creating a VHD

Hyper-v.nu — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:26:35 GMT

In the last blog in my series on Windows 8 storage I already touched upon creating a VHDX with PowerShell 3.0 in Windows Server 8. In this blog I will focus on the subject a little bit more, showing the myriad ways of creating VHDs and show you some powerful...(read more)

Windows 8 Storage & Hyper-V – Part 3: The Art of Creating a VHD

Hyper-v.nu — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:10:27 GMT

In my last blog of my series on Windows 8 storage, I already briefly touched upon creating a VHDX with PowerShell 3.0 in Windows Server 8. In this blog I will focus on the subject a little bit more, showing the myriad ways of creating VHDs and introduce...(read more)

Savision webinar

Hyper-v.nu — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:24:31 GMT

On the 11th of April I will present a webinar for Savision about The Top Three Things You Need to Know about Hyper-V in Windows 8. I will address the folowing subjects: Storage – We’ll review the new VHDX virtual disk format, Clustered Shared...(read more)

Analysis of Hyper-V.nu blog statistics

Hyper-v.nu — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:01:27 GMT

Exactly one year ago Jaap Wesselius and I decided to give our Hyper-V.nu site a new look and we started to combine our blogs. On April 1st, Peter Noorderijk and Maarten Wijsman joined the team and started writing their blogs for Hyper-V.nu. Jaap...(read more)

Dual boot Windows 7 / Windows 8

Hyper-v.nu — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:19:27 GMT

Hans Vredevoort already blogged about how to boot from VHD with Windows 8 Developer Preview. While this is certainly worth a try I installed Windows 8 (Consumer Edition) on another partition. This is relatively simple. Suppose your Windows 7 is running...(read more)

Windows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster

Hyper-v.nu — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:47:36 GMT

This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server “8” Beta and focuses on Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility (live migration), storage, failover clustering, and scalability. ...(read more)

Hyper-V Replica PowerShell CMDLETS

Hyper-v.nu — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:53:32 GMT

We all know that PowerShell is a very important component of Windows Server 8. You’ll need PowerShell to build, administer and troubleshoot your environment. This is also the case for Hyper-V features. Microsoft published a list of PowerShell CMDLETS...(read more)