One of the most exciting new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 is the ability to live migrate virtual machines between nodes of a Failover Cluster. In contrast to Windows Server 2008’s Hyper-V this enables admins to failover virtual machines without noticeable downtime.
Author: Sander Berkouwer
Sander Berkouwer is the author of the Active Directory Administration Cookbook, speaker and blogger at DirTeam.com and ServerCore.net. He is awarded Microsoft MVP, Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert.
Since 2009, Microsoft has awarded Sander with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Since 2016, Veeam has awarded Sander with the Veeam Vanguard award.
I’m a PC and an MVP
MVP "I'm a PC" Video Been there, done that 🙂
DirTeam at full strength at the MVP Summit
In the past year you may have come to enjoy the active blogs of two Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) on the DirTeam.com/ActiveDir.org Weblogs: Jorge de Almeida Pinto (Jorge 's Quest For Knowledge!) and Sander Berkouwer (The things that are better left unspoken).
iSCSI configuration in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Last time I took a look at Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta, I shared the surprise of having Failover Clustering and the possibility to have highly available virtualized workloads on it. This time I look at an implication of having the Windows Enterprise-like Quick Migration and Live Migration features: increased complexity and configuration burden.
Birthdays
For the last four years I received a nice birthday gift from my employer. With 60 colleagues we hopped on a bus to Hannover, Germany to stroll the CeBIT halls for a weekend. Transportation, drinks, food and hotel all paid for.
Smart-X CoreConfigurator 1.3.0.1
I just realized I like Smart-X CoreConfigurator a lot. This is not just due to the improving quality of the tool, but also the way Smart-X copes with feedback and is able to provide feedback on my feedback. (Not a lot of companies know how to do the latter.) After testing previous versions of CoreConfigurator … Continue reading "Smart-X CoreConfigurator 1.3.0.1"
64bit-only Windows Server is good for Active Directory
A while ago Microsoft announced to make the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 and further Windows Server releases 64bit-only. (both x86-64 and IA64) Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core is even the first Microsoft Windows Server to optionally include 32bit support… Most systems administrators have no problem with Microsoft going 64bit-only. These are probably … Continue reading "64bit-only Windows Server is good for Active Directory"
Powering Server Core
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 came with built-in support for serial and USB connected Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) devices. From within the Power Options you could manage your UPS and the shutdown behavior of the box.
5 areas of Microsofts vision on Systems Management
Microsoft products cover a multitude of technologies, and thus are managed by a multitude of management attitudes, vision and scenarios. In the past Microsoft products lacked a common vision on management, but Microsoft is slowly changing this.
Smart-X CoreConfigurator 1.2.0.2 … I’m impressed
Smart-X, the Israel-based company behind CoreConfigurator and former employer of Guy Teverovsky has released a new version of CoreConfigurator for Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008. And I must admit … I’m impressed!