Windows Admin Center Updating Automatically
Andy Dawson Jan 16, 2019 · 1 min read · Deployment Deployment Remote management Remote Management Upgrade Upgrade Windows Admin Center Windows Admin Center Windows Server Windows Server ·It was great to see that the Windows Admin Center is now being updated automatically with other Windows Server OS updates when I updated the server on which it is installed the other day: One fewer thing to have to check for manually!
Read MoreVAMT 3.0 Crashes on Launch
I've installed VAMT 3.0 to work with Windows 8 and came across an issue where it crashed on launch: Despite there being no mention of it on the VAMT 3.0 requirements page, it actually requires .NET 3.5. Once installation of .NET 3.5 was complete, VAMT 3.0 started correctly.
Read MoreLeeds Hyper-V IT Camp
Andy Dawson Feb 29, 2012 · 3 min read · Cluster Hyper-V Hyper-V R2 Hyper-V Server Remote management ·Tuesday’s IT Camp in Leeds was great fun and introduced lots of people to Hyper-V. The day itself was very different to the normal events that we’ve seen or been part of; I think I counted two PowerPoint slides during the entire event! The attendees were given the opportunity to try out Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server …
Read MoreRemote Mounting an ISO Image from Hyper-V
Andy Dawson Dec 23, 2011 · 2 min read · Active Directory Hyper-V Hyper-V R2 Permissions Remote management Virtual machines Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Core Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Windows Server Core ·Building a Hyper-V virtual machine from scratch almost always seems to involve mounting an ISO image at some point during the installation process. I suspect that like us, many other organisations already have a network location in which we store ISO images. The ability to mount an ISO image from our usual network …
Read MoreImporting Hyper-V machines into a Hyper-V 2008 R2 cluster
Andy Dawson Sep 3, 2009 · 4 min read · Cluster High Availability Hyper-V Hyper-V R2 Migration Remote management Virtual machines Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 ·At Black Marble, we’re in the process of migrating some of our virtual machines to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster. The process of migrating machines from a single Hyper-V host to a Hyper-V cluster is not quite as straightforward as migration of a machine from one single host to another. In addition, our …
Read MoreTech Ed EMEA 2008 IT – Day 1 reflections
Andy Dawson Nov 3, 2008 · 3 min read · Conference Remote management SCVMM 2008 SharePoint Tech Ed EMEA 2008 IT Virtual machines Windows Server 2008 ·Today has been interesting. Rik and I started the day doing the sightseeing we had time for. The Gaudi cathedral had been particularly recommended, so with limited time at our disposal, that’s what we decided to see. We arrived at the gate just as it opened, and were in within a few minutes. The cathedral is very, very …
Read MoreInstallation of SCVMM 2008 beta disables non-admin access to remote machines via Hyper-V manager
Yesterday I finally got around to installing SCVMM 2008 beta onto a virtual machine (mainly to help us with some virtual machine migrations we've got coming up). I must say that I think SCVMM 2008 beta is very nice indeed! On my Vista machine I use Tore Lervik's Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar, and have done …
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