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26 October 2008
ISCSI target software for short term lab projects....

Hi! Just did another implementation of a DELL Equallogic PS5000XV iscsi array which is very nice and powerfull equipment well suited for the virtualisation project I'm currently working on. I just had a "few thingies" I wanted to try out offline so I booted up my virtual lab and started... Read More...

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Filed under: SQL, SQL Server, virtual server, exchange 2007, windows server 2003, DFS, windows server 2008, Hyper-V, SQL SERVER 2008, SCDPM 2007, System Center Stuff, DPM 2007, SCVMM, fun

13 July 2008
Configuring Updates Stage 3 of 3 hangs when installing Hyper-V on a HP server

I’m posting this as i have encountered this… the solution is in KB950792 After you enable, disable, or update Hyper-V technology on a Windows Server 2008-based computer, the process stops responding. When you try to enable or update Hyper-V, the computer stalls at "Configuring Updates Stage 3 of... Read More...

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Filed under: virtual server, windows server 2008, Hyper-V

29 June 2008
SCDPM2007 Feature pack installation instructions

This Data Protection Manager Update Package consists of three separate updates. To install each update, follow these steps: Install the hotfix rollup package on the server that is running Data Protection Manager 2007. To do this, run the DataProtectionManager2007-KB949779.exe file on the server. Note... Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server, virtual server, SQL SERVER 2008, ntbackup, windows server backup, SCDPM 2007, System Center Stuff, DPM 2007, SCVMM

20 June 2008
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (SCDPM) what to expect?

SCDPM is a really cool product and I like it a lot (hell yeah!) but sometimes you just wish it could do a little bit more. So there is stuff comming up ! A rollup will be released in the last half of June (It will be available on the Download Center) 1. multiple protection groups per tape : hooray !... Read More...

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Filed under: virtual server, SCDPM 2007, System Center Stuff, DPM 2007, SCVMM

25 May 2008
my 15 minutes of fame - SCVMM & SCDPM customercase

Some time ago my customer and myself joined the IT-PRO MOMENTUM program in order to accelerate our roll-out of system center virtual machine manager and system center data protection manager . And last week we made a small video about this project that will be appearing later on Technet Edge i believe... Read More...

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Filed under: windows server, powershell, virtual server, exchange 2007, windows server 2003, windows server 2008, Hyper-V, SCDPM 2007, System Center Stuff, DPM 2007, SCVMM

03 April 2008
SCVMM : V2V (virtual to virtual) or the last hours of VMWARE... (for today anyway)

one picture says all.... :-) //Bart Read More...

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Filed under: virtual server, System Center Stuff, SCVMM

16 March 2008
Infrastructure planning and design (IPD) - WSSRA

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology or... Read More...

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Filed under: GPO, group policy, virtual server, Terminal Services, windows server 2008, Hyper-V, IPD

15 March 2008
Techdays 2008 - SCDPM - data protectionmanager 2007

During the techdays 2008 in Ghent i attended a nice session by Jason buffington on SCDPM 2007. I noticed he was using a synthetic tapedrive because all was running in a virtual environment and i hoped he didn't have to drag a real tape drive library around the world. So after the session I had a... Read More...

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Filed under: virtual server, SCDPM 2007

18 July 2007
automation of virtual server tasks

Very usefull script by Ben Pearce on how to quickly make some files/programs available in virtual server without all the networking hassle needed sometimes. # CreateAndPresent-Iso.ps1 (cap-iso.ps1) # Author: Ben Pearce # Date: 6th July 2007 # This script is provided "AS IS" with no warranties... Read More...

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Filed under: powershell, virtual server

28 June 2007
VMRCPLUS - easier management of virtual server !

through Keith combs For those of you running Microsoft Virtual Server , we have a new treat in store for you. Matthijs ten Seldam , a Principal Consultant in the Netherlands has developed a VM client display and management tool called VMRCPlus. This tool will be available shortly on the Microsoft download... Read More...

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20 May 2007
How (not) to prepare for a funcast - a story of 2 engineers

Some insight on how much time one invests for creating a 30' funcast. After a missed appointment with Chun Sun aka Chummy and his lovely girlfriend Valeska on monday (we were going to prepare for our funcast early june but went out for drinks instead) we deceided to give it another shot on friday... Read More...

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Filed under: funcast, firewall, windows server, ports, virtual server, exchange 2007, windows sharepoint services, ISA 2006

13 May 2007
usefull things

I enjoyed some Out Of Office days to spent some time in the garden, catching up with some friends and relatives (by the way : Welcome to this world Niels !), celebrate mother's day and do some catching up in technoland. Usefull Stuff i encountered: usefull script by John howard : Do you know what... Read More...

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Filed under: personal, windows server, GPO, group policy, powershell, virtual server, gpinventory