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“The Windows Server 2008 R2 licensing guide provides an in-depth overview of the Windows Server 2008 R2 core product offerings, including product names, available sales channels, licensing models, and number of running instances allowed per license in physical and virtual operating system environments...
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StarWind iSCSI SAN software is a storage virtualization software which turns any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a fail-safe SAN that uses an existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise HA is a special High Availability edition which uses Synchronous Data Mirroring with Active...
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Virtual Device (VDev) With Hyper-V, a virtual device is a software module that provides an I/O path for a partition and are configurable via Hyper-V Manager console. A VDev allows a single physical device attached to the primary partion to be shared across multiple child partitions. Each partition...
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Below a list of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V sessions lined up for this years WinHEC 2008 . It covers some exciting new stuff… Microsoft Hyper-V - ENT-T587 This session provides an overview of the recently launched Microsoft Hyper-V product, its architecture, and how it combines with modern processors...
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On September 8, 2008 Microsoft kicked off its Virtualization Launch wave with a major event in Bellevue, Washington that showcased the latest virtualization products and solutions from Microsoft and its partners, highlighted customer successes and demonstrated our vision for the future of virtualization...
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Integration Services (sometimes also referred to as ICs - Integration Components ) is a term used to describe a collection of services that enable a virtual machine to use synthetic devices and to provide (better) integration between child and parent partitions. It is strongly recommended that...
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With Hyper-V, the parent partition or the root partition runs on Windows Server 2008 x64 Server Core installation or Windows Server 2008 x64 Full installation with the Hyper-V role installed and sits on top of the hypervisor. The parent partition (not the hypervisor) manages the I/O devices. To provide...
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A lot of people are unclear of what physical and/or virtual hardware Hyper-V supports. The elements below help you to plan, purchase and build your physical and virtual infrastructure. Processor Supports up to quad-processors with six-core system providing 24 logical processors . Memory For Windows Server...
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The new Intel Xeon 7400 will have six cores (up to 16 MB L3 cache) and will be socket compatible with Xeon 7300 boards which will allow for simple upgrades with little downtime. Intel delivers higher virtualization performance for consolidation and data demanding applications offering more cores, cache...
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In order to enable VSS based backups of Hyper-V VMs using Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008, you must add the following registry keys to register the Hyper-V VSS Writer (vssadmin list writers - {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}) with Windows Server Backup. NOTE: the WindowsServerBackup...
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If you ever tried to use or find the HyperV VSS writer using " vssadmin list writers" , but failed or were unable to find it back in the VSS writers list, it is was probably due to invalid and/or corrupted VM configuration files. Removing the invalid (symbolic link) to the VM configuration...
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The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA). The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide addressing a unique infrastructure technology...
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Hyper-V, a key feature of Windows Server 2008, has released to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for deployment into production environments. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 and this update provides the final release. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the next-generation hypervisor...
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This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that can result in improved performance for the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Each setting and its potential effect are described to help you make an informed judgment about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals...
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Improvements Over Hyper-V RC0 In addition to bug fixes and stability improvements, Microsoft also made some additional changes largely based on feedback from customers: Integration Components for Windows Server 2008 guest’s included in Integration Services Setup Disk New icons/graphics for Hyper-V Manager...