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Cloning and converting virtual machine disks with vmkfstools
Posted on February 28, 2013 by Mario in VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenPurpose This article provides information and instructions on the use of the vmkfstools command to convert virtual machine disks from one type to another. Resolution The vmkfstools command offers the ability to clone virtual machine content and also convert from one virtual machine disk (.vmdk) format into another. Note: The host operating system chosen to [...]
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Windows 2008 Domain -Creating and managing fine-grained password policies
Posted on February 9, 2013 by Mario in VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenThis article information is extrapolated from the following TechNet article. The TechNet article includes comprehensive details such as editing and deleting the new password policy container in active directory, etc. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754461.aspx 4 of 10 Attributes in fine-grained password policy are time related; the “never” attribute can only be achieved by entering “I8 data type” values. [...]
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SCVMM 2012 SP1 – QuickStart deployment guide
Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mario in HyperV, VmWare | HyperV | Citrix Zen, Windows ServerThe following document will cover a basic install of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 at a generic customer. This is to be used as a template only, for a customer to implement as their own pilot or POC deployment guide. It is intended to be general in nature and will require the customer [...]
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Hyper-V Management in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Using PowerShell
Posted on January 18, 2013 by Mario in HyperV, VmWare | HyperV | Citrix Zen, Windows ServerThe Hyper-V module for Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 includes more than 160 Cmdlets to automate the Hyper-V management tasks. Discoverability is important to be able to identify the commands when needed. The Hyper-V Cmdlets use 3 noun prefixes – VM (Virtual Machine), VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and VFD (Virtual Floppy Disk) as well [...]
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HyperV 2012 Backups a great FREE solution!
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Mario in HyperV, VmWare | HyperV | Citrix Zen, Windows ServerIf you’ve ever tried it; you know that HyperV is a powerful and flexible virtualization platform which does offer some great management & cost savings over VMware. This mostly being related to the fact that HyperV is free & not crippled in any way as in Esxi 5 or 5.1, and machine files can be [...]
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Hyper-V Live Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide
Posted on December 30, 2012 by Mario in HyperV, VmWare | HyperV | Citrix Zen, Windows ServerMove VMs between Hyper-V hosts with no downtime Live migration is probably the most important technology that Microsoft has added to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2. It enables virtual machines (VMs) to be moved between Hyper-V hosts with no downtime. Using live migration, you can migrate all VMs off the Hyper-V host that [...]
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Hyper V 2012 Setup How to Manage the Hyper V Host from a remote workstation
Posted on December 13, 2012 by Mario in VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenOnce Hyper V 2012 is installed you will find that the windows firewall blocks access to management. You cannot even ping the IP addresses you assign to the NIC’s! *Management from a remote computer will require you use the same username & password or you will be denied access when adding the server to hyper-V manager [...]
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Hyper-V Controllers: IDE or SCSI?
Posted on December 13, 2012 by Mario in HyperV, VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenThere’s been plenty of blog posts out there saying that there is no support for SCSI in Hyper-V. That’s not true. What is true is this. You can use SCSI controllers for disks but not for your boot disk. Your boot disk must be on an IDE controller. When using emulated storage controllers, i.e. no [...]
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Best Practices for Deploying VMware and Dell EqualLogic
Posted on May 25, 2012 by Mario in VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenEquallogic Host Integration Tools for VMware Installation Guide Best Practices for Deploying VMware and Dell EqualLogic Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide A guide to building an iSCSI based SAN solution with Dell™
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VMWare & HyperV Docs
Posted on May 25, 2012 by Mario in VmWare | HyperV | Citrix ZenTop 5 Reasons to choose Microsoft Hyper-V™ R2 SP1 over VMware vSphere 5 Microsoft Exchange Solutions on VMware Top 10 Best Practices for VMware Data Protection VIM VMware Virtual Infrastructure Methodology VMware vSphere vMotion Architecture, Performance and Best Practices in VMware vSphere 5 vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-storage-guide.pdf – iSCSI setup vSphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-availability-guide.pdf – HA setup vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-networking-guide.pdf vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-troubleshooting-guide.pdf vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-virtual-machine-admin-guide.pdf vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-host-management-guide.pdf [...]
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