about 1 month ago - No comments
Today we, Paul Huijbregts and I, resolved one of the last hurdles in finalizing our automated cluster installation script. This hurdle was to change the priority of the Live Migration settings when creating a Hyper-V cluster. To change this priority we first tried to use the Set-VMMigrationNetwork PowerShell command. Unfortunately this command can only be…
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
For Windows Server 2012 clusters it was still very difficult to find a complete list of hotfixes. In the past there were blogs and other locations for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and clusters, but not always authorized by Microsoft. This could cause a trust issue for customers who don’t want to rely on some…
about 3 months ago - 4 comments
[UPDATE 1/15/2013]: See problems reported after installing this hotfix at end of this forum post. I have opened a line with the product team to find out what is going on [UPDATE 2/15/2013]: We are now exactly 1 month after I warned you to be very careful with installing http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2799728/en-us as it caused a severe…
about 4 months ago - 6 comments
I ran into a problem with a misbehaving Failover Cluster Manager (FCM) on a Windows Server 2012 cluster after allowing Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) to update the cluster. The following updates were gracefully installed, automatically placing the nodes in maintenance mode, installing the updates and moving on to the next node: After the cluster had…
about 6 months ago - 8 comments
Many businesses are changing their perspective on cloud services. A lot of arguments that prohibit acceptance of the cloud slowly start to crumble. Internet connectivity is a common good, bandwidths are increasing and even the legal aspects are dealt with. Instead of a threat the cloud now empowers possibilities. Microsoft anticipated on this change years…
about 7 months ago - 3 comments
UPDATED 10/8/2012 Pagefile If you install Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, the pagefile will be automatically managed, which usually has a 1:1 ratio with physical memory. However VM’s use their own pagefile and do not use the host paging mechanism. If you have lots of memory, chances are your pagefile will be way too…
about 8 months ago - No comments
During launch of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has doubled the number of VM’s per cluster: going up from 4000 to 8000 since the last announcement at RTM. Source: keynote Transform the Datacenter – Bill Laing
about 8 months ago - No comments
In Windows Server 2008 R2 it was not possible to move the Core Cluster Resources via Cluster Failover Manager (FCM). When performing maintenance on a cluster node, I prefer not only to evacuate all running guests on that node, but also the CSV disks which are owned by that node. If the Cluster Resource Group…
about 11 months ago - No comments
VKernel’s Mattias Sundling discusses The Expert Conference event with MVPs Hans Vredevoort and Anil Desai. Topics include highlights of the technical sessions presented by Microsoft, Quest and industry experts as well as updates and highlights of Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V3 advances. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQF6Gguwb8M VKernel’s Mattias Sundling discusses The Expert Conference event with MVPs Hans…
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
LAST UPDATE: 12-01-2012 One of the visitors of this blog asked the question if we could publish a list of recommended post Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 hotfixes related to either Clustering or Hyper-V. Well here it is! For a complete overview of what was rolled-up in SP1 take a look at the Excel sheet…
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