Posts tagged Hotfix

Hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 Print Cluster (KB 976571)

Jan 24th

Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort

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Please note Microsoft has published an important hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 print clusters. A detailed blog written by Symon Perriman can be found at:
 http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2010/01/22/9951795.aspx

In short it solves the following issues:

  1. Shared printer disappears
  2. Spooler stops responding
  3. Restoring printers using Print Back-up Restore Migrate Utility (PrintBRM.exe)
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Fix for accidentally deleting a VHD with Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

Nov 16th

Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort

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Thanks to a tweet from @MSManageability, I finally know how to prevent losing a VHD with VMM2008 R2. If you choose to delete a VHD from an existing VM it actually deletes it.

J. C Hornbeck pointed me to a hotfix (KB976246) which addresses this problem.

See his blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/archive/2009/11/16/kb976246-removing-a-vhd-from-a-virtual-machine-in-vmm-2008-r2-deletes-the-file-on-the-hyper-v-server-without-warning.aspx

When I looked for a download the KB article led me to Windows Update. It appeared the hotfix had already been installed during the last update.

With the hotfix in place VMM now asks:

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