VMware is targeting MS for not using Hyper-V for their virtualization platform. Well in fact they are not using Hyper-V current version but Hyper-V vnext (possibly even vnext R2) version. Hyper-V R2 already benefited from the experiences with Azure Hypervisor and the upcoming Hyper-V or even the next service pack will benefit in an identical [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Hotfix rollup for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
A hotfix rollup is now available for System Center VMM2008 R2 which is part of the February 9 update.
List of issues that are fixed
Issue 1 Consider the following scenario:
A user is a member of the Self-Service User role.
A new virtual machine is created, and the user is assigned the owner of the [...]
Hyper-V R2 hotfixes for DPM 2010
Install at least these two hotfixes on Hyper-V R2 servers:
KB975354 A Hyper-V rollup package dealing with parallel backups on same cluster shared volumes and VM’s hosted by different servers; Avoiding data truncation as a result of simultaneous backup of VM from host and from within virtual machine; properly restoring a VM with snapshots to another [...]
Data Protection Manager 2010 Release Candidate has arrived
The release candidate of DPM2010 has just been released.
The download location is: http://connect.microsoft.com/site840/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=26452
The RC features support backup of machines within your intranet, which includes:
Workgroup machines
Machines in untrusted domains within your intranet
Please note that in this release, this feature has been built for backing up machines within environment and DPM2010 RC does [...]
Azure V2V seems inevitable
In my November blog I talked about moving virtual machines to the cloud. More evidence of an upcoming Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) can be found on MSDN, which describes virtual machine sizing, ranging from 1-core (Small) to 8-core (ExtraLarge) virtual machines with memory up to 15GB of memory and 2TB of disk space.
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HP promises tighter integration of HP LeftHand and Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
HPStorageGuy tweeted a very interesting reference to an article by Mike Moroze from HP LeftHand about tighter integration with VSS.
A new option in HP LeftHand P4000 iSCSI storage systems, which we use a lot at Nobel in Hyper-V R2 clusters, now fully embraces the Volume Shadowcopy Services framework.
Currently the preferred method for backup [...]
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