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Hyper-V Server Releases to Web

Published 1 October 8 8:5 AM | Charlie Russel

The standalone Hyper-V Server is RTM and should be available for download free from the Microsoft downloads site shortly, if not already. Press Release < URL:http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-01HyperVRTM08PR.mspx > Web <...

Filed under: General x64, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

USB over Network - Update

Published 6 August 8 6:28 AM | Charlie Russel

A few days ago, I wrote about FabulaTech's USB over Network solution . I'd just installed it and started using it, and I was moderately impressed. It solves a very real problem for those of us looking to do more virtualization of our environmets...

Filed under: Hardware, General x64, Virtualization, Hyper-V

USB in Hyper-V Child?

Published 16 July 8 5:24 PM | Charlie Russel

It's still early days yet, but I think I've found a simple and very satisfactory solution to the problem of no USB support in Hyper-V. FabulaTech's USB Over Network product is simple to install - you install the Server side of it on whatever...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, General x64, SBS, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Hyper-V RTM Is Here

Published 26 June 8 11:22 AM | Charlie Russel

The Hyper-V RTM is here, and should be downloadable today, according to this TechNet blog . As anyone who reads this blog knows, I'm a big fan of Hyper-V and I'm really glad to see it RTM. This may be a MS v1.0, but it's a solid product that...

Filed under: Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Published 30 April 8 9:42 AM | Charlie Russel

SCVMM 2007 is Microsoft's outstanding product for managing multiple Virtual Server instances across your enterprise. Frankly, I loved it. It made dealing with VS so much easier, and allowed me to build a library of solutions that I could quickly and...

Filed under: SBS, Centro, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Connecting to Remote VMs with Hyper-V RC0

Published 27 April 8 11:23 AM | Charlie Russel

One of the changes in Hyper-V RC0 is that you can no longer use a mouse in a remote RDP session until you have the Integration Components installed into the VM. Well, that's a royal pain if you don't happen to be sitting at the console of your...

Filed under: Vista x64, PowerShell, Virtualization, Hyper-V

Hyper-V RC0 and Integration Components Workaround

Published 31 March 8 7:5 AM | Charlie Russel

If you've upgraded to RC0 of Hyper-V, you can run into a problem creating a new VM that is based on Server 2008 RTM, since the Integration Components (IC's) are out of sync. This means you won't have the drivers for the new synthetic NIC,...

Filed under: HowTo, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Hyper-V Release Candidate Released

Published 19 March 8 7:13 AM | Charlie Russel

For those of you testing or using Hyper-V as your virtualization solution, the good news is that they appear to be on track for a final release by the end of the summer. Microsoft has just announced the release of the Hyper-V RC. This update adds Vista...

Filed under: Software, Vista x64, Virtualization, Hyper-V

Hyper-V on Server Core

Published 16 January 8 5:41 PM | Charlie Russel

While I'm talking about Hyper-V and Server 2008, let me thank Ben Armstrong for a great post on how to get Hyper-V setup and configured on Server Core. Of course, as I just posted , I needed a bit of Terminal Server RemoteApps help to get it all working...

Filed under: Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 RemoteApps is COOL

Published 16 January 8 5:24 PM | Charlie Russel

Originally known as "TS Rail", the RemoteApps feature of Windows Server 2008 makes Terminal Servers an absolute essential on everyone's network. There is no way I won't have a TS running full time from here on out, and RemoteApps is...

Filed under: HowTo, General x64, Server, Longhorn, ML350, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

Hyper-V on HP ProLiant ML 350

Published 13 December 7 9:39 AM | Charlie Russel

I've been running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization for a while now. It has become my main virtualization environment. I've got 6 main VMs running on the HP ML350 G5 ProLiant server and another dozen or so that I bring up or down as needed...

Filed under: Hardware, Longhorn, ML350, Virtualization, ProLiant, Hyper-V