I am currently authoring a PowerShell reporting script that exclusively uses functions from the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V API. When I imported the module for System Center Virtual Machine Manager, I noticed that a function that I previously used was giving me an error:
“Oh no, not another one of these”, you think 🙂 I usually work with a Macbook Air virtualizing WIndows 7 to get my work done – whatever it may be, and it works incredibly well. I decided to use Windows 8 exclusively for a week and see where it goes. I know my way […]
I have been working upgrading 40 servers from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012. The process is fairly straightforward: Remotely connect to Server Launch the WS2012 setup.exe Follow instructions
Some Windows installations (like upgrading Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012) will not let you upgrade if there is a user logged on the machine. Even if the user is disconnected, the upgrade will not take place. Easy enough, you think, I only need to bring up the Task Manager, switch to Users […]
I started writing this review a while back, but decided to keep it using the Surface for a while so I could have honest feedback. I have to say that the product is actually quite interesting – it could totally replace my iPad and it could potentially replace my laptop. If it can survive the […]
There are tons of options for backing up your Hyper-V VMs, our favorite being Altaro Hyper-V Backup. However, if you are not ready to shell out $500 for a license and you have plenty of space available, you can use a bit of PowerShell and the Hyper-V API to create a custom backup solution for […]
When trying to create a broker for my failover cluster and followed the wizard, I immediately noticed that there was something wrong. Further investigation in the event log lead me to this: Fix for Error: Cluster network name resource failed to create its associated computer object in domain during: Resource online. The text for the […]
Remember the good ol days when installing .Net Framework Features on Windows Server 2008 R2 just required ticking off a checkbox when adding features? I miss those days. Server 2012 has made the process a bit more…elaborate, so to speak. The 3.5 Framework Features are no part of what is called Features on Demand, you […]
