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Adventures in Backup – continued
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/10/adventures-in-backup-continued.aspx'; Two weeks ago I discussed some bad experiences I had with Hyper-V + backup. Since then I have spent a bunch of time setting up Hyper-V + backup on a couple of systems – and none were as problematic as my first attempt. I have also setup my home Hyper-V server to... »
The Big [re]Build
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/10/the-big-re-build.aspx'; A while ago I talked about how I use Hyper-V in my house, and more recently I talked about trying to backup my Hyper-V server. This discussion of backup was actually in preparation for a significant rebuild of my home Hyper-V server, that I undertook a week and a half ago. There... »
Understanding where your virtual machine files are [Hyper-V]
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/10/understanding-where-your-virtual-machine-files-are-hyper-v.aspx'; To be honest, I am surprised that I have not blogged about this before, but today I would like to talk about how virtual machine files are placed on the hard disk. Virtual Machine files The first thing to know is what files are used to create a virtual machine: .XML files These files contain... »
TechNet Wiki Beta up with a bunch of Hyper-V content
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/05/technet-wiki-beta-up-with-a-bunch-of-hyper-v-content.aspx'; Tony Soper has just posted about the availability of the TechNet Wiki beta. You can go and check it out here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ There is already a bunch of Hyper-V content up there. I have already had people ask me why we are looking at doing a wiki when we already have Technet + KBs... »
Hyper-V Whitepapers / Guides (Live Migration configuration + Storage Performance)
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/01/hyper-v-whitepapers-guides-live-migration-configuration-storage-performance.aspx'; We have released a bunch of updated documentation in the last week. The first thing to look at is the Live Migration Network Configuration Guide. The really neat part of this is that it talks through all the supported / unsupported network configuration options. It also talks how to use the network... »
Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Utilities + Hyper-V Migration Guide Update
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/25/windows-server-2008-r2-migration-utilities-hyper-v-migration-guide-update.aspx'; We have just released an updated version of the Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Utilities that now adds support for Hyper-V, plus we have updated the Hyper-V Migration Guide. You can grab the bits from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c1ec14a-e9d7-46ea-9c6e-73d6bc4219b4 And read the guide here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee849855(WS.10).aspx But what is this exactly? Simply put – this is a set of command... »
Adventures with Hyper-V and Backup
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/22/adventures-with-hyper-v-and-backup.aspx'; A while ago I talked about how I use Hyper-V in my house. One of the problems that I identified with my current setup was that I had most of my virtual machines (except for the Windows Home Server) running on the same disk as the system disk for the management operating... »
Connecting a Smart Card to a Windows 7 virtual machine
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/15/connecting-a-smart-card-to-a-windows-7-virtual-machine.aspx'; The easiest way to connect a smart card to a virtual machine is to use remote desktop to connect to the virtual machine, and enable smart card sharing. Since Windows Virtual PC uses remote desktop technology you get this out of the box. However this can all fall apart if you are running... »
How do I get Internet Explorer to work as a published application with XP Mode?
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/10/how-do-i-get-internet-explorer-to-work-as-a-published-application-with-xp-mode.aspx'; I have been asked this one a lot of times now, so I thought I would pen a quick blog post on this. A lot of people are looking at using Windows XP Mode to allow them to access websites that still need Internet Explorer 6 / 7. Unfortunately Internet Explorer is... »
Windows XP Tablet Edition under Windows Virtual PC
tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/02/09/windows-xp-tablet-edition-under-windows-virtual-pc.aspx'; Over the weekend I spent some time going through my dusty archives of a virtual machines, bringing them all across to Windows Virtual PC and making sure they were all up to date. One of the virtual machines that I worked on was a Windows XP Tablet Edition virtual machine (which I... »
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