1) Change the default VM folder from C partition to other drives. 2) Rename the external NIC to avoid confusion. 3) Standardize the virtual networks friendly name other you have to reconfigure the NIC after the VM migration. 4) Backup Authorization Store C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\InitialStore.xml 5) Enable RDP, or use VMConnect to connect remotely to non-Windows servers. … Continue reading Hyper-V Best Practices
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Logical Design of SAN
I found this diagram in a HP EVA SAN manual. It demonstrates the logical design of a SAN that can be used in a high-availability solution. Very useful for helping user understand how SAN works inside. For example, the Hyper-V cluster.
Windows 2008 Cluster Quorum Configurations
In Windows Server 2003 cluster, the quorum resource could become the single point of failure as nodes could not function if they can not communicate to the quorum resource. This limit has been removed in Windows Server 2008 cluster, as now it supports 4 quorum modes which are enabled by the newly added ‘Voting Algorithm’. … Continue reading Windows 2008 Cluster Quorum Configurations
PowerShell: Read Computer Information
Sometimes, I need to check the information of a list of servers. To get it done just in one shot, script is my best choice. Here is a example to check my local machine's info: $Machine = "localhost" $OS = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Machine $CS = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $Machine $CPU = Get-WmiObject … Continue reading PowerShell: Read Computer Information
333 Error on Citrix Servers
Spent couple weeks monitoring and researching, now I can draw a conclusion of the root cause of 333 error in the Citrix/ Terminal Servers. Simply speaking, it is caused by that the servers run out of resources on the 32 bits Windows server due to the limits of paged pool size (650M) and non-paged pool … Continue reading 333 Error on Citrix Servers
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