Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary


If you find the ‘Cluster Shared Volumes’ section missed in the Summary of a Hyper-V virtual machine. Just simply click ‘refresh the virtual machine configuration’. This will bring that section back. And sometimes if you fail to live migrate the Hyper-V virtual machine without a sounded reason. Refresh the virtual machine configurations and try the … Continue reading Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary →

CSV Redirected Access Issue


I have seen the CSV redirected access error messages in the Hyper-V cluster event log many times. It only happens after the business hours and  only lasts for a few minutes every time. Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume3' is no longer directly accessible from this cluster node. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device … Continue reading CSV Redirected Access Issue →

PowerShell: Hyper-V VM Inventory


Having a clean inventory of all virtual machines is a good practice to avoid virtual machine sprawl. I created a script to send me to the Monthly VM Inventory automatically, this includes the Guest name, status, OS, vCPU, RAM, host and notes. The results look like this: JC-VM-01STATUS: RunningVCPU: 1RAM: 2048 MOS: Windows Server 2008 … Continue reading PowerShell: Hyper-V VM Inventory →

Backup Exec 2010 Best Practices


TECH77887   Symantec Backup Exec (TM) 2010 Administrator's Guide (English) TECH77928   Symantec Backup Exec (TM) 2010 Readme First Release Notes (English) TECH77956   Symantec Backup Exec (tm) 2010 General Information TECH164267   Backup-to-Disk Best Practices HOWTO21767   Best practices for Backup Exec 2010 R3 Deduplication Option HOWTO59043   Best practices for using Backup Exec 2010 R3 Deduplication Option with the … Continue reading Backup Exec 2010 Best Practices →