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With Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, it was impossible to back up running VMs with the built in NTBackup utility. Instead, Virtual Server 2005 SP1 introduces a VSS Writer that backed up virtual disks. However, NTBackup was still not supported in Virtual Server 2005. With the introduction of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the NTBackup limitation is gone. However, the removal of the NTBackup limitation is not something that is automatically available. more...
Looking to get up to speed quickly on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V? No problem, Mark Wilson put together a cool 13 minute video that will help you get started using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with Server Core - start to finish. Mark shows you the Server Core commands you need to install the Hyper-V role, he explains what happens when you enable this role, and he steps you through creating and managing Virtual Machines using Hyper-V. more...
Most of the time when you talk about virtualization these days, you are talking about hardware virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer), application virtualization (SoftGrid/App-V, Citrix, VMware ThinApp), or desktop virtualization (VDI). One topic I don't think gets very much press is OS virtualization. OS virtualization allows you to have 1 copy of an OS (say Microsoft Windows Server) and create several "containers" that appear to be their own unique OS. more...
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V has been out for several months now. Several people have started to implement Hyper-V on some level, which has spawned several support calls to Microsoft support. The people over at the AskCore blog put together a "Top Issues" list as well as resolutions. more...
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