Windows Server 2008 R2 Archives - Thomas Maurer

Extended Security Updates for SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 on Azure Stack

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:59:29 +0000

SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will both be out of extended support within the next 12 months (detailed dates below). This means if you have these versions, you’ll need to migrate to newer versions of SQL Server or Windows Server or buy Extended Support soon to maintain support and receive security …

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Recommend Hotfixes and Updates for Hyper-V and Failover Clusters

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:16:46 +0000

I the last couple of releases I always posted the pages where you could get the list of Recommended Hotfixes and Updates for Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters and List of Hyper-V and Failover Cluster Hotfixes for Windows Server 2012. I want to upgrade the post with the links for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server …

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Migrate Hyper-V Cluster to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V via Cluster Migration Wizard

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:58:27 +0000

If you have already an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster and you want to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 you have two options. The first one is by moving all virtual machines via System Center Virtual Machine Manager from the old Cluster into a new cluster. The second way to do it, is …

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Microsoft Server Posterpedia Windows 8 App

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:45:29 +0000

I know for a lot of people this is not something new, but in the courses I presented in the past weeks I always mentioned this great Windows 8 App called Server Posterpedia. Server Posterpedia is an interactive app that uses technical posters as a reference for understanding Microsoft technologies. This app includes all the …

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How to make an existing Hyper-V Virtual Machine Highly Available

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:21:38 +0000

If you have a running Hyper-V Virtual Machine with is not part of a cluster you can make this virtual machine highly available via the Failover Cluster Manager. First of all the Virtual Machine has to be stored on a shared storage. In Windows Server 2008 R2 this means the Virtual Machine and the attached …

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SCVMM 2012 Hyper-V Bare-Metal Deployment on Cisco UCS C200

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:20:00 +0000

System Center Virtual Machine Manager brings a cool new feature called Bare Metal Deployment. This feature allows deploying new Hyper-V hosts via Out-of-Band Management (IPMI or SMASH) with the Virtual Machine Manager. In my lab environment I use Cisco UCS C200 M2 servers as my Hyper-V servers but this guide will also work with servers …

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Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Release Candidate

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:15:58 +0000

Back in April Microsoft announced the beta version of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator. The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter allows you to migrate your VMware vSphere Virtual Machines to your brand new Microsoft Hyper-V environment. Today the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Release Candidate is available for testing. The best thing at the RC is the …

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Cisco UCS C200 M2 – Microsoft Hyper-V

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:23:09 +0000

For my Lab I could buy some Cisco UCS C200 M2 rack servers. Of course I am running Hyper-V on my lab servers to get the most out of it, and I am very happy with the performance of the Cisco UCS standalone servers. But still I did some changes in the BIOS settings …

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Windows Server 2012 NIC Naming

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:59:51 +0000

Some weeks ago I wrote a blog post how you can configure Network Adapters on a Hyper-V host via PowerShell. I mentioned that the NICs in Windows Server 2008 R2 are always named differently. Now I have some great news in Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate this has changed. Some hours ago I installed one …

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System Center 2012 Unified Installer – Step by Step – Part 2

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:21:07 +0000

In my first post about the System Center 2012 Unified Installer I wrote about the prerequisites you need, to do a System Center 2012 deployment with the Unified Installer. In the second part I will write how you have to prepare the Installer and the Target servers. System Center 2012 Unified Installer – Step by …

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