Windows Virtualization Team Blog

Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica

2013-05-10T14:27:00Z

What is resynchronization and why is it needed? Hyper-V Replica provides protection to VMs by tracking and replicating changes to the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the VM. Hyper-V Replica runs 24 hours, 365 days in a year; for any VM that has been enabled Read More......(read more)

How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running

2013-04-19T00:34:00Z

We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately. As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools. First, why would you update integration services Read More......(read more)

Updates for Hyper-V

2013-04-16T07:20:35Z

A new article has appeared on the TechNet Wiki that provides a complete list of updates for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15576.hyper-v-update-list-for-windows-server-2012.aspx I am really happy Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication - makecert

2013-04-13T10:01:38Z

We have had a number of queries on how to enable replication using certificates created from makecert. Though the Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica discusses this aspect, I am posting a separate article on this. The below steps Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica - Name Resolution of Internationalized Server/Domain names

2013-04-08T06:05:00Z

In a mixed language environment where the server name or domain name contains international characters, you might encounter an error at the time of enabling replication. The event viewer messages will tell you that “Hyper-V failed to enable replication Read More......(read more)

Multi-tenant disaster recover solution using Windows Server 2012

2013-04-01T19:54:00Z

Windows Server 2012 introduces fundamental improvements that make it a cloud-ready operating system. The capabilities provide a flexible and scalable solution which opens up a wide range of opportunities for hosting providers to build new cloud services Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica and Riverbed

2013-03-11T16:51:00Z

As part of setting up a replication relationship, Hyper-V Replica transfers the initial VHDs over the network – depending on the size of the VHD, this operation can be time consuming and also impacts your production network. Once initial replication is Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica Runbooks

2013-02-20T14:21:43Z

System Center 2012 Orchestrator provides a powerful workflow management solution which allows IT administrators to automate different tasks exposed by the platform. At the heart of the Orchestrator is a set of Runbooks which outline the sequence of activities Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica Kerberos Error

2013-02-14T06:55:00Z

David is one of our Premier Field Engineers and he approached us with an interesting problem where the customer was encountering a Kerberos error when trying to create a replication relationship. On first glance, the setup looked very straight forward Read More......(read more)

Migrate virtual machines from a VMware environment to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 using a free, simple, standalone tool

2012-09-19T03:04:00Z

Windows Server 2012 is generally available for evaluation and purchase by all customers around the world. Additionally, there is great news for organizations that are looking for a way to migrate virtual machines hosted on VMware vSphere to the Hyper Read More......(read more)

Introduction to Resource Metering

2012-08-16T17:37:00Z

Hi, I’m Lalithra Fernando, a program manager on the Hyper-V team, working in various areas including clustering and authorization, as well as with our Hyper-V MVPs. In this post, I’ll be talking about resource metering, a new feature in Hyper Read More......(read more)

Hyper-V Replica Powershell Series: Creating Hyper-V Replica Broker

2012-08-15T06:09:00Z

We have seen multiple queries on the steps required to create the Hyper-V Replica Broker using Powershell, a previous post describes the process but adding more details on the end to end workflow. To create a Hyper-V Replica Broker in a DHCP environment Read More......(read more)

Types of failover operations in Hyper-V Replica–Part III - Unplanned Failover

2012-08-08T19:21:56Z

In the first two parts of this 3-part series, you learnt about Test Failover (TFO) and Planned Failover (PFO). In this closing part of the series, I will talk about unplanned failover and summarize the differences of these 3. 1. What is Unplanned Failover Read More......(read more)

Types of failover operations in Hyper-V Replica–Part II - Planned Failover

2012-07-31T11:13:33Z

In the first part of this 3-part series, you learnt about Test Failover. In this part, I will talk about the Planned Failover (PFO). 1. What is Planned Failover? PFO is an operation initiated on the primary VM which allows you to do an e2e validation Read More......(read more)

Types of failover operations in Hyper-V Replica

2012-07-25T23:15:00Z

If you are wondering “ I have enabled replication and it looks like everything is in progress, but how do I know that I am truly protected ”, then keep reading the next few posts as we walk you through the various types of failover, how and when to use Read More......(read more)