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Enabling and adding NIC teaming to a virtual machine

Published 15 Jan 2013 Read time 3 min(s) 12 sec(s) (1367 visits).

Although you can add NIC teaming to a virtual machine, it's not a Hyper-V feature but functionality of the Windows Server used for network workload

Using Disk2vhd to convert Physical computers to Virtual machines

Published 15 Jan 2013 Read time 2 min(s) 31 sec(s) (1685 visits).

Every day we can see companies implementing virtual servers to explore the virtualization benefits such as cost reduction, flexibility and automation.

Differences between Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, Hyper-V Client, and VMware

Published 15 Jan 2013 Read time 3 min(s) 11 sec(s) (2388 visits).

There are three versions of Hyper-V; the role installed on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server and the Hyper-V that comes in Windows 8.

Using Event Viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting

Published 11 Mar 2013 Read time 2 min(s) 23 sec(s) (2587 visits).

Almost all events on Hyper-V are logged in Event Viewer, however they are divided between different event logs.

Virtualisation products compared

Published 1 Mar 2010 Read time 1 min 37 sec(s) (2945 visits).

The 3 major players, at the moment, in the virtualisation market are VMware, Microsoft and Citrix.

NetWorker tape drives in VTL environments

Published 10 Oct 2010 Read time 54 sec(s) (2665 visits).

While most virtualisation systems allow configuration of tape drives inside a guest container, such configured tape drivers have limited support.

EMC NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications Hyper-V GLR

Published 2 Aug 2012 Read time 0 sec(s) (2959 visits).

EMC NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications Hyper V Overview and GLR

NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications (NMM)

Published 17 Nov 2013 Read time 1 min 42 sec(s) (2402 visits).

NMM is the application module for all Microsoft applications and databases, including Exchange, MSSQL, Sharepoint, Active Directory DPM and HyperV

Using the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer

Published 15 Jan 2013 Read time 2 min(s) 38 sec(s) (1052 visits).

The Best Practice Analyzer for Hyper-V has 74 scans to identify which settings are not configured, based on the Microsoft documentation and practices.