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1) Correct LSI Logic driver for Windows XP on ESX: Date - Jul 30, 2008; Rating - 1.2; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - Installation & Deployment; A short description how to install the LSI Logic driver in Windows XP.
2) Putting an ESX host in maintenance mode: known problems: Date - Sep 09, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - Resource Optimization; This article describes how to avoid that the enter maintenance mode seems to be stuck
3) Mounting a .vmdk disk in windows: Date - Nov 26, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - General; This article describes how to mount a .vmdk file in windows as a disk
4) Hyper-V and HP Proliant Support Pack (PSP): Date - Jul 29, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Installation & Deployment; When you install Hyper-V on an HP server you need to do it in a certain order to prevent getting stuck.
5) Moving Virtual Machines between Hyper-V Hosts: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 3.3; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Management; Moving VMs between Hyper-V hosts manually requires a certain process of Export and Import
6) Improving Performance - Antivirus Exclusions on Hyper-V: Date - Jan 14, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Performance and Scalability; Antivirus software can significantly degrade performance on a Hyper-V host. Using these exclusions in you antivirus software can help solve the problem
7) Migrating between RDM compatibility modes: Date - Aug 28, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - Storage; How to migrate an existing RDM to another compatibility mode
8) Disabling Time Sync in a VM: Date - Dec 03, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Performance and Scalability; By default when you install the Integration Services/Components you get time synchronization with the host OS, here is how to disable ongoing time synchronization.
9) Running Windows NT 4.0 under Hyper-V: Date - Oct 29, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Performance and Scalability; Running Windows NT 4.0 is unsupported, but here is a trick to get it to perform well.
10) Checking installed updates on Server Core: Date - Aug 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Security; Need to know what updates are installed on your Server Core machine, here is a quick way to check
11) PXE Booting a Virtual Machine: Date - Aug 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Networking; Trying to install a VM using a PXE server like Windows Deployment Services? You need to configure the VM settings correctly.
12) Backup of Hyper-V with DPM SP1 installed locally: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Backup; This tip tells you how to configure DPM SP1 to backup the local Hyper-V and virtual machines.
13) What Microsoft products are supported under virtualization: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - General; Microsoft has posted an knowledge base article that describes the support position for Microsoft server applications
14) Database issues when upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 U2: Date - Sep 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - Installation & Deployment; This article describes an undocumented error during a SQL upgrade
15) Backing Up Hyper-V Virtual Machines: Date - Aug 19, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Storage; There are a few options to take into consideration when backing up virtual machines in your Hyper-V installation.
16) Use Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V as your workstation: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Installation & Deployment; Want to use Windows Server 2008 as your daily machine but also want it to look and act more like Vista x64, try out this tool available from a 3rd party to help you configure all the right options.
17) Ports required for SCVMM 2008: Date - Apr 08, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Security; Need to know the ports that you need to open or consider on the firewall to get access to SCVMM server and interact with the VMs under management.
18) New hotfix to support online Hyper-V VM backup with DPM SP1: Date - May 06, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Restore; A new hotfix has been released that allows online backup of virtual machines
19) How to resolve a Stop 0x00000050 Error message: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Storage; This tip provides information on how to deal with a Stop 0x00000050 error on a Hyper-V Server.
20) Use ISO images instead of physical CDs when installing virtual machines: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Performance and Scalability; Instead of using physical media to install virtual machines, using ISO images will increase performance and decrease installation time.
21) Getting networking to work on unsupported Guest OS: Date - Nov 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Networking; By default an unsupported OS will not load networking drivers, use this tip to get networking back
22) Improving Performance - AntiVirus Exclusions on Virtual Server: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Performance and Scalability; Configuring exclusions in your antivirus software can improve performance of Virtual Server.
23) Bits Update for Hyper-V hosts managed by SCVMM: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Installation and Deployment; BITS hotfix for Hyper-V when using Volume Mount Point GUIDs
24) Hyper-V and Notebooks: Date - Jul 31, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Robert Larson; Section - General; If you need to run Hyper-V on your notebook, use these simple tips for getting the best performance.
25) DRS and resource pools relation: Date - Aug 07, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Vincent Vlieghe; Section - Resource Optimization; DRS and resource pools: beware of maintenance!
26) Installing Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on the same server: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Installation & Deployment; Installing Hyper-V and Virtual Server on the same physical machine is not recommended.
27) New Cluster Hotfix for Hyper-V support: Date - Sep 04, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - High Availability; Microsoft has released a new hotfix for Windows Server 2008 that solves some issues and adds new functionality to Hyper-V clusters.
28) Single Server Demo Environment of Hyper-V and SCVMM: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Installation and Deployment; How to install everything you need to demo/test SCVMM 2008 and Hyper-V on a single machine.
29) See more in Hyper-V Admin MMC: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Management; See more information about your virtual machines by removing unnecessary panes in the Hyper-V Admin Console.
30) Gotchas with Exporting VMs and Differencing disks: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Robert Larson; Section - Storage; Things to consider when exporting a virtual machine when it is based on a differencing disk