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Backup Jobs Failing Post Nov Rollup Install

I wanted to post a final update to this post – we believe we now have the update fixed and this issue should be resolved. 12/1 – Resolution and Response To Comments We have fixed KB3000853 both on...

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Setting Guest IP Addresses From The Host

Last week at TechEd I had several people ask about how they can set the IP address of a guest from the host.  We’ve had this functionality in Hyper-V since Windows Server 2012, it was largely...

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TechEd Europe: Windows vNext Hyper-V Backup and Restore PowerShell Scripts

TechEd Europe –  Windows vNext Hyper-V Backup and Restore PowerShell Scripts We just had a fantastic session at TechEd Europe showcasing the next evolution in Hyper-V backup and restore coming with...

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Hyper-V Security Guide and New QFE for 2012R2 Addressing Backup with CSV Writer

If you follow me on Twitter (@HyperV_taylorb) this is old news but for those that don’t two updates for you… Windows Server 2012 Security Guide For Hyper-V...

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I’m on Twitter Now…

I’ve finally joined the world of Twitter…  Send me a Tweet @HyperV_taylorb or follow me https://twitter.com/HyperV_taylorb. -taylorb

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Recording From TechEd 2014 Now Available

Last week was TechEd 2014 in Houston, if you haven’t been to TechEd before it’s quite an experience.  This was a great year and we have some excellent sessions that where recorded and now published...

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Importing VMs Utilizing The Hyper-V WMI v2 Namespace

I have had a few folks ask me about importing VM’s though our WMI namespace.  The Hyper-V WMI v2 interfaces introduce a new concept of planned virtual machines, this  allows you to create/import...

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Memory Configuration Utilizing The Hyper-V WMI v2 Namespace

I have gotten a few questions specifically regarding how to configure dynamic memory utilizing the root\virtualization\v2 namespace.  At face value it’s pretty simple you retrieve the...

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Best Practices for Virtualizing & Managing Exchange 2013

The Exchange team has just released a new white paper on virtualizing Exchange 2013, it’s over 90 pages and goes into pretty good detail – if your virtualizing Exchange or plan to going forward I’d...

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Removing a VHD From A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace

What good would Attaching a VHD To A VM Using The Hyper-V WMI V2 Namespace be if you couldn’t remove one two… Here’s how you do it.   Removing a virtual hard disk $vmName = "Test" $vhdPath =...

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Scripts From TechEd 2012… Part 1 (Keeping PowerShell Window On Top)

I just finished my speaking session at TechEd 2012, once the recording is available I will post a link…  I’ve already had an overwhelming number of requests for the scripts that I used during the...

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Attaching Passthough Disks Via WMI (SCSI or IDE)

So you want to use passthough disks with Hyper-V cool – but how do you script attaching them?  Well here’s your answer…  But first you need to decide if you are going to attach them to the virtual IDE...

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Hyper-V: Background Merging of AVHD’s… When’s it done?

I think it might be best to start at ground zero with this topic and explain what a snapshot really is and how it work’s (if you already know skip a head…).  Hyper-V introduced a new feature called a...

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Hyper-V PowerGUI PowerPack – Now That’s Power….

I loved PowerGUI ever since I found it a month ago or so… Well Kirk and the PowerGUI guys have done it again… They now have a pretty comprehensive PowerShell wrapper for Hyper-V… Pretty...

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PDC Teaser – Attaching a VHD to A Virtual Machine

PDC is just around the corner now – I am giving the dry run of my talk tomorrow morning, so of course I am working on my demo’s today…  Just to give you a bit of a teaser here’s one of the scripts that...

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Open Source PowerShell Editor -- PowerGUI

Many of you know I have been a fan of PowerShellPlus for quite a while, but I was turned on to a new editor the other day that’s pretty slick – PowerGUI.  Winner of this years Windows IT Pro Magazine’s...

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Hyper-V WMI: What VHD’s/Physical Disks Are Associated With a Virtual Machine?

I  got a great question based on yesterday’s post (by the way my e-mail was blocking a lot of external messages that’s fixed now so I apologize to anyone I missed a mail from).  The person was asking...

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Hyper-V WMI: KVP Exchange aka Data Exchange (Retrieving and Modifying...

On Sunday I showed how to add registry keys to the guest from the host (Hyper-V WMI: KVP Exchange aka Data Exchange (Adding New Items From Parent/Host)) and on Monday I showed how to read registry...

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Hyper-V WMI: KVP Exchange aka Data Exchange (Adding New Items From Guest)

Update 12/5/12A lot has changed since 2008 and many things have stayed the same…  I wanted to provide an update to some of the most commonly viewed posts and this was one of them.For updated...

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Hyper-V WMI: KVP Exchange aka Data Exchange (Adding New Items From Parent/Host)

Update 12/5/12A lot has changed since 2008 and many things have stayed the same…  I wanted to provide an update to some of the most commonly viewed posts and this was one of them.For updated...

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