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 =...
View ArticleBest 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...
View ArticleMemory 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...
View ArticleImporting 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...
View ArticleRecording 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...
View ArticleI’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
View ArticleHyper-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...
View ArticleTechEd 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...
View ArticleSetting 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...
View ArticleBackup 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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