Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure under Virtual PC
I am a long time "LucasArts Adventure Game" junky - and own almost all of their...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/07/2009
Mounting VHDs with Windows 7
In Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD support is now part of the platform. This means that you...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/06/2009
Windows 7 on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and false event logs
A little while ago I blogged about the fact that you can install Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/05/2009
Virtual Server to Hyper-V Migration Guide
For users who want to move virtual machines from Virtual Server to Hyper-V there are two resources...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/04/2009
Looking at the Hyper-V Event Log
Hyper-V logs a lot of useful information if you need to diagnose a problem, so I thought I would put...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 02/03/2009
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War under Virtual PC
Yikes! It has been a while since I played these games. I have already covered the first and second...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/31/2009
Hyper-V R2 Live Migration Overview & Architecture
There is a new whitepaper that details how live migration in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/29/2009
Fixed Disks vs. Physical Disks
I recently was setting up a Home Server on top of Hyper-V (Note: this is not a supported...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/28/2009
How to handle a missing, but still running, virtual machine
It is possible under Hyper-V to get into a state where you have a virtual machine that is still...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/27/2009
Live Migration Step-by-Step Guide
Just got an email from one of our technical writers - letting me know that our step-by-step for Live...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/27/2009
Hyper-V R2: Changes to the Virtual Machine Settings UI
One piece of feedback we received for Hyper-V is that people wanted an easier way to look at the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/26/2009
Upgrading Hyper-V from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta
If you have an existing installation of Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 that you want to update to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/22/2009
Hyper-V R2: Changes for "no hypervisor" booting
In the past I have talked about how to create a "no hypervisor" boot option using BCDedit. One of...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/21/2009
Hyper-V R2: MAC Address Management
Hyper-V has always allowed you to configure virtual network adapters where the MAC address was...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/20/2009
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar: Updated (Again!)
After posting about this last week - Tore has been working hard and has now release version 4.1 of...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/20/2009
Hyper-V R2: Changes to External Networks
With Hyper-V we have always recommended that the parent partition not be connected to external...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/19/2009
Shutting down a Hyper-V / Virtual Server Cluster Node
If you are running Hyper-V or Virtual Server in a clustered configuration - you need to be careful...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/15/2009
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar: Updated
I have posted about this in the past - but Tore Lervik released a new version of the Hyper-V Monitor...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/14/2009
Windows 7 on Virtual PC on Windows 7
You might be interested to know that this is a combination that works just fine. Here is a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/13/2009
Windows 7 on Hyper-V
Here is something neat about the Windows 7 beta release. Professional versions of Windows 7...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/12/2009
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta now Available!
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 beta (that is the standalone version of Hyper-V) is now available...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/09/2009
Managing Hyper-V from Windows 7
If you have installed the Windows 7 beta and want to use it to manage Hyper-V you will need to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/09/2009
Trials of Battle under Virtual PC
It has been too long since I posted about gaming under Virtual PC - so today I would like to talk...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/09/2009
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2
The Windows Server 2008 R2 beta is here! (keep an eye here for details on how to get it) This is a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/08/2009
Bad Performance with High-End Graphics and Hyper-V
If you have tried to mix Hyper-V and high end 3D graphics (in the parent partition - of course) you...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/07/2009
How do I Fix a Corrupted Virtual Hard Disk?
People occasionally contact me and ask me how to fix a virtual hard disk that they have which is...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/07/2009
Manually adding a virtual machine configuration file to Hyper-V
People have been asking for a while for a way to add a virtual machine configuration file (.XML)...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 01/06/2009
Must be a hardware problem...
Today I spent some time working on a relatively complex virtual machine setup (private domain +...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/19/2008
Being careful with physical disks
One of the features of Hyper-V is that you can to connect a physical disk directly to a virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/16/2008
Why does it take so long to create a fixed size virtual hard disk?
If you have ever created a fixed-size virtual hard disk that was larger than, oh - 2GB, you probably...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/11/2008
Enumerating parent KVP data
As I mentioned on Tuesday, when you send data to a virtual machine using KVPs they are then stored...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/05/2008
Sending data from parent to virtual machine via KVP
Last week I showed you how to gather information about the guest operating system running in a...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 12/02/2008
Quick links
Just wanted to post some interesting Hyper-V related links. The SQL team have published their...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/26/2008
The Domain Controller Dilemma
Often I have people ask me about the Domain Controller dilemma. The basic problem is this: if you...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/24/2008
Warning on Hyper-V hosts under SCVMM
I have seen this documented in a couple of places now - but I also see a number of people still...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/20/2008
New HVRemote tool
Just the other day my colleague - John Howard - made a new tool available to the world. HVRemote is...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/19/2008
Hyper-V Script: Looking at KVP GuestIntrinsicExchangeItems
You may wonder what that title is about, so let me pause to explain things a little. One of...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/18/2008
Go check out SCVMM 2008
Okay, I know I am a bit behind the times here - but when SCVMM 2008 was released I was overseas...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/13/2008
Back from TechEd China
Hopefully you have noticed that I have not posted in a while. The reason for this is that I have...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/11/2008
Illustrated Installation of Hyper-V Server
As the stand-alone Hyper-V Server is now available, I would like to demonstrate what the process is...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2008
The Server Unleashed
Okay, I admit it, I am a sucker for IT advertising - so I am really happy to see some cool...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/06/2008
Hyper-V Server Now Available!
The free Hyper-V Server is now available here:...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/02/2008
Hyper-V: Scripting Fixed VHD Creation
This script is practically identically to the one for creating a dynamically expanding virtual hard...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2008
Update for Hyper-V to support 24 logical processor systems
Last week we released an update that enables Hyper-V to run on systems with 24 logical processors....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/30/2008
SimAnt under Virtual PC
This is one of my favorite not-so-well-known computer games. Released in 1991, designed by...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/26/2008
Hyper-V: Scripting Dynamic VHD Creation
Today I would like to show you some basic scripts for creating a new dynamically expanding virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/26/2008
Symantec Backup Exec for Windows available with Hyper-V support
One of the cool features of Hyper-V is our built-in support for backing up running virtual machines...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/24/2008
Hyper-V VSS HotFix Available
We recently released KB956697 for Hyper-V.This hotfix addresses a specific issue that we have...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/23/2008
More details on Hyper-V Server...
Are available here: https://www.microsoft.com/servers/hyper-v-server/default.mspxIncluding a side by...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/23/2008
RTM of Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V Now Available
After a short delay, the RTM build of the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V can now be...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/22/2008