By Matthew Mattoon on
Thursday, May 27, 2010
This is a comprehensive guide on utilizing synthetic devices on Ubuntu, in this article I describe the different ways of gaining functionality on many different versions of Ubuntu as well as many different integration levels. Read on to find the best way for you to bring synthetic Hyper-V devices to your Ubuntu guests.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, May 21, 2010
In this article I have detailed some of the many special scenarios when using Linux Distributions on Hyper-V. These eight items are all items you need to know before deploying Linux on Hyper-V in production. They will help you plan for a more consistent and stable environment.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Sunday, April 04, 2010
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
This article describes how to install and use version 2.1 of the Linux Integration Components. This article was originally written for Beta, however has been updated for the Release Candidate.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Enabling Jumbo Frames on Hyper-V Server or other Hyper-V Core Editions can be difficult. This article will walk you through step-by-step. Additionally I have included the super-duper easy method which is a powershell script that I have written to automate the entire process.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Sunday, March 07, 2010
A brief walk-through on using Hyper-V Synthetic Devices with Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Alpha 3. Since Lucid uses a 2.6.32 kernel we get the benefit of not having the modules precompiled. Also since Lucid is using a version which is newer then 2.6.32.9 we also get the benefit of the SMP fixes in the VMBUS module.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I have recently began working on the Poshboard project (http://poshboard.codeplex.com) which is a Silverlight/.NET application which at a very basic level allows you to use Powershell via a website, however the real value in this technology is in the graphing capabilities...
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Linux-VServer is a lightweight context-based virtualization implementation. It allows a shared kernel to support multiple instances and distributions. Read on to learn the basics.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Monday, January 04, 2010
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Thursday, December 31, 2009
This article describes installation of a custom kernel image compiled with Hyper-V Synthetic Drivers and Linux-VServer functionality on Ubuntu and Debian.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, December 18, 2009
This article is a step-by-step of compiling a linux kernel on Debian 5 using kernel.org sources specifically for the purpose of getting drivers for Hyper-V synthetic devices.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, December 18, 2009
This article is a step-by-step of compiling a linux kernel on Ubuntu 9.10 using kernel.org sources specifically for the purpose of getting drivers for Hyper-V synthetic devices.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Thursday, December 03, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, July 10, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Monday, June 15, 2009
Quick walkthrough on how to benchmark disk performance.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, May 29, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
This article describes getting mouse integration working on Hyper-V Linux VMs. This will only work with v1 of the Linux Integration Components which will not work with Hyper-V 2008 R2. So if you are using Hyper-V 2008 and the Linux Integration Components v1 then read on.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
In this article I am documenting the process for installing the Hyper-V Integration Components within a Ubuntu or Debian VM. I am specifically writing this for Ubuntu 8.04.2 and Debian 5, however I have additionally confirmed that this process works on both...
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