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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By Matthew Mattoon on
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, January 23, 2009
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Monday, November 10, 2008
Both the Evaluation and Workgroup Editions of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 can be upgraded to the Retail SKU. Michael on the SCVMM team has a post describing the process. Article can be found here.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, September 26, 2008
Cheng has a post on using Distributed File System with System Center Virtual Machine Manager found here. I have been running SCVMM with DFS-exposed libraries since Beta 2 of SCVMM 2007. He has taken all of the guess work out of how to do it and has essentially documented everything I had to figure out. If you have a virtualization infrastructure in multiple sites then you should definitely take a look at this article.
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Friday, September 19, 2008
One of the biggest benefit to Hyper-V over VMWare is Virtualization Rights. Basically Microsoft has provided you with a discount in the form of the ability to run Windows Server 2008 in Virtual Machines for free (this is based on which edition you are running - read on for more details).
This is a big win especially for a branch office scenario. When deploying branch offices normally you are constrained for space yet have requirements that would normally require multiple machines. The most common is the need to have a local DC (in order to define a replication strategy that makes sense - especially when using DFS). In most cases if a second machine did not make sense then most companies would not bother with virtualization because of...
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By Matthew Mattoon on
Monday, September 15, 2008
In a previous post I described the benefits of DFS Namespaces, today we will be discussing DFS Replication.
Below I have outlined some of the features of DFS Replication.
Multimaster Replication Engine. DFS Replication can be used with standalone and domain-based namespaces as well as individual folders. Differential Replication. Cross-file RDC. Available with Enterprise and Datacenter only. These features will make many deployment scenarios more efficient. You can use DFS to perform data collection for a consolidated backup strategy, for data distribution as a method of publication of common data...
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