Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have been asked so many times about time synchronization in an all virtual environment so I thought it was about time I wrote about it. Veeam have been kind enough to publish this article for me and you can read it here. I hope you find it useful. If you Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWindows Server 2016 has been out for a while now and I am starting to see it being rolled out to more production environments. One good thing about this, is now we can start to use VM Start Ordering. I have been waiting for this feature since the days of Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a previous article, I talked about how to enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V running on Server 2016. As we all know a lot of Azure runs Hyper-V and some of the regions are running Server 2016. Recently Microsoft announced that they are going to bring Nested Virtualisation to Azure. Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNow that Windows Server 1709 has been released we have some new features to play with. One of the new features is native Linux Containers on Windows. In this article, I am going to walk through how to setup a Container host using Windows Server 2016 version 1709 to run Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I have had the opportunity to create my second guest blog post for Veeam. This one is about Creating VHD Sets. You can view the article here.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I have had the opportunity to create my first guest blog post for Veeam regarding Switch Embedded Teaming. The Article goes in to what Switch Embedded Teaming is, how to create and manage a SET team. You can view the article here.
Reading Time: 5 minutesNow that the Azure Stack Developer Kit has been released I thought it was about time I updated my TP3 install. My TP3 install was on a physical host (HPE DL360 g7). To me, this was a waste of that server. I am no developer so I had no need Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to create NAT (network address translation) rules for Hyper-V Virtual Switch on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016. A NAT rule is used to open inbound communication to your VM’s behind a NAT Switch. The most common use for NAT Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to create a NAT (network address translation) Virtual Switch for Hyper-V on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016. A virtual NAT switch enables virtual machines to be isolated behind a single shared IP address on the host server. This is Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post, I am going to show you how to perform a Rolling Cluster Upgrade from Windows Server 2012 r2 to Windows Server 2016. I will then show you how to upgrade the functional level of the cluster to the latest version. This guide does not show you how Read more…