Network Controller is a new feature which will be available with Windows Server 2016. This feature enables to manage centrally the virtual and the physical network infrastructure to automate the management, configuration monitoring and troubleshooting. After a quick overview about network controller, I’ll explain how to deploy network controller and how to connect it to Virtual Machine Manager. Network Controller ...
Read More »Hyper-V converged networking and storage design
Since Windows Server 2012, the converged networking is supported by Microsoft. This concept enables to share an Ethernet adapter for several network traffics. Before that, it was recommended to dedicate a network adapter per network traffic (backup, cluster and so on). So thanks to the converged networking, we can use a single Ethernet adapter (or teaming) to carry several network ...
Read More »Implement Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server Technical Preview 2
Microsoft recently announced a new feature called Storage Spaces Direct that enables to make a storage solution in High Availability with local storage of each node. This local storage can be internal disks or external disks in a JBOD tray for example. This technology supports SATA or SAS disks. It is a great improvement for Software-Defined Storage (SDS). Software-Defined Storage ...
Read More »New Altaro Webinar: What’s news in Hyper-V vNext
Altaro organizes a new Webinar about Hyper-V in vNext Windows Server version and new features: We’re warming up for the release of Hyper-V vNext and we’ve invited Microsoft Hyper-V MVP, Aidan Finn and Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist Rick Claus to take you through what’s coming up in a new Altaro webinar, hosted by our very own MVP Andy Syrewicze! Looking to get ...
Read More »Compact VHDX of all virtual machines on Hyper-V
On my hyper-v lab, I have often free space problems because I want to create a lot of Virtual Machines but I have not enough storage. Of course I have created all my VHDX in dynamic to try to save space but this has not been enough. So I said to myself: “Romain why do you not trying to compact VHDX ...
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