An Cloud IaaS blog
Replication is configured on a per virtual machine basis. Virtual machines running on Primary site Hyper-V servers (or Hyper-V Failover Clusters) are configured to replicate to Replica servers (or Replica...
Management Considerations Hyper-V servers are managed locally using the Hyper-V Manager interface or remotely using the Hyper-V Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) or System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). If...
Hyper-V Replica is installed as part of the Hyper-V Role. Installation UI/Wizard To add the Hyper-V Role to a server installation, use the Add Role and Feature Wizard (ARFW), which...
The following Hyper-V PowerShell cmdlets apply to Hyper-V Replica. Cmdlet Complete-VMFailover Description This cmdlet completes the Failover process of the virtual machine. The virtual machine’s current recovery point is committed...
SCVMM 2012 introduced the ability to constantly monitor and rebalance load on clusters by using “Dynamic Optimization”. How Dynamic Optimization works, will help understand its behavior and get the most...
Virtualized data centers are becoming more popular and practical every day. IT organizations and hosting providers have begun offering infrastructure as a service (IaaS), which provides more flexible, virtualized infrastructures...
Hyper-V Replica Communications Architecture The Hyper-V Replica communications architecture is implemented at the Hyper-V Replica Network transport layer. This layer provides a bi-directional transport channel based on the HTTP Client-Server...
As already mentioned, Hyper-V Replica is new functionality that is included as part of the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2012. The main components are: Hyper-V Replica Management Interface Hyper-V...
Before Windows Server 2012 Many enterprises need the ability to extend virtual switch features with their own plug-ins to suit their virtual environment. If you’re in charge of making IT...
On a standalone Replica server, if Kerberos based authentication is used, follow these steps to make the required exception in the Windows Firewall: 1. Open Windows Firewall with Advance Security...