Unable to RDP into Azure VMs
After patching all the Windows Server in Azure, a colleague calls me in panic, because their users, could not access their VMs through RDP. They...
Tag: Windows Server 2012
How to extend Azure Service Fabric to on-premise?
You can deploy a Service Fabric cluster on any physical or virtual machine running the Windows Server operating system, including ones residing in your on-premises...
Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) errors on Hyper-V Cluster
In a failover cluster, virtual machines can use Cluster Shared Volumes that are on the same LUN (disk), while still being able to fail over...
MPIO on Hyper-V Server
On the previous version of Windows Server (prior Windows Server 2012) you have to download and install MultiPath I/O (MPIO). Since Windows Server 2012 MPIO...
Restoring Hyper-V and Virtual Machines using Windows Server Backup
Cluster, Hyper-V Replica, Storage Migration, and other features makes for a higher availability for Hyper-V virtual machines, but it is impossible to provide 100 percent...
Backing up Hyper-V and virtual machines using Windows Server Backup
Previous versions of Hyper-V (like 2008, 2008 R2 and 2008 R2 SP1) had complications and incompatibilities with the built-in backup tool, forcing the administrators to...
Enabling and disabling the graphical interface in Hyper-V Server Core
Server Core has many installation benefits, but there are a few situations where the GUI is better and provides more options; for example, when we...
Managing a Hyper-V Server Core installation using sconfig
With all the benefits that Server Core bring such as performance, security and so on. But without the GUI, it’s not easy to do the...
Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 includes a new capability called Hyper-V Replica. Hyper-V Replica allows administrators to replicate their virtual machines from a primary server/cluster...
Statistics of a NIC Teaming
If the UI window is sufficiently tall a statistics tile appears at the bottom of the Team tile and the Adapters and Interfaces tile. These...