How To Monitor SQL Server Automated Backup In #Microsoft #AzureStorage #Azure #SQLServer
Introduction Azure Automated Backup allows you to schedule regular backups for all databases on a SQL Server Azure IaaS VM. Backups are stored in Azure […]
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How To Backup SQL Server Named Instance To Azure Blob Storage #Azure #SQLServer #AzureStorage
Introduction Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write SQL Server backups directly to the Azure Blob storage service. You can use […]
Removing DPM Disk Storage Volume Crash with Error ID: 917 #DPM #SCDPM
Introduction I was working recently on System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (SC DPM) that has some free space problems on the Modern Backup Storage (MBS) volume in […]
How to Replace a Faulty Disk in Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces? #StorageSpaces #WS2016 #HyperV
Introduction Physical disks often experience errors of varying severity, from errors that the disk can transparently recover from, without interruption or data loss; to errors […]
Monitor Storage Spaces Direct Health with PowerShell #S2D #WS2016 #PowerShell
Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). S2D enables building a highly available storage systems […]
How to Recover a Deleted Storage Account in Azure Stack? #AzureStack #AzureStackDevKit #Azure
Introduction In Azure Stack, you have the option to retain storage accounts after they have been deleted. However, public Azure does not offer this feature. […]
How To Move Backup Storage in DPM 2016 Modern Backup Storage #SCDPM #DPM
Introduction In System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager, the DPM team announced a new backup storage technology called Modern Backup Storage (MBS). MBS helps achieving 50% storage savings using […]
Using Volume Mount Points with Modern Backup Storage in DPM 2016 #DPM #MBS #SCDPM #MABS
Introduction With the release of Microsoft System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (SC DPM), DPM team announced Modern Backup Storage (MBS), delivering 50% storage savings, 3x […]
Running Storage Spaces Direct on HPE ProLiant Micro Servers #S2D #HyperV #WS2016
Warning! This article is written for lab and demo purposes, it’s not supported to be used in production and is neither supported by Microsoft, HPE […]
How to Create a Multi-Resilient Volume with ReFS on Standalone Server in Windows Server 2016? #WS2016 #HyperV #StorageSpaces
Introduction A while ago, I wrote a blog post on how to create a Two-way Mirror Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. In Windows […]
Adding Virtual Network Adapter to Storage Spaces Direct #S2D Cluster #StorageSpacesDirect #WS2016 #HyperV
Introduction You deployed a new shiny Storage Spaces Direct cluster and everything is running smoothly. During the planning phase, you missed to add an additional […]
Running Storage Spaces Direct on 2 Nodes HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 #S2D #HPE #WS2016 #HyperV
I recently did a 2 Nodes Storage Spaces Direct Hyper-Converged deployment using SSDs & HDDs on top of HPE DL380 Gen9 servers. I used the […]
How To Update Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces to Windows Server 2016? #WS2016 #StorageSpaces #HyperV
Introduction Recently I was upgrading some Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts to Windows Server 2016. I have Storage Tiered Spaces with mirroring resiliency deployed […]
Real World Experience With Storage Spaces Direct – Unexpected Outage #S2D #WS2016 #HyperV #StorageSpacesDirect
Introduction If you have been in IT for while, you probably aware about how power is important for your Datacenter. I’m not sure about how […]
How to Expand and Resize Storage Spaces Direct CSV Volume? #WS2016 #HyperV #S2D
Introduction In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). S2D enables building highly available storage systems with […]
How to reduce DPM 2016 storage consumption by enabling deduplication on Modern Backup Storage?
Updated 29/11/2016: [Script updated to create simple storage pool for DPM.] Updated 09/02/2017: [Announcing backups of SQL Server 2016 and SharePoint 2016 with DPM 2016 Update Rollup […]
Bulk Assigning VHDX to SSD Storage Tier With PowerShell #HyperV #RDS #VDI
In Windows Server 2012 R2 storage spaces, if there’s particular files in your environment that you absolutely know are always frequently accessed, such as a […]
Step by Step: How to Configure Storage Replica using Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4? #WS2016 #StorageReplica
Introduction Most businesses today are critically dependent on the continued availability of their IT environments to support business operations. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery […]
Step by Step: How to deploy Storage Spaces Tiering in System Center VMM 2012 R2 with Update Rollup 8 #HyperV #SCVMM
Hello folks, In the previous post, I showed you how to deploy Hyper-V Extended Port ACLs in VMM Update Rollup 8. In today’s post, we […]
Step By Step: Deploying Virtualized Shared Storage for #HyperV With #StarWind and SoFS
Hello folks, In today’s blog post, I will share with you how to create a virtualized shared storage for Hyper-V using StarWind Software Inc and Scale-out […]
Storage Migration “Operation not allowed for VM because Hyper-V State is yet to be initialized from Virtual Machine Configuration” (0x80070015) #HyperV
Issue: When trying to migrate a VM storage to a local device or through iSCSI using Hyper-V Manager or PowerShell you could see this: Solution: […]
NEW! Storage Spaces Design Consideration Guide and Software-Defined Storage Design Calculator
Hello folks, I am happy to share with you that Microsoft just released Storage Spaces Design Consideration Guide and Software-Defined Storage Design Calculator The Software-Defined […]
#Starwind Webinar: Shared Storage for #HyperV
1. Tap Room Meeting: Shared Storage for Hyper-V: No Hardware. No limits. Now! Date: 4 June, 11 am ET / 4 pm BST Host: Anatoly […]
Windows Server Has A New User Voice Page #Virtualization #Clustering #Storage #Networking #NanoServer #Linux
Hello folks, I am glad to share with you that Windows Server has a new User Voice page to submit your general feedback here: http://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/295047-general-feedback […]
Windows Server 2016 #HyperV DEMO04: Distributed Storage QoS
[Updated: May, 22nd, 2016] Hello folks, In today’s demo, I will show you a very interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server Technical Preview called […]
Step By Step: How To Extend and Resize A Two-Way Mirrored Storage Tiered Space? #StorageSpaces #WS2012R2
Hello folks, A few blogs ago, I showed you step by step on how to create a Two-Way mirrored Storage Space, and how to replace […]
How to Set Hyper-V Storage Quality of Service (QoS) on All Virtual Hard Disks via PowerShell? #HyperV #PowerShell
Hello folks, As we are approaching the holidays, and being busy preparing for the new year! I would like to share a script with you. […]
Demo: Storage Spaces Tiering in Action #StorageSpaces #HyperV
Hello folks, In today’s blog post, I will demonstrate the Storage Spaces Tiering feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2. If you want […]
Free Webinar: Virtual SAN – The "New" Storage Meme for Virtual Server Environments #StarWind
Virtual SAN: The “New” Storage Meme for Virtual Server Environments StarWind Software’s Complimentary Technology for Realizing the Virtual SAN Vision Monday, November 17, 11:00am PT […]
Step By Step: How To Create A Two-Way Mirrored Storage Space via PowerShell? #StorageSpaces #PowerShell
In this blog post we will continue our step by step series on Microsoft Storage Spaces, if you missed the previous post on How To […]
Step By Step: How To Replace Faulty Disk In Two-Way Mirrored Storage Tiered Space? #StorageSpaces #WS2012R2
Hello Folks, As you know that Physical disks often experience errors of varying severity, from errors that the disk can transparently recover from, without interruption […]
Deploying HP StoreVirtual VSA On Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster – Part 3 #HyperV #HP #Storage #StoreVirtual #SysCtr
This post was edited/updated on April 5, 2015. (How to upgrade HP Store Virtual VSA from V11.0 to V12.0 on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster with SCVMM). […]
Deploying HP StoreVirtual VSA On Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster – Part 2 #HyperV #HP #Storage #StoreVirtual #SysCtr
This post was edited/updated on April 5, 2015. (How to upgrade HP Store Virtual VSA from V11.0 to V12.0 on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster with SCVMM). […]
Deploying HP StoreVirtual VSA On Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster – Part 1 #HyperV #HP #Storage #StoreVirtual #SysCtr
This post was edited/updated on April 5, 2015. (How to upgrade HP Store Virtual VSA from V11.0 to V12.0 on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster with SCVMM). […]
Modify Storage Tiers Optimization With PowerShell #PowerShell #StorageSpaces #WS2012R2
Hello Folks, The killer feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 is Storage Tiered Spaces. What is Storage Tiered Spaces? Storage Tiers automatically moves frequently accessed […]
Presenting on #AzureSecurity Webinars – Raise The Bar For #Security #Azure @Microsoft @MS_ITPro
Introduction I am happy to announce that I will be presenting on one of multiple Microsoft 365 security webinars organized by Microsoft. In this webinar, […]
Announcing The Windows Server 2019 Virtual Summit #WindowsServer #MVPBuzz #WindowsAdminCenter
Introduction On Tuesday June 26, 2018, Microsoft is hosting a virtual Windows Server Summit that will help you to get speed with many important capabilities […]
Vembu Released BDR Suite v3.9.1
Introduction Vembu BDR Suite provides complete, hassle-free, universal Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) solution for both physical and virtual environments. It features host level backups […]
How To Create Recovery Services Vault in #Azure with #PowerShell #AzureBackup #CDCGermany
Yesterday I was speaking at the CDC Germany 2018, a big Cloud Conference community event focusing on the Microsoft Cloud OS Platform, held in Hanau, Germany. […]
How To Disable Protection For #HyperV VMs To #AzureSiteRecovery #ASR #Azure #CDCGermany #MVPbuzz
Introduction Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft’s Disaster Recovery strategy. It keeps workloads safe and recoverable through replication from on-premises servers, such as physical servers, […]
Passed 70-535 Exam: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions #Azure #CloudSolutionsArchitect @MSLearning
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 70-535 Exam: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions. This exam […]
Windows Admin Center (Project Honolulu) Now Available @ServerMgmt #WindowsServer #WindowsAdminCenter #HyperV #HCI
Updated – 19/04/2018 – Added [Manage Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2016 with Windows Admin Center] Introduction The day has come… After almost a […]
Add Windows Server 2019 Preview Image to #AzureStack #AzureStackDevKit #WindowsServer2019
Introduction Hello folks, You might have seen the announcement on Windows Server 2019 preview that went out recently. Microsoft Announced The Preview Release Of Windows […]
Migrate #Windows VM From Unmanaged Disks To Managed Disks with #Azure #PowerShell
Introduction In June 2017, Microsoft announced a new type of storage account known as “Managed Disks“. Managed Disks are an exciting new feature from Azure, […]
Microsoft Announced The Preview Release Of Windows Server 2019
Introduction Hello Windows Server folks, Today is a big day, Microsoft just confirmed that Windows Server 2019 is in the oven on high temperature, and […]
Speaking at Cloud & Datacenter Conference Germany 2018 #CDCGermany
Introduction I am proud and honored to speak for the first time in one of the biggest Microsoft-centric focused event in Europe. I will be travelling […]
PowerShell One-Liner To Convert Multiple VHD to VHDX #HyperV #PowerShell
Introduction Since the release of Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, Microsoft added a new type and default format of virtual hard disk (VHDX). There […]
Updated: Get The List of All VMs in Virtual Machine Manager and Their Virtual Disks #SCVMM #HyperV #PowerShell
Introduction A while ago, I published a PowerShell script that will query System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SC VMM) to get all Virtual Machines including […]
Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 is now GA #Vembu #BDR #HyperV @vembutech
Vembu BDR Suite v3.9.0 is now Generally Available and includes Tape Support & Flexible Restores It is highly important that data needs to be backed […]
How To Run Hyper-V PowerShell Cmdlets on PowerShell Core V6.0 #HyperV #PowerShell #PowerShellCore
Introduction For the last ~10 years , Microsoft released Windows PowerShell. On January 10th, 2018, Microsoft delivered PowerShell Core 6.0. Its first PowerShell Core release. PowerShell now comes […]
2017 Year in Review… Goodbye 2017 and Welcome 2018! #HappyNewYear #MVPBuzz
In January, I released my first book! Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V – Second Edition. My First Book Published! Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second […]
Passed 70-745 Exam: Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter #WS2016 #SDDC #MCSE
Introduction I am so happy and grateful now that… I passed the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter on the first attempt! […]
What’s New in System Center Virtual Machine Manager – Preview 1711 #VMM #SCVMM #SysCtr
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about […]
What’s New in System Center Data Protection Manager – Preview 1711 #DPM #SCDPM #SysCtr
Introduction You might have heard that Microsoft is switching to Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) model for Windows Server and System Center. You can read all about […]
No Available MAC Address for Dynamic Network Adapter in #WindowsServer 2016 #HyperV
Introduction Since Hyper-V inception back in 2008, you can configure a virtual machine to use a dynamic or a static MAC address for any given network […]
Technical Reviewer: Microsoft Official Courseware 20537A – Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with #Microsoft #AzureStack
Hello folks, Over the past few months, I’ve been actively busy working as Technical Reviewer for the Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC) 20537A: Configuring and Operating […]
Running Microsoft Azure Stack Development Kit at Home #AzureStack #AzureStackDevKit #Azure
Introduction Azure Stack is an extension of Azure, thereby enabling a truly consistent hybrid cloud platform. Consistency removes hybrid cloud complexity, which helps you maximize […]
Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2016 is Now Available #SysCtr #SystemCenter #VMM #DPM
Hello folks, I am glad to share with you that Microsoft just released Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2016. Please find the description for […]
How To Deploy Windows Server 2016 from VHDX on SD Cards with #PowerShell and WinPE #WindowsServer #HyperV
Introduction If you are regularly deploying Windows operating systems, the combination of Microsoft WinPE and Windows PowerShell tools work together to speed up the deployment […]
How To Create a Custom WinPE Boot Image With PowerShell Support #PowerShell #Deploy #WindowsServer
Introduction Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating […]
What’s New in Hyper-V in Windows Server Version 1709? #HyperV #WindowsServer #Windows10
Updated 27/10/2017: [Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) for Microsoft Edge. Check Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for Hyper-V section at the end of this post]. […]
Getting Started with Microsoft Project ‘Honolulu’ #SeverMgmt #WS #S2D #HyperV #HCI @servermgmt
Introduction After Microsoft announcement on discontinuing Server Management Tools (SMT) Azure service on June 30, 2017. The server management team at Microsoft was working very […]
PowerShell Script for Consistency Check When Replica is Inconsistent #DPM #SCDPM #PowerShell
Introduction System Center Data Protection Manager (SC DPM) has a built-in mechanism to auto-heal if the protected data becomes inconsistent with its replica. This feature is known as […]
Azure Backup Server Registration Failed to Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Vault #Azure #AzureBackup #MABS
Updated 26/08/2017: [Please note that if you currently delete the Management Azure Backup Server from Azure Portal, all the Cloud Recovery Points will be deleted […]
Volume Size Mismatch After Extending MBS Volume in DPM #WS2016 #REFS #DPM #SCDPM
Recently I was working on System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (DPM) that has some free space problems on the Modern Backup Storage (MBS) volume in Windows Server 2016. […]
My Second Book is Published! Getting Started with Nano Server #WS2016 #NanoServer #NanoLove
Hello folks, After a successful release of my first book Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook – Second Edition, I am delighted to announce that my second book is published as well. […]
New! Azure Backup Rich Reporting Using Azure PowerBI #AzureBackup #Azure #PowerBI
The Azure Backup team just released Azure Backup reporting using Azure PowerBI. This new rich reporting capabilities is in Preview right now and is targeting Azure […]
The Future of Windows Server and System Center #WindowsServer #SysCtr
Microsoft just announced a big change for Windows Server and System Center with a faster release cadence. The Future of Nano Server The future of […]
Installing Microsoft Azure Backup Server V2 on Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016 #MABS #WS2016 #DPM
Image Credit solarviews.com Introduction In October 2015, Microsoft released the first version of Microsoft Azure Backup Server (a.k.a MABS – project codename is known as […]