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• HVRemote and Remote Administration of Hyper-V from Windows 7

  Last Sunday, I rebuilt my desktop ( WOLVERINE ) with the RTM build of Windows 7 Ultimate (x64). Previously, I'd been running the RC1 bits and I figured it was about time I got around to "upgrading" to the RTM version. [I say "upgrading" because -- at Read More... Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:21 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 0 Comments Filed under: Infrastructure, Virtualization

• The "Jameson Datacenter"

  Back in a post from February 2008, I first referred to the "Jameson Datacenter" while discussing one of the servers running in my basement. Since then I've referenced my home lab about a dozen times in different posts but never provided significant details Read More... Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 6:53 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 1 Comments Filed under: My System, Infrastructure, Virtualization

• Starting and Stopping Hyper-V VMs with Server Core

  Last week before heading out to the airport for my SharePoint 2010 training, I powered down the "Jameson Datacenter" (i.e. the four computers running in my home office). Since I would be gone for almost 8 full days, it didn't make sense to waste the electricity Read More... Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:21 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 0 Comments Filed under: Infrastructure, Virtualization

• Why choose "Server Core" installation of Windows Server 2008?

  If you ever find yourself looking for reasons or evidence why you should choose the "Server Core" installation option for Windows Server 2008, try searching for the following: "Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected" site:microsoft.com/technet/security Read More... Posted Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:12 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 1 Comments Filed under: Simplify, Windows Server, Infrastructure, Virtualization

• Update on Patching and Disk Space Usage

  About a year ago, I wrote a post about saving huge amounts of disk space by slipstreaming service packs . Having just been through an ordeal installing Windows Server 2008 SP2, I thought it would be worthwhile to provide an update (since that original Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:09 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Windows Server, Infrastructure, Virtualization

• Some Gotchas with Remote Administration of Hyper-V

  As I mentioned in my previous post , last month I built out a new virtual environment using Hyper-V on Server Core. Since you can't run MMC -- and therefore Hyper-V Manager -- on Server Core, you need to use remote administration to manage the VMs. John Read More... Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:41 AM by Jeremy Jameson | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, Infrastructure, Virtualization

• Copy/Paste Gotchas with Server Core

  I'm building out a new virtualized environment using Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V. In order to maximize performance and follow recommended best practices, I am using Server Core as the host OS. I have to admit, doing this much administration from the Read More... Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 12:11 PM by Jeremy Jameson | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Server, Infrastructure, Virtualization