Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Wesley — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:25:34 GMT

Ben,

Will installing VS 2005 R2 SP1 provide shared code that will benefit PVC 2007 VMs?

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Tim Jackson — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:16:13 GMT

Now that we have shadow copy copy capability, how can we change our backup procedures?

Currently, I'm using a script by John Savill that pauses the VM, copies the .v** files, and starts the VM. Typically takes 5-9 minutes per .VHD file.

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Alex Simenduev — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:58:45 GMT

I have problems while inmplementing a Host Clustering using SP1!

When I do a failover of Guest to other node, the "Virtual Server" services get halted, until I kill the procces of this service and start the service again.

there also a problem with duplicat MAC. event 1130

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Jesse — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:31:29 GMT

Be sure to shut down and merge all existing vms as it appears there are serious problems after you upgrade.

Question: the only available download from MS is "enterprise." If this download is run against existing Standard installations, will it just service pack it, or will it upgrade it to "enterprise"?

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Danny — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:38:11 GMT

It's asking for Virtual Server 2005 Setup.msi from the beta release I previously had installed but no longer have access to. I can't get it anywhere, so I can neither uninstall nor upgrade the expired beta. I am stuck. Please help!

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Rob — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:18:02 GMT

Completely tanked my server.

Upgraded to SP1 and the virtual server service couldn't start (said "unknown error" in the log). Tried uninstall & reinstall. No luck.

Tried going back to R2 golden - service started; vms started; none of the VMs could see the net. In fact, no network adapters are enumerated in client VMs (as seen in dev mgr), though they are listed in the .VMC. Remove/re-add VM; no change. Remove/re-add net adapters on admin console. No change.

If anyone's got any ideas; let me know, because I really don't want to wipe & reload the host OS.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 32 & 64 Guests

amantia — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:44:05 GMT

I'm looking to find out if VS R2 sp1 64bit on 64bit OS (host) will support 64bit & 32bit OS Guests?

Thanks

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

CRathjen — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:55:04 GMT

Does this SP1 include any Vista/LHS related changes/improvements?

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Virtual PC Guy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:04:45 GMT

Wesley -

No. The shared components are almost identical.

Tim Jackson -

That is on my queue of blog posts to do.

Alex Simenduev -

Not sure what is happening there. I would recommend that you contact Microsoft product support.

Jesse -

We will upgrade to 'Enterprise' - that is the only version that exists now.

Danny -

What happens if you just try to uninstall you current copy of Virtual Server first?

Rob -

Not sure what is happening there. I would recommend that you contact Microsoft product support.

amantia -

No, it only supports 32-bit virtual machines.

CRathjen -

Yes, many.

Cheers,

Ben

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

John Smart — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:13:00 GMT

I installed VS 2005 R2 SP1 under Vista Ultimate. I ran the cmd script for setting all IIS6.0 compatibility and security. Also set my User ID as both local and Domain admin member. I can get the VS Admin site to come up, but can't create a VM or can't access and Server Properties like Search Path or Virtual Server Scripts. All i get is "Virtual Server's configuration information could not be retrieved. The configuration value could not be retrieved. User does not have suffcient access rights." I have given my user ID Full Control to C:\Program Files\MS Virtual Server....any ideas??

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Chris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:54:57 GMT

Is this an upgrade or a completely new install?

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Chris — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:37:35 GMT

Ok so I found that answer:

The update from 2005 R2 to 2005 R2 S1 is an actual update, the update from 2005 to 2005 R2 SP1

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Chris — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:38:06 GMT

Ok so I found that answer:

The update from 2005 R2 to 2005 R2 S1 is an actual update, the update from 2005 to 2005 R2 SP1 needs a new install

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Sepp Schembera — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:02:12 GMT

Hi Ben,

Any Idea when VS2005R2SP1 will support x64 clients? I would liked to have tried my B1 of Cougar on it.

Many thanks

Sepp

re: Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available

Mark Novey — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:01:11 GMT

Ben

I am equally interested in the backup process for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. Will we be able to backup the VMs without shutting them down? I need a way to back them up and transport offsite to afford us protection from a fire or theft. I will watch for your blog post.