Today I’ve tested the WIM2VHD script provided by Mike Kolitz a Software Design Engineer from the Hyper-V Team at Microsoft. In short, the script allows you to create a bootable VHD file directly from Windows 7 installation media, so you don’t need to go through the whole Windows Installation process. Once the VHD is completed, [...]
Archive of posts tagged Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Live Migration Overview
With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V will also support “Live Migration”. Today Hyper-V provides “Quick Migration” which still means a short downtime, with Live Migration a move from one to another Hyper-V system can be performed without any system downtime. A feature overview document can be found here. And a step by [...]
Free Virtualization ebook from Microsoft
Confused about all the different solutions around Virtualization ? then get the “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions” eBook. The document gives you all the information you need to better understand the various Virtualization offerings Microsoft has available today and will release in the near future.
Comparing VMWare ESX and ESXi
Today I wanted to find out a little bit more about the differences between VMWare ESX and ESXi. Since it doesn’t make sense that i rewrite what others have written already let me share the sources i have found. ESX and ESXi comparison from VMWare How does VMware ESXi Server compare to ESX Server? from David [...]
Technet Magazine – Automating Virtual Machine Host Deployment
Great article i just finished reading about automating virtual machine host deployment on Hyper-V. Download the complete Technet Magazine January 2009 edition here. When having trouble reading the CHM file, read this.
