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Live Backup Changes in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

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Live Backup Changes in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

by Eric Siron

Quite some time ago, we wrote a post about taking live backups in Hyper-V. Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 really changed the mechanics of backup. This post examines how those changes have affected live, or hot, backups. Until 2012 R2, backup was strictly based on VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) operations. Backup applications trigger VSS in…

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Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server Part 2

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Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Windows Server

by Eric Siron

In the sister article to this piece, we talked about choosing Hyper-V Server over Windows Server as the management operating system. In this one, we’re going to go down the other road and make the case for Windows Server instead. A Clear Definition of Hyper-V Terms The earlier article had a section devoted to clearing…

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From the Test Laboratory: Greatly Increased Archiving Performance with MailStore Server 9

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MailStore Server performs a check on every email in the mailbox to see whether it is already in the archive when archiving from mailboxes. This is how it prevents duplicates from occurring in the archive.

The time required for this process varies and depends on the number of mailboxes to be archived, the volume of received email, and the size of the existing archive.

Now an intelligent caching system and a new store hinting algorithm have been implemented in MailStore Server 9 for the first time. The algorithm greatly reduces the time required for checking emails when archiving mailboxes.

Read our new white paper to learn more about how MailStore Server 9 proves its worth during a performance test and how you can achieve an even greater increase in performance.

Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server

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Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server

by Eric Siron

For the server edition of Hyper-V, you have a choice in management operating systems. You can use the free, no-GUI Hyper-V Server or you can use the full-fledged Windows Server. This will be the first of two articles in which I will argue both sides of the debate. In this installment, I’ll take the position…

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New Case Study: MailStore Server Implemented at the Beltz Group

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New Case Study: MailStore Server Implemented at the Beltz Group

Ever since its founding in 1841 in Langensalza, Thuringia, the Beltz Group has remained an independent family-run business that still specialises in publishing. The publishing group releases academic books and magazines for psychology and education (‘Psychologie Heute’), as well as children’s books, including the famous Janosch series. Approximately 450 employees at sites in Weinheim, Hemsbach, Frankfurt am Main, and Bad Langensalza help contribute to an annual turnover of more than €35 million.

The media company archived its emails with a competitor’s solution until the beginning of 2014. Since this failed to meet expectations, Jürgen Krapp, network administrator for the Beltz Group, carried out some research into possible alternatives. The business switched to MailStore Server in February 2014 after a brief evaluation phase.

“We particularly liked how the MailStore solution was installed within two to three hours and you could start using it immediately. Of course we tested everything first but we had no problems throughout the entire test phase. This is exactly how email archiving should be,” summarizes Jürgen Krapp.

Since Beltz replaced another manufacturer’s email archiving solution with MailStore Server, they were able to profit from our competitive upgrade offer, which enables customers to purchase our solution at a special discount rate of 50%.

The project leader describes the migration to MailStore Server in the corresponding case study.

 

Altaro PowerShell Hyper-V Cookbook

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New eBook: The Altaro PowerShell Hyper-V Cookbook

by Altaro Software

Are you actively using PowerShell to help manage Hyper-V?  Pick up a copy of our new eBook, entitled “The Altaro PowerShell Hyper-V Cookbook”, written by PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

In this eBook you’ll find a number of recipes to cook up a number of PowerShell scripts that will help you make complex tasks easier to manage. Don’t worry though, you don’t need to be a PowerShell expert to use these recipes and all scripts are provided in a separate zip file download so you can start “cooking” right away.

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Free Script: Fixing Hyper-V Folder Security

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Free Script: Fixing Hyper-V Folder Security

by Eric Siron

My standing recommendation for NTFS security when it comes to Hyper-V is: leave it alone. Unfortunately, most people don’t learn why until they’ve already broken something. It’s not fun to fix. I’ve produced a script for fixing Hyper-V folder security that should make things much easier for you. Fixing Hyper-V Folder Security – The Script…

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The post Free Script: Fixing Hyper-V Folder Security appeared first on Hyper-V Hub – Altaro’s Microsoft Hyper-V blog.


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Get Virtual Machine Last On and Off Time

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Get Virtual Machine Last On and Off Time

by Jeffery Hicks

In the past I’ve written about how to identify old or obsolete virtual machines based on the time stamp of the associated VHD or VHDX file. The PowerShell techniques in that script get the job done and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it, although it does make an assumption that you can reach the disk…

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The post Get Virtual Machine Last On and Off Time appeared first on Hyper-V Hub – Altaro’s Microsoft Hyper-V blog.


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How to Remotely Manage Hyper-V – Part2

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How to Remotely Manage Hyper-V from any Windows Computer: Part 2

by Eric Siron

In part one of this series, we introduced the powers of PowerShell Remoting. In this article, we’re going to go far beyond the basics and learn how to control multiple hosts at once. Advanced PSRemoting Usage Here’s where the fun begins. Where the remote session usage we saw in the first article is great for…

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How to Remotely Manage Hyper-V – Part1

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How to Remotely Manage Hyper-V from any Windows Computer – Part 1

by Eric Siron

One of the biggest complaints about Hyper-V is the difficulty of managing it remotely. The only obvious way to do it for free is using a remote version of Windows that’s more or less matched to the target Hyper-V version. If you meet that requirement, you can follow my post on configuring Remote Server Administration…

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The post How to Remotely Manage Hyper-V from any Windows Computer – Part 1 appeared first on Hyper-V Hub – Altaro’s Microsoft Hyper-V blog.



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