Hyper-V Windows Server

Node fairness on Hyper-V 2016, VM Load Balancing for the SMB!

George Markou March 10, 2017 0 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new Virtual Machine Load Balancing feature was introduced along with Windows Server 2016, Node Fairness.  What can it do for you? Well, it will optimize the utilization of your Hyper-V…

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Hyper-V Windows Server

Scale out a Storages Spaces Direct cluster using SCVMM 2016

George Markou January 22, 2017 0 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hello ppl! It’s me again, geeking out once again about SDS and Storage Spaces Direct. As the time goes by, more and more deployments are popping out in field and…

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Hyper-V Windows Server

Convert pass-through disks to .vhdx file format

George Markou August 8, 2016 0 Comments

Reading Time: 1 minute Recently I experienced an issue while trying to storage migrate a Hyper-V VM Guest with a pass-through disk attached. That was not feasible so I had to convert it to…

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User roles in Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager cheat sheet

George Markou August 5, 2016 0 Comments

Reading Time: 1 minute Below is a cheat sheet for the everyday life to help you better understand and remember the permission lvls of each role.  

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Hyper-V Windows Server

Export a complete list of all the VM Guests managed by an SCVMM Server

George Markou July 4, 2016 0 Comments

Reading Time: 1 minute 1. From the target computer where SCVMM Console is installed, open the Virtual Machine Manager Command Shell. 2. Export a complete list of all the VM Guests managed by SCVMM…

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