jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Oct 26 15:23:33 CDT 2011
One of my favorite scenes and a perfect response to this email. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3E4aY7KDCM ;) John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 10/26/2011 2:41 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote: > I don't know Microsoft's vm technology, but it should all be managale > through Hyper-V Manager. right? by rtfm it looks like you can simply > re-import these files through Hyper-V > > lastly, I'm not too sure why you are complaining about a 10min task vs what > could have been a catastrophe because you chose not to run a backup. > > Suck it up John > > -Francisco > http://bit.ly/sqlthis | Tsql and More... > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > >> This is MS - Hyper-V. I use raid controllers so that the data environment >> doesn't change. I installed a new motherboard / memory in the VM server. >> Reinstalled the raid controller and disks and voila, my data environment is >> identical. >> >> The "recovery" of an individual VM is a 10 minute task. Open hyper-V and >> build a "new" machine, attaching to the existing virtual disk files. Of >> course I have to do that for *every* VM. There is an XML file sitting right >> in the VM directory alongside of the virtual disk which describes the VM. >> Path to the disk, amount of memory, number of processors. >> >> Do you think I can get hyper-V to actually *look* at that file? Nope, I >> have to build the stinking thing all over. I sure wish Bill Gates had >> chewed some ass on this division's bosses. >> >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> >> Reality is what refuses to go away >> when you do not believe in it >> >> On 10/25/2011 12:39 PM, Francisco Tapia wrote: >> >>> So your saying that the VMware software is asking you to rebuild the vm >>> shell? >>> >>> This can happen based on the new physical changes of your environment, >>> in the past I simply used VMware converter to do the heavy lifting, is >>> it not working for you? >>> >>> Sent from my mobile >>> >>> On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:34 AM, jwcolby<jwcolby@**colbyconsulting.com<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don't quite understand the question, but everything is working fine. >>>> As long as the virtual disks themselves still exist it is somewhat trivial >>>> to get a vm back working, but it is absolutely silly that I have to >>>> "rebuild" every VM, attaching the existing virtual disk for the VM(s) when >>>> an XML file is sitting right there to use. >>>> >>>> I have been doing this for years and for the small guy, the process is >>>> just pure frigging magic shall we say. Smoke and mirrors and who the heck >>>> knows why we have to jump through these hoops. For a fortune 500 company >>>> with a million dollar IT payroll this may all make sense. >>>> >>>> I'm telling you, you guys should try and exist in this IT world when you >>>> are a sole proprietor trying to maintain all this stuff and make a living as >>>> well. It pretty much sucks! >>>> >>>> Just understanding networks is a full time career. Then add virtual >>>> machines (and their servers), and SQL Server (and their servers), and then >>>> maintain the workstations, and finally... learn C# and Access, source >>>> control (and the server), 16 different variants of remote access into the >>>> client's machines. FTP crap to get and put files. Have I left anything >>>> out? Oh yea, in my "spare time" I have to maintain all of the family >>>> computers. >>>> >>>> And my wife wonders why I spend 12 hours a day in my office. >>>> >>>> My JOB is writing C# and Access database software. My JOB actually >>>> consumes about 25% of my total time. Maaaaybe 50% on a good day. >>>> >>>> So when I spend 2 hours dicking around trying to figure out (for the >>>> third or fourth time) how to get my VMs to cleanly back up - AND FAIL!!! >>>> (for the third or fourth time!!!) - I get slightly annoyed. >>>> >>>> It shouldn't be this hard! The technology of all of this stuff is cool, >>>> the implementation is crap, and that is being kind. >>>> >>>> John W. Colby >>>> Colby Consulting >>>> >>>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>>> when you do not believe in it >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >> dba-SQLServer mailing list >> dba-SQLServer@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com> >> http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver> >> http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >