Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed May 15 11:05:55 CDT 2013
Hi Shamil: The server obviously does the trick and very well. Is this all running on your power laptop computer? How much capacity and performance does system take to allow you to manage all these virtual drives? Impressive to say the least. PS Time to update you Ubuntu to 13.04. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:26 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 (was: Latest Linux kernel) Hi Gustav and Jim and All -- And I'd add that Hyper-V technology is also available in MS Windows 8 Professional as Client Hyper-V ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh857623.aspx ). Here are "5 excellent uses of Windows 8 Hyper-V" http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtualization/5-excellent-uses-of-windows-8-hyper-v-208436 Using disk2vhd utility ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx ) I have got my old desktop system and old notebook system and their HDDs ported into virtual machines and VHDs and I'm running them now in Client Hyper-V when I need to get some legacy data/files, which I haven't migrated to my new system. I have also Ubuntu 12.04 LTS running under Client Hyper-V as well as Win7-64 and Win7-32 test VMs etc... Thank you. -- Shamil Среда, 15 мая 2013, 10:18 +02:00 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>: >Hi Jim > >The free Hyper-V from Microsoft is a stellar product. >First, here is a more handy link: > >https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/ > >Click "Free Download" to download the ISO. > >Second, even though not branded as a Windows server but as a bare-metal >hypervisor, it is nothing but a Windows Server 2012 stripped down to an >absolute minimum - and offered for free. Still, it offers file sharing, SMB >client (net use) and iSCSI client to access remote shares/targets, all kinds >of disk handling the Windows way, it hooks to your AD just like that which >means security handling is snap, provides full backup and restore features >including bare-metal-recovery, and offers remote desktop the usual way. >However, to control and configure the VMs, a tool (also free) for Windows 7 >and 8 is at hand: Hyper-V Manager. >This also configures your virtual networks and virtual disks, and provides a >console/desktop access to your VMs. > >It is far superior to the free sPhere Hypervisor from VMware: >http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/8/578E035F-A1A8-4774-B404-317A7AB >CF751/Competitive-Advantages-of-Hyper-V-Server-2012-over-VMware-vSphere-Hype >rvisor.pdf > >So, in fact it can operate as a basic Windows file server. It cannot, >however, work as an iSCSI target natively or by Microsoft's add-in. > >The bare-metal-recovery is a masterpiece: >1. Boot the install cd-rom >2. Select Repair. >3. It scans all connected disks, internal and external, listes all system >backups found, and offers the latest. >4. You deselect disks not to be formatted. >5. Restore > >Of course, with a nice no-frill GUI. Even a junior notwork guy can handle >this. > >/gustav > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence >Sendt: 14. maj 2013 20:01 >Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >Emne: [dba-Tech] Latest Linux kernel > >The latest Linux kernel is here, 3.10 but it will be a few months before it >appears in a Distro near you. > >As of this post all the major core distributors, like Debian, Suse, Redhat >and so on are working on incorporating this new kernel in their variants and >then, once the cores go on line we should expect upgrades to ripple through >to the user GUIs like Ubuntu, Mint, Arch etc. > >The one major improvement is in virtualization, which will allow multiple >systems and servers to run on a single computer, with greater reliability >and better performance. Then the virtual servers can be migrated straight >into the Cloud. > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/linux_kernel_310_rc1_released/ > >For those of you who want to see some of the improvements now, download the >latest Hyper-V server from Microsoft. (There has been some real benefits >from Microsoft's financial support and development collation between Linux >development and itself.) > >https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1368553756&rver=6 >.0.5276.0&wp=MCMBI&wreply=https%3a%2f%2fprofile.microsoft.com%2fRegSysProfil >eCenter%2fwizard.aspx%3fwizid%3d5e91c6ca-a0fe-464a-8c04-83c1336c254e%26lcid% >3d1033%26ci%3d393&lc=1033&cb=LCID%3d1033%26WizID%3d5e91c6ca-a0fe-464a-8c04-8 >3c1336c254e%26brand%3dmicrosoft%26subbrand%3dprofile%2bcenter&id=74335&cbid= >50861&mkt=en-us > >(What a link!!!) > >So just sign in and download. It is worth noting, that just like Linux >Cores, this server has no default GUI but you can use the below link to >download a OSS basic GUI management tool but be willing to get your hands >dirty...this is definitely not something your Aunt will figure out any time >soon. > >http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/03/20/managing-free-hyper >-v-server-2012-with-a-local-gui-console-tool.aspx#.UZEn2aLbPDo > >A good friend is using these two products to manage his website hosting >company and is very pleased with the stability and isolation. > >Jim > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com