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Updates to Dynamic Memory UI in SP1 RC - Part 2
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 11/01/2010
Updates to Dynamic Memory UI in SP1 RC - Part 1
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/29/2010
Enabling Dynamic Memory on Windows Server Standard and Web Editions
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/28/2010
Tips for upgrading from SP1 beta to SP1 release candidate
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/27/2010
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Candidate now available
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/26/2010
Script to evacuate cluster node on shutdown
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/25/2010
Installing Ubuntu Server 10.10 on Hyper-V
// Now that the Hyper-V integration services are included in the official Linux builds – I...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/21/2010
How Hyper-V responds to disk failure
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/07/2010
Plants vs. Zombies vs. Hyper-V
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 10/06/2010
Another reason to use dynamic memory…
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/29/2010
Creating a “Hyper-V Administrators” local group through PowerShell
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/28/2010
Setting up non-administrative control of Hyper-V through PowerShell
A long time ago I talked about how to configure Hyper-V to allow a non-administrative user to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/27/2010
A self elevating PowerShell script
Okay, this is not actually a virtualization related post – but is a purely about PowerShell....
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/23/2010
Using Hyper-V performance counters to keep an eye on Windows Home Server
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/17/2010
Diagnosing hard disk failure with Hyper-V
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/16/2010
Scripting dynamic memory, part 5: changing minimum memory
If you looked closely at the sample script I provided yesterday, you will have noticed that there...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/15/2010
Scripting dynamic memory, part 4: configuring memory
Here is a sample script that allows you to configure a virtual machine to use either dynamic memory...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/14/2010
Scripting dynamic memory, part 3: looking at performance counters
I have wanted to poke around the Hyper-V performance counters with PowerShell for a while now...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/13/2010
Deleting a saved state through WMI [Hyper-V]
I received this question from our product support team this week: “How do you delete the saved...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/10/2010
Scripting dynamic memory, part 2: displaying current usage information
Moving on in my “scripting dynamic memory” series, the next thing to look at is how to...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/08/2010
Scripting dynamic memory, part 1: reading the configuration
With the availability of dynamic memory in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 there are some changes to how...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/07/2010
Parent memory reserve with dynamic memory
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/03/2010
Guest Paging vs. Virtualization Paging and Negative Memory Availability
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/02/2010
Looking at Dynamic Memory Performance Counters
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 09/01/2010
What is “Memory Availability”? (as reported by Dynamic Memory)
When you use dynamic memory with Hyper-V one of the obvious changes to the user interface is the...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/31/2010
Hyper-V Hotfix Rollup now Available
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/30/2010
Heading Down-Under
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/19/2010
Using PowerShell to find the virtual processor to logical processor ratio of Hyper-V
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/13/2010
What happens when you Sysprep a system running Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2?
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/12/2010
Find out how much space is used / can be used by a virtual machines virtual hard disks [script]
After writing the script to find all virtual hard disks associated with a virtual machine –...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/11/2010
Find all virtual hard disks associated with a virtual machine [script]
This is something that sounds really simple to start with – but gets more complicated the more...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/10/2010
Important Hotfixes for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 [reminder]
Last week I received the latest support call statistics for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/09/2010
How do you manage dynamic memory from Windows 7?
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/06/2010
What is "memory priority" when service pack 1 is installed?
After installing the service pack 1 beta on Windows Server 2008 R2 you will see that virtual...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/05/2010
What is the memory buffer when dynamic memory is enabled?
// UPDATE 7/18/2011: This article refers to beta user interfaces. While the concepts of a memory...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/04/2010
What happens if you enable dynamic memory on an unsupported guest operating system?
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/03/2010
Enabling Dynamic Memory
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 08/02/2010
Linux Integration Services v2.1 Now Available
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/29/2010
Hyper-V Links for Friday Night
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/16/2010
Dynamic Memory Resources
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/13/2010
Dynamic Memory Beta – Supported Guest Operating systems
At TechEd this year we announced that dynamic memory would be supported for virtual machines that...
Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/12/2010
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta now available
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/12/2010
I need to read my own blog more often…
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/08/2010
Installing Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7 Home Editions
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/07/2010
Hyper-V & iSCSI - in the parent or in the virtual machine?
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 07/02/2010
Talking about “Host-only KVPs”– or “How do you store random stuff in a VM configuration file” [Hyper-V Script]
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/28/2010
Increased number of virtual machines supported in a cluster [Hyper-V R2]
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/17/2010
Hotfix: Hyper-V backup can cause slow system boot / large registry files
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Author: Benjamin Armstrong Date: 06/14/2010
Talking about Dynamic Memory - the Movie!
While I did not realize it - my presentation on Dynamic Memory at TechEd US 2010 this week was...
Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2010
Talking About Dynamic Memory
I had a great time today at TechEd talking about Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V R2 SP1. I am going to do...
Author: Ben Armstrong [MSFT] Date: 06/08/2010