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Hyper-V - Virtual Machine Migration Tool available
Do you want migrate/restore/copy a VM from one Hyper-V host to a different one? An issue here can be...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/22/2010
Hyper-V and HP Servers – great combination !
I had done several implementations with different server hardware vendors, but HP servers are my...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/22/2010
WEVTUTIL – Command line based Eventlog Management
Sinve Windows 2008 / Win7 you can use the new command “wevtutil” for command line based eventlog...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/07/2010
How to disable Time Synchronization under Windows Virtual PC
In some circumstances you need to disable the automatic time synchronization with your host which...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 12/16/2009
DSAMAIN – Active Directory Database Mounting Tool
One of the new features from Windows 2008 Active Directory is that you can expose now your...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 12/11/2009
NTDSUTIL – Mounting Snapshots
What a great tool – NTDSUTIL ! Just an example here with snapshots and mounting these : As you can...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 12/11/2009
DCPROMO - Unattended Installation
Here is an sample dc.ini from which you can setup your own unattended file for automated...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 12/07/2009
How to create an DFS Replication on a Windows 2008 Failover Cluster ?
Here you can find some good posts around creating a DFS file replication service which is highly...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 07/06/2009
Windows7 - WindowsXP Mode –> Access to local drives via published applications ?
Is it possible to access my local drives within the virtual machine from published applications ? As...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 06/29/2009
Outlook 2007 and 2010 side-by-side ?
Is it possible to run more than 1 outlook instance in the same time ? Exchange Administrators should...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 06/29/2009
Microsoft Virtualization and Intel Quad Core Processors
Again at Youtube ;-) you can find some very interesting videos about Intel processor’s and their...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 06/21/2009
AMD’s “ISTANBUL” Sixcore Processor is coming
AMD had published some interesting video’s about their new sixcore (aka hexcore) processors with the...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 06/21/2009
How to extend a shared disk in a windows server cluster environment ?
If you need to extend a existing shared disk within a cluster environment please use the following...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 06/10/2009
RSAT – Remote Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC
If you are already testing the Windows 7 / 2008 R2 release candidate you can get the remote...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 05/21/2009
Microsoft Failover Cluster & SQL – How to…..
Changing the IP address of network adapters in cluster server https://support.microsoft.com/kb/230356...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 04/30/2009
How to move a Windows OS to a different hardware ?
the following article explains how to move an OS from a different hardware to a other one. There...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 04/07/2009
Windows 2008 - Failover Cluster Links
Hereby are some very useful link if you are starting to evaluating Microsoft failover cluster in...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/27/2009
Custom Code for Windows Server 2008 (R2) Clustering with HP EVA Storage Systems
HP EVA storage requires setting a custom host mode to be compatible with Win2008 Failover...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/14/2009
NLB within Hyper-V Virtual Machines - Hotfix available !
This is really important to have the possibility to create within high available virtual machines...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/13/2009
How to create an R2 Cluster with Live Migration based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Build 7000?
Please check the following documents as pre-requisites for implementing a failover cluster with live...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/09/2009
Cluster validation passes with an error – duplicate IP address found ?
If you face an similar issue during your validation test of your failover cluster this could be also...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/05/2009
How to install a 2-node Failover Cluster for testing purposes ?
Here you can find a very detailed setup guide which directs you trough each step for creating a...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/05/2009
Configuring / Change FC Quorum Model
As the quorum model has changed in Windows 2008 clustering here you can find more information’s how...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 03/03/2009
Vorbereitungen für Trainingscamp sind auf hochtouren ;-)
Am Mittwoch geht es endlich los – ITALIEN wir kommen ! Mit unserer Fussball Mannschaft fahren wir...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/28/2009
How to extend the partition of a cluster shared disk
How to extend a LUN / disk with build in tools like disk manager or diskpart CLI ?...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/28/2009
Windows 2008 Cluster – Can’t move Disk from one Cluster to a new one ?
Today I had faced a very interesting issue. I was in a position where I need to move the disks from...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/19/2009
SQL IO Performance
SQL is one of the most I/O intensive business critical applications and especially here it is really...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/19/2009
OCS 2007 R2 is RTM now !
Microsoft Office Communication Server 2005 R2 has a lot of improvements included. More Details about...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/19/2009
Free E-Book - Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Free Microsoft Press “Understanding Microsoft Virtualization” eBook Mitch Tullock provides a...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/09/2009
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Security Guide – beta now available
The security in virtualization environment are very important for most of the customers. Microsoft...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/09/2009
Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 Beta 1– Download
The for free available virtualization server from Microsoft will have several new enterprise and...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/06/2009
HYPER-V RC available
Finally the Hyper-V virtualization engine from Microsoft is publicly available. If you are one of...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 04/07/2008
KB266274 - How to Troubleshoot Cluster Service Startup Issues
When the Cluster service initially starts, it attempts to join an existing cluster. For this to...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 04/07/2008
How to turn on Cluster logging on MSCS
If you need to troubleshoot cluster issues, you can turn on the verbose logging for the cluster...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 04/07/2008
Enhanced Disk Resource Private Properties Using Cluster Server
Enhanced Disk Resource Private Properties Using Cluster...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 11/11/2007
Configurable Windows Cluster Heartbeat
An update is available that adds a file share witness feature and a configurable cluster heartbeats...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 11/11/2007
Quorom as local disk for Testing
Standard Quorum As mentioned above, a quorum is simply a configuration database for MSCS, and is...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 11/11/2007
Windows 2000 Cluster and LUN 0 ;-)
Identifying LUNS in Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 Voyager's SAN is being used to host the storage...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 11/11/2007
How to change Cluster Service Account (Exchange) ?
Note this does not apply to the service acct used for Exchange. 1. Log on to one of the cluster...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 07/13/2007
Exchange 2007 Cluster Documentations
Using Standby Clusters...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 07/03/2007
How to activate RPC over HTTPs for Exchange 2007
This is a very short step by step guide of how to configure your Exchange 2007 CAS to provide RPC...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 07/03/2007
Cool Tool - Windows Easy Transfer for Windows XP and Windows 2000 to Windows Vista
Wer schonmal mit einer Migration zu tun hatte, weiss das jedes Tool (freeware) da eine Erleichterung...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 02/13/2007
Windows 2000 - IP Adresse von Domain Controller ändern ?
Es passiert immer wieder mal aus diversen Gründen, das IP Adressen verändert werden müssen, somit...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/31/2007
Windows Vista - Kompatibilitätsliste zu Hard- und Software
Wer sich mit dem neuen OS Windows Vista etwas "gutes" tun will, sollte allerdings erstmal...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/31/2007
Windows Vista - Flip3D - Anzal angezeigten Fenster anpassen
Mit Flip3D werden alle offenen Fenster dreidimensional auf dem Desktop von Windows Vista angezeigt....
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/31/2007
NSA - High Level Windows Server Security
Wen es mal interessieren sollte, welche Masstäbe die NSA bei den Security Settings Ihrer Windows...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/29/2007
Active Directory Performance - ACEs und ACLs
Durch eine übermäßig komplexe Zugriffssteuerungsrichtlinie kann schwerwiegend die Leistung von...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/29/2007
Migration von Windows 2000 nach Windows Server 2003
Wenn Sie Ihr Windows 2000 Active Directory zu Windows Server 2003 migrieren möchten haben Sie im...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/29/2007
Exchange Server 2007 RTM - Setup GUI Walkthrough
Exchange 2007 introduces a completely rewritten Setup GUI experience, designed to match the...
Author: Ramazan Can Date: 01/26/2007