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November 2008 - Posts

• Virtualizing SQL Server

  Yesterday while presenting at TechDays08 in Ottawa I was a panel expert for the Virtualization Chalk Talk.  An interesting question which came out of that session as prevalent was, what is the stance on virtualizing SQL Server? In the case of SQL Read More... Posted Friday, November 28, 2008 3:52 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Weird Server 2008 Activation Issue

  I have been using a test system for awhile with server 2008 installed.  I just recently realized it needed to be activated unless I wanted to lose access to my virtual lab... So I went to activate the server using "show me other ways to activate"...  Read More... Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:57 PM by Brad Bird | 2 Comments

• Operations Manager R2 Beta is now available

  For those who do not know, System Center Operations Manager 2007 is at Service Pack 1.  The decision was made to forgo a Service Pack 2 and re-release OpsMgr 2007 as R2. The Beta release of R2 was available on the Connect website yesterday. Here Read More... Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:40 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• TechDays08 in Montreal - Techie Crunch Now with Bigger Bits!

  Last week I presented at TechDays08 in Montreal.  What an experience! My presentations were on Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 and Security in a Virtual World as well as being an expert for the Virtualization chalk talk. One of the challenges Read More... Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:13 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Server 2008

  Earlier this year, I published a blog post detailing how to make this work on Windows Vista. Installing Vserver on IIS is not that different.  Firstly, IIS must be configured and in server 2008 the Web Server role needs to be installed.  Then, Read More... Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:02 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments

• Clustering Active Directory

  While I was presenting at TechDays in Montreal last week, the question arose about clustering Active Directory.  While I have yet to find anyone who clustered AD as a service using straight MSCS or WFC, I have seen customers who virtualized Domain Read More... Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:58 PM by Brad Bird | 0 Comments