Updated in May 2022: For about a year or so now since MS made some tweaks and a growing confidence in the out of the box settings, the optimal position has changed on WS2019. Essentially leave VMQ in default settings for Windows Server 2019. A few months after this ranty
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Adventures of a Cloud Operator: Setup your Cloud Operator environment – Quick Tip!
Quick tip for all potential Azure Stack Cloud Operators As you’d be aware, essentially the majority of the Azure Stack extended setup requires PowerShell. Not only does managing Azure Stack require PowerShell, it requires specific modules, tools and PowerShell profiles… Oh, did I mention Azure Stack management requires PowerShell? This
Read moreSCVMM Standalone to Highly Available – what you need to consider…
So you have a standalone instance of SCVMM and you want to make it highly available. Firstly, well done for recognizing the important of SCVMM and embarking on this journey There are many guides out there on the step by step so I won’t reinvent the wheel here. What I
Read moreS2D and CSV balancer – my take on things…
The question: To enable or disable CSV balancer in S2D? Before we continue, I want to clarify the Cluster AutoBalancer and CSV Balancer are separate things. Cluster Autobalancer is relating to cluster roles, or in this case the VM’s. CSV balancer is about the CSV storage. Info on each can
Read moreInstalling Azure Site Recovery Agent (i.e. running an exe/script) on a Hyper-V host using SCVMM
From time to time I have the requirement to deploy/update a basic app or run a script on my Hyper-V hosts. This is relatively simple using remote PS session or if you have SCCM managing your fleet. But sometimes you need to just push something out fast and luckily SCVMM
Read moreAnother S2D build blog… with a SCVMM twist (public draft)
WORK IN PROGRESS Editors Note: this is still a working document as my priorities have to be on other work right now, but in the interest of sharing I have made this available now… If you find any issues or errors let me know – thanks for reading! There
Read moreSCVMM console crashes when opening VM host properties
Error: “VMM cannot use [Logical Switch] to create a virtual switch a there are no uplink port profile sets present on this logical switch” Environment: SCVMM 1801. Symptom, right click on a Hyper-V host and after a couple of seconds the below error. After clicking OK, VMM crashes. The
Read moreS2D on HPE Gen10 LFF – The BOM
A few months ago we placed an order for some slick HPE Gen10 hardware to replace our existing storage service. Our trusty Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces with DL360 Gen8’s and DataON enclosures has served us well, very well, but it’s time to move on to the latest and greatest…
Read moreUnable to delete duplicate cluster resource for Hyper-V VM
Quick tip: You find yourself with duplicate HA roles for a virtual machine and you’re unable delete the problematic resource… Symptoms: Duplicate cluster roles for a virtual machine. When attempting to delete, you get the error: Error code: 0x8007012f The file cannot be opened because it is in the process
Read moreSMA Runbook to set VM custom property… (or run PS script)
A word… Having worked with many clients over the years, the commonality between many of them an under-utilization of automation. Even the biggest of Microsoft shops fall short when it comes to automation, regularly being confused about the options they have and often fear of introducing a new tool to
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