Installing your Virtual Machine Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx So in the previous post we modified our virtual machine, now we’re going to start it up and run through the installation process. So double-click that bad boy in the hyper-v manager and lets roll! As you can… Continue reading Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part IV
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Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part III
Modifying a Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx In the previous blog post we created a virtual machine named “Great Lyrics”. We’re going to modify that virtual machine as the default settings are fairly low power and the Dude is all about performance. So in your virtual machine management console,… Continue reading Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part III
Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part II
Creating a Virtual Machine This is a multi-part series that starts here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2013/04/15/building-up-a-learning-lab-based-on-windows-8-and-hyper-v.aspx So right click your virtual machine host in the Hyper-V Manager console and select “New/Virtual Machine”. You should be rewarded with a screen like this: So lets make a domain controller! The dude is a fan of old school rap… Continue reading Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part II
Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part I
Hello folks, the Dude here, helping you make a learning lab based on a single machine. From this all things are (pretty much) possible…lets get our learning on now! Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8: Pretty straight forward step here. In the Windows 8 Start Menu type “features” and select settings on the right hand side. … Continue reading Building up a learning lab based on Windows 8 and Hyper-V, Part I
How to collect a netmon 3.4 and xperf kernel trace and stop when a problem occurs.
So at a customer location the following question was posed to me: “In our VDI environment, how do we capture trace information? How can we set a capture for the network and xperf the user can start (or logon script the start) and then give them a link to click when a random non-reproducible problem… Continue reading How to collect a netmon 3.4 and xperf kernel trace and stop when a problem occurs.