That’s it – it’s done. All virtualised servers for SBSfaq.com (aside from our public website) are now running on Windows 8 Hyper-V. Yes – I know that Microsoft have said do not run this in production, but I am taking steps to minimise the risk so that I can learn the technology that will be the basis for whatever Microsoft does in the SMB market over the next few … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
ANZ Bank – The story behind the security flaw?
We’ve seen this week a lot in the news about the ANZ Bank and the security issue they’ve had with their online banking. ANZ have now taken their online statements offline until such time as they resolve the issue. The IT Professional that discovered the issue is a colleague of mine. We’ll call him Mr Y for now. Here’s the side to the story that has not yet been … [Read more...]
Free Veeam Backup & Replication NFR License
Veeam is a product that I’ve been meaning to look at for some time now since a good friend of mine introduced me to them a while back. One of the things that has stopped me however is that I’m a user of Hyper-V and not VMWare. Their latest version v6 supports Hyper-V now so it’s time to check it out. I’ve just been alerted to a free NFR offer that they have … [Read more...]
Windows 8 – File Transfer
One of the things I love about the new Windows 8 server that is available for testing from Microsoft is the file copy dialog box and the graphing it shows you. Below I’m copying a 500GB file from a W2008R2 server over to my Windows 8 test system. It gives me not only the time remaining, but also an indication of the speed of the transfer. If you run Task … [Read more...]
How can I re-register my StorageCraft VSS Provider?
Recently while troubleshooting a system for a client, I ran across the situation where the StorageCraft VSS Snapshot provider disappeared. When you ran the vssadmin list providers command, you only got the list below. I then decided to see if the service was present by running the services console and it was not even listed. That’s right the StorageCraft Shadow Copy … [Read more...]