Virtualization

Link to the updated Hyper-V poster for 2008 R2 SP1 is here.

Overview

This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. It focuses on architecture, snapshots, live migration, virtual networking, storage, RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. You can use this poster in conjunction with the previously published Windows Server… Read the rest “Hyper-V 2008 R2 Architecture Poster (with SP1)”

Update:  Newer firmware has been released since this was originally posted.

Ran into an interesting issue last week with a HP DL 585 Hyper-V host which had intermittent network connectivity over one of its defined virtual networks.

In the system event log the following warning was logged:

To resolve the issue, HP has released an updated NIC driver which is dated 11-11-2011.

The below is pasted from abo… Read the rest “Hyper-V Connectivity Issue”