Windows Server 2012–Virtualization (Hyper-V) Book Launched

Shared by one of my colleagues based in US.

One of the Microsoft MVP wrote this book just it got launched recently.

Written by Aidan Finn, a long time Microsoft MVP has just released his latest book for Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide. Here’s the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Server-Hyper-V-Installation-Configuration/dp/1118486498

/Dennis

Automation–Orchestrating Hyper-V Replica with System Center for Planned Failover

A fellow Colleague from the US Team published this;

http://blogs.technet.com/b/building_clouds/archive/2013/02/11/automation-orchestrating-hyper-v-replica-with-system-center-for-planned-failover.aspx

What is included?

• 56 Example Runbooks!
  • The Runbooks target Windows Server, Windows Server Hyper-V, System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager, and Exchange
• 2 Specific Example Demo Scenarios
  • One with other System Center 2012 SP1 components (besides Orchestrator)
  • One that is simply Orchestrator + Hyper-V Replica
• Dozens of other potential Demo Scenarios
  • The majority of the Runbooks included are “Sub-Routine” type Runbooks, which are generic atomic processes that cover a variety of Virtual Machine, Hyper-V and System Center 2012 SP1 tasks
• Documentation/Demonstration
  • Release Notes / Pre-Requisites (.docx)
  • Runbook Listing (.xlsx)
  • Video Demonstration! (see below)
• External References
  • Hyper-V Replica PowerShell CMDLETS by Hyper-V.nu
  • Demonstrate Planned Failover in Hyper-V Replica by TechNet
  • Customizing The Key Value Pair (KVP) Integration Component by Taylor Brown
  • Inject IP address into the VM during failover by Praveen Vijayaraghavan

Here’s the Demo.

/Dennis