Difference between Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012
Processor/Memory Feature Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 RAM per VM 1TB 64GB Virtual processors/VM 64 4 # of Active VMs 1,024 384 Virtual processors/VMs 64 4 Virtual processors/hosts 2,048...
View ArticleShared Nothing Live Migration in Windows Server 2012
Also known as Live Migration without shared storage, allows us to move VMs between stand-alone Hyper-V hosts without the use of any shared storage. Before VMs are migration between hosts, below...
View ArticleCluster-Aware Updating (CAU) in Windows Server 2012
Cluster-Aware Updating is a new failover feature in Windows Server 2012 that automatically updates each cluster nodes without any downtime and maintaining availability. During updates, CAU performs the...
View ArticleiSCSI Target in Windows Server 2012
Most of us would be aware of iSCSI Target for Windows Server 2008 R2 that was available to download from the internet. Windows Server 2012 contains a native iSCSI Target that doesn’t any requires to...
View ArticleSwitching between Full installation and Server Core installation in Windows...
Before we talk about new features in Windows Server 2012, we should first know the difference between Full and Server Core installation. The Server Full installation installs operating system in full...
View ArticleLive Storage Migration in Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2 allowed administrators to move a running instance of a virtual machine by using live migration, but it didn’t allow you to move a virtual machine’s storage while it is running....
View ArticleNew Live Migration options in Windows Server 2012
Here are the new Live Migration options introduced in Windows Server 2012 · Live Migration without shared infrastructure or Shared Nothing Migration · Live Migration using SMB ·...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Licensing Model
Edition Licensing Model Feature Comparison Datacenter 2 Physical Processors + CAL Unlimited virtual instances All features High Density virtualization Process-based license Standard 2 Physical...
View ArticleCluster Shared Volumes (CSV) v2 in Windows 2012
CSV is a distributed file access solution that allows a single NTFS formatted volumes to be accessed by different nodes in the cluster. All nodes can simultaneously read and write on the CSV volume....
View ArticleHyper-V Integration Services in Windows Server 2012
Before we discuss about Hyper-V Integration Services in Windows Server 2012, we should first know that host is the parent partition, and guest is the child partition where operating system runs....
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