I recently had a problem with a couple of IBM Blades that I was trying to deploy as Hyper-V hosts. I employ the use of a replay volume from our Compellent storage to create an image for my blades. Basically, I install one, sysprep it, and then copy the volume mount the copy as the… Continue reading Hyper-V host blank black screen
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An online pack already exists…
Situation: I have a 32bit file server running Windows Server 2003. I have a new 2008 R2 (x64) file server running on Hyper-V. Did I mention that the R2 server is on Clustered hosts? This is all simple. Just drop the LUNs from the file server, give them to the cluster and assign them as… Continue reading An online pack already exists…
How to remove a Persistent Reservation on a DS4700
We use a couple of IBM DS4700 storage controllers at my work, and I had one configured with a Windows 2008 Hyper-V cluster. The cluster was for testing (I am building a new one on R2 for production) and when I went to remove everything that had been used for testing, I came up against… Continue reading How to remove a Persistent Reservation on a DS4700
IBM NetBAY Virtual Console Software and C2T
If you use IBM hardware, and you happen to have a bunch of xSeries servers, and some of them happen to be x335 or x330’s with the C2T cable management… To be able to quickly and reliably switch between the servers in a stack, you need to create a new macro to count for you. … Continue reading IBM NetBAY Virtual Console Software and C2T