Title: Nexus 1000v Switch 1.5.1 release for HyperV platform
Publisher: Cisco
Release date: 06/03/2013
Version: 5.2(1)SM1(5.1)
File size: 177.93 MB
Price: FREE
File name: n1000vh-dk9.5.2.1.SM1.5.1.zip
Download URL: Click here to download

Note: This download is intended for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, not 2008 or 2008 R2 Hyper-V hosts.

GETTING UP TO SPEED
If you haven’t heard of the Cisco Nexus 1000V before, this is a virtual switch that is inside the Hyper-V host itself, not in Cisco physical hardware.

This page has a good overview:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns955/ns963/solution_overview_c22-687087.html

http://channel9.msdn.com/

Personally, I’m looking forward to Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization session today and Jeff Woolsey’s Hyper-V session on Wednesday morning!

Source: Blog post on MyITForum.com

Title: Edge Show 63 – Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Run time: 23 minutes 23 seconds
Format: Silverlight

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Link: http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-63-Windows-Server-2012-Essentials

1. Upgrade the Hyper-V hosts on the cluster at the data center
2. Finish prepping a new Hyper-V host and Domain Controller for a new branch office with a new subnet

Since the cluster at the data center holds all of the Active Directory FSMO roles we needed to transfer the roles to an alternate location on the MPLS network so that project 1 didn’t slow down or stop project 2.

PowerShell to the rescue!

WHICH SERVER HOLDS THE FSMO ROLES?

Open PowerShell as an Administrator and type:

netdom query fsmo

You’ll see each of the 5 FSMO roles and which domain controller holds them.

The 5 FSMO roles are numbered 0-4:

0 – PDCEmulator
1 – RIDMaster
2 – InfrastructureMaster
3 – SchemaMaster
4 – DomainNamingMaster

Why do we care what those numbers are? Because we can move the FSMO roles very quickly and save a lot of typing.

For example, which PowerShell command is easier to type?

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity “Target-DC” -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster,RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster,DomainNamingMaster,PDCEmulator

Or this one?

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "Target-DC" -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4

Personally, if you’re moving all the roles at once to the same DC (like when doing some server maintenance) the 0,1,2,3,4 is easy.

Once you type in either of those commands you are prompted with several options for confirmation.

Y, A, N, L, S or ?

OPTIONS:

If you choose “Y” for Yes, PowerShell will prompt you to move each role,
then move to the next role, like this.

If you choose “N” for No, PowerShell will skip transferring that role.

If you choose “A” for All, PowerShell will try to transfer all 5 roles to Target-DC.

If the transfer of a FSMO role fails PowerShell will let you know loud and clear.

CONFIRMATION:

Unfortunately, if the transfer is successful you basically don’t get any confirmation of the role transfer.

You’ll need to run NETDOM QUERY FSMO to double-check who has the roles.

Side note – Once nice thing about using PowerShell to transfer the FSMO roles is that you can script the transfer to run at a scheduled time (so you don’t forget to put the roles back where they should be later).

Also, I didn’t have to load the Active Directory PowerShell module – Windows Server 2012 does that for me automatically.

Description:
When considering deploying Hyper-V Replica numerous questions come up:

• How much network bandwidth is required between the primary and replica site?
• How much storage is required on the primary and replica site?
• What is the storage impact by enabling multiple recovery points?

Microsoft released a new tool to help you answer those questions.

Tip: READ THE DOCUMENTATION (seriously – it’s only 12 pages).

Screenshot:

In honor of the new episode I painted a picture of Moss as a Lego this weekend.

Geek on!

Below are the links we discussed at the KYSBSUG meeting along with some extra URLs from my Hyper-V Replica research.

Tip: If you’re completely green to Hyper-V Replica, check out out the VIR302 video below from TechEd 2012.

Bottom line – this list is pretty much anything you could ever want to know about Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012:

• Download – Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration for Private Cloud
  http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Test-Lab-Guide-Windows-2d562dd2
   
• Download – Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Hyper-V Replica
  http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Test-Lab-Guide-Demonstrate-b6fd4ba1
   
• Video – Enabling Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V Workloads Using Hyper-V Replica (TechEd NA 2012 – VIR302)
  http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/VIR302 
    
• PowerPoint – Enabling Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V Workloads Using Hyper-V Replica (TechEd NA 2012 – VIR302)
  http://video.ch9.ms/teched/2012/na/VIR302.pptx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica Explained, Windows Server 2012 Style
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2013/01/10/hyper-v-replica-explained.aspx
   
• Free Training – Deploy Hyper-V Replica (Microsoft Virtual Academy)
  http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-server-virtualization
   
• Reference – Deploy Hyper-V Replica (TechNet)
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134207.aspx
   
• Reference – Hyper-V Replica Overview (TechNet)
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134172.aspx 
   
• Whitepaper – Understand and Troubleshoot Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server “8” Beta (80 pages)
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29016
   
• PDF – Poster Companion Reference – Hyper-V Replica (11 pages)
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29189
   
• Poster – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Component Architecture
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29189 
   
• Blog – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Replica In Detail (Aidan Finn)
  http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=12147 
   
• Video – Hyper-V Replica Demo Video (Aidan Finn)
  http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=12286 
   
• Blog – One of Windows Server 2012’s secret weapons: Hyper-V Replica (Aidan Finn on Mary Jo Foley’s ZDNet blog)
  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/one-of-windows-server-2012s-secret-weapons-hyper-v-replica/12707
   
• Infographic – How To Use Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012
  http://www.serverwatch.com/server-tutorials/how-to-use-windows-server-2012-hyper-v-replica-for-disaster-recovery.html
   
• Reference – Hyper-V Replica Step-by-Step
  http://itproguru.com/expert/2013/03/hyper-v-replica-step-by-step-virtexpert-virtualization-experts-series-part-22/
   
• Support – Official Microsoft Hyper-V Discussion Forum
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/threads 

Update 2013-05-10: Added 11 more Hyper-V Replica resources

• Blog – Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/05/10/resynchronization-of-virtual-machines-in-hyper-v-replica.aspx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication – makecert
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/04/13/hyper-v-replica-certificate-based-authentication-makecert.aspx
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 1 – Test Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/26/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica.aspx
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 2 – Planned Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/31/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica-part-ii-planned-failover.aspx 
   
• Blog – Types of failover in Hyper-V Replica –
  Part 3 – Unplanned Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/08/08/types-of-failover-operations-in-hyper-v-replica-part-iii-unplanned-failover.aspx 
   
• Blog – Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Solution Using Windows Server 2012
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/04/01/multi-tenant-disaster-recover-solution-using-windows-server-2012.aspx
   
• Blog – Hyper-V Replica – Prerequisites for Certificate Based Deployments
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/03/13/hyper-v-replica-certificate-requirements.aspx
   
• Blog – Inject IP Address Into the VM During Failover
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/05/29/inject-ip-address-into-the-vm-during-failover.aspx
   
• Blog – Interpreting Hyper-V Replica Replication Health – Part 1
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/06/15/interpreting-replication-health-part-1.aspx
   
• Blog – Interpreting Hyper-V Replica Replication Health – Part 2
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/06/21/interpreting-replication-health-part-2.aspx
   
• Blog – Requesting Certificates From an Enterprise CA
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2012/07/10/requesting-hyper-v-replica-certificates-from-an-enterprise-ca.aspx

Date: Thu May 9, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM Eastern – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243

Topic: Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012
Presenter: Tim Barrett

Description: This month we’ll show how to setup Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server 2012 and we’ll show Hyper-V replica in action.

Registration: Registration for this event is NOT required.

Here’s the one I painted Saturday.

Storm Trooper in oil on 11×14” canvas.
Title: ”Those Were The Droids I Was Looking For”

The painting was inspired by a photograph on the Internet with the addition of the Star Wars Imperial Logo Mug from ThinkGeek.com.

Bottom line: We had a great time and hope you did too.

May the Fourth be with you, always!

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