Category Archives: Virtualization

Enabling Dynamic Memory for a Guest VM on Hyper-V

You’ve loaded SP1 on your Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtualization host server and you’re ready to begin using Dynamic Memory for your virtualization guest machines (VM’s). Listed below is the minimum amount of changes required for your virtualization guest machines (VM’s) to … Continue reading

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Number of Supported Virtual CPU’s for a Guest on Hyper-V

Question: How many virtual processors (virtual CPU’s) are officially supported by Microsoft for a guest virtual machine (VM) running on Hyper-V? Answer: You may be thinking the answer to this question is four since that is the number you can … Continue reading

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Configure the Page File Size on Windows 2008 Server Core

I recently ran into an issue where I couldn’t start any additional virtual machines on a Hyper-V server that was running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition – Core Installation (no GUI). After a little research, I determined that the … Continue reading

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Running the Dell System E-Support Tool (DSET) on Server Core

There are multiple reasons why you might want to run the Dell System E-Support Tool (DSET) on your Dell PowerEdge server. It could be because Dell Support has requested it or you’re trying to diagnose a problem or you simply … Continue reading

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Enabling Jumbo Frames for iSCSI on Server Core

I recommend following the instructions in my “Rename a Network Interface from the Command Line” so you can easily distinguish the difference in the network interfaces. Once the network interfaces are renamed, they should look similar to the ones in … Continue reading

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