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Failover Clustering: Let’s spread the Hyper-V love across hosts!
This article was originally published on the Canadian IT Pro Connection. Some veteran IT Pros hear the term ‘Microsoft Clustering’ and their hearts start racing. That’s because once upon a time Microsoft Cluster Services was very difficult and complicated. In Windows Server 2008 it became much easier, and in Windows Server 2012 it is now…
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iSCSI Storage in Windows Server 2012
Storage is one of the most important aspects of our IT infrastructure. In this day and age of virtualization it is even more important because our entire server infrastructure may be stored on a limited set of devices. Of course that is a lot easier said than done, especially for smaller companies with limited IT…
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Shared Nothing Live Migration: Goodbye Shared Storage?
This article was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection. Many smaller companies and individuals with home labs see shared storage – usually a SAN (Storage Area Network) device as the impediment to Live Migration. In April of 2011 Microsoft released the iSCSI Software Target 3.3 as a free (and supported) download. At the…
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Vacation Time!
Dear friends, colleagues, and loyal followers. I want to thank you for visiting The World According to Mitch. It is because of you that I have been able to achieve the incredible successes I have over the past year. Since returning from vacation last January I have posted over 250 articles in this space. Granted,…
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Microsoft’s 2012 Products: Why can’t they all just work together?
I have heard a lot of comments, groans, and snide remarks about all of the 2012 products not working together – specifically Windows Server 2012, System Center 2012, and SQL Server 2012. While I share your pain, it is important to know a few things. Each of these products is developed by different product teams,…
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Installing NetFx3 on Windows Server 2012
Okay… I am installing SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server 2012 box, there shouldn’t be any problems. Everything is proceeding normally until I get this message: Error while enabling Windows feature : NetFx3, Error Code : –2146498298 , Please try enabling Windows Feature : NetFx3 from Windows management tools and then run setup again.…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 100,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that…
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527,040 Minutes: The Year that was 2012
Over the last few days I have wondered why this year felt so much longer than normal and then I realized… it actually was longer! 2012 was a leap year, and that extra day seems to have made a real difference. It is hard for us as a species to appreciate just how substantial a…
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SMB 150: A Real Race!
Wow… I had no idea that I had so much influence on so many of you. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. It is because of all of you that I am in a real fight for top spot in voting for the SMB 150 Awards for 2013. As…
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SMB 150: Nominated again!
Mitch Garvis The last 18 months have been incredible. Last April I was awarded one of the SMB 150 (SMB 150- Thank you for your votes!). I was thrilled, and just disappointed that I couldn’t attend the award dinner. This year I found out early that I was nominated again, and hope that you will…
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Remember when she was young…
It was Boxing Day, and my friend Cam and his fiancé came over for the afternoon. As we sat in the living room Cam was amazed at how well behaved Gingit was – at least, relative to what once was. She is still a hellion, but she has mellowed over the years. As we told…
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Getting Started With Hyper-V in Server 2012 and Windows 8
You all know by now that I am a huge Hyper-V fan… I have been using it since 2008, but with the latest release I am unabashedly loving Microsoft’s Layer 1 hypervisor. The fact that it has been included in Windows 8 – as in, no different from the virtualization platform I use in my…
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Clarity: MCSA vs. MCSE: the what and why
This article was originally published in June, 2012. Due to the relevance and current interest in certifications I decided to republish. -MDG When I found out that Microsoft Learning was (again!) revamping the certification stack, I thought to myself that after all these years it might be time to stop chasing certifications. After all, when…
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Getting Certified: Things have really changed!
This article was originally published to The Canadian IT Pro Connection.Boy has it been an exciting year… Microsoft’s busiest release year ever! On the IT Pro side we have System Center 2012 (a single product now, but truly seven distinct products for managing your environment!), Windows Server 2012, Windows 8… we have Windows Azure (which…
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