LAB – Install SQL 2008R2

Oct

28

2012

My personal minimalistic notes of a SQL 2008R2 installation. System Requirements Hardware Settings Memory – 512 MB Dynamic Processor – 2 Virtual processors Hard Drive – (IDE) System 40 GB, (SCSI) Data 500 GB – Dynamically Expand Prerequisite Software Operating System Windows 2008 R2 Standard Accounts Create Domain User “sasqlagent” – SQL Server Agent Create Domain Administrator “sasqldatabaseengine” – SQL Server Database Engine (To register SQL SPN) Create Domain User “sasqlreporting” – SQL Server Reporting Services Install IIS Windows Server Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 – Add Role – Web Server (IIS) Add Role Services – ASP.NET .NET Extensibility ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility IIS 6 WMI ...
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Lab · Software

LAB – Install SCVMM 2008R2

Oct

28

2012

My personal minimalistic notes of a SCVMM 2008R2 installation. System Requirements http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764328.aspx Hardware Settings Memory – 512 MB Dynamic Processor – 2 Virtual processors Hard Drive – (IDE) System 40 GB, (SCSI) Data 500 GB – Dynamically Expand Prerequisite Software Operating System Windows 2008 R2 Standard Included with W2008R2 Windows PowerShell 2.0 Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 2.0 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 Installed by SCVMM Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) 1.1 Accounts Create Domain User – sascvmm Add lab\sascvmm to “Local Administrators” Install SQL 2008 R2 Server LAB – Install SQL 2008R2 Install IIS Windows Server Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 – Add Role – Web Server (IIS) Add Role ...
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Lab · Software

Install Windows 8 without a product key

Oct

22

2012

As you maybe are aware by now (you googled for this solution I guess), Windows 8 needs a product key before installing. In Windows 7 one could simply skip this. The difference is the ei.cfg file that’s missing in Windows 8 and this little file is the solution. We need to add it to the Windows 8 ISO to make skipping the product key section possible. Follow the next steps: Extract the Windows 8 ISO (I used 7-zip) Add the ei.cfg file to the sources folder of the extracted Windows 8 ISO Edit the ei.cfg file [EditionID] [Channel] Retail [VL] 0 Create a bootable Windows 8 ISO again. I used ...
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Windows Workstation

Windows 8 – Install Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation 9 side-by-side 2

Oct

9

2012

To start with the bad news. For now there is no solution. When Hyper-V is enabled, VMWare Workstation 9 simply refuses to install or to run. But there is a way to install and use VMWare Workstation 9 while having Hyper-V installed. The trick is to create an extra boot option. Here are the steps to take: At the command prompt, type the following: bcdedit /copy {default} /d “No Hypervisor” The above command should say: The entry was successfully copied to {guid}. Copy that guid to the clipboard including the curly braces. Now, type the following command: bcdedit /set {guid_hvoff} hypervisorlaunchtype off In the above command, replace {guid_hvoff} with what you copied in step ...
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Windows Workstation

Shut Down Option Windows 8

Oct

5

2012

I’m using Windows 8 for some time now and have no complaints like so many other people seem to have. The only problem I wish would be fixed, is the driver and software support for my HP Officejet 6500. I can only print but the scan software is not working. Now I need to run Windows 7 in Hyper-V to be able to use the scan software. One of the most heard complaints are about the power off function which is hidden in the so called “charms bar”. Lots of people come with as many solutions, from little scripts to registry changes. I really don’t understand why everybody is looking for the ...
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Windows Workstation

Windows Server 2012 – Create network settings for Hyper-V cluster with Powershell

Oct

4

2012

Windows 2012 has some great new network features that makes network usage much more efficient. Till Windows 2012 it was necessary to use dedicated NICs for certain network traffic (Cluster, Storage). But with Windows 2012 we can virtualize the network by creating NIC Teams and Extensible Switches and Virtual Adapters. So when you are building a Hyper-V cluster, it’s not necessary anymore to load a lot of NICs in a server. Instead we create a NIC Team that bundles all the available Network NICs (whatever hardware mix, doesn’t matter), create a Virtual Switch and then Virtual Adapters. To make it more easy Aiden Finn created a PowerShell script that does ...
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Windows Server