How to use VMConnect and get access directly to your VMs

VMConnect, which is the name of the application that you use to connect to the console session of a Hyper-V Virtual Machine, has few command line with switches, that I really love :).

VMConnect allows you to specify the name of the Hyper-V server and the name of the VM you want to connect to on the command line. Take a look how I'm connecting to one of my Virtual Computers / Servers on my Hyper-V server:

"C:\Program Files\Hyper-V\vmconnect.exe" W2K8x64-S1 "WinXPSP3-VDI01"

That it! Simple, Isn't it? ;)

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MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 AND HYPER-V SERVER 2008 R2 RTM.

Today (2009/07/22) is a historic day at Microsoft as we announce:
the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of MICROSOFT Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.
Three operating systems, client and server all on the same day.
MORE INFORMATION HERE

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Linux on Hyper-V! Microsoft Contributes Code to the Linux Kernel

Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux Community.

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FREE Webinar - Check Point's New IP Appliances

Join us for a FREE Webinar and learn how Check Point's New IP Appliances can take your security to a higher level with breakthrough performance at an unbeatable price

» Register Now

Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 11:00am (Pacific) | 2:00pm (Eastern)

In this exciting webinar, you will learn how Check Point's new IP Appliance portfolio, integrated with R70 security software blades, can greatly improve your network security through:


One integrated, extensible hardware/software solution for one low price
Breakthrough performance of up to 29Gbps
The revolutionary new IPS Software Blade--free for one year
Lower total-cost-of-ownership and investment protection
An optional new support plan that delivers a lower total-cost-of-ownership

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Why does "My Application" crash when starting it from a Network Drive/Share?

I've seen a lot of applications that works from local drive and doesn't from Network Drive or Share. When trying to run some of those applications from a network drive/share, you could get an error message like the following:

"Application has generated an exception that could not be handled", or
"Application has encountered a problem and needs to close".

Recently I was requested to make one application working from Network Drive.
When I tested this application, I’ve found that it requires a .NET Framework installed on the computer. But by default, Microsoft .NET Framework disallows running .NET applications from a network drive/share.

To make everybody "Happy", I was needed to do some Security Policy changes. To do that, I've used a Code Access Security Policy Tool (Caspol.exe). In my case Caspol.exe located into:

%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\

So, now let see how we can use Caspol.exe. Let say our application located on SRV-F01 server. SRV-F01 server has a shared folder Apps. Everybody on the network has drive I:\ mapped to the \\SRV-F01\Apps. So, the "magic" command in this case should looks like:

"% WINDIR %\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\caspol" -q -machine -addgroup 1 -url file://I:/* FullTrust -name "I Drive"

That it. Now everybody (who executed a Caspol.exe as previously mentioned) can run the "problematic" application from drive I:\ or directly from \\SRV-F01\Apps.

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A Free version of Essentials for Hyper-V from CITRIX

Citrix continues to give away its technology for free. Citrix released XenServer in February. XenServer comes with the multi-host management console (XenCenter), the virtual machines live migration (XenMotion), the dynamic resource management (Resource Pools) and a basic storage management capabilities.

Source: Virtualization.info

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6 Patches Next Week

Microsoft will be addressing the issue discussed in Security Advisory 971778 concerning a vulnerability in DirectShow!


Microsoft will be releasing a total of 6 security bulletins consisting of:

· Three Critical updates affecting Windows.

· One Important update affecting Publisher.

· One Important update affecting Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server.

· One Important update affecting Virtual PC and Virtual Server.

More info Advance Notification for the July 2009 Security Bulletin Release

Source: Bink.nu

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IP V4 Router Virtual Appliance at Torrents Tracker on ITStuff.ca

I'm happy to let everybody know about a new extention at ITstuff.ca.
Today I installed and configured our own Tracker Server, so from now I can distribute a big applications, tools or programs by using BitTorrent.

As a first example, I'd like to show you a Virtual Appliance that I've build. This is a VMWARE appliance with WinPE 3.0 installed and configured as IP v4 Router.

All Virtualization specialist, who even ones worked with multiple vLans / Networks know about very nice soft router, Vyatta.

But, you don't need to buy cow if you would like to drink a glass of milk :). This is a reason why I've decided to build really simple router. IP V4 Router Virtual Appliance doesn't requesting any configuration. Just turn it all and you will get routing between all network cards. Yes, this is so simple :)...

Here is a link to IP V4 Router Virtual Appliance torrent file.

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Configuring Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Networking

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Blade Updates

HP Onboard Administrator for c-Class Blades is at rev 2.51 (May 28 2009)
HP ILO is at revision 1.7.8 (June 16th 2009)
HP Power Management Controller rev 3.4(B) (June 17th 2009)

Here is the whole HP Blade System Online Firmware Bundle...

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1842750&swItem=MTX-aed21426e9884df186f2b0b66f&prodNameId=3288156&swEnvOID=1113&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=3

If the files are out of date, which they shouldn’t be..

then go here for ILO - http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1842750&prodNameId=3288156&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-399b89819e854239832c0b3799

and here for the OBA - http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1842750&prodNameId=3288156&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-5cf0abbc6e524fe8954a1efd1e

and here for The Power Management Controller update - http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1842750&prodNameId=3288156&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-ac03a247e59f460a8ad9d2eda1

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IPv4Router

I'd like to let everybody know about a new tool in our Downloads section. I'm talking about IPv4Router. IPv4Router enables IP Packet Forwarding (Routing) on all network interfaces (by default this setting disabled).

IPv4Router does pretty same to the well know Registry trick IPEnableRouter, but IPEnableRouter requests reboot server after registry changes. After executing IPv4Router routing starts work without reboot. This is very useful in WinPE environment.

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Free Hyper-V Training

Microsoft is offering some free Hyper-V training. You will need to enter a specific access code 9350-Y2W6-3676 and sign in with your Live ID. The course “Collection 6319 – Configuring Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008” includes the following modules:

1. An overview of the Hyper-V technology
2. Creating a virtual environment
3. Deploying systems in a virtual environment
4. Configuring high availability in a virtual environment
5. Administering a virtual environment with SCVMM

To sign up go to https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/enterCode.aspx

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