Regular (S)expressions

RULE #1 : DO NOT DELETE SNAPSHOT TREES

So if you’re on a Hyper-v production environment, DO NOT DELETE SNAPSHOT TREES.

Snapshot your VM before config changes, complete your work and delete snapshot to make it merge to main VM disk file.

Snapshot’s a differential blocks for your VM disk file. So snapshot’s may even grow as big as your main VM disk file. So after you’re done with them, delete them and merge them to main disk file to eliminate extra disc cost. After deleting, turn-off your VM in order to let hyper-v merge it.

But i repeat, DO NOT DELETE SNAPSHOT TREES because Hyper-v DOES NOT MERGE SNAPSHOT’S WHEN YOU DELETE THE TREE.

So i’ve lost 1 days of data. It’s Microsoft you know, with their products, First loose data, then learn to use.

As i’ve just purchased a DL380 and started configurating it, i’m hitting problems and getting them solved. Our coorporate uses branded software which incorporates Alaaddin System’s Nethasp licence managment dongle. Everything is okay up to here except that a virtualized Hyper-V setup does not support sharing USB devices with guest OS’es.

So while i was looking for any fixes, i found the Fabulatech’s USB over Network Software.

I just started using & testing it.I’ll update if everything goes okay with it.

http://www.fabulatech.com/usb-over-network.html

Update: It made the trick and works!

But it took time before i managed to figure out i must not try to install HASP using remote desktop connection to server because HASP itself has a protection against it. Check it here.

Hi Mike

we’ve continued our test plan…and I think we have isolated the problem.

Current situation is: SERVER1 is a WS2008-CORE running Hyper-V. It also runs UoN Server and shares a USB dongle, for which we’ve installed its driver.

We’ve also instantiate a WS2003 virtual server (SERVER2) into SERVER1, and installed UoN client. Afterwards we’ve mapped the USB dongle in the host machine to be used by SERVER2. We have installed in SERVER2 the app using the dongle (which also adds the dongle driver), and it has worked properly.

The problem we faced is that we were connecting to SERVER2 using Terminal Server sessions, and something didn’t install properly under that kinda connnection. However, if the installations are done by using a console to SERVER2, everything works fine.

Is there any way to get a limited-in-time product key, and check the full functionality of the product before buying a license?

Thanks Mike for your time and help.

Seems sum guys on efnet managed it;

It’s said that it’ll be released on weekend.

I’ve bought a new HP Proliant DL380 G5 and playing it arround these days and preparing for role of corporate server. As i’ve to jail things on, i installed Hyper-V. But before Hyper-V can function 2 options must be enabled on DL380’s BIOS;

Reboot your server and go into the BIOS by pressing F9. Go to “Advanced options > Processor Options” and enable these two sub-options:
“No-Excecute Memory Protection” and
“Intel(R) Virtualization Technology”
Save with F10.

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