<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--RSS generated by Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator on 2/8/2012 8:41:34 AM--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/_layouts/RssXslt.aspx?List=0e3cbec3-ab24-409c-b853-3a3ece7fb453" version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Windows Infrastructure</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net</link><description>RSS feed for the Posts list.</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:41:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SharePoint CKS:EBE</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>Windows Infrastructure</title><url>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/_layouts/images/homepage.gif</url><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net</link></image><item><title>Password recovery Equallogic PS-series</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/11/07/password-recovery-equallogic-ps-series.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/11/07/password-recovery-equallogic-ps-series.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[After a minor problem with a keepass file last week I was locked out of a Dell Equallogic Unit. Fortunately the solution is not that complex, although you will need the assistance of Equallogic Support.
Step 1.    Connect to the Equallogic using a serial console cable. By using a terminal program (h... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:21:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New additions to Azure</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/11/06/new-additions-to-azure.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/11/06/new-additions-to-azure.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Last week Microsoft announced some interesting additions to their Azure platform. As a Windows infrastructure Consultant I didn't make use of the Azure platform but I think this will change soon. The two additions to Azure that I'm most interested in are the Azure virtual network and the Azure Compu... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti Affinity for Hyper-V Clusters</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/09/10/anti-affinity-for-hyper-v-clusters.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/09/10/anti-affinity-for-hyper-v-clusters.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
When you deploy multiple virtual RDSH Servers on a Hyper-C cluster you want in most cases some control in the placement of these servers. If you have a two-server RDS Farm you don't want those two nodes to be running on the same Hyper-V Node. 
Now it is possible to define anti-affinity for cluste... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Hyper-V/default.aspx">Hyper-V</category></item><item><title>Reserving memory for your Parent partition</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/09/09/reserving-memory-for-your-parent-partition.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/09/09/reserving-memory-for-your-parent-partition.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
After doing some tests with dynamic on my Home lab I ran into a problem that suddenly the performance of the parent partition was well below normal. So after some troubleshooting I figured out that my VM's were using too much memory. Normally I would just stop one of the VM's and reduce the amount... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:57:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Hyper-V/default.aspx">Hyper-V</category></item><item><title>The benefits of VMQ (part 1)</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/08/25/the-benefits-of-vmq-part-1.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/08/25/the-benefits-of-vmq-part-1.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
One of the big improvements in windows 2008R2 regarding the performance of networking in a Hyper-V environment is the implementation of Virtual Machines Queues (VMQ). VMQ uses hardware packet filtering to deliver packet data from the external network to your virtual servers directly and doing so, ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Performance/default.aspx">Performance</category><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Hyper-V/default.aspx">Hyper-V</category></item><item><title>Enabling End-User Recover in DPM fails</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/08/06/enabling-end-user-recover-in-dpm-fails.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/08/06/enabling-end-user-recover-in-dpm-fails.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I tried to enable end-user recovery on my DPM2010 server in my testlab when I was presented the following message:
&quot;Active Directory could not be configured because the Active Directory domain could not be found. Make sure that the domainname is properly constructed. The following exa... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:28:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do Not Install Dell EqualLogic PS Series Firmware Versions 5.0.0 or 5.0.1 </title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/08/02/juli-31-do-not-install-dell-equallogic-ps-series-firmware-versions-5-0-0-or-5-0-1.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/08/02/juli-31-do-not-install-dell-equallogic-ps-series-firmware-versions-5-0-0-or-5-0-1.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
This weekend I got this message from Dell:
Not the first time Equallogic has troubles with their firmware....
 

Dear Customer,
Do Not Install Dell EqualLogic PS Series Firmware Versions 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
 
According to Dell’s records, you have recently downloaded v5.0.0 or v5.0.1 of the Dell ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Hyper-V/default.aspx">Hyper-V</category><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Windows Infrastructure/default.aspx">Windows Infrastructure</category></item><item><title>Headhunting</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/08/02/headhunting.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/08/02/headhunting.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Today I got a call when I was working at the office. It was a nice woman, lets call her Marjolein, that would like to give me an offer I couldn't refuse. She started her call by telling her name and her company and that she was a headhunter and she was asked by another company to give me a call. As ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008R2 Service Pack 1 (Beta) available</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/07/12/2008r2-service-pack-1-beta-available.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/07/12/2008r2-service-pack-1-beta-available.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
During the World Partner Conference Microsoft announced the public beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows 2008R2 and Windows 7. Actually this release was supposed to be available in a couple of weeks so the announcement surprised me. The final version is supposed to be out somewhere next year but now ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Hyper-V/default.aspx">Hyper-V</category><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Windows Infrastructure/default.aspx">Windows Infrastructure</category></item><item><title>Test blogpost from my iPad</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/06/25/test-blogpost-from-my-ipad.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/06/25/test-blogpost-from-my-ipad.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This is my first blogpost from my brand new iPad. Not sure if this toy will help me in my professional life but that's what I'm gonna find out. I'll keep you posted. ]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Windows Infrastructure/default.aspx">Windows Infrastructure</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Partner of the year</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/06/23/microsoft-partner-of-the-year.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/06/23/microsoft-partner-of-the-year.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As you may know I'm working for a company in the Netherlands called Wortell. And today we learned that this year we have won not one but two awards of the annual Microsoft Partner Awards. We can call ourselves Country partner of the year and also Online Services Partner of the year. This is somethin... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:50:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Reputation Services 1.1</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/05/29/microsoft-reputation-services-1-1.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/05/29/microsoft-reputation-services-1-1.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
The TMG team has announced the 1.1 version of the MRS. These services are responsible for the categorization of the URL filtering of TMG. 
Because more and more people were using the Services the capacity has tripled. Together with a new way of categorizing it will result in faster new/changed UR... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/TMG/default.aspx">TMG</category></item><item><title>Equallogic Management Pack</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/05/10/equallogic-management-pack.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/05/10/equallogic-management-pack.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Recently Dell released the storage management pack suite that enables System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2/SP1 and System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 to discover, monitor and depict the status of Dell Equallogic PS Arrays.
The software can be downloaded at http://support.dell.com/support/download... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:21:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deleting a failed Domain Controller</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/04/29/deleting-a-failed-domain-controller.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/04/29/deleting-a-failed-domain-controller.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the past the removal of a failed Domain Controller wasn't that easy as it sounds. Just deleting the account in de Active directory wasn't enough, you had to manually remove the NTDS object. By using the ntdsutil utility and some cryptic commands you were able to remove the Domain controller.
One ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:18:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exam 71-699: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization</title><link>http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/2010/03/25/exam-71-699-ts-windows-server-2008-r2-desktop-virtualization.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2010/03/25/exam-71-699-ts-windows-server-2008-r2-desktop-virtualization.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
This morning I did the 71-669 exam. This exam, named TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization covers several desktop virtualization products. The exam was the third virtualization exam, and when Passed I can call myself Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Virtualization Administrator 
... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Erik den Burger</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:43:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.erikdenburger.net/archive/tags/Certification/default.aspx">Certification</category></item></channel></rss>
