Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Allocation strikes again… I have decided to no longer use Dynamic Memory Allocation on any of my virtual machines. It is a fine idea in theory but it is extremely buggy and I am not sure how it made it into a production OS… What’s the issue this time around? This is […]
So you have just built your brand new Server 2012 box and need to download and install some software to get it up and running for the intended user. You open up IE because that is the only browser installed on a new box and hop on over to the download site, click the link […]
Ran into an issue to day installing Server 2012 R2 from an ISO file onto a fresh/brand new VM. "0xE0000100: "Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the installation." A little Google-Fu fixed me right up. New VM’s only have 512 MB of “startup memory” and you […]
I love Hyper-V 3.0… particularly compared to earlier versions. It comes packed with some very nice new features, several of which are geared around the idea of thin deployment. One such feature is Dynamic Memory. Dynamic Memory allows you to set a base “Starting” amount of RAM for a server (say something low like 512 […]