The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.5.

  Monday, 25 Jun, 2012

[Bonus]: INDEPENDENT VMs! Once you decide your Child VM is "mature enough" to stand on its own (i.e.: you want to separate your Child VM from your Father VM, such as to create an "independent" VM), you can simply create a new "traditional" vhd, plug it into your Child VM, then a simple dd-magic command… Read More

The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.4.

  Tuesday, 19 Jun, 2012

Hi, hope you've followed my previous articles (over the last couple of days I've been pretty busy...), since this article builds on the previous ones. Just in case you missed them, here, have a look: The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1 - A Summary. Download the programs needed. Create the… Read More

my personal view about Joomla! backups.

  Friday, 15 Jun, 2012

Joomla!, like many other web-something, is an evolving thing, and exciting new features pop-up almost on a daily basis, but sometimes there's an hidden price: increased complexity often translates to additional maintenance burden and additional risks, and so decreased overall security. When talking about "security", it's impossible not to talk about backups, and this, by… Read More

The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.3.

  Sunday, 10 Jun, 2012  |    3 Comments

Now it's time to create the Father Virtual Machine, install CentOS-minimal, then install the "Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V" component on it. First you'll have to create a New Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk Drive (the VHD), then a New Virtual Machine, based on your New Dynamic VHD Drive. New Father Dynamic VHD. From the Hyper-V… Read More

The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.2

  Wednesday, 6 Jun, 2012

Assumptions. This guide is built assuming the following software: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled. CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso. Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V 3.2. Download CentOS-minimal. The first thing to do is download an updated CentOS-minimal distribution. I suggest you get the x64 build because Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 works natively on… Read More

The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1.

  Friday, 1 Jun, 2012  |    6 Comments

Intro. This article series is related to my latest speech at the Linux SA Meeting on Tuesday May 15th, somehow related to my previous post about CentOS Networking configuration ([SOLVED] CentOS 6 networking and Hyper-V) and to my recently released VHD/Virtual Appliances (New Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal Hyper-V VHD - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance… Read More

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Server Hyper-V Virtual Appliance available.

  Thursday, 24 May, 2012  |    3 Comments

New Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Server Hyper-V Virtual Appliance available. Proceed to the download section to obtain your copy. Release Notes. This marks the release of the first publicly available Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Server Hyper-V Virtual Appliance. Simply download, extract and import ("Action" -> "Import Virtual Machine"), the appliance onto Hyper-V to deploy a… Read More

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance available.

  Friday, 18 May, 2012

New Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance available. Proceed to the download section to obtain your copy. Release Notes. This marks the release of the first publicly available Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance. Simply download, extract and import ("Action" -> "Import Virtual Machine"), the appliance onto Hyper-V to deploy a… Read More

New Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal Hyper-V VHD.

  Tuesday, 15 May, 2012  |    11 Comments

Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal available! New Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal Hyper-V VHD available. Proceed to the (new!) download section to grab your copy. Release Notes: This marks the release of the first publicly available CentOS 6.2 X64 minimal Hyper-V VHD. Simply download and deploy the VHD to your own virtualized environments. I wish to also particularly thank all the Linux SA… Read More