tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52210064671836433722024-03-07T08:56:10.689+00:00Ashish BasranAshish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-41673372521732110962011-06-06T19:58:00.001+00:002011-06-06T19:58:07.680+00:00How to create link/symbolic link/virtual folder in Windows 7<p> </p> <p>mklink command is helpful creating link folders. </p> <p>C:\windows\system32>mklink </p> <p>Creates a symbolic link.</p> <p><b>MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target</b></p> <p><b>/D</b> Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link.</p> <p><b>/H</b> Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.</p> <p><b>/J</b> Creates a Directory Junction.</p> <p><b>Link</b> specifies the new symbolic link name.</p> <p><b>Target</b> specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link refers to.</p> <p>Navigate to destination folder and run the command. It will create the link folder there.</p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-72165338814065972242011-02-16T23:33:00.001+00:002011-02-16T23:33:14.821+00:00Team Explorer missing from Visual Studio 2008<p> </p> <p>Today I found that Team Explorer menu, tool button and pane was missing in my Visual Studio. It was looking like below screenshot:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6Mclhpp4mPVxHXbFA8D-H2moHooClBX7FIuUrdyvs9pXWAC-OPzLT00ZjN54_NDn3Y8kmvdvb5D3kmJrKQDEdW9ewShcnsVzkXxbTLd-Q2j-5qFMfyXGlhjzgXQXLOEd05gZrVlQ6yY/s1600-h/Toolbar%5B4%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Toolbar" border="0" alt="Toolbar" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXbEaTMA7W0pHv4zW-5-4sZ0hI6dq6xN_OfI3uJ2R5ZnbBJWh34aVOu9j0mJP-MuTfH88-NlybrYLlqD_qxZbS7UCPxcpbRsj9dbNX1KiPRO9ga1lXZoU9x3olGeXkAaAG0qmxbbb8ok/?imgmax=800" width="559" height="94" /></a></p> <p>I could not find the reason it got missed. I tried reinstalling the team explorer but it did not helped. (Even restarting machine did not helped). </p> <p>I got it back by going through following steps:</p> <ol> <li>Click on <strong>File</strong> menu and navigate to “Add Existing Team Project” (screenshot 1)</li> <li>Click on “Add Existing Team Project”, it will open “Connect to Team Foundation Server” screen (screenshot 2)</li> <li>Select your project and click on <strong>OK</strong> button</li> <li>Team Explorer should appear in Visual Studio</li> <li>The menu bar should look like screenshot 3</li> </ol> <p><strong>Screenshot 1:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05fntbFCa23GoiCBl0bRE8h0DevZS2xY3a1x8n4ldNm2j3IsCGx7Hqdq8vby2XbXfHpIC4FknQwNvm-6K-KjFebAB34vHm8yT5B2jmkETsg7n5kim5_wM5z1pRNGE1F6-kN7vv7CyXeI/s1600-h/Menu%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Menu" border="0" alt="Menu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAA4smsAhn4VXr6Qv61_oqg1wR80CimpIVYThZKCW2HGJ5UtgelO8Cau-ceVwb9Kfw9l8Q88NHeKVS71rLoAMKLY1ObA7lYrRWFQyNU2oYLLZH2vFi80hcMIRM9jYwCwlxqUvnZ1fzNSo/?imgmax=800" width="295" height="294" /></a></p> <p><strong>Screenshot 2:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUm054UMVWOa7eEA-24SD-kHbavpHsUeVMP_n2GJLk4kL3dZ7LpzgA_BPohegiFVOIg1e06YYili8LWKi7VKW0cpdVu4D0-XR7EHKsN84Wxjzb06ugOf3aWf2CdZx4kHHDaHV3or8XMc/s1600-h/Connect%5B4%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Connect" border="0" alt="Connect" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0M40YFCCV-PB5UmqKpMI8d1lFjRrl4suOmjT7i2NpWd46LfrH4BddzPviKrCwgDThGCGuRPg79ba96JapoS76_zp45vjuD7BC3dePbMFPdptUuKQJRj8S5idM2MuLnlNW7za6QS5ofU/?imgmax=800" width="440" height="180" /></a></p> <p><strong>Screenshot 3:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_WoOeULLp3zpQvbm7fDRpvddyb2JRYcTGSdyGvFKc1n44On0LRG10oibWotYJkbW89Mv1ROLGpjjd4WAwRPIaG2kh7aCVMeDMT1ZV1Rg6S6a0f8yFGHfv21Om_Pn7q8CalrAzBPKM3c/s1600-h/Menu_Team%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Menu_Team" border="0" alt="Menu_Team" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpHDATy0qkoUbLWRllX1t9W4bT-83IWYJNszYIEv8w_bR-ddJ6iq7Eb_q3Is1hJFJY7P5olQBCrAuvFlYyLH0iCWJSRLuqHvPDltaXb0q6YSLSqOPnEHR99dmJpluS9keJXgXspDmGxo/?imgmax=800" width="371" height="110" /></a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-36087790538146152832011-02-12T00:25:00.001+00:002011-02-12T00:29:20.277+00:00Customer Care Accelerator<p> </p> <p>Microsoft have released a accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM called Customer Care Accelerator (CCA). This is to incorporate the concepts offered by Customer Care Framework (CCF). CCA is available for download at <a href="http://crmcca.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">codeplex/cca</a> site and it is free to download. It is available for CRM 4.0 on premise. It will be available for CRM 2011. The CCA R2 is suppose to be for CRM 2011 and should work with online and on premise installations. It should be available by around mid April. CCA R1 is for CRM 4.0. </p> <p>Customer Care Accelerator (CCA) is consist of following major components:</p> <ul> <li>Application Integration Framework (AIF) </li> <li>Hosted Application Toolkit (HAT) </li> <li>User Interface Integration (UII) </li> <li>Date Driven Adapter (DDA) </li> <li>Integrated Agent Desktop (IAD) </li> </ul> <p>It stores all its configuration in MSCRM. UII/HAT uses Windows workflow while writing the required automations. </p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukcrm/archive/2010/09/18/customer-care-accelerator-demo-tools.aspx" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see the demo (compiled by <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/simon%20hutson%20%5Bmsft%5D/" target="_blank">Simon Hutson</a>). </p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-65213405957159971182011-02-04T01:15:00.001+00:002011-02-04T01:18:03.997+00:00?? Operator<p> </p> <p>?? operator is null-coalescing operator. It is used with nullable value types and reference types. It returns left hand operand if it is not null. If left hand is null and right hand is not null, it returns right hand operand. In case both the operands are null, it returns null. We can say that it just check for left hand side operand and returns anyway if left is null. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjc02JXnidnXPbHfseM4fbb47gUDFsGHRHSXt-t5BkEPa1waYYp8tGYny8tsKrIA-mmLsUXzVSPd_qRoS4l3zyGUeTakxzE-TnxkMYJwan_vYZ-Uy-NavX_UVlxvzuiXwkk0VMWRQKoc/s1600-h/Code01%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Code01" border="0" alt="Code01" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYk0ZW41LMkBUFm3pYCa-oTDwx8Kwr_kPX-KHeNFP4F2h_oMNjVH9ZhTtMoDzlSOa3DswM_jKYcAlU3Yp6yJig1roIgURNfqEqOu2Fv2WV6JwqPm-IEFJ4F8-P6frzilgvjfFA1OJWEY/?imgmax=800" width="414" height="173" /></a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-23582941986198456262011-02-04T01:04:00.002+00:002011-02-12T00:27:03.380+00:00Equals and HashCode <p>If the objects are equal the hashcode of the objects should be same. If the hashcode of objects is same that does not mean that objects are equal. </p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-33040913038015947982011-01-14T01:22:00.000+00:002011-01-15T01:22:21.337+00:00WebMatrix web development tool released<p> </p> <p>Microsoft has released WebMatrix web development tool. Some of its features are:</p> <ul> <li>It is small</li> <li>It allows to publish websites</li> <li>It is optimized for search</li> <li>It is simple to code with it</li> <li>It connects you with free open source web applications</li> </ul> <p>It supports PHP as well as ASP.NET development. It provides simple frontend for users to do web development and has extensive support for open source projects. </p> <p>For overview and download details, click <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-68212898443698697752010-12-27T21:49:00.001+00:002010-12-27T21:49:57.390+00:00ASP.NET MVC 3 RC Available<p> </p> <p>ASP.NET MVC 3 Release Candidate is available for download. You can download it <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a920ccee-1397-4feb-824a-2dfefee47d54&displaylang=en#Overview" target="_blank">here</a>. It is framework to develop web applications while leveraging the Model-View-Controller pattern. These applications are easily testable using TDD (Test Driven Development) approach. It is build on ASP.NET 4 hence all ASP.NET features like authentication, authorization, localization can be used while developing applications with MVC 3. One can find the discussions related to MVC at <a href="http://forums.asp.net/1146.aspx" target="_blank">Model-View-Controller Forum</a>. </p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-92201169893841064482010-12-12T00:48:00.001+00:002010-12-14T23:49:44.687+00:00Microsoft Dynamics CRM offering discount on switching to Salesforce.com<p>Microsoft is offering rebate to customers of Salesforce.com to make switch to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. This is part of recent Microsoft announcement <a href="http://crm.dynamics.com/online/?fbid=6K5JV7v2-I9#try-it-today&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=&CR_SCC=200008220" target="_blank">Cloud CRM for less</a>. There are few benefits which one may like to consider while switching to <a href="http://crm.dynamics.com/en-us/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Dynamics CRM</a>:</p><ul><li><strong>Scalability</strong>: One can adjust the changing resource demand with Cloud </li><li><strong>Reliability</strong>: Allow you to focus on business and leave infrastructure maintenance on Cloud </li><li><strong>Flexibility</strong>: Allow you to easily customize as per your business needs </li><li><strong>Reduced cost</strong>: Cloud allows to reduce capital cost, ongoing maintenance cost, license cost etc. </li><li><strong>Controlled cost</strong>: Use base pricing model allows you to control your cost </li></ul><p>This is limited time offer and is great time for people who want to switch from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. </p><p>---------------------------------------<br />Thanks Anonymous for valuable inputs. </p>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-59244426356602888532010-08-04T06:12:00.001+00:002010-08-04T06:12:03.283+00:00Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0<p>Microsoft released a new process template called Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 for Team Foundation Server 2010. The template is available for download at <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/59ac03e3-df99-4776-be39-1917cbfc5d8e" target="_blank">Visual Studio Gallery</a>. The template includes following:</p> <ul> <li>Work Item Types: <ol> <li>Sprint </li> <li>Product Backlog Item </li> <li>Bug </li> <li>Task </li> <li>Impediment </li> <li>Test Case </li> </ol> </li> <li>Reports: <ol> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff731579.aspx" target="_blank">Release Burndown</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff731575.aspx" target="_blank">Velocity</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff731588.aspx" target="_blank">Sprint Burndown</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380643.aspx" target="_blank">Build Success Over Time</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380708.aspx" target="_blank">Build Summary</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380713.aspx" target="_blank">Test Case Readiness</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380702.aspx" target="_blank">Test Plan Progress</a> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Share Point Project Portal </li> </ul> <p>There was strong demand for a template that follows <a href="http://www.scrummethodology.org/" target="_blank">SCRUM</a> methodology for project or program management. This template should meet all the SCRUM methodology needs. For details refer <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aaronbjork/archive/2010/07/19/announcing-microsoft-visual-studio-scrum-1-0.aspx" target="_blank">Aaron Bjork’s</a> blog (Program Manager working on Team Foundation Server). </p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-32507392972826863382010-06-16T21:48:00.001+00:002010-06-16T21:48:43.710+00:00face detection with Python<p>A nice article talking about face detection using Python. </p> <p><a title="http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/06/27/fun-with-python-opencv-and-face-detection/" href="http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/06/27/fun-with-python-opencv-and-face-detection/">http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/06/27/fun-with-python-opencv-and-face-detection/</a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-81361699608260127972010-06-14T06:49:00.001+00:002010-06-14T06:49:55.732+00:00Labs for Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0<p>Hands-on labs for Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 are available <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f8cd377-5522-4f45-a024-44a6ca5111ec&displaylang=en" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-77657255068214183582010-06-11T16:09:00.001+00:002010-06-11T16:09:49.149+00:0050 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tools and Tutorials<p>Refer following link to check about new useful CSS techniques:</p> <p><a title="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/10/50-new-useful-css-techniques-tools-and-tutorials/" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/10/50-new-useful-css-techniques-tools-and-tutorials/">http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/10/50-new-useful-css-techniques-tools-and-tutorials/</a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-82168335220836470222010-06-10T06:03:00.001+00:002010-06-10T06:03:38.042+00:00Nice collection of DOT NET and Visual Studio posters<p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E5F902A8-5BB5-4CC6-907E-472809749973&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual C# 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=92CED922-D505-457A-8C9C-84036160639F&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding Cards</a></p> <p><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A8A715-7695-493C-8CFA-8E0C23A4BE1D/098-115952-NETFX4-Poster.pdf" target="_blank">3.5 Name Spaces</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4411BBFC-0E3C-42B3-BD05-AF1D292C986F&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual C++ 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster</a></p> <p><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/f/41fa0da9-3fd3-4b35-9d5d-6031f243a140/Windows_WinFX_Poster.zip" target="_blank">3.0 Name Spaces</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=255B8CF1-F6BD-4B55-BB42-DD1A69315833&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual Basic 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C15D210D-A926-46A8-A586-31F8A2E576FE&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual C# 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BCCF84F4-4136-48B2-B4EC-83EAA484DA20&displaylang=en" target="_blank">Visual C++ 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference Poster</a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-57126549296210652862010-03-16T08:09:00.001+00:002010-03-16T08:09:29.564+00:00Are you a Software Architect?<p> </p> <p>A very good article by Simon Brown. Must read.</p> <p><a title="http://www.infoq.com/articles/brown-are-you-a-software-architect" href="http://www.infoq.com/articles/brown-are-you-a-software-architect">http://www.infoq.com/articles/brown-are-you-a-software-architect</a></p> <p> </p> <p>This helps understand what all we suppose to do being a Software Architect. There are things which we may be ignoring while working on our projects. It will be a good idea to pick up things and start introducing in our work pattern. </p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-47731985323366427112010-03-12T17:08:00.001+00:002010-03-12T17:08:44.676+00:00Standard for E-book<p>A nice read on preparation of E-book by Joe Clark.</p> <p> </p> <p><a title="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards/" href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards/">http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards/</a></p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-45907376275279969262010-02-06T02:52:00.001+00:002010-02-06T02:52:40.531+00:00Steps to convert physical server to virtual server (SCVMM P2V migration)<p>Open SCVMM Admin console and click on <b>Convert physical server</b> in Actions tab OR in Actions menu.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRbkuCJTmDxSE6xM3ARsNSviqfBIZ6lXDlWAdjQw8p_vRbbWhfjjCHZmCcnBYbNRz9TS8jBVFzqeoTkvxjwc89qn28e6_TWu9D0C_7ngtI_GDfzIcpJQ0mCDMsnPkXaxgF3_gJzBhyNw/?imgmax=800"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image001" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmap1IppBfbIGuqCQITBRrGF7CG4vh-ecsBrzQXcIU9vP5axh8TAEOOfAHaSjru5ezN0Q6lUzQybp9BFIRDEhurF7-2Gi_V0yYnOClBdbxXPIj-KTK4Sm_kQCzhkvyezBBPQmmME5z1c/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="149" /></a></p> <p>Convert Physical Server (P2V) Wizard will appear. Provide the source server/computer name or the IP address of source computer. Provide the credential of the user that has administrative rights on server. Wizard will use these credentials to connect to server. Make sure the credential you provide should have local administrator rights on the server and remove object access rights. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKveNBdlDGp4Ckji_TZrxTWo6rbO53-gAbPIJzNTXqmBH3GMRVR8NEKdFwIP8-MczGXKasTV1FrLGGiPQOrPlxpvl0fRsNFhqwjiy0XHc__UDQJ2HY4O-JbtxgbJOpUwkwD3zgdRf2Dk/?imgmax=800"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image002" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplHGUKKGmfy2P6cj-bVu1l1TL_ssjhnzOrLIonXZv7c65Q0UfUSTruonn2Buuya9vRSwAVWM3MAQ2sJUYyFPan9o6bhkxuO9CgrrJx_4FqoQO4PXDNyowklVg3DT9ECknq7WAhRs1AG0/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Provide the name you would like to give as Computer Name for new virtual machine. Select the user you want to keep as owner of the new virtual machine. It is a good idea to keep service account as owner of the machine. You can provide the description text for the virtual machine. This text shall appear in Hyper-V Manager OR Virtual Machine Manager. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTQDXLIFwck0tmudrsNhDC0tBhgU3YgC62wXHBn-9-w8tWJ2ChgvOfWoRD5DW-0mjC2ZV6usyiveCoeE5mQtWiDlDGCgd37IwjlvY6y0Ury2KKQ0Fm9E5UkMPjSZLHzR-caXCj7lYzrI/s1600-h/clip_image003%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image003" border="0" alt="clip_image003" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJBNCCNVHyVnUN0KYY43QmifwuWFA2RtLhG7Gxq82lXYw3p1jTK0K6XSFArEzeTfha6xz12XSfmKvGFl50BVflz8TKPDz8TNzXvtfQb56LIOEBFVjU5X-f2z1r0-ymTkRAD5pFhyYSoI/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>On this step of wizard it will scan the source system to get required details about source computer. Click on <b>Scan System </b>button. This shall connect to source server using WMI and get the details.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmMNt30Eari0jsoqHgqknLCbsW_Z97KjxRWpO7sEzhtRsymhZuGo6Qh6N4FTyPgnc0AqDUVeEMdT5wpb1l8Y3p5szez0IjzHCJAkKez_FrZlzefHL7b3B9IZYj22fuFNxkocmxJslEyo/?imgmax=800"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image005" border="0" alt="clip_image005" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIm3q7M9HduaySA95idTtfpuZ0cFJnud2H-TmNlcnUlR5v7v35Sln29jEGYMUDawuhwFd8Dt7z0FDS4R3B_UvKk2qTHY59zJN002es1DCECTG4SjeXonjk2XbE72qLOwYDuAdfgZWRAkE/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Verify the source server details in <b>System Information</b> section. If everything looks as expected, click on Next button to proceed.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2f7oGvMdpPNylKKIIBHAbFMjpQt41K0sVolhzU8ouvSQO24QN3PIxgZQGCQaHap08nMQrp8dX_vIA9XJ3iX2hbtmW-I2TeKWb6jZ-EdCtjqXKuAtai3aDgxayd9pHvWOiQor_XeBgVA/?imgmax=800"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image006" border="0" alt="clip_image006" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtALB0Fi90fR0NpamRY8gbrUWFRoCIpJlJSEdQOQb_oS0QeGoOD8s5QB1ar_7TbqMROFghIx0o4nRbJlhi3PY82WCvzTQn4lHj5LN2hyuf22iv4rWXkgYP0IXqmx9XK5cKrAlrGdX-00/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Verify the disk and volume details of the source computer. These details will be used to create new Virtual Machine. If required you can change the VHD type and Channel of the Volumes. If you want to skip migrating any of the volume, you can uncheck the check box to skip. You can select the <b>Conversion Option</b> to have online OR offline conversion. Online conversion allows the source computer to keep running while creating Virtual Machine. There is no downtime for source computer. During offline conversion the source computer reboots. Wizard reboots the source machine in WinPE mode and transfers all the disk data to target host computer. At the end of conversion process you have option to keep the source running or shut it down. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBEMl10W2E8ybnB8qWG2OWFxaZRKX1TwjsCZy6TfdTPuscGUbSiTj0zW_LAiB06OZSpJ_ldYHex5gwm7DK2a38qZ8alDxfM1So_v5TeOGngwcgATSAR37ZaDmogdAo06ri1zd0DBgT28/s1600-h/clip_image007%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image007" border="0" alt="clip_image007" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWQvnUKXQBrnXM_EHNMTUdoXjUATkLzzIfE4_1HEW6LG-f8fx8ZUGuTEmkhSrJysY1LRSJFKBF-OAVTdakgmlHZZ0kuHTGOLm-iZupJp6BKfYln4e4MLbIrgJfCbBhqWzM0H7YWw30gk/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Offline conversion will allow you to set the IP of the server in advance. Online conversion does not give option to provide the IP details in advance. It sets the IP and adapter binding of Virtual Machine same as source computer. You may like to select “Turn off source computer after conversion” to avoid the IP conflict at the time when new Virtual Machine starts with same IP. Click on Next button to proceed.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi115kFN8gQAepOuI82PRSyzrNlzlyrzSKD4mgKO3oZ8DRyI-24QnTO4RsW5aD_xM1HIIIxlqDI9bKAxIhWiumv-fMoAsoVLmPeyBmV7gX_dACEgUmKb6Gc4SqIT514PzZFfIAvgmfc4-g/s1600-h/clip_image008%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image008" border="0" alt="clip_image008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLIw2OsX_UhoaYccEHfl9gYO0rBQVD1fMhkVwRyy8ZuoraHhaCwoDlJQbDplJi01Hfx3dUjdtmpDBX2IWqwWgMHncefYZZKPSd5HxjHSEVLSp6caEnWmQD9__SXmtn9IauHxf1RdSSbs/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>If you have selected offline conversion, the wizard shall give you opportunity to provide IP details in advance. You may like to select <b>Obtain an IP address automatically</b> if you want to have both the machine running with different IP addresses.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4rBTfE3wGHB3ACjVRd23VSITOqsVV1cxNLH4aGgD3njf7AwjJqrVXlBJCSCE7flj2WeKcICLi559fccKpiwJwVpnSAGobd3txNGgY4gP_U7p95UkEQjvPZ4X9IgegLiZWUZsn0T9R0I/s1600-h/clip_image010%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image010" border="0" alt="clip_image010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaO1CuPzYCAK3dKxl4v5Lp7DhnqRN3WoZZqzF1y6aPeDdy3cINy2m8kRj33oJRxhhQSAb_Kdup9mauIqLePYVvz9ck3eHPqWaMKJ5KIyQsNYl3HSEfgPYNdcBGdp01on0kBk04nbDeh7o/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>The wizard gives you option to set values for IPv6 and IPv4 addresses if you wish to. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5cfUS1FeL4JsVNH3ssMZ11xXpx60mspjZBM0c3mS5mTdjVbV5EDahsNxAwhFG5B68Dd4PrM3LhzgDIMS1IYMbvrySw2hvLwteN2mEtDF7jStaAJ44L3YwSBpzhketwBJ9O9JFPzKD4s/s1600-h/clip_image011%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image011" border="0" alt="clip_image011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM37rUROF-cSplHqMzHlTPV_T6gtp7OKIPxNsbAgWpn884vRmBRWx-McImS71lUNx79UkTdegeDMbY_vpENag06Vv9Ge_Km7oC033CxLdBNhCyJW-QKxOQWzkIcbp8_DvooXZrEzoUdto/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>This screen will list the available RAM and CPU on host server. Select the number of processer you want to assign to this new server. Provide the value of memory you want to give to new Virtual Machine. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNK_emWGgijGK-tS2NOMWfaXZkeOf2gIy26lJgWLIFdWoWS2i98gq5yKvEJgcMVn6_m9W_RlNN4R6jsQ2jEWzsM-wGFJxUyhlCKTdts1BOo8fL-mpKU4OzLRkJ8aU326uZg1yUl7QXBKY/s1600-h/clip_image012%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image012" border="0" alt="clip_image012" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73-gZ-QvyMunh_tGQO-O7Z_IOOs5apgKlLrcy9QJLPxlSzSJsnE0mnxfr9OMVwyKrHXlEorI4VOTr0WRSkGfKrbXbxNbtJ-V3VW2caRBSVfNOSICGtXgcM-M7VdCYRVwIO8chmakRydQ/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Select the host server where you would like to keep new virtual server. Verify the rating of selected host machine. You can customize the rating values if required. Verify that Details tab shows status OK. Verify that there are no errors in Rating Explanation and SAN Explanation tab. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0luQOQMFTT9xQ2WPW4NrYDA5IvGp-fvm3gqPWydHmSalwD3UDBKVjDHDs_y62YK-E_psjNmt5AN13gamO2qctnIU6BAanGIVFgac9hI5WEbddjS0EPjOaoBLx02l55gHvkoaXlLIeNY/s1600-h/clip_image013%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image013" border="0" alt="clip_image013" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XIL0kXhOG3TMtds_kUFAz-mepbAk8ylou9NVHAEYhquHbYnUmglrMf02FILqk7LrJfqx-BX8hAqQuhLmY86pCcqWwb8P3B8q9QD_TV21put-pyAi4969SC0NWPn_7LMJ3_Ihh-McIpA/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Select the location/folder on the host server to store the virtual machine and virtual hard disk files. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenCE7zUiP9QYlzMtwWeKo3R4AWfxoFh_y4cymAzdMQ4wCnzICpADmD-0NtP5Ttay7j2MYm2KtopNA83m7z5A_mlnlZqx47uO8lpzDRwfEO6YtXQqUDCSlPAwgtBBqYIJAUP9eG7fFR9Q/s1600-h/clip_image014%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image014" border="0" alt="clip_image014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7oeFZLyFh7E5IJSU49S08CBbwUxpUzqxzrdJUaGrYu933BUh70tKJd5rYaLfze3mnQraLaoj7Jvqxmf0aJD-QlKZz4_x4jTlmwlgxI6Vb_MJEhP9dFvf-RROdyLfWXUyfMqznFUkCAc/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Select the network configuration. If you want to have different name for the new virtual server, you may like select Not Connected option in Virtual Network dropdown. This will allow you to connect to the network later after modifying the machine/computer name of target server. Select appropriate network adapter and click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XcOMKeYzfVQ55NlMdaYTe3H3spZ7wO34ada3EPmknMVEoOyja6gwKOeOR3tcxfKEdXMT7v6puLH0-Fnc90Qp0sCYxgUmvdsq_SstOGDDyRT7255gtzKmFJsSuPlrNDWfxszA0rk-U7k/s1600-h/clip_image015%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image015" border="0" alt="clip_image015" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNgcEVkEFqvfcy_nvQAyyOPrux0wbsFEk5NMNtWfdZ4OxrsJmbK-chx48K5rE_mCtomUjZ7cT_xGc5QOolj5RDWWlfvw8nl-gaWeE_W2Izyxni82zKpcRkYjLxyyXGoIWHj-7pPAp5Vw/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Select the automatic action you want to have for your new target server. It is good to have “Automatically turn on the virtual machine if it was running when physical server stopped” option for physical server (host) start action. For physical server (host) stop action, it is good to have Save State option. Select the appropriate options and click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzp85IgIQj81Pt-40AqcccjDYO49oRUPiVE9yoRwcuzXrCgkwlGqieIw5V5niKuX1qSjY5eKJoMUnYIXiLSt6gjajqCBc3yZFtfaMXbUgx2_oY3mKk9O2nZSvdeuYDdWy2YUNw8XeyZg/s1600-h/clip_image017%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image017" border="0" alt="clip_image017" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rmAPmzTMaFXqTDVJlWYiF-eRToA3Vmsrufh5fERGxV3YKPf7HxORdRaiSxKERfS2JXBgXSBS_WwZHc-PTSu37JJtuOC5ukTDgRxNSZ4N7zxLa5FmftDPAIXQzETO7kJZewiD77ib2dg/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>On this step the wizard will list the problems/issues it may have during conversion. You must resolve all the issues listed before proceeding to next step of conversion. Click on Next button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUQSigWyjClDFIC8MdjKR8Kqcgi0jf7YDN5BiHXB5dnjuGp1Bh0cW7QVeCQbWZos79_dSYMYvwu2Lv3iE2iNn-Y7X4tY_l6MDJCCihUkJ0mgppz3m4vYSfJMucQgFc8cJe2aADVd3gh8/s1600-h/clip_image018%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image018" border="0" alt="clip_image018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0nKM8N8B9u7ol7Jv9FXOv81Fq7d6Zc_kmQjIr-J-1sI6y9ENaifP9cyBe6_ry-WforuHjgI5mdK3TJkCxZASzHvLaaWt9ED8Dg0jv_3xd_cc-yLyRz9YeYifWbdoxq35vpfoBGvjp8g/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>You can view and verify the PS script by clicking on<b> View Script</b> button. You may like to select the option “Start the virtual machine after deploying it on the host”. Click on Create button.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg396-IhGSK-Mdu4tCsZyiPnlKENKp5VuvxvPkKmWxeFlOrIQSCTvIKchnwD6doXMxz3Ng-J9mLOq3hgufqYi2eY4h89E72w-yO6DIn_VAjMbuwLS9MtthG-XoJtBa3IPCSCl7_0MtWL60/s1600-h/clip_image019%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image019" border="0" alt="clip_image019" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm9tVZZoRUPBfaca_sgdmf-pHNWgsW3GxCs3Rbu_wazxCu_anxnhlpulEL3HG4vpVJ0L9jr8czJIrC9zK8TUdYQEzbKL1FagnFcca4t7xSkVliWw3gfH-euYQrS-8EqaVTqWBHvqJnD0/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="207" /></a></p> <p>Clicking on Create button will bring the job progress screen of jobs window. This will list all the steps required for server conversion. It will also show the progress of each step as conversion moves forward.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX3iK3jCPONydoZCZQKVR_FqQhV0uErcVp2-kn5lebR-YQPc0p11tAhjhEvQsY5N6V09TvFGs0KLYapvzIBKjW7SgrlGXoGB-PtbJufLm8PUkqc2-LkxAv0Bp-gmHGZMoPvMy2E17yoM/s1600-h/clip_image020%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="clip_image020" border="0" alt="clip_image020" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmHXGqi8vA2fR6ozRtDGegxQLthxMicfZsE5Dr1u1xPfln5E49zokGZ35YstWigffvQzGZm8Ik19vNXjjTMrZlrRXvMa8j5_XEcbiiRxlO9tBMtehX2ZVc06szdgKh_dSgp2rKLC0z0E/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="149" /></a></p> <p>At the end of successful conversion, the new Virtual Machine will get listed in Virtual Machines section of SCVMM.</p> Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-45142527762232957342010-02-05T04:48:00.005+00:002010-02-06T03:16:32.970+00:00Steps to add host server in System Center Virtual Machine ManagerOpen System Center Virtual Machine Manager and click on Add Host on Actions tab or Actions menu.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGi5p8qEGE4E5e9sW09PVoK5t-_F_eU4V5cWL9OGi1H1dHJnkL-QRSACsRmXunQecervijip_Oc-IntYRmCjpR-3XYa1Y4iWMbqui2BZxTlosIZRU8N4NK2TmUMgWX2sWaqgqHDKPzIM/s1600-h/screen001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGi5p8qEGE4E5e9sW09PVoK5t-_F_eU4V5cWL9OGi1H1dHJnkL-QRSACsRmXunQecervijip_Oc-IntYRmCjpR-3XYa1Y4iWMbqui2BZxTlosIZRU8N4NK2TmUMgWX2sWaqgqHDKPzIM/s320/screen001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434621519629045874" /></a><br /><br />Provide required credentials to access the host server you want to add. These credentials should have local administrative rights on the server. Click on Next button.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPwEhVr85lgpIWtLEKcthoKWrOgra1jKBT_vgGSdfT_LrGP6HUCZiWIs0FtHf57ajGI8qS-tgRUrmcm1P8OQw7t-ofNICqHKsuXnVm14t1N40HgKzU3DhmD6k6iYGfBljj4-D_OKujlc/s1600-h/screen02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPwEhVr85lgpIWtLEKcthoKWrOgra1jKBT_vgGSdfT_LrGP6HUCZiWIs0FtHf57ajGI8qS-tgRUrmcm1P8OQw7t-ofNICqHKsuXnVm14t1N40HgKzU3DhmD6k6iYGfBljj4-D_OKujlc/s320/screen02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434621525262810306" /></a><br /><br />Provide the domain name and computer name and click on Add button. The added computer will be listed in Selected Servers section. Click on Next button.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV09-gO0etGATNN70z3B9CHgkhX-45NfkCGHukRWBcUdvNEQCwBYZ2oGi3flSKujv4MN5hF8Ebq4Ecke9r0DrsTkhi61jq9sOCrY3bE-pBWN22euLXYMPcwlR0PCrr-_H_pujwYxu_F8/s1600-h/Screen03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV09-gO0etGATNN70z3B9CHgkhX-45NfkCGHukRWBcUdvNEQCwBYZ2oGi3flSKujv4MN5hF8Ebq4Ecke9r0DrsTkhi61jq9sOCrY3bE-pBWN22euLXYMPcwlR0PCrr-_H_pujwYxu_F8/s320/Screen03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434621533976207842" /></a><br /><br />You may see warning on click of Next button. Click on Yes button on warning popup.<br />Note: Some time SCVMM does not reboot the server. In that case you may see error during addition of host. You can reboot the server manually and try again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAaJyPPfsCP1IzLBahHzzAR_rBNrYN6ZYulRlB_6P6iO-tJJ4B-jMEVoqXaqzJbsXZJIO4YJ95dvNmCQxOGhgVXsP_N3opu3JQc75TYNC8H4_o5nTuecz2PqzMN4J49prcnguKKILs_M/s1600-h/Screen04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAaJyPPfsCP1IzLBahHzzAR_rBNrYN6ZYulRlB_6P6iO-tJJ4B-jMEVoqXaqzJbsXZJIO4YJ95dvNmCQxOGhgVXsP_N3opu3JQc75TYNC8H4_o5nTuecz2PqzMN4J49prcnguKKILs_M/s320/Screen04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434621535147559570" /></a><br /><br />Select the host group where you want to add the host server. Click on Next button.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWV2pr3pb_NDDvZ7zTqT4HnHOWRTr-ueDkOaIwqNqDfbgodS_wTJG2P_6BTL9PcHCBu92qVOQ7tAv3o5nM0t9EbJORQHFpU1mjstljdbox2TexzGAe4MHA2F9yUnVvKWN9cevg-G4MI/s1600-h/Screen05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWV2pr3pb_NDDvZ7zTqT4HnHOWRTr-ueDkOaIwqNqDfbgodS_wTJG2P_6BTL9PcHCBu92qVOQ7tAv3o5nM0t9EbJORQHFpU1mjstljdbox2TexzGAe4MHA2F9yUnVvKWN9cevg-G4MI/s320/Screen05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434963946189626994" /></a><br /><br /><br />Add the default virtual machine path. This path will be used to store the virtual machines on this host. Click on Next button.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrk9w63eX2wV8cfySJ-BUcN9-VesK8a_-9m4_X9dxIIBusht9VY3aXLHpdkuAM7GNioXaF5XvbH6TBnqByBJ3XGkv1CuagXQvlvMudbZQDJoNt41qQPzJhRXqDJ-zsHq-S7Dc6JBDL7k/s1600-h/Screen06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrk9w63eX2wV8cfySJ-BUcN9-VesK8a_-9m4_X9dxIIBusht9VY3aXLHpdkuAM7GNioXaF5XvbH6TBnqByBJ3XGkv1CuagXQvlvMudbZQDJoNt41qQPzJhRXqDJ-zsHq-S7Dc6JBDL7k/s320/Screen06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434622340911288930" /></a><br /><br />You can click on View Script to look at PS script. On click of Add Hosts button the Jobs screen with progress of steps will appear. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBImyeMwT4gX3HwUwPUrekwlID6n9Hrh7gfy4I85j13ugdHp7o4vjxZ7Ud8cQC4AUEd6wUhPKi5BkE3oiBrs8IwMmKIAgycFJykCz7i0As0MEyoj6QQziITDZ7JwJH9PRuVHJsMAN8Ek/s1600-h/Screen07.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBImyeMwT4gX3HwUwPUrekwlID6n9Hrh7gfy4I85j13ugdHp7o4vjxZ7Ud8cQC4AUEd6wUhPKi5BkE3oiBrs8IwMmKIAgycFJykCz7i0As0MEyoj6QQziITDZ7JwJH9PRuVHJsMAN8Ek/s320/Screen07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434622348774266994" /></a><br /><br />Monitor the progress.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPBT3WDfO5PFhUdxaurmCDuyIdwsUbAUKyzzjFGPHgRhFfqbV98WYwBdfAyUvl3FthU2fOT-QR_L6FtnSVVh4pCf_lqbPsjuI3jw55zrcn0UNkRP2A5t4vQfXpqpNo3Uf23dUxsDN8qY/s1600-h/Screen08.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPBT3WDfO5PFhUdxaurmCDuyIdwsUbAUKyzzjFGPHgRhFfqbV98WYwBdfAyUvl3FthU2fOT-QR_L6FtnSVVh4pCf_lqbPsjuI3jw55zrcn0UNkRP2A5t4vQfXpqpNo3Uf23dUxsDN8qY/s320/Screen08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434622352802441922" /></a><br /><br />After successful completion of the host addition job your server will get listed into host group.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoLIwzbmIOxDwSicYDeSyU647-IzN_HY5xa3B2gCwU58GxMhb25OV5OeOJaDdDnJmq1SN4Z3I9UN3NR5WI0EOd6FtSb_DhLNA1fTtPibRLN0sXq8AAS0lxIpV0IoRKjj5XmW3526EYzI/s1600-h/Screen09.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoLIwzbmIOxDwSicYDeSyU647-IzN_HY5xa3B2gCwU58GxMhb25OV5OeOJaDdDnJmq1SN4Z3I9UN3NR5WI0EOd6FtSb_DhLNA1fTtPibRLN0sXq8AAS0lxIpV0IoRKjj5XmW3526EYzI/s320/Screen09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434622357195051426" /></a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-13221109076474014742010-02-05T04:27:00.005+00:002010-02-05T04:48:36.445+00:00What is SCVMM?SCVMM is System Center Virtual Machine Manager. This is used to manage virtual machine and hyper-V machines created by VMWare or Hyper-V Manager. This is a powerful tool and can be used to manage<br />- Virtual Machines<br />- Physical to Virtual Machine conversion<br />- Virtual to Virtual machine conversion<br />- Virtual server migration<br />- Administer resource utilization<br />- SAN migration<br /><br />Using SVCMM one can do live migration of servers. You can do storage migration having minimum downtime. It has capability for host comparability check. The Physical to Virtual (P2V) migration can be done using SCVMM. P2V migration is fast and reliable. This can be used as private cloud manager for your virtual server environment.<br /><br />Details: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/default.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/default.aspx</a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-36078041720649707702009-12-14T02:46:00.002+00:002009-12-14T02:48:48.166+00:00Visual Studio 2010: SDK size drastically reducedThe SDK of Visual Studio 2010 is considerably reduced from its previous versions. It used to be around 100 MB in size. In Visual Studio 2010 it is around 10 MB. Because of reduction in SDK size, the installation time is reduced. The size reduction is accomplished by making the documentation and samples available online instead part of SDK. Moving these contents online give advantage to keep the contents updated all the time. The online documentation and samples are available at following locations:<br /><br />- <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/">MSDN Code Gallery</a> <br />- <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166441(VS.100).aspx">Visual Studio SDK documentation</a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-85443010194221197662009-12-02T07:42:00.002+00:002009-12-02T07:43:54.159+00:00Hyper-VHyper-V is hypervisor based virtualization system for 32/64 bit systems. It allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on single host. Hyper-V is shipped with Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 can be installed as Core or Full. The Core installation have only command prompt available. It does not have GUI installed on server. Both the installations can host Virtual Machines. These machines can be maintained using System Center (SCVMM) OR Hyper-V Manager. To work with Hyper-V Manager, one needs to have Windows 7 OR Windows Server 2008 running. Hyper-V Manager is component of OS 6.0 version. To use SCVMM client there should be System Center server installed.<br /><br />More details about Hyper-V can be found at following location:<br />- <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-main.aspx">Virtualization with Hyper-V</a> <br />- <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/default.aspx">System Center Virtual Machine Manager</a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-42961453709235864472009-11-30T07:58:00.001+00:002009-11-30T08:00:34.663+00:00Windows Error Reporting (WER)WER captures application failure/crash data from users. This data can be used during development for testing performance and reliability of application on windows platform. It helps during beta testing to get early feedback on errors. It can be used to get crash/hang information of critical issues affecting users after release of application. The applications can be developed to capture the crash information and can be developed with capability to recover/restart. The applications can be registered with Windows Error Reporting Service. Following is the URL to register the company: <a href="https://winqual.microsoft.com/SignUp">https://winqual.microsoft.com/SignUp</a> <br /><br />More details can be found <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb513641(VS.85).aspx">here</a>.Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-85752442693540807362009-02-27T19:05:00.002+00:002009-02-27T19:07:39.641+00:00A new kind of Java Script libraryJQuery is an open-source JavaScript library that greatly simplifies the task of HTML development. <a href="http://jquery.com/">Click </a>for more information on JQuery.<br /><br />Microsoft demonstrated JQuery's integration with IntelliSense in the planned Visual Studio 2010. Microsoft expects that it will reduce the workload for Developers building web pages using its ASP.NET, AJAX.Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-77458741934204970972009-02-03T12:51:00.002+00:002009-02-03T12:55:23.455+00:00Google plugs ‘high-risk’ holes in Chrome browserGoogle has shipped a high-priority Chrome browser patch. The patch provide fix for cross-site scripting and data theft attacks.<br /><br />More details are at following URL:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2443">http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2443</a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-43961144894905824722009-01-23T17:29:00.000+00:002009-01-23T17:30:53.666+00:00Invalid Update Control CTF File error during AVG updateI was trying to update AVG antivirus definitions. During update I started getting errors saying Invalid Update Control CTF File. Because of this error I could not update AVG.<br /><br />The solution for this is very simple. I have deleted the .ctf files from AVG folder and could able to update normally. <br /><br />You need to navigate to following folder:<br />C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avg8\update\download\<br />You will find at least two .ctf files in this folder. You can rename those OR can remove. After rename/remove, try to update the AVG definitions again. It should work properly.<br /><br />Happy browsing…Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221006467183643372.post-88489572117049986452009-01-11T12:40:00.003+00:002009-01-11T12:59:33.220+00:00List of FREE windows software available to downloadToday while surfing I came across a fantastic blog by <a href="http://cid-70f64bc910c9f7f3.profile.live.com/">Blake Handler</a>. He has compiled a list of free windows software downloads from Microsoft. This is a fantastic list. I appreciate his work. <br /><br />Following is the link to the blog:<br /><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=46528160">Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft</a>Ashish Basranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356650518872845935noreply@blogger.com1