All of a sudden my Windows 10 Workstations were not installing updates. The error message was "Windows Update failed to check for updates with error 0x8024002E". 0x8024002E equals "WU_E_WU_DISABLED Access to an unmanaged server is not allowed". So the clients were thinking my WSUS Server was an unmanaged Server? [More]

So I was browsing for a good PowerShell script that uses the built-in Windows Server Backup features. Augagneur Alexandre's script, http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/WSB-Backup-network-email-9793e315, was a good start, so I took it a little further. [More]

Powershell Script to Shutdown and Export Hyper-V VMs, one at a time, for Windows Server 2012.

Now that I have rebuilt my cluster using Windows Server 2012, I had to change my Export script since the new Powershell Management for Hyper-V 2012 is different from the PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V. [More]

I just wanted to write a few lines today about Windows 8 and the new Metro Home Screen. I have been [More]

The script requires the PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V for it to work. The PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V can be downloaded at http://pshyperv.codeplex.com/ [More]

I schedule this script to run at Startup of the Hyper-V Host to check to see if VMs have been Live Migrated to another Host.

If the VM has this Host set as being the Preferred Owner, Live Migrate them back to this Node. [More]

On a planned or gracefull Hyper-V Host Shutdown, Live Migrate VMs to another Node in the Cluster. This Script is designed to work with a Two-Node Cluster.

You need to configure Group Policy or the Local Policy for the host to have a Shutdown Script. You'll find these settings under Computer Settings > Windows Settings > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown). [More]

This Script saves the state of each VMs first, takes a VSS Snapshot, restores each VMs, exposes the [More]