Two new videos just uploaded. The first on using Just-in-time VM access in Azure and the second on creating custom PE-based OS deployments.
Windows Server 2012 R2
4 new videos on 2012 R2 and Network Virtualization
Busy weekend. Finally created and posted my Top Ten Windows Server 2012 R2 Features video in addition to 3 videos about Network Virtualization with SCVMM 2012 R2.
Have fun!
Learn about Work Folders and Workplace Join
Work Folders and Workplace Join are two new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 that enable new capabilities for non-corporate assets giving access to storage and applications in a secure manner. In this video, http://youtu.be/pAZS9UOH14w, I walk through both technologies and show how they are used from Windows 8.1, Windows RT and iOS devices.
New features of Hyper-V video
As the first video of a new series that will accompany my upcoming book, Mastering Hyper-V 2012 R2, I have posted a new video that covers all the main features of Hyper-V from Windows Server 2008 through to Windows Server 2012 R2 with lots of demos. Hope you enjoy it!
Direct link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAqSUS6UDa4&feature=share&list=UUpIn7ox7j7bH_OFj7tYouOQ
New Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 Video
In the video below I whiteboard the new features of Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces and then perform a full demo using PowerShell in my lab. http://youtu.be/x8KlY-aP9oE
Below is all the code I use.
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<span style="color:#006400;">#Create a storage Space</span> <span style="color:#006400;"> #List all disks that can be pooled and output in table format (format-table)</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-CanPool</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$True</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">ft</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">FriendlyName</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span><span style="color:#8a2be2;">OperationalStatus</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span><span style="color:#8a2be2;">Size</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span><span style="color:#8a2be2;">MediaType</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#Store all physical disks that can be pooled into a variable, $pd</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$pd</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">=</span> <span style="color:#000000;">(</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-CanPool</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$True</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">MediaType</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-NE</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">UnSpecified</span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span> <span style="color:#006400;"> #Create a new Storage Pool using the disks in variable $pd with a name of My Storage Pool</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-StoragePool</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-PhysicalDisks</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$pd</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–StorageSubSystemFriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">“Storage Spaces*”</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">“My Storage Pool”</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#View the disks in the Storage Pool just created</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-StoragePool</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"My Storage Pool"</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Select</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">FriendlyName</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">MediaType</span> <span style="color:#006400;"> #Create two tiers in the Storage Pool created. One for SSD disks and one for HDD disks</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$ssd_Tier</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">=</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-StorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-StoragePoolFriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"My Storage Pool"</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">SSD_Tier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">SSD</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$hdd_Tier</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">=</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-StorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-StoragePoolFriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"My Storage Pool"</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">HDD_Tier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">HDD</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#New-VirtualDisk –SNtoragePoolFriendlyName “My Storage Pool” –ResiliencySettingName Simple –Size 10TB –Provisioningtype Thin –FriendlyName “Documents” </span> <span style="color:#006400;">#Create a new virtual disk in the pool with a name of TieredSpace using the SSD (50GB) and HDD (300GB) tiers</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$vd1</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">=</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-VirtualDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-StoragePoolFriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"My Storage Pool"</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">TieredSpace</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-StorageTiers</span> <span style="color:#000000;">@(</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$ssd_tier</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$hdd_tier</span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-StorageTierSizes</span> <span style="color:#000000;">@(</span><span style="color:#800080;">50GB</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">,</span> <span style="color:#800080;">300GB</span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-ResiliencySettingName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Mirror</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-WriteCacheSize</span> <span style="color:#800080;">1GB</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#cannot also specify -size if using tiers and also cannot use provisioning type, e.g. Thin</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#Online, initialize and create volume</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-Disk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">BusType</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Eq</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Spaces</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">PartitionStyle</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–Eq</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"RAW"</span><span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Initialize-Disk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-PartitionStyle</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">GPT</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-Disk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">IsOffline</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–Eq</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$True</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Set-Disk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–IsOffline</span> <span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-Disk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">BusType</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Eq</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Spaces</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-Partition</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-UseMaximumSize</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-DriveLetter</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Format-Volume</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FileSystem</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">NTFS</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-NewFileSystemLabel</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"Mirror"</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">New-Item</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M:Important</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-ItemType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">directory</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Copy-Item</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">C:TestTest.jpg</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M:Important</span> <span style="color:#006400;"> #Pin an item to SSD tier</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Set-FileStorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–FilePath</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M:Importanttest.jpg</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-DesiredStorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000000;">(</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$vd1</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-StorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">SSD</span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#Force an optimization to move the data to SSD tier just pinned</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Optimize-Volume</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–DriveLetter</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M</span> <span style="color:#000080;">–TierOptimize</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#forces the move of pinned files now. Normally this happens in the background on schedule 1am by default</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#View the automated optimization task</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-ScheduledTask</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">TaskPath</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-EQ</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"MicrosoftWindowsStorage Tiers Management"</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">fl</span> <span style="color:#006400;"> #To force a media type on disks (useful in virtual environments) but not normally needed. Here for Info ONLY</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Size</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-EQ</span> <span style="color:#800080;">267630149632</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Set-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">SSD</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Size</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-EQ</span> <span style="color:#800080;">536065605632</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Set-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">HDD</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">MediaType</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-EQ</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">UnSpecified</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Set-PhysicalDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-MediaType</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">HDD</span> <span style="color:#006400;">#Remove all the virtual disks and Storage Space Created above. Only use this if want to delete in preparation for demoing again</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Remove-Partition</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-DriveLetter</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">M</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Get-Disk</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Where-Object</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">BusType</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Eq</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">Spaces</span> <span style="color:#a9a9a9;">|</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Clear-Disk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-RemoveData</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Remove-VirtualDisk</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">TieredSpace</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Remove-StorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">SSD_Tier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Remove-StorageTier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8a2be2;">HDD_Tier</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> <span style="color:#0000ff;">Remove-StoragePool</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-FriendlyName</span> <span style="color:#8b0000;">"My Storage Pool"</span> <span style="color:#000080;">-Confirm:</span><span style="color:#ff4500;">$False</span> |