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First step build the VM to your liking Make a cup of tea Run sysprep i.e. c:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown Rename the VM in Hyper-V Manager i.e baseline Export the VM from Hyper-V Manager Don’t forget to drink the cup of tea Rename the VM back to it’s original name Copy the exported directory. I’m using Hyper-V Server R2 so Robocopy is [ READ MORE ]
It is possible to backup a Hyper-V server without taking it down using the Hyper-V VSS writer. The way I do it is with a small batch file that is run as a scheduled task. The command is quite simple. WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:”\\SERVER\BACKUP_SHARE” -user:DOMAIN\USERNAME -password:PASSWORD -include:C:,D: -vssFull -quiet > c:\Backup\hyperbackup.log As you can see the command is [ READ MORE ]
Now that SP1 for Vista has been released and given some time to settle in, I felt it was time to take the plunge. I’d heard good things about how it was now the OS it always should have been and that manufacturers had actually started releasing drivers for it. So with [ READ MORE ]
