Showing archive results for October 2013

Summary: Use Hyper-V cmdlets in Windows Server 2012 to identify what a virtual machine needs.  Is there a way to use Windows PowerShell to easily find why I can’t import virtual machine configurations when I perform a disaster recovery test on a Hyper-V Server?  Use Compare-VM, target the .xml file with the configuration d...

Summary: Use Hyper-V cmdlets to identify missing network configurations in virtual machines.  Hey, Scripting Guy! This week we are working on some business continuity and disaster recovery practices. One of the documents we are building involves how to rebuild a Hyper-V virtual machine in our Windows Server 2012 R2 environment. Can y...

Summary: Use PowerShell to find the .xml files of Hyper-V virtual machines. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find the location of my virtual machines after I reinstalled Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2? The virtual machine configuration is stored in an .xml file with a GUID, and you can use Get-ChildItem to...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find your virtual machines in a recovered file system.  Hey, Scripting Guy! This week were working on some business continuity and disaster recovery practices. One of the documents we are building involves how to rebuild a Hyper-V machine in our Windows Server 2012 R2 environment. Can you tell me if...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to start a service on a remote machine. How can I start a service on a remote machine? To start a service on a local machine:Get-Service -Name bits  | Start-serviceBut if you try to use the same technique on a remote machine, it tries to start the service on your local machine:Get-Service ...