Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Cookbooks for ready reference

August 22, 2007

Here are some very good Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Cookbooks available for free reference. These are in detail and authored step-by-step with tips and tricks to build a good working solution. Find more about them:

Hosted Backup and Recovery Solutions for Service Providers using DPM and VS

This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience providing data backup and recovery to customers as a hosted solution using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager v2.

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Simple Offsite Backup and Recovery of virtual machines using Data Protection Manager and Virtual Server

This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for backing up and restoring virtual machines running in an offsite location using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager v2.

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Simple Onsite Backup and Recovery of virtual machines using Data Protection Manager and Virtual Server

This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for backing up and restoring running virtual machines using Virtual Server and System Center Data Protection Manager v2.

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High Availability with Virtual Server and Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Server Clustering

This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for implementing high availability of server workloads using Windows Server 2003 Server Clustering and Virtual Server using Intel-based hardware.

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Application Isolation and Operation in Branch Office Using Virtual Server

This cookbook will provide procedural, step-by-step guidance to an IT Generalist audience for isolating and operating applications on separate virtual machines in branch offices using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, in an Intel-based hardware environment for regulatory compliance and improved legacy workload performance.