Category: IT
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Create a Windows Failover Cluster
This post describes how to create a Failover Cluster with two Windows Server 2016 virtual machines in Hyper-V (Lab environment). Info. This post is tagged with “my notebook”. That means, that the purpose of the post is mainly for me to remember something I did. The information here might be incomplete, hard for others to […]
Shared Storage with iSCSI
In this post we will look at how we can create a shared storage between two Windows 2016 Servers in Hyper-V. A shared storage is required if we want to cluster the servers (nodes). TL;DR Create a server with iSCSI target feature. Create virtual disk and iSCSI target. List iSCSI initiator. Connect to a target […]
Orchestration and Automation
Orchestration in IT is a term that is used by a variety of systems and people can mean different things in different contexts. When a company is trying to transform a manual business process into an ‘auto magical IT process’ it is either a type of automation or orchestration they are trying to achieve. Some […]
Install BizTalk Server 2016 on a single machine
This post is about how to set up a lab environment for BizTalk Server 2016 locally on your PC. BizTalk is an integration platform from Microsoft. Index Background Briefly about BizTalk Prerequisites BizTalk Server 2016 Requirements Install Windows Server 2016 Install Visual Studio 2015 Install Visual C++ redistributable package Install SQL Server 2016 SQL Server […]
DNS names vs. NetBIOS names
There is a lot of confusing regarding DNS and NetBIOS names. This post tempts to straighten things out here. Info. This post is tagged with “my notebook”. That means, that the purpose of the post is mainly for me to remember something I did. The information here might be incomplete, hard for others to read […]
Create a LAN between VMs in Hyper-V
This post will explain how to set up a LAN between two virtual machines (VM) in Hyper-V. Info. This post is tagged with “my notebook”. That means, that the purpose of the post is mainly for me to remember something I did. The information here might be incomplete, hard for others to read or contain […]
Install Windows Server 2016 (Hyper-V)
A post with short descriptions and with pictures how to install Windows Server 2016. Info. Read more about VMs in this post: A Brief Look at Virtualization and Virtual Machines [2019-03-08] Index Download the ISO-file. Install a VM from the ISO-file Install the OS (Windows Server 2016 Trail) Summary Download Windows Server 2016 ISO (Trail […]
A Brief look at Virtualization and Virtual Machines (Windows 10 Pro)
Imagining that you only have one computer, let’s say a laptop with Windows 10 Pro. Someone told you that you should check out Linux Ubuntu Operating System (OS). Or maybe you want to play a computer game that is not compatible with Windows 10 but an older OS. Or maybe you want to test a […]
Sewing – An Analogy For Programming
In this blogpost, Maria is sewing a dress. The process and tools she’s using to sew will work as an analogy for programming. The blogpost will touch on the following keywords: SDK (System Development Kit), IDE (Integrated Development Environment), Library and API (Application Programming Interface).
Language and learning – Abstractions, Figurative Language and Analogies
The main goal of this blog is that you as a reader will learn something from it. Raspberryfield.life is about sharing knowledge and making complex things understandable. One strategy to accomplish this is to make use of different concepts in the language itself. In this blogpost I will explain abstractions, figurative language (e.g. similes and […]