Windows storage server 2008 r2 embedded

Here we have Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, im sure many of you don’t need this, but still, it’s nice for a complete collection. and you never know it might be useful one day!!!

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Description:

Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is part of the Windows Storage Server family, which is built upon the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system to provide a platform for network attached storage appliances. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials includes storage technologies enabling you to grow with your storage requirements while providing an easy to use backup and recovery solution. Windows Storage Server Essentials is specifically developed to address the storage needs for small businesses up to 25 users without the need for specialized IT skills. Configuring Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is easy: remove from box, connect to network, power up and access the device from a browser to configure it. The management dashboard makes it simple to manage, maintain and monitor the health of theWindows Storage Server Essentials device, and client computers.

Overview

You probably heard that Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 has been Released To Manufacturing (RTM) last week.
That means that the OEMs will soon deliver a new generation of Windows-based NAS appliances with a file server (SMB2, NFS) and an iSCSI Target (using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3).

What you might have missed is that Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is also now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers for evaluation. This means subscribers can now use the Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3 for Development, Test and all other non-production purposes.
While this was also the case for Windows Storage Server 2008, this new R2 release allows you to install the iSCSI Target on any existing Windows Server 2008 R2 by simply installing an MSI (Microsoft Installer) file. That’s much more convenient for Developers, Testers and IT Profressionals out there.

Usage Scenarios

Here are a few things you could do with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target:

• Setup a test environment for Hyper-V (using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2) using iSCSI shared storage.
• On a single laptop (with enough resources) create a development environment running a SQL Server cluster (two nodes, plus shared storage).
• Evaluate Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and Hyper-V Live Migration, using only regular Windows Server hardware.

You are probably thinking of a few other ways to use this. If they are for evaluation (TechNet Plus or MSDN), demonstration (MSDN), development (MSDN) or test (MSDN), they are probably good scenarios as well.

Download

Find below the information from the MSDN/TechNet site where you download the bits:

• Name: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Embedded (Standard, Enterprise, Workgroup) with iSCSI Software Target 3.3 (x64) — DVD
• Size: 947 (MB)
• File Name: mu_windows_storage_server_2008_r2_embed_stand_ent_work_with_iscsi_software_target_3.3 _x64_dvd_587719.iso
• Date Published (UTC): 9/27/2010 3:01:52 PM
• Last Updated (UTC): 9/27/2010 3:01:52 PM
• SHA1: CAC10773B6DD63FD397F5F00252B252CAF70EE40
• ISO/CRC: 0C19C89F
• Instructions and Resources: You must first install Windows Server 2008 R2 before installing this product. The license agreement for this product references a 180-day term. This download will retain full functionality even after 180 days. The following languages are included in this download: Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, and Spanish.

No keys are required for this download.

Unpacking

The file you will find on MSDN/TechNet is, as you saw above, an ISO file. To look inside of that, you can burn that ISO file to a physical DVD or use one of the many tools that can mount an ISO image as a virtual DVD.
Inside that ISO file there is an executable file (Windows_Storage_Server_2008_R2+iSCSI_SW_Target_33.exe), which you need to run to unpack the two ISO files inside (iSCSI_Software_Target_33.ISO and Windows_Storage_Server_2008_R2.ISO).
Inside the iSCSI_Software_Target_33.ISO file, in the x64 folder, you will find three MSI files, one of which is the only file that you really need to install the iSCSI Target, called iscsitarget.MSI.
To help you understand the installation process, here’s a little diagram of the required steps to unpack and deploy Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 from that executable file.

Understanding the Files

To be clear, here are the names of the outer ISO (the file you download from MSDN/TechNet), the EXE file and the two inner ISO files:

• mu_windows_storage_server_2008_r2_embed_stand_ent_work_with_iscsi_software_target_3.3 _x64_dvd_587719.iso
  • Windows_Storage_Server_2008_R2+iSCSI_SW_Target_33.exe
    • iSCSI_Software_Target_33.iso
    • Windows_Storage_Server_2008_R2.iso 

Install just the iSCSI Target

If you’re installing the just iSCSI Target on a virtual machine, you can just mount the iSCSI_Software_Target_33.ISO file as a virtual DVD and run the \x64\iscsitarget.msi file inside it.
If you’re running the target on a physical server, you can burn the iSCSI_Software_Target_33.ISO file to a physical DVD or use one of the many tools that can mount an ISO image.
Another option for physical server is to copy the jut the iscsitarget.MSI that’s inside iSCSI_Software_Target_33.ISO file to a USB disk or file share and install from there.

How to install Storage Server ?

Step 1: Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on the reference computer (use Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard as the basis for the Workgroup and Standard editions of Windows Storage Server 2008 R2, and use Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise as the basis for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise)
Step 2: (Optional) Install language packs. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 supports 11 languages. 



Step 3:	Install the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system updates that   are provided in the Windows Server 2008 R2 OPK.
Step 4:	Install the storage server-specific features that are provided in the Windows Server 2008 R2 Application Pack.
Step 5:	Add and configure the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) website. This enables access to storage appliances over a network.
Step 6:	(Optional) Add performance-specific registry keys. These keys increase the performance of the storage appliance when it is used as a file server.
Step 7:	(Optional) Set Windows PowerShell™ execution policy. This policy must be enabled if you customize the end user setup experience. 
Step 8:	Enable Windows Remote Management. This policy must be enabled if your storage appliance will be part of a failover cluster.
Step 9:	(Optional) Install non-Microsoft applications. Complete this task only if your end users need to use custom applications to set up or manage the storage appliance.
Step 10:(Optional) Add your OEM software license terms in all the supported languages. If you need end users to accept your software license terms during the appliance setup, you need to add the agreement to your installation.

Как вы знаете Microsoft не так давно сообщил о выходе новой версии Windows Storage Server, которая теперь стала не как самостоятельный продукт, а является опциональным расширением Windows Server 2008. Лицензирование и распространение продукта продолжится по прежним правилам — получить его смогут лишь сертифицированные OEM-партнеры компании Microsoft. Однако подписчики TechNet Plus или MSDN так же смогут получить ознакомительную версию данного продукта. Тем же, кто не имеет подписки тоже не стоит расстраиваться, сделав поиск по именам образов дисков в интернете вам не составит труда их найти.

Итак, чтоже изменилось в новой версии?

Вот несколько основных улучшений на мой взгляд:

• Плюсы от смены платформы на Windows Server 2008, улучшенный стек TCP/IP протокола, SMB2, Failover Clustering, Server Manager.
• Новая версия Single Instance Store (SIS) — системы де-дубликации файлов, которая теперь поддерживает до 128 томов на сервер (раньше было 6) и улучшенная поддержка Failover Clustering.
• Новая версия iSCSI target 3.2 , включая поддержку Ipv6, обновления VSS/VDS и опять же улучшенную поддержку Failover Cluster.

В комплект поставки включен инструмент Storage Manager for SANs (SMfS), предназначенный для решения стандартных администраторских задач. Функциональность компонента File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) также была расширена за счет реализованной поддержки квот, механизмов сокрытия файлов и более совершенных средств генерирования отчетов. Служба Virtual Disk Service (VDS) предлагает дополнительные возможности управления логическими идентификаторам LUN, в том числе позволяет и отключать устройства, изменять размер дисковых массивов, а также присваивать и отменять статус readonly.

Вот несколько сценариев в которых вы можете опробовать ознакомительную версию Windows Storage Server 2008.

• например в качестве тестовой среды для Hyper-V (используя Windows Server 2008 или Windows Server 2008 R2) используя iSCSI Shared Storage.
• среда разработки — SQL Server cluster (2 узла + shared storage).
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) и Hyper-V Live Migration используя только обычное Windows Server оборудование.
• проверить, как работает WSS 2008 Single Instance Storage (SIS).

В процессе установки Windows Storage Server 2008 вам нужно будет выбрать версию продукта: Basic, Workgroup, Standard или Enterprise. Если вы подписчик TechNet Plus или MSDN у вас есть доступ ко всем продуктам и максимальную функциональность вы получите в версии Enterprise. Однако ваше оборудование должно поддерживать x64 технологию, версия Enterprise только для x64 систем. Если ваше оборудование не поддерживает x64 технологию, выбирайте Basic он распространяется как x86 и как x64. Но Basic не поддерживает iSCSI target 3.2.

Выбор версий будет возможен только если вы ставите на x64 систему и не вводили ключ продукта. Если вы ввели ключ продукта, то система сама определит нужную версию, если вы ставите на x86 систему, то возможно будет выбрать только Basic Edition.

Подписчики могут скачать все с MSDN или TechNet Plus и там же получить ключи.

Вот имена, размеры и информация о файлах:

• Windows Storage Server 2008 Embedded (Basic, Standard, Enterprise, Workgroup) (x64) — DVD (English)
  File Name: en_windows_storage_server_2008_embedded_basic_standard_enterprise_workgroup_dvd_x64_x15-49574.iso
  File Size: 3,306.19 (MB)
  Comment: x64 OS image. This is the best one to use and the only one that will let you install the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Embedded Language Pack (x64) — DVD (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)
  File Name: en_fr_de_ja_es_windows_storage_server_2008_embedded_language_pack_dvd_x64_x14-18606.iso
  File Size: 362.07 (MB)
  Comment: Language packs for the image above
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Embedded Basic (x86) — DVD (English)
  File Name: en_windows_storage_server_2008_embedded_basic_dvd_x86_x15-28320.iso
  File Size: 1,988.13 (MB)
  Comment: x86 OS image. This one only installs as Basic and it can’t run the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Embedded Language Pack (x86) — DVD (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)
  File Name: en_fr_de_ja_es_windows_storage_server_2008_embedded_language_pack_dvd_x86_x14-18619.iso
  File Size: 325.14 (MB)
  Comment: Language packs for the image above
• Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 (x86 and x64) — CD (English)
  File Name: en_windows_storage_server_2008_iscsi_cd_x64_x86_x15-49563.iso
  File Size: 5.63 (MB)
  Comment: Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 for the Workgroup, Standard or Enterprise editions (x64 only)
• Microsoft iSCSI 3.2 Tools (x86 and x64) — CD (English)
  File Name: en_windows_storage_server_2008_iscsi_tools_cd_x64_x86_x15-63368.iso
  File Size: 1.92 (MB)
  Comment: Optional VSS and VDS providers for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
• Windows Storage Server 2008 Embedded Tools (x86 and x64) — CD (English)
  File Name: en_windows_storage_server_2008_embedded_tools_cd_x64_x86_x15-62577.iso
  File Size: 5.89 (MB)
  Comment: This includes the documentation for Windows Storage Server 2008

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: I tried to install the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 on Windows Server 2008 (or Windows Server 2008 R2) and I got an error saying “Installation is not supported on this operating system”. What’s the problem?
A: The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 can only be installed on Windows Storage Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise or Workgroup. It cannot be installed on other OS version, like Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Q: I completed the Windows Storage Server 2008 setup but I don’t know what username and password should be used to logon after the installation is completed. Where can I find that information?
A: Review the Windows Storage Server 2008 Release Notes (WSS2008_RELNOTES.DOC), which can be found in the “Tools” ISO file, the last one on the file list above.

Q: Should I apply Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Windows Storage Server 2008 as it becomes available?
A: Yes. We also recommend enabling Automatic Updates for Windows Storage Server 2008 if you downloaded it from MSDN or TechNet Plus. If you have an OEM copy of Windows Storage Server 2008, you should contact your OEM for guidance in this area.

Q: I can’t find the x86 version of Windows Storage Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise or Workgroup. Where is it?
A: Windows Storage Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise and Workgroup are provided for x64 only.

Q: I can’t find the documentation for Windows Storage Server 2008. Where is it?
A: The documentation is in the “Tools” ISO file, the last one on the file list above. That includes the Windows Storage Server 2008 Release Notes (WSS2008_RELNOTES.DOC), the Windows Storage Server 2008 Getting Started Guide (WSS2008_GSTART.DOC), the Windows Storage Server 2008 OEM Guide (WSS2008_OEMGUIDE.DOC) and the Windows Storage Server 2008 Extensibility and Branding Developer Documentation (OEM-EXTENSIBILITY\WSS2008_EXTENSIBILITY.DOC).

Q: Can I install my MSDN or TechNet Plus version of Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 in a Hyper-V virtual machine?
A: Yes, if you downloaded it from MSDN or TechNet Plus. Make sure to install the Hyper-V Integration Components when you do so.

Q: I am not an MSDN or TechNet Plus subscriber. How can I download an evaluation version of Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2?
A: Evaluation versions of Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 are only being offered to MSDN or TechNet Plus subscribers.

Q: How can I subscribe to MSDN or TechNet Plus?
A: You can learn how to subscribe using http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions for MSDN andhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/subscription for TechNet Plus.

Q: Can I use the MSDN or TechNet Plus version of Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 in my production environment?
A: No. As with any software you download from MSDN and TechNet Plus, they can only be used for evaluation (TechNet Plus or MSDN), demonstration (MSDN), development (MSDN) or test (MSDN). Review the details at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx for MSDN and athttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc294422.aspx for TechNet Plus.

Q: I am an MSDN or TechNet Plus subscriber. Can I share this MSDN or TechNet Plus software with other people in my company that are not MSDN or TechNet Plus subscribers?
A: No. Each person that needs to install or access the software needs his or her own subscription. Review the details at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx for MSDN and athttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc294422.aspx for TechNet Plus.

Q: How can I obtain a copy of Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 for my production environment?
A: You need to acquire an OEM solution that comes pre-installed with Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2. To find a list of OEM partners, see the links section below.

Q: Can I license just the Windows Storage Server 2008 software (or the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 software) for production use without an OEM hardware?
A: No. This software is only licensed for production use as part of an OEM solution.