WINDOWS 2012 STORAGE SERVER R2

I am a Microsoft Partner that is in search of Windows Storage Server R2. I have multiple buyers for the product already and would like to fill orders of this product. I have been having difficulty finding distribution for the product from Synnex, ASI Corp,
MA Labs, Tech Data etc.
Firstly, Where can I purchase Windows 2012 Storage Server R2?
Secondly, How can I become an authorized reseller of this product?
Any assistance would be appreciated. Please email me at:
[email protected] . Thank you
I would not do it... I mean hunting for Storage Server is pointless. For a reason: built-in restrictions make it unusable for anything else except storage management (what it was initially designed for).
(there are other important restrictions like being not able to be an Active Directory controller but they are irrelevant in the context of this topic)
Running more then 2 VMs is not supported. Having full-blown x64 server doing only storage and spending 1% of CPU time for that is... a bit questionable investment. System would be insanely resource over provisioned. Very bad ROI. See:
Storage Server Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj643303.aspx
Product description
A computer that runs Windows Storage Server is referred to as a storage appliance. Windows Storage Server is based on the Windows Server operating system,
and it is specifically optimized for use with network-attached storage devices. Windows Storage Server offers you a platform to build storage appliances that are customized for your hardware.
Role/Feature
Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2012 Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard
Virtualization (Hyper-V® host or guest support)
No
Yes, 2 VMS
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

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Hi
My query is in case I have one SAN storage with SSD and FC disks connected to Windows 2012 storage server, will Windows be able to manage Tier between two types of disks if the volumes are properly assigned and formated?
Regards
Short answer: No, not automatically. Long answer: Yes, it can be done but with some tricks. First you'll have to make your SAN export LUs built from flash and from spindles. At least one of each (see URL below). Then you'll have to build storage spaces (even
clustered but that's not officially supported for non-SAS disks) from them.
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Configure Tiering with Windows Server 2012 R2
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/10/21/storage-spaces-how-to-configure-storage-tiers-with-windows-server-2012-r2.aspx
Both LUs would have non-SSD type reported so you'll have manually assign types with PowerShell what's flash and what's spindle.
"Notice that the SSD devices were detected as SSD media. However, in this case the physical drives show as unknown.
If yours are not detected like in this example, they should be set correctly which can be done using PowerShell. "
Hope this helped :)
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Running a .cmd file at startup using Task Scheduler on Windows 2012 R2 server

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I've recently tried to get a simple .cmd file running at server startup on my Windows 2012 R2 server.
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Sharepoint 2013 installation in windows 2012 R2 server

Hi,
I am unable to install Sharepoint 2013 server on Windows 2012 R2 Server.
I am getting below error
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I checked my IIS it is working fine.
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Regards,
Siva.

Make sure you have the SharePoint 2013 with Service Pack 1 ISO. Pre-SP1 will not install to SP 2013, and you cannot slipstream it yourself.
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Installing SharePoint 2013 in a Windows 2012 R2 Server I was getting the following error

when I install prerequisiteinstaller.exe in sharepoint 2013, got the below error:
Error: The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.
Any expert please help?

Hi,
From your description, I know you get error when you install SharePoint 2013 in Windows Server 2012 R2.
If you have tried all method above. In your case, you have installed the Web Server(IIS), but the
Web Server (IIS) role installation may fail. You could try run commande: aspnet_regii -enable –i.
Here are similar issues:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/37cc20db-6cc7-45e0-928c-9a1ddbdab2ae/the-tool-was-unable-to-install-application-server-role-web-server-iis-role?forum=sharepointadmin.
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Problem installing Crystal Reports 2013 on a Windows 2012 R2 server

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There is an older C++ library that you need that is not available by default on Win 2012. You can get the install for this here:
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I would like to ask about subnet design and switch layout in regards to using a Windows 2012 ISCSI solution. When you guys design subnets for ISCSI configurations do you use one subnet or multiple subnets? Also do you link the switches together when
designing your ISCSI layouts? These types of things are normally discussed in vendor deployment guides. However, I have not come across a best practices guide for deploying Server 2012 ISCSI.

I would like to ask about subnet design and switch layout in regards to using a Windows 2012 ISCSI solution. When you guys design subnets for ISCSI configurations do you use one subnet or multiple subnets? Also do you link the switches together
when designing your ISCSI layouts? These types of things are normally discussed in vendor deployment guides. However, I have not come across a best practices guide for deploying Server 2012 ISCSI.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn265980.aspx
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Hyper-V over SMB
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134187.aspx
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How to install the Remote Desktop Services role on a Windows 2012 R2 Server

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Internal & External Bind to Windows 2012 DNS server

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Hi,
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323419/en-us
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and refer to the
PDF file.
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