The latest episode of The Home Server Show is available.
Episode 165 includes:
“A new debate. Windows Home Server 2011 vs. Windows 8 Server. A Microserver update, news, flash storage, and more.”
You can catch this weeks episode here.
My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has just had an other update bringing it to version 2.10
My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 operates as database back-end for My Movies clients in multi-zone environments. My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 2.10 operates as back-end server for My Movies 4.02. My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 does not support My Movies 3 clients.
The My Movies for Windows Media Center or My Movies Collection Management products can be downloaded and installed on client PC’s to maintain movies in the database on My Movies for Windows Home Sever.
More details on My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 can be found here.
PerfectDisk for WHS users has had an update.
Version 12.5 includes enhancements to OptiWrite that provide up to a 20% improvement in OptiWrite performance, as well as bug fixes.
The Pro version for home consumers now includes the Space Management features that recover disk space, giving your system the most free space possible to run at peak performance
Space Management Features:
The business version of PD Pro 12.5 also has peer-to-peer remote capability:
PerfectDisk 12.5 is free to all licensed PerfectDisk 12 users, even if you are not on Support & Upgrade Protection.
More details on PerfectDisk Home Server is available from here.
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My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update.
“My Movies for Windows Home Server is a single add-on program for Windows Home Server, providing a set of features around movies and music, making it the perfect solution for adding, identifying and maintaining movie and music data on your Windows Home Server, serving it to different Media Center solutions or music playback devices.”
Version 2.10 PR9 includes the following changes:
More details on My Movies for WHS can be found here.
We all love DVBLink here at MSWHS.com as it is a great solution to have WHS and Media Center combined, and the good news is that its just been updated to version 4.1:
What is new/fixed:
General
- Fixed: limit of 4 physical channels when doing manual channel merge
- Fixed: it takes a long time for dvblink server to start-up and wake up from standby (this also caused tuner conflict message in MediaCenter after wake-up from standby)
- Fixed: xmltv files in ISO-8859-2 encoding cannot be read
- Fixed: BSOD in dvblink drivers when starting up Mediacenter (also on the dvblink network client side)
- Fixed: dissapearing channels in MediaCenter (also on the dvblink network client side)
DVBLink TVSource:
- Fixed: BSOD in drivers of Omicom tuner during channel scan
- Fixed (by AnySee new drivers): TVSource does not scan channels with AnySee E7 S2 tuner without CNO running
DVBLink Connect! Server
- Added: Web streaming interface
- Fixed: DLNA server crashes on startup because of corrupt nms description file
- Added: url to retrieve m3u file with dvblink channel list
- Fixed: Android streaming stops sometimes after 30-60 seconds
Since there is a driver update involved you cannot upgrade your existing installation! You need to uninstall existing v4.0 or v4.0.1 DVBLink products and install DVBLink product v4.1 from the scratch.
Please use Backup-Restore functionality to restore your DVBLink settings after reinstallation! Do not forget about your modified transponders and contents of your Plugins folder!
Sorry for the inconvenience.
The installation instructions are described on our Wiki.
More information on DVBLink products can be found here.
The add-in LDisk from InteliSAN has been updated for users of WHS-2011, Windows Storage Server-Essentials and SBS-2011.
LDisk Adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to Windows Home Server allowing you to create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs.
Version 2.0.0.4 beta includes the following changes:
If you are close to the end of your first 30 day trial period you can extend your trial for a 2nd 30 days by un-installing the old LDisk from WHS dashboard. (This removes LDisk and its configuration which enables you to continue your trial). If you have any data on LDisk volumes, please back them up before removing the old version.
LDisk is available as a 30 day trial with pricing to be released. More information is available from here as well as a PDF datasheet which is available for download.
Grid Junction v2 for WHS 2011 and SBS Essentials 2011 has now been released for public testing.
The add-in which is designed for Windows Home Server to manage an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) via the Windows Home Server Dashboard is available as a free trial version which will run until January 31, 2012.
Which Battery Backup (UPS) Devices are Supported?
Generally speaking, the most commonly used industry leading uninterruptable power supply manufacturers such as APC, Belkin and Tripp Lite (among others) are known to be supported. But given the vast number of models and variations please check the supported UPS devices list.Do I need Special Drivers or Software?
In most cases the vendor supplied battery driver or the generic windows battery driver should be sufficient. Unless the manufacturer included specialized software for explicit use on Windows Home Server(s) we do NOT recommend any manufacturer supplied software to be installed besides the driver (if required). In addition we recommend that any users who already installed any of such software to uninstall it before installing the GridJunction Windows Home Server Add-in.
CAUTION: This is NOT the final version please try not to use it on your production/live servers.
If you would like to try a copy you can download it from here.
Episode 69 of the BYOB podcast is up for the "Build Your Own Box" enthusiasts amongst you.
On this weeks episode Cloning the WHS 2011 OS using Acronis and then installing it onto an SSD as well as lots more.
You can find episode 69 here.
Covercube, the company behind StableBit DrivePool have posted details of what’s coming up in their BETA M4 build. They say it is nearing completion and should be available to the public at the end of this month or at the latest in January. Of significance is that the BETA M4 build will be the final BETA and will turn into the 1.0 final once it’s tested.
M4 has a new look that’s deeply integrated into the dashboard, with an integrated and standalone mode. The integrated mode will add DrivePool into the standard UI available in the Server Folders and Hard Drives tab within WHS 2011:
Full integration with Microsoft’s Search API allows your pooled folders to be indexed and searched. For folders the standard move folder wizard is utilized to move and add folders and folder duplication now occurs in the background.
All this and more are coming up in the BETA M4 of StableBit DrivePool. More details of which you can find here.
