A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognise that this jar represents your life.”

The golf balls are the important things – your [beliefs], your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions-things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff.

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important.”

So, pay attention to the things that are most important. Take care of your health – cook with your kids – spend time with those you love.

He enjoyed his retirement, and appreciated being away from the hustle and bustle. His new leisure time gave him a new lease on life, and he found lots of new pursuits to keep himself engaged.

But unbeknownst to him, the machinery in his old factory didn’t have the same staying power, and shortly after he left the company a fault developed.

The new engineer couldn’t work out the problem.  The production line was halted, vendors were called in, lots of expensive head-scratching but no solution.  Everyone was pulling their hair out, customers were screaming, pure corporate carnage.

The factory boss called up his old engineer.  "Mate!  We have a problem with the plant!"

"That’s bad for you," his ex-employee replied, "Why is it my problem?"

"We’ve tried everything. We can’t fix it.  Can we trouble you to come back in to help us get back online?  No expense spared!"

The engineer reluctantly agreed.  He drove back into his old workplace, stood on the factory floor for a few minutes quietly listening to the hum and rhythm of the plant, then, barely hesitating, made a chalk mark on a pipe.

"Drill an inspection hole there, you’ll find it’s blocked. That’s your problem," then he left.

In his absence they drilled the hole, found the blockage, patched it up and everything returned to normal.  Brilliant result!

Several weeks later, the CFO hit the roof.  The engineer had sent his bill:  "Rectification of machinery fault: $1,000,000."  The matter was escalated all the way to the CEO, who declared that there was no possible way that 5 minutes of work could possibly be charged at a million bucks, and demanded an itemized bill to get to the bottom of it.

The engineer sighed.  "Fine," he said, "I’ll send you an itemized bill."

Days later, it arrived, and it looked like this:

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How to troubleshoot and fix this issue:

• Use the Internal nic for all virtual machines including the Virtual Machine Management server
• Add the FQDN of the Hyper-V server to local hosts file on the VMM server (which is located in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\host. You’ll need to change the folder options to view the extensions for known file types. An example entry looks like this. 192.168.1.250 democomputer.redmond.contoso.corp.com.
• When adding the host into Virtual Machine Manager, make sure you use the FQDN (democomputer.redmond.contoso.corp.com) and clear the option for host to be in a trusted domain (use the non-trusted domain authentication)
• Finish the rest of the steps to add the host.
• It will take a few minutes to populate all the virtual machines that are running on the Hyper-V host. Once populated, select a VM and connect to it. You’ll get prompted with an error warning. Click on the View certificate button and install the certificate by choosing to manually decide where to place the certificate and click the browse button to install it to the trusted root certification authority. Close the dialog box.
• From your VMM server click start, run, and type MMC. From the menu bar select File, then select Add\Remove Snap-in. Select Certificates and then select Add for User. Repeat this process and Add Certificates for local computer.
• Next copy your democomputer.redmond.contoso.corp.com certificate from the user trusted root to the following three places. Right-click the certificate and select copy and then paste into:

  a. Certificates – Current User -> Personal -> Certificates

  b. Computer (Local Computer) -> Personal -> Certificates

  c. Computer (Local Computer) -> Trusted Root Certification Authorities

• Go back to VMM console and attempt to connect to the VM. You’ll probably be prompted for your credentials. Enter your valid domain credentials, i.e. contoso\anotheradmin and select the option to remember my credentials.
• At this point you should now be able to connect to a virtual machine without any errors. 

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• Computer Backups Perform an automatic daily backup of computers in the network and the server itself.
• Simplified Recovery Restore individual files, folders, an entire PC, or the entire Windows Small Business Server with quick, easy- to-use disaster recovery tools.
• Controlled Access Safeguard important data and decide who can create and access new shared folders of documents and/or multimedia files from any computer in the network.

Simplify Small Business IT

• Flexible Storage Quickly increase storage capacity as business requirements change over time. Windows Small Business Server, Aurora provides your customers with increased reliability to protect against drive errors that could lead to data corruption.
• Simplified Management From one administrative console, get a comprehensive view of the health and security of client computers and servers in the network, making it easier to manage common IT tasks and address technology issues before they occur.

Increase Business Productivity

• Easy Manageability Take advantage of the familiar Windows-based experience and leverage your existing IT skills to effectively use the device right out of the box.
• Run the Necessary Applications Have access to the large Windows Server 2008 R2 ecosystem of applications. Also, leverage the upcoming community of add-ins.
• Connection to Online Services Easily extend your server’s functionality by quickly connecting to online services and applications
• Work Virtually Anywhere, Anytime Access files and documents from inside and outside the office through any common web browser using Remote Web Access.
• Better Together Get more done by smoothly running a small business IT with a server that works great together with Windows 7 and Office 2010.

Greater Business Insight

• Information Organization Streamline document access and control information sharing using a centralized data repository that can be accessed from any computer on the network.
• Enhanced Support for Line-of-Business Applications with Premium Add On Provides a powerful data management and analysis solution that makes it possible to use many server-based business applications or run a vast number of line-of-business applications on an additional server.

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