Microsoft released November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 yesterday. This rollup includes lots of fixes, including improved performance of a SOFS cluster during parallelized restores. As usual, I recommend waiting 4 weeks to let others be Microsoft’s testing canaries.
Correction: There are no known problems with the above update.
However, an update rollup released at the same time for Windows Server 2012 DOES in fact have a problem. Microsoft Hyper-V PM, Taylor Brown, tweeted that applying KB2996928 fixes the issue.
See link to hot fix here http://superwidgets.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/november-2014-update-rollup-for-windows-rt82012-breaks-vss-backup-hot-fix/
This is a bit unrelated, but I just stumbled across this unexpected surprise in the Download Center–an overdue update to RDCMan.
Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44989
I’m keeping an eye on the DPM backups. I didn’t put the Nov UR on a Hyper-V host yet, but it’s on a SOFS cluster (troubleshooting a reproducible BSOD issue with Microsoft Support). So far, no issues to report….