Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full or Server Core Mode

Introduction

Verifying Hyper-V requirements

Enabling the Hyper-V role

Installing Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012

Managing a Server Core installation using sconfig

Enabling and disabling the graphical interface in Hyper-V

Configuring post-installation settings

Chapter 2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers

Introduction

Performing an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012

Exporting and importing virtual machines

Migrating virtual machines and updating their integration services

Converting VHD files to VHDX files

Migrating Virtual Machine storage using Storage Migration

Migrating virtual machines using Shared Nothing Live Migration

Converting physical computers to virtual machines

Chapter 3. Managing Disk and Network Settings

Introduction

Creating and adding virtual hard disks

Configuring IDE and SCSI controllers for virtual machines

Creating resource pools

Creating and managing virtual switches

Using advanced settings for virtual networks

Enabling and adding NIC teaming to a virtual machine

Configuring and adding Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel to virtual machines

Chapter 4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation

Introduction

Installing and running Hyper-V from a USB stick

Creating virtual machine templates

Learning and utilizing basic commands in PowerShell

Using small PowerShell commands for daily tasks

Enabling and working with remote connection and administration through PowerShell

Chapter 5. Hyper-V Best Practices Tips and Tricks

Introduction

Using the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer

Setting up dynamic memory for virtual machines

Enabling remote management for Hyper-V in workgroup environments

Installing and configuring an anti-virus on host and virtual machines

Chapter 6. Security and Delegation of Control

Introduction

Configuring Windows Update for Hyper-V

Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating for cluster nodes

Delegating control in Hyper-V

Configuring Port ACLs

Installing and configuring BitLocker for data protection

Configuring Hyper-V auditing

Chapter 7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V

Introduction

Installing and configuring an iSCSI Target server in Windows Server 2012

Installing and configuring the Windows Failover Clustering feature

Enabling Cluster Shared Volumes 2.0

Using Live Migration in a cluster environment

Configuring VM Priority for Clustered Virtual Machines

Chapter 8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V

Introduction

Backing up Hyper-V and virtual machines using Windows Server Backup

Restoring Hyper-V and Virtual Machines using Windows Server Backup

Configuring Hyper-V Replica between two hyper-V hosts using HTTP authentication

Configuring Hyper-V Replica Broker for a Failover Cluster

Configuring Hyper-V Replica to use certificate-based authentication using an Enterprise CA

Using snapshots in virtual machines

Chapter 9. Monitoring Tuning and Troubleshooting Hyper-V

Introduction

Using real-time monitoring tools

Using Perfmon for logged monitoring

Using VM Monitoring

Monitoring Hyper-V Replica

Using Resource Metering

Tuning your Hyper-V server

Using Event Viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting

Appendix A. Hyper-V Architecture and Components

Understanding Hypervisors

Hyper-V architecture

Hyper-V architecture components

Differences between Hyper-V Hyper-V Server Hyper-V Client and VMware