In this article I am going to show you how to resolve a problem that you will hit when using VMware Workstation to nest virtual machines. In my test environment which consists of mainly my laptop I like to test and run multiple hypervisors, mainly ESXi and Hyper-V. When building my lab from scratch I …
Category: Hyper-V
How to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010 whitepaper
How to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010 whitepaper A new white paper has been released which shows you how to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010 Download it here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c9d141cf-c839-4728-af52-928f61bebdca Overview Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) provides continuous data protection for virtual machines hosted on servers running Microsoft’s Hyper-V. This protection includes …
Hyper-V Resource Page
If you’re after one page full of Hyper-V resources this is it!! Check it out here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dd565807.aspx
Slow RDP Performance on a Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Host
Hi, I recently encountered a problem on my Server 2008 R2 machine which is running Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V installed. After creating a Virtual Network, when i connected via RDP to the server the performance was unbearable and was very unusable. After a little playing about i managed to find the problem. I disabled …
Hyper-V KB Updates
If you need to know where to find Hyper-V specific patch updates you can find them here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430893%28WS.10%29.aspx
Linux Integration Components for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ab7f4983-93c5-4a70-8c79-0642f0d59ec2 Overview When installed in a supported Linux virtual machine running on Hyper-V, the Linux Integration Components provide. Driver support for synthetic devices: The Linux integration components include support for both the synthetic network controller and synthetic storage controller that have been developed specifically for Hyper-V. These components take advantage of the new high-speed bus, …
More Hyper-V docs
I found some more Hyper-V docs to read as well as some webcasts. Enjoy!! How Microsoft Designs the Virtualization Host and Network Infrastructure – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974012.aspx Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines by Using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd578346.aspx
Download the Hyper-V Security Guide
The Hyper-V security guide has just been released. You can download it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd569113.aspx About This Solution Accelerator The Hyper-V Security Guide provides IT professionals with guidance, instructions, and recommendations to address key security concerns about server virtualization. Microsoft Hyper-V technology allows consolidation of workloads that are currently spread across multiple underutilized servers onto a …