Windows Server Virtualization - Hyper-V

The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS with Hyper-V™ technology offers advanced server virtualization that enables the OS to act as a parent or host partition for child partitions and virtual machines. Windows Server 2008 included a release candidate version of Hyper-V. In June, 2008 Microsoft issued an update, which raised Hyper-V to a final or released version. This page provides resources for Hyper-V.


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Microsoft Virtualizaiton Team Blog W2K8 Dell TechCenter Wiki
Hyper-V Management Early Performance Testing with Hyper-V Beta and RC
Hyper-V Management Chat 7-22-08 Transcript Hyper-V with SCVMM Chat 7-29-08 Transcript
How to Measure CPU Utilization on Hyper-V Server Hyper-V Function and Features Chat 8-26-08 Transcript
Performance of Hyper-V VMs Chat 9-02-08 Transcript Dell Solutions Guide for Hpyer V (September, 2008)

Dell TechCenter Hyper-V Demo Videos - See Hyper-V and SCVMM in action!

Hyper-V Server on DellTechCenter - A page with details about how to install and configure the FREE Hyper-V Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Installation

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 includes Hyper-V as a role that can be installed. It requires that either Intel VT or AMD-V hardware virtualization be enabled on the processor by selecting to enable hardware virtualization in the BIOS. The installation also requires a reboot.

The server must first be installed with Windows Server 2008. After the OS is installed the Hyper-V role is installed through the Add Roles wizard from Server Manager. Note that Hyper-V as shipped with Windows Server 2008 is not the final released version.

Windows Server Virtualization - Hyper-V - The Dell TechCenter

To update Hyper-V to the final-release version, downloaded this update from Microsoft and apply it. A reboot is required after installing this patch.


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Mike_Hester Backup Solutions (disk to tape) for Server 2008 with Hyper-V 5 May 22 2009, 10:26 AM EDT by andreaserson
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Hi:

Does anyone have recommendations for backup software to use to write backups directly to tape on a system running Server 2008 with multiple Hyper-V VMs? I am testing CA ArcServe r12 now, but it seems rather sluggish. However, this sluggishness may be due to the test NIC setup I am running (a NIC team, with ArcServe installed on the parent partition so it can see the SCSI tape drive). Has anyone tried BackupExec or another product that can manage the tape side of the backup equation?

Also, for any backup program – is installing it on the Server 2008 parent session the best approach? Other than running Hyper-V, the parent session in my setup will not do anything else.

Sincerely,
Mike (Of the Many Questions But Few Answers)
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Mike_Hester NIC Setup when Running Server 2008 and Hyper-V on a PE2950 0 Dec 3 2008, 2:42 PM EST by Mike_Hester
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Hi:

I was wondering if anyone has installed Server 2008 and Hyper-V on a PowerEdge 2950 with Dual Broadcom NICs and a DRAC (or on a similar setup). I will be using this setup and have found several NIC configurations that work, but I was wondering if anyone had specific instructions on configuring the NICs for optimal performance. First let me warn you – my talents, if any, are not in the realm of DNS or NIC setup and optimization, so any help would be appreciated.

For example, questions I have at this point include:

1. Should I put both hardware NICs into the initial Hyper-V VLAN built during the Hyper-V install, or should I only put one hardware NIC in this initial VLAN? Or, should I have two Hyper-V VLANs and put one hardware NIC in each?

2. I got NIC teaming to work by building the team in the parent Server 2008 session after I had Hyper-V installed and several VMs created, but performance leaves something to be desired (and I have seen some odd DNS issues) - has anyone had any success with NIC teaming?

3. Setting static IPs for my VMs is simple enough, even for me, but what type of IPs work best for the hardware NICs (or the NIC Team, if applicable) at the parent session level? If I leave both NICs in the parent session DHCP, DNS shows two entries for the parent server – is this an issue? Should I set one, or both, two static IPs? If I set both to static IPs, will this cause issues in DNS? Finally, if NIC teaming can be used, should I use a static or DHCP IP for the team?


Finally, on my current test setup with NIC teaming active using a static IP for the team, my DRAC is suddenly inaccessible over the network. I can PING it successfully, but I cannot browse to it anymore. Has anyone gotten a DRAC to work when NIC teaming is setup under Server 2008?

Sincerely,
Mike
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