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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Here is a official statement from Microsoft:
When we first released Hyper-V, support for Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was a shock to many customers. However, we’ve seen many customers in mixed environments virtualize SUSE Linux alongside their Windows virtual machines. We’ve received many requests for additional Linux distributions, and we worked closely with Red [...]
Hyper-V Live Migration
Monday, February 15th, 2010Live Migration is probably the most mentioned feature of the Hyper-V 2.0. It enables system administrators to move virtual machine from one server to another with no downtime. It is very useful if you have a huge network with many virtual and physical servers, and you need to move your virtual machines very often. [...]
Install SUSE Linux on Hyper-V
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Microsoft officially supports SUSE Linux as a guest machine. You can install it and even get a official support from Microsoft if you have some problems. There are also Linux integration components available to download, which can help you enhance your experience using Linux as a guest machine. Ever wondered how the installation process [...]
Hyper-V Architecture
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Hyper-V, used for server virtualization in Windows Server 2008 R2 , is a microkernelized hypervizor. What it really means, I tried to explain in my post about microkernelized hypervizors, but here a video showing you more details about it. This short video has been recorded by Ben Armstrong, a.k.a. The Virtual PC Guy, Product [...]
How to manage Hyper-V from Windows XP?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010If you still use Windows XP as a primary operating system, but your tasks include administrating Hyper-V environments, now you have a option to do it quite easy. Until now, you could use remote desktop, and it still works very well, but what if you want to use something like Hyper-V Remote Management Update [...]
Getting to know Hyper-V
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Microsoft has released a document called Getting to Know Hyper-V: A Walkthrough from Initial Setup to Common Scenarios. This guide provides detailed step-by-step walkthroughs for testing Hyper-V with Windows Server 2008 R2 in a preproduction environment. You can use this guide to become familiar with Hyper-V and the process of creating and managing virtual machines. [...]
How to protect Hyper-V with DPM 2010?
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Protecting virtual machines is also essential as protecting physical machines. You can use System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) to achieve that, but there is a small problem. System administrators can protect an entire Hyper-V host using the DPM Management Console, but the protection group has to be modified manually to include the new [...]
Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources
Monday, December 14th, 2009Want to know more about Hyper-V? Want to know a lot about Hyper-V? Today I have to share a fantastic site with you. Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources is site with tons of materials for Hyper-V. Categories include: Install, Pre-Deployment Tools, Installation, Guidance, Deployment, Management, Workload Specific and Benchmarks. Just click on image provided to [...]
Video: Back up Hyper-V with System Center Data Protection Manager
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 With virtualized workloads, data backup and recovery becomes even more critical. In this video Mark Wilson takes a look at using System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 to back up a Hyper-V host. In one of my previous posts, I shared a video showing you how to backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup.
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How Do I: Backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup?
Monday, November 30th, 2009With virtualized workloads, data backup and recovery becomes even more critical. Whilst large companies can use products such as System Center Data Protection Manager to back up multiple servers, that may not always be appropriate for and, in this video, Mark Wilson takes a look at backing up a Hyper-V deployment using the Windows [...]
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