Hyper-V Server 2012 RTM
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012Aidan Finn just announced Hyper-V Server 2012 RTM! Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 is a hypervisor-based server virtualization product that enables you to consolidate workloads, helping organizations improve server utilization and reduce costs. Hyper-V Server is a dedicated stand-alone product that contains the hypervisor, Windows Server driver model, virtualization capabilities, and supporting components such as failover [...]
Linux Integration Services 3.1 for Hyper-V
Thursday, July 28th, 2011Microsoft has released version 3.1. of the Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V. Linux Integration Services are a set of drivers that enable synthetic device support in supported Linux virtual machines under Hyper-V. The supported operating systems for 3.1 are Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 and 6.1 x86 and x64 (Up to 4 vCPU) and [...]
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 now available
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011As reported on Techycentral, first service pack for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is now available to download. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 could be describer as a “operating system” with only one role – Hyper-V. It is free, lightweight and great solution for your virtual environment. It has no GUI, so you have to [...]
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is RTM!
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011After a couple of months of intensive testing, Microsoft finally announced SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM! I already wrote a couple of posts about Dynamic memory, it’s architecture and a need for it, and I also gave two presentations about it. I tested it for a couple of times, and it proved to [...]
Using virtualization in a hosting environment part 1
Thursday, November 18th, 2010I think we can all agree upon a fact that virtualization has its "perks": hardware consolidation, better ROI, more density "packed" server, lower expenses on servers, power and link lines. But the fact that I mind the most, is that rarely someone truly points out the bad sides of virtualization. Biggest problem with any virtualization [...]
[VIDEO] How to install Hyper-V Server 2008?
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010It seems I forgot to post news and tutorials about Hyper-V Server 2008 . For those who don’t know, Hyper-V Server 2008 is a standalone “operating system” with only one role available – Hyper-V. It is free, lightweight and great solution for your virtual environment. It has no GUI, so you have to create and [...]
Dynamic Memory Architecture
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Have you ever start thinking about how it’s possible to have something like Dynamic Memory? For me, it was a “shock” to see memory available to virtual machine goes up and down constantly. I was wondering how something like that is possible, and here is a basic description of the process. First of all, it [...]
How to reserve a memory for a Hyper-V host?
Monday, October 4th, 2010With Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 getting ready to RTM, system administrators should pay attention to one more thing. Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, the biggest feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, enables system administrators to oversubscribe (not overcommit) their RAM. It works great, but you could face some problems with a Hyper-V host.
Some info about Dynamic Memory
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010I’m sure many of you already know that Dynamic Memory feature will be added into Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. With this feature, it will be possible for administrators to provide a range of RAM to a virtual machine. Hyper-V will then dynamically provide RAM to a virtual machine, based on virtual machine needs. This [...]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux now supported with Hyper-V
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Here 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 [...]
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