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 Manager [...]
How to create new Hyper-V virtual machine?
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009Let me show you how to add new Windows Server 2008 R2 as a guest operating system on top of Hyper-V 2.0, which is part of the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. So, I have Windows Server 2008 R2 installed on my machine, I have Hyper-V role installed and enabled (How to install role [...]
How to install Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 7?
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Windows Virtual PC requires hardware-assisted virtualization. But what if your processor doesn’t support it? Then you may want to install Virtual PC 2007, but in most cases, you get an error saying: This program is blocked due to compatibility issues. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 is not supported on this version of Windows. For more information, [...]
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 available to download
Monday, August 17th, 2009I saw it this morning (an it is already downloaded ), Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is also available to download. Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is standalone hypervisor product, which enables you to create virtual environments for your virtual machines at no cost. It has improved security and stability, and with R2 edition it has ability [...]
Free 60-day Hyper-V powered VPS Hosting on Microsoft Platform
Saturday, July 18th, 2009MyHosting.com is offering free 60-day Hyper-V powered VPS Hosting on Microsoft Platform. Here is what they say: Virtual private servers provide the cost savings of sharing the server with others yet the guaranteed performance of having a dedicated portion of the server for your site. This delivers a high level of bandwidth and speed resulting [...]
Free Hyper-V training
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009I just wanted to share this short information with you: Microsoft is offering free Hyper-V training! Here is the copy-paste of the post found on Microsoft virtualization user group blog: Microsoft is offering some free Hyper-V training. You will need to enter a specific access code 9350-Y2W6-3676 and sign in with your Live ID. The [...]
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 boot from VHD
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009One of the great new features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is ability to boot the operating system from VHD file. Why? Look at this example. My colleague, Ales Rosina, Microsoft Student Partner from Slovenia recently wanted to have Windows7 as a virtual operating system inside VirtualPC, for quick access, testing… But, [...]
Hyper-V on Hyper-V – is it possible?
Sunday, June 21st, 2009As you all know, Hyper-V uses microkernelized hypervisor, which means that when you install Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008, it “sits” beneath Windows Server 2008 home operating system. Windows Server 2008 now acts as a “virtual” operating system, it is in the same level (ring) with other guest operating systems (see picture on the [...]
Microkernelized hypervizor
Thursday, December 4th, 2008In the last post from the series “Virtualization types”, I’m gonna explain you microkernelized hypervizor, model that is used in Windows Server 2008 for server virtualization. Comparing to monolithic hypervizor, microkernelized hypervizor has no drivers running within it. Instead, all drivers are run in each partition so that each guest OS running within a virtual [...]