Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook

✍ Scribed by Leandro Carvalho

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Over 50 simple but incredibly effective recipes for mastering the administration of Windows Server Hyper-V Overview Take advantage of numerous Hyper-V best practices for administrators Get to grips with migrating virtual machines between servers and old Hyper-V versions, automating tasks with PowerShell, providing a High Availability and Disaster Recovery environment, and much more A practical Cookbook bursting with essential recipes In Detail Virtualization has proved that it can help organizations to reduce costs, and the Private Cloud has created a revolution in the way we manage and control our servers with centralization and elasticity. The new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V release from Microsoft comes with a myriad of improvements in areas such as mobility, high availability and elasticity, bringing everything you need to create, manage and build the core components of a Microsoft Private Cloud for virtualized workloads. "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is the perfect accompaniment for Hyper-V administrators looking to take advantage of all the exciting new features the release has to offer. Through practical recipes, you’ll master Hyper-V deployment, migration and management. "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is an essential resource for any Hyper-V administrator looking to migrate, install and manage their virtual machine efficiently. With all the features of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V covered, you will learn everything from installation to disaster recovery, security, high availability, configuration, automation, architecture and monitoring, all in a practical recipe format. The book also includes new features such as Storage and Shared Nothing Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica and Network Virtualization and much more. With "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" in hand, you'll be equipped to manage your Private Cloud with ease. What you will learn from this book Learn to deploy, migrate and upgrade Hyper-V and virtual machines Configure disks, network, memory, security and auditing settings for virtual machines Take a deep dive into high availability and disaster recovery Save time and money by getting to grips with PowerShell automation Understand the new features around network virtualization, Shared Nothing Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica and much more Gain a full view of your virtual machines and host servers with monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting tips Take advantage of bonus appendice explaining Hyper-V architecture and the difference between versions Approach "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is a practical cookbook packed with recipes showing and explaining all the features and components of Hyper-V. You’ll learn from best practices, tips and tricks and examples of how to automate daily and common tasks. Who this book is written for If you are an administrator who wants to master Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, then this book is for you. You should be comfortable with virtualization concepts and practices, and knowledge of previous versions of Windows Server would be an advantage.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Author......Page 5
Acknowledgement......Page 6
About the Reviewers......Page 7
www.PacktPub.com......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
Verifying Hyper-V requirements......Page 21
Enabling the Hyper-V role......Page 24
Installing Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012......Page 27
Managing a Server Core installation using sconfig......Page 31
Enabling and disabling the graphical interface in Hyper-V......Page 34
Configuring post installation settings......Page 38
Introduction......Page 44
Server 2012......Page 45
Exporting and importing virtual machines......Page 49
Migrating virtual machines and updating their integration services......Page 53
Converting VHD files to VHDX files......Page 56
Migrating Virtual Machine storage using storage migration......Page 59
Migrating the virtual machines using Shared Nothing Live Migration......Page 62
Converting physical computers to virtual machines......Page 68
Introduction......Page 72
Creating and adding virtual hard disks......Page 73
Configuring IDE and SCSI controllers for virtual machines......Page 78
Creating resource pools......Page 80
Creating and managing virtual switches......Page 84
Using advanced settings for virtual networks......Page 90
Enabling and adding NIC teaming to a virtual machine......Page 94
Configuring and adding Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel to virtual machines......Page 98
Introduction......Page 102
Installing and running Hyper-V from
a USB stick......Page 103
Creating virtual machine templates......Page 107
Working and learning basic commands in PowerShell......Page 110
Using small PowerShell commands for
daily tasks......Page 114
PowerShell......Page 120
Introduction......Page 124
Using the Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer......Page 125
Setting up dynamic memory for
virtual machines......Page 130
Enabling remote management for Hyper-V in workgroup environments......Page 134
Installing and configuring anti-virus on host and virtual machines......Page 139
Introduction......Page 142
Configuring Windows Update for Hyper-V......Page 143
Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating for cluster nodes......Page 148
Delegating control in Hyper-V......Page 154
Configuring Port ACLs......Page 159
Installing and configuring BitLocker for data protection......Page 162
Configuring Hyper-V auditing......Page 168
Introduction......Page 174
Installing and configuring an iSCSI Target server in Windows Server 2012......Page 175
Installing and configuring the Windows Failover Clustering feature......Page 182
Enabling Cluster Shared Volumes 2.0......Page 190
Using Live Migration in a cluster environment......Page 193
Configuring VM Priority for Clustered
Virtual Machines......Page 199
Introduction......Page 202
Backing up Hyper-V and virtual machines using Windows Server Backup......Page 203
Restoring Hyper-V and virtual machines using Windows Server Backup......Page 211
Configuring Hyper-V Replica between two Hyper-V Hosts using HTTP authentication......Page 218
Configuring Hyper-V Replica Broker for a Failover Cluster......Page 228
using an Enterprise CA......Page 231
Using snapshots in virtual machines......Page 240
Introduction......Page 244
Using real-time monitoring tools......Page 245
Using Perfmon for logged monitoring......Page 251
Using VM Monitoring......Page 258
Monitoring Hyper-V Replica......Page 265
Using Resource Metering......Page 270
Tuning your Hyper-V server......Page 273
Using Event Viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting......Page 276
Appendix: Hyper-V Architecture and Components......Page 280
Understanding Hypervisors......Page 281
Hyper-V architecture......Page 282
Hyper-V architecture components......Page 284
Differences between Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, Hyper-V Client, and VMware......Page 286
Index......Page 292