Go-to guide for using Microsoft's updated Hyper-V as a
virtualization solution

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V offers greater scalability, new
components, and more options than ever before for large enterprise
systems and small/medium businesses. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Installation and Configuration Guide is the place to start
learning about this new cloud operating system. You'll get up to
speed on the architecture, basic deployment and upgrading, creating
virtual workloads, designing and implementing advanced network
architectures, creating multitenant clouds, backup, disaster
recovery, and more.

The international team of expert authors offers deep technical
detail, as well as hands-on exercises and plenty of real-world
scenarios, so you thoroughly understand all features and how best
to use them.

* Explains how to deploy, use, manage, and maintain the Windows
Server 2012 Hyper-V virtualization solutions in large enterprises
and small- to medium-businesses

* Provides deep technical detail and plenty of exercises showing
you how to work with Hyper-V in real-world settings

* Shows you how to quickly configure Hyper-V from the GUI and use
PowerShell to script and automate common tasks

* Covers deploying Hyper-V hosts, managing virtual machines,
network fabrics, cloud computing, and using file servers

* Also explores virtual SAN storage, creating guest clusters,
backup and disaster recovery, using Hyper-V for Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI), and other topics

Help make your Hyper-V virtualization solution a success with
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration
Guide.

Aidan Finn (tweet @joe_elway) is an internationally recognized virtualization expert and blogger (www.aidanfinn.com) from Ireland, and a leading voice in the Microsoft community. Patrick Lownds (tweet @PatrickLownds) is head of the Microsoft Virtualization User Group in the UK as well as an industry speaker at TechEd, HP Technology at Work, and elsewhere. Michel Luescher (tweet @michelluescher) is a consultant at Microsoft Switzerland specializing in private cloud solutions, datacenter optimization, and virtualization. He is also a regular industry speaker and writes the blog www.server-talk.eu. Damian Flynn (tweet @damian_flynn) is the principal infrastructure architect for Lionbridge Technologies specializing in private cloud solutions, datacenter optimization, and virtualization. He is also a regular industry speaker and maintains a public technology and Microsoft blog (www.damianflynn.com).

Go-to guide for using Microsoft's updated Hyper-V as a virtualization solution

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V offers greater scalability, new components, and more options than ever before for large enterprise systems and small/medium businesses. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide is the place to start learning about this new cloud operating system. You'll get up to speed on the architecture, basic deployment and upgrading, creating virtual workloads, designing and implementing advanced network architectures, creating multitenant clouds, backup, disaster recovery, and more.

The international team of expert authors offers deep technical detail, as well as hands-on exercises and plenty of real-world scenarios, so you thoroughly understand all features and how best to use them.

• Explains how to deploy, use, manage, and maintain the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtualization solutions in large enterprises and small- to medium-businesses
• Provides deep technical detail and plenty of exercises showing you how to work with Hyper-V in real-world settings
• Shows you how to quickly configure Hyper-V from the GUI and use PowerShell to script and automate common tasks
• Covers deploying Hyper-V hosts, managing virtual machines, network fabrics, cloud computing, and using file servers
• Also explores virtual SAN storage, creating guest clusters, backup and disaster recovery, using Hyper-V for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and other topics

Help make your Hyper-V virtualization solution a success with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide.

Part 1 • The Basics 1

Chapter 1 • Introducing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 3

Virtualization and Cloud Computing 4

Computing of the Past: Client/Server 4

Computing of the Recent Past: Virtualization 5

Computing of the Present: Cloud Computing 8

Windows Server 2012: Beyond Virtualization 9

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 11

The Technical Requirements of Hyper-V 11

The Architecture of Hyper-V 12

Maximum Scalability 15

Supported Guest Operating Systems 18

Licensing Windows Server 2012 in Virtualization 18

Common Misunderstandings in Licensing 19

Windows Server 2012 Licensing 20

Hyper-V Server 2012 23

Virtualization Scenarios 24

VMware 26

Migrating from VMware 27

Transferring Skills to Hyper-V 27

Other Essential Knowledge 28

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 28

PowerShell 29

Chapter 2 • Deploying Hyper-V 33

Preparing a Hyper-V Deployment 33

Design and Architecture 33

Hardware 36

Operating System 39

Don't Forget the Documentation 41

Windows PowerShell 42

Building the First Hyper-V Host 43

Preparing Windows Server 43

Installing the Hyper-V Role 47

Configuring the Hyper-V Host 48

Providing Security 54

Managing Hyper-V 56

Hyper-V Management Console 57

Hyper-V PowerShell 57

Server Core 59

Upgrading Hyper-V 61

Performing In-Place Migration 62

Using the Windows Server Migration Tools 62

Exporting and Importing Virtual Machines 62

Upgrading Integration Services 64

Real World Solutions 65

Chapter 3 • Managing Virtual Machines 71

Creating Virtual Machines 71

Create a Virtual Machine by Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard 72

Create a Virtual Machine by Using PowerShell 77

Designing Virtual Machines 78

Virtual Machine Maximums 78

Auto-Start and Auto-Stop Actions 81

Dynamic Memory 83

Processors 95

Virtual Storage 100

Network Adapters 111

Performing Virtual Machine Operations 117

Adding and Removing Virtual Hardware 117

Working with Snapshots 118

Using Live Migration 124

Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines 138

Installing Operating Systems and Applications 140

Installing Operating Systems 140

Using Virtual Machine Templates 142

Designing Virtual Machines for Applications 143

Performance Monitoring of Guest Operating Systems 143

Real World Solutions 144

Replacing Virtual Switches 144

Performing Simultaneous Live Migration 144

Rapid Virtual Machine Creation 146

Part 2 • Advanced Networking and Cloud Computing 153

Chapter 4 • Networking 155

Basic Hyper-V Networking 155

Using the Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch 156

Supporting VLANs 166

Supporting NIC Teaming 171

Networking Hardware Enhancements 183

Single-Root I/O Virtualization 183

Receive-Side Scaling 187

Dynamic Virtual Machine Queuing 190

IPsec Task Offload 191

Advanced Networking 191

Quality of Service 191

Converged Fabrics 201

Real World Solutions 210

Implementing RSS and DVMQ 210

Creating Converged Fabrics with Isolated SMB Storage 213…