So you want to get started with Hyper-V? Start here! – In Summary
By now you’ve seen my multi-part series on Hyper-V. I will keep this posting current so it can serve as a single list of all of my screen casts on Hyper-V and the supporting products.
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
1. Configuring the BIOS for Hyper-V
2. Installing the Hyper-V Role
3. Setting up a Virtual Machine Network
4. Creating a Virtual Machine
5. Setting up a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Cluster
6. Placing Virtual Machines into a Hyper-V Cluster
7. A Look at Quick Migration
Windows Server 2008 R2 – Hyper-V updates
If you are just getting started with Hyper-V. The sessions on Server 2008 still apply. The first 6 sessions will guide you through setting up your Hyper-V environment and are pre-requisites for the following sessions on the R2 improvements. Session 7 (Quick Migration) is less important with the release of Live Migration, but Quick Migration is still available in R2 as a migration solution.
8. What's New in R2 - Part 1
9. What’s New in R2 – Part 2
10. Live Migration
System Center tools
These next two sessions cover the System Center Virtual Machine Manager and how it can help manage your Hyper-V hosts and Virtual Machines.
11. An Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
12. SCVMM R2 and the Power of Templates
13. NIC Teaming with Hyper-V
14. Live Migration doesn’t work (from an Intel to AMD CPU or AMD to Intel)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server (the free one)
I am very pleased that I’ve finally been able to get these sessions recorded. These two sessions walk through setting up two Microsoft Hyper-V R2 servers and then a Hyper-V R2 cluster. Honestly, I was surprised at how easy it was to setup the Hyper-V servers without the GUI. SConfig.cmd is a huge improvement over the setup tools provided in the original release of the Microsoft Hyper-V Server.
15. Setting up the Microsoft Hyper-V Servers for High Availability and Live Migration
16. Hyper-V Server – How to setup a High Availability Cluster with just one copy of Windows Server 2008 Part II
17. Hyper-V Live Migration between Processor Generations
last updated: December 6, 2009
Until next time!
Rob