IT Pro Windows Server 2012 Lab Part 4 - Hyper-V over SMB
This lab assumes that you have completed the prior installation and configuration lab found here:
Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Install and Configure Windows and Hyper-V
Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Hyper-V Storage
Lab Guide – Windows 2012 RTM Continuously Available File Shares
Overview
In Lab 1, you will join your Hyper-V Host to the Active Directory Domain that you created in an earlier lab so that you can then create a Virtual Machine on the Host using an SMB Share in a guest cluster.
In Lab 2, you will learn how to run Hyper-V over SMB file shares. Running Hyper-V over SMB enables many new scenarios. By creating highly available file servers, which contain high-performance storage, and leveraging file shares for virtual machine storage, you can create very large clusters of many Hyper-V servers without needing to attach complex and expensive SAN infrastructure.
Objectives
In this series of exercises, you will explore the following:
· Enabling delegation of a computer account
· Creating an SMB Share with proper permissions.
· Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share.
Prerequisites
· Knowledge of Hyper-V.
Lab Deployment Guide
This lab requires the following host computers and virtual machines. In order to complete this lab, you must have already completed the Hyper-V Getting Started Lab and Continuously Available File Shares Lab.
Host Computers:
· Your Windows Server 2012 Running Hyper-V
? Host Name: [Your Choice]
? OS: Windows Server 2012
? Primary Roles: Hyper-V Server
Virtual Machines:
· DC
? OS: Windows Server 2012
? Primary Roles: Domain Controller
? Additional Roles: DNS
· Storage
? OS: Windows Server 2012
? Primary Role: File and Storage Services
· Cluster1
? OS: Windows Server 2012
? Primary Role: Failover Clustering
· Cluster2
? OS: Windows Server 2012
? Primary Role: Failover Clustering
Lab 1 – Join Host to Domain
Tasks in this Lab Module
1) Join your host Hyper-V machine to the Domain you created.
- Log on to your Hyper-V host machine as an Administrator.
- Open Hyper-V Manager
- Go to Settings for DC, Storage, Cluster1 and Cluster2and ensure the following options are configured:
- Automatic Start Action: Always Start
Automatic Stop Action: Save
- Automatic Start Action: Always Start
- From Server Manager, click Local Server and click IP settings for one of the network adapters in the list.
- In Network Connections, right click the Network adapter that correlates to IT Camp Lab and choose Properties.
- Enter the following IP v4 Address information:
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- IP Address: 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.10
- IP Address: 192.168.1.100
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- From Server Manager, click Local Server and click the hyperlink for your Hyper-V Host.
- The System Properties Page will open.
- Click Change and join the domain you created in the setup lab.
- Provide the Domain Administrator credentials and reboot when complete.
Upon reboot, allow 5 – 10 minutes for the four VMs to start up and then login as the Domain Administrator.
Lab 2 – Hyper-V over SMB
Tasks in this Lab Module
Enable delegation on the computer account of the Hyper-V server.
Create an SMB Share for Hyper-V.
Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share (the share happens to be clustered).
1) Enable delegation on the computer account of the Hyper-V server.
- Log on to DC as the Domain Administrator.
- From the Taskbar open Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
- Navigate to [YourDomain]\Computers, and then click Your Hyper-V Host.
- On the Action menu, click Properties.
- Click the Delegation tab.
- Click Trust this computer for delegation to any service (Kerberos only) .
2) Create an SMB Share for Hyper-V.
- Log onto Cluster1
- From Server Manager, Click the Tools menu, click Failover Cluster Manager.
- Expand MainCluster.[yourdomain] , and then click Roles.
- Right Click HAFileServer and choose Add File Share.
- Profile: SMB Share – Applications
Share Location: Volume E:
Share Name: SMBStore
Other Settings: Accept Defaults
Permissions: Add Domain Administrators with Full Control and Your Hyper-V Host with Full Control
- Profile: SMB Share – Applications
3) Create a new virtual machine from a VHD running on an SMB file share (the share happens to be clustered).
- Switch to your Hyper-V Host.
- Open Hyper-V Manager.
- In the Hyper-V console, click New, and then click Virtual Machine.
- Complete the New Virtual Machine Wizard with the following settings (all other settings are default).
Name: IT Camp VM
Check Store the virtual machine in a different location
Location: \\HAFileServer\SMBStore\Images
Start-up memory: 512
Check Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine
Network Connection: Not Connected
Create a Virtual Hard Disk: Accept Defaults
Install an operating system from a boot CD/DVD-ROM:
Image File: [Select your Windows Server 2012 ISO Image]
- In Hyper-V Manager, select IT Camp VM, and then click Start.
- If you would like, go ahead and install Windows Server 2012 into the VM.
More Information
Tommy’s Blog
Windows Server Blogs
https://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver /
Windows Server 2012 Product Download
Microsoft Virtual Academy
Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs
https:// technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/hh968267.aspx
Windows Azure 90-Day Free Trial Page