Hyper-V: Remote FX Survival Guide
A few years ago at customer events, we started handing out one-page "Survival Guides" (printed both sides and laminated) with links to important resources. The wiki versions of the Survival Guides are meant to do the same things without killing trees or using laminating machines. This one is for a new feature available in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Things to Know
- You should read the Deployment Guide on TechNet
- Migration of virtual machines that have RemoteFX enabled to a node that does not have RemoteFX enabled will fail. To live-migrate virtual machines that have RemoteFX enabled, all nodes must be capable of supporting RemoteFX, all nodes must use identical graphics processing units, and all nodes must have RemoteFX enabled. For details of the CPU requirements for RemoteFX, see see “Hardware Considerations for RemoteFX” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191918
How to Upgrade
- Ensure Virtual Machines are ready for the update
- Update the Host to SP1 Beta
- Update the VM Integration Services
1: Ensure Virtual Machines are ready for the update. Completely shut down (not save state) your virtual machine and merge snapshots. Saved States are not compatible between different Hyper-V versions. NOTE: merging your snapshots may take some time.
2: Update the host. Install Service Pack 1 on the parent partition, then click Restart.
3: Update the Guest Integration Services
1. VMs running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Update the guest operating system with SP1 to upgrade the Integration Services
2. VMs not running Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1: (e.g. Windows XP/Vista/7 RTM/2000/2003/2008/2008 R2 RTM)
a. Start the virtual machine
b. Connect to the virtual machine, click the Action Menu
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1. Ensure Virtual Machines are ready for the update 2. Update the Host to SP1
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1: Ensure Virtual Machines are ready for the update. Completely shut down (not save state) your virtual machine and merge snapshots. Saved States are not compatible between different Hyper-V versions. NOTE: merging your snapshots may take some time.
2: Update the host. Install Service Pack 1 on the parent partition, then click Restart.
3: Update the Guest Integration Services
1. VMs running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Update the guest operating system with SP1 to upgrade the Integration Services
2. VMs not running Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1: (e.g. Windows XP/Vista/7 RTM/2000/2003/2008/2008 R2 RTM)
a. Start the virtual machine
b. Connect to the virtual machine, click the Action Menu
Community Resources
- TechEd Demo: Microsoft RemoteFX: USB and Device Support
- Matt McSpirit Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX Video Demos
- Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX on a Single Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Server Step-by-Step Guide
- Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Personal Virtual Desktops Step-by-Step Guide
- Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Virtual Desktop Pools Step-by-Step Guide
- Configuring USB Device Redirection with Microsoft RemoteFX Step-by-Step Guide
- Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX on a Remote Desktop Session Host Server Step-by-Step Guide
- What’s New in RemoteFX
- Hardware Considerations for RemoteFX
- Microsoft RemoteFX for Session Virtualization: Architectural Overview
- Microsoft RemoteFX for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Architectural Overview
- Deploying Remote Desktop Licensing Step-by-Step Guide
- Remote Desktop Services Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2
- RDP Settings for Windows Server 2008 R2
- Group Policy Settings for Windows Server 2008 R2
For information about the RemoteFX WMI provider documentation, see MSDN.
If you are interested in seeing more Remote Desktop Services documentation, see the Remote Desktop Services TechCenter.