Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Released

The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta has been posted on the download center along with an overview document and a setup and configuration guide.  Please note that all features, support, configuration etc… is subject to change as this is a beta

Download Links Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Overview Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta Setup and Configuration Guide New Features In R2 Failover Clustering: The initial release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 did not include support for failover clustering.  However, with Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta, host clustering technology is included to enable support for unplanned downtime. Live migration: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 includes support for live migration. Live migration enables customers to move running applications between servers without service interruptions. Processor and memory support: MicrosoftHyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta now supports up to 8-socket physical systems and provides support for up to 32-cores.  In addition, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta supports up to 1TB of RAM on a physical system. Updated Hyper-V Configuration Utility: The Hyper-V Configuration utility is designed to simplify the most common initial configuration tasks.  It helps you configure the initial configuration settings without having to type long command-line strings.  New configuration options have been added for R2 Beta including: -Remote Management Configuration -Failover Clustering Configuration -Additional options for Updates

Virtualization Platform Comparison

The following is an overview comparison of the feature and support set for:
-Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
-Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta
-Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta (Enterprise and Datacenter Editions)

Capabilities	Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008	Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2	Windows Server 2008 R2 EE, DC
Processor Architecture x64 only	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hypervisor-based	Yes	Yes	Yes
Product Type	Standalone product	Standalone product	Operating System
Number of Sockets (Licensing)	Up to 4	Up to 8	Up to 8 = EE | Up to 64 = DC
Number of cores supported by the hypervisor	24 (with QFE)	32	32
Memory	Up to 32 GB	Up to 1 TB	Up to 1TB
VM Migration	None	Quick and live migration	Quick and live  migration (EE & DC)
Administrative UI	Command line, text based configuration utility  and remote GUI management	Command line, text based configuration utility  and remote GUI management	Command line, remote management, and local GUI  (Hyper-V Manager MMC)
Management	Existing management tools
Virtualization Rights for Windows Server guests	0	0	EE = 4 VM DC Edition = unlimited VM per proc
Number of running VM Guests	Up to 192, or as many as physical resources allow	Up to 256, or as many as physical resources allow	Up to 256, or as many as physical resources allow
Storage	Direct Attach Storage (DAS): SATA, eSATA, PATA, SAS, SCSI, Firewire, Storage Area Networks (SANs): iSCSI, Fiber Channel, SAS
Planned Guest OS support	Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 2000 Server, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 & Windows XP SP3/SP2

Taylor Brown
Hyper-V Integration Test Lead
https://blogs.msdn.com/taylorb

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 27, 2009
  Hi Taylor, We are looking to retrieve all snapshots of a running Virtual Machine in Hyper-V using C sharp WMI API's. Is there any sample code available for this (or) do you have any suggestions / thoughts on how to go about this? My email address is lauraa@desktopsites.com Thanks Taylor. Laura Armstrong

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  January 27, 2009
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