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
5. Setting up a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Cluster
6. Placing Virtual Machines into a Hyper-V Cluster
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.
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
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
17. Hyper-V Live Migration between Processor Generations
last updated: February 20, 2010
Until next time!
Rob
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