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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

By : Nemnom, Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho, Lownds, Carvalho
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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

4.7 (7)
By: Nemnom, Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho, Lownds, Carvalho

Overview of this book

Hyper-V 2016 is full of new features and updates. The second of our best-selling Hyper-V books, the Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook has it all covered. Brimming with expert solutions and techniques, you?ll have everything you need to master virtualization and Hyper-V Manager. This Hyper-V book is designed to help advanced-level administrators benefit fully from the new Windows Server. With over 80 hands-on recipes, the Hyper-V Cookbook gives you tips, tricks and best practices to deploy, maintain and upgrade your virtual machines.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
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1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server
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1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server
Introduction
Verifying Hyper-V requirements
Enabling the Hyper-V role
Installing Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016, and Nano Server
Managing a Server Core installation using sconfig
Remotely managing a Nano Server installation
Managing Nano Server using PowerShell
Managing Nano Server using Server Management Tools – SMT
Configuring Hyper-V post-installation settings
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2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers
2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers
Introduction
Performing an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016
Exporting and importing virtual machines
Migrating virtual machines and updating their Integration Services
Migrating virtual machine using Cross Version Shared Nothing Live Migration
Migrating virtual machine storage using Storage Migration
Converting VHD files to VHDX
Upgrading the VM configuration version
Converting physical computers to virtual machines
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3. Managing Disk and Network Settings
3. Managing Disk and Network Settings
Introduction
Creating and adding virtual hard disks
Configuring IDE and SCSI controllers
Configuring the Storage Quality of Service
Configuring and adding Virtual Fibre Channel storage
Creating resource pools
Enabling and adding NIC teaming
Creating and managing virtual switches
Using advanced virtual machine network settings
Adding and removing vmNICs
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4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation
4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation
Introduction
Creating virtual machine templates
Learning and utilizing basic commands in PowerShell
Using PowerShell commands for daily tasks
Enabling and working with remote connection and administration through PowerShell
Managing virtual machines with PowerShell Direct
Hyper-V management and PowerShell improvements
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5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks
5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks
Introduction
Using the Hyper-V best practices analyzer
Optimizing virtual machines' resources
Enabling nested virtualization
Graphics virtualization in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
Installing and configuring anti-virus for the host and virtual machines
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6. Security and Delegation of Control
6. Security and Delegation of Control
Introduction
Configuring Windows Update for Hyper-V
Delegating control in Hyper-V
Configuring Port ACLs
Installing and configuring BitLocker for data protection
Configuring Hyper-V auditing
Virtual Machine Secure boot
VM protection (vTPM)
Shielded VM
Host Resource Protection
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7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V
7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V
Introduction
Installing and configuring block and file storage in Windows Server 2016
Installing and configuring the Windows Failover Clustering feature
Enabling cluster shared volumes
Rolling cluster upgrades
Configuring Cluster-Aware Updating for cluster nodes
Using Live Migration in a cluster environment
Configuring VM Priority for clustered virtual machines
VM Load Balancing
VM Compute Resiliency
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8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V
8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V
Introduction
Backing up Hyper-V and VMs using Windows Server Backup
Restoring Hyper-V and VMs using Windows Server Backup
Configuring Hyper-V Replica between three Hyper-V hosts using HTTP authentication
Configuring Hyper-V Replica Broker for a Failover Cluster
Configuring Hyper-V Replica to use certificate-based authentication using an Enterprise CA
Using checkpoints in VMs
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9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V
9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V
Introduction
Enabling Hyper-V virtual machines protection to Azure with Azure Site Recovery and Microsoft Azure Backup Server
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10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V
10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V
Introduction
Using real-time monitoring tools
Using Perfmon for logged monitoring
Using VM monitoring
Monitoring Hyper-V Replica
Using resource metering
Tuning your Hyper-V server
Using event viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting
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A. Hyper-V Architecture and Components
A. Hyper-V Architecture and Components
Understanding Hypervisors
Hyper-V architecture
Hyper-V architecture components
Differences between Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, Nano Server, Hyper-V Server, Hyper-V Client, and VMware
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V X VMware vSphere 6.5
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Index
Index

Remotely managing a Nano Server installation

Without GUI, it's not easy to carry out the daily management and maintenance of Hyper-V on Nano Server. In fact, all the existing graphical, such as Hyper-V Manager, Failover Cluster Manager, Server Manager, Registry editor, File explorer, Disk and device manager, Server configuration, Computer management, Users and groups are compatible to manage Nano Server remotely. For most IT administrators, the graphical user interface is the easiest way to use. But on the other hand, the command line can bring a fast and an automated process.

That's why in Windows Server 2016, the Nano Server deployment option of Windows comes with full PowerShell remoting support. The purpose of core PowerShell engine is to manage Nano Server instances at scale. PowerShell remoting includes WMI, Windows Server cmdlets (network, storage, Hyper-V, and so on.), PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Remote file transfer, Remote script authoring and debugging, and PowerShell Web Access. As we discussed earlier in this chapter, Nano Server is deep refactoring initially focused on the CloudOS infrastructure.

Nano is a light-weight server OS made to be accessed remotely.

In this recipe, you will see how to access and set the most common configurations in your Nano server with remote graphical tools, PowerShell.

Getting ready

Obtain the IP address or the name of the Nano Server computer.

How to do it...

In order to manage Nano server installation using Hyper-V Manager, carry out the following steps:

  1. Open your management machine and make sure that you have installed the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) that includes Hyper-V Manager.
  2. Launch Server Manager, as shown in the following screenshot, and add your Nano Server machine that you would like to manage:
    How to do it...
    • You can add as many as you want of Nano Servers machines.
    • You can refresh the view and browse all events and services as you expect, I want to point out that at the time of writing this book, Microsoft is still working to bring full support of Server Manager, for this reason you can see in the preceding screenshot Nano Server is online but not all data is retrieved yet.
  3. The next console that you probably want to access is Hyper-V Manager, right click on Nano Server name in Server Manager and select Hyper-V Manager console as shown in the following screenshot:
    How to do it...

Hyper-V Manager will launch with full support as you expect when managing full Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V, free Hyper-V Server, Server Core and Nano Server with Hyper-V role.

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