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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook

By : Nemnom, Leandro Eduardo S Carvalho, Lownds, Carvalho

4.7 (7)

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.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Index

Index

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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V X VMware vSphere 6.5

VMware is the existing competitor of Hyper-V and the current version 6.5 offers the VMware vSphere as a free and a standalone Hypervisor, vSphere Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus.

The following list compares all the features existing in the free version of Hyper-V with VMware Sphere and Enterprise Plus:

Feature	Windows Server 2012 R2	Windows Server 2016	VMware vSphere 6.5	VMware vSphere 6.5 Enterprise Plus
Logical Processors	320	512	576	576
Physical Memory Virtual CPU per Host	4TB 2,048	24TB 2,048	12TB 4,096	12TB 4,096
Virtual CPU per VM	64	240	8	128
Memory per VM	1TB	12TB	6,128GB	6,128GB
Active VMs per Host Guest NUMA	1,024 Yes	1,024 Yes	1,024 Yes	1,024 Yes
Maximum Nodes	64	64	N/A	64
Maximum VMs per Cluster VM Live Migration VM Live Migration with Compression VM Live Migration using RDMA 1GB Simultaneous Live Migrations 10GB Simultaneous Live Migrations Live Storage Migration Shared Nothing Live...

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