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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

By : ZAHIR HUSSAIN SHAH
4.6 (8)
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform

4.6 (8)
By: ZAHIR HUSSAIN SHAH

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
Free Chapter
1
Getting to Know Microsoft Hyper-V
Getting to Know Microsoft Hyper-V
Introducing Hyper-V
Hyper-V deployment scenario
Hyper-V architecture
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service
Features of Hyper-V
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
Hyper-V version comparison
Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 guest VM support
Licensing
Summary
2
Planning, Designing, and Implementing Microsoft Hyper-V
Planning, Designing, and Implementing Microsoft Hyper-V
Planning and designing Hyper-V infrastructure
Upgrading legacy Hyper-V servers to Windows Server 2012
Installing Hyper-V server role
Configuring basic settings for Hyper-V server role
Summary
3
Setting Up Hyper-V Replication
Setting Up Hyper-V Replication
Introducing Hyper-V replication
Software requirements
Hardware requirements
Deployment scenario for Hyper-V Replica
Technical overview of the Hyper-V Replica feature
Hyper-V Replica best practices
Setting up Hyper-V Replica
Monitoring Hyper-V Replica environment
Summary
4
Understanding Hyper-V Networking
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Understanding Hyper-V Networking
Hyper-V virtual switch technical overview
Windows Server 2012 – a cloud-ready platform
Improved Hyper-V virtual network switch
Configuring the Hyper-V extensible virtual network switch
Implementing NIC teaming for Hyper-V host and guest
Configuring NIC teaming for the Hyper-V host
Summary
5
A New World of Hyper-V Automation with PowerShell
A New World of Hyper-V Automation with PowerShell
Introduction to PowerShell
Insight into Windows Server 2012 PowerShell (3.0)
Managing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V with PowerShell 3.0
Windows PowerShell 3.0 capabilities for Hyper-V
Summary
6
Insight into Hyper-V Storage
Insight into Hyper-V Storage
Understanding virtual storage
Improved Hyper-V storage
Types of Hyper-V virtual storage
Virtual machine storage settings
Hyper-V storage best practices
Summary
7
Managing Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Managing Hyper-V with System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
What's new in SCVMM 2012
Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Configuring SCVMM basic settings
Creating a virtual machine using the SCVMM console
Access to Self-Service Portal
Summary
8
Building Hyper-V High Availability and Virtual Machine Mobility
Building Hyper-V High Availability and Virtual Machine Mobility
Overview of Hyper-V high availability
Understanding Hyper-V high availability and failover clustering core components
Preparing, creating, and configuring a Hyper-V failover cluster
Managing virtual machine mobility and migration
Summary
9
Hyper-V Security Hardening – Best Practices
Hyper-V Security Hardening – Best Practices
Hyper-V and virtualization security pillars
Summary
10
Performing Hyper-V Backup and Recovery
Performing Hyper-V Backup and Recovery
Hyper-V backup methodologies overview
Hyper-V backup considerations and best practices
Implementing Hyper-V virtual machine backup and recovery
Summary
SCVMM 2012 New Features and Enhancements
SCVMM 2012 New Features and Enhancements
SCVMM Management Console Configuration Settings
SCVMM Management Console Configuration Settings
Index
Index

Improved Hyper-V virtual network switch

Now that we have seen a brief overview of a few of the Hyper-V virtual switch enhancements made in Windows Server 2012, in this section we will discuss all these improvements in detail.

Before we go ahead and discuss the new and improved Hyper-V virtual switch, let's first see the comparison between the Hyper-V virtual switch capabilities of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012:

Feature

Windows Server 2008 (R2)

Windows Server 2012

NIC teaming

Yes; through external NIC teaming software provided by third-party hardware vendors

Yes; a built-in NIC teaming feature for both the host and guest

VLAN tagging

Yes, with R2 SP1

Yes

MAC spoofing protection

Yes, with R2 SP1

Yes

ARP spoofing protection

No

Yes

Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV)

No

Yes

Network QoS

No

Yes

Network metering

No

Yes

Network monitor extension

No

Yes

IPSEC task offload

No

Yes

VM trunk mode

No

Yes

Port mirroring

No

Yes

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