Course 6422A: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 HyperV

Module 1: Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Introducing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Hyper-V Requirements Installing the Hyper-V Server Role Configure Hyper-V to Be Highly Available

Lesson 1: Introducing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

History of Server Virtualization Microsofts Virtualization Strategy Discussion: Virtualization Experience Introducing Hyper-V Hyper-V Benefits Microsoft Hyper-V Server

History of Server Virtualization

Virtual PC Virtual Server 2005

Microsofts Virtualization Strategy

Discussion: Virtualization Experience

Uses of virtualization Products used

Introducing Hyper-V
Next-generation hypervisor-based virtualization technology Efficiently run multiple different OSes in parallel Fully leverage the power of x64 computing

Hyper-V Benefits
Server Consolidation Development and Test

Business Continuity Management Dynamic Datacenter

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Microsoft Hyper-V Server (HVS)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Hyper-V, feature of Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V

Parent Partition

Windows or Linux

Windows or Linux

Windows (parent partition)

Windows or Linux

Windows or Linux

Windows hypervisor Hardware

Windows hypervisor Hardware

Contains Windows hypervisor and other components, including base kernel and driver technologies

Available as a role in Server Core or full installation of Windows Server 2008

Lesson 2: Hyper-V Requirements

Evaluate Existing Environment DISK/LUN (Logical Unit Number) Memory Requirements CPU/BIOS Requirements Network/NIC Requirements Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 RTM

Evaluate Existing Environment

Application workload planned Performance and scalability

Level of availability required

Disk/LUN (Logical Unit Number)

Using LUNs simplifies the management of storage resources

Use Storage Manager for SANS to manage LUNs

Memory Requirements
Hyper-V can use up to 1 Terabyte of physical RAM Hosted machines can use up to 64 Gigabytes of RAM

CPU/BIOS Requirements
x64 server with hardware assisted virtualization

AMD AMD-V or Intel VT

Hardware enabled Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

required

AMD (NX no execute bit) Intel (XD execute disable)

Hyper-V does not support Itanium (IA-64)

processors

Network/NIC Requirements
Two physical network adapters recommended

One for management One (or more) for VM networking

Dedicated NIC(s) for iSCSI Connect parent to back-end management network

Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 RTM

Hypervisor must be installed and running to start virtual machines You can verify the status of the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service by using the Services snap-in

Lesson 3: Installing the Hyper-V Server Role

Identify Business Requirements Discussion: Business System Requirements Domain Membership Considerations Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool Install Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 (Full

Installation)

Install Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Identify Business Requirements

Most existing solutions can be redeployed on new servers Consolidation of smaller workloads

Clustered, scaled-out solutions

Discussion: Business System Requirements

System requirements for different business roles High availability

Domain Membership Considerations

Hyper-V does not need to be a member of a Domain Hyper-V can be a member of a Domain

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool

Install Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 (Full Installation)

Hyper-V is only available for x64 editions of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V cannot be enabled on systems running inside Virtual Machines

Install Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Lesson 4: Configure Hyper-V to Be Highly Available

Install Failover Clustering Disk Structure Network Heartbeat

Install Failover Clustering

Two or more servers running Hyper-V must have the Failover Clustering role added Must be configured in a supported cluster configuration

Shared storage for the cluster nodes

Disk Structure
Support for many different options Can be exposed to the guest OS in many different ways

Network Heartbeat
Network Heartbeat is interrupted when

A virtual machine has crashed CPU resources are maxed out

Lab: Install Hyper-V and Perform Initial Configuration

Exercise 1: Install Hyper-V Exercise 2: Explore the Hyper-V Management Console

Logon information

Physical machine User name Password

6422-Hyper-V## Administrator Pa$$w0rd

Estimated time: 30 minutes

Lab Scenario
You receive a request from the enterprise systems team to migrate existing Virtual Server 2005 virtual machines to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. You are to install the server role on one server and explore the management interface.

Lab Review
Whats the first thing you should do before installing the

Hyper-V role?

How do you install the Hyper-V role? How do you configure Hyper-V?

Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions