Microsoft Hyper-V Blog by Altaro

Free Script: Network Team and Virtual Switch Manipulation for Hyper-V 2012

I’ve designed a PowerShell script to help you with network team and virtual switch management in Hyper-V Server 2012. It will also work for Windows Server 2012. Download the script file: SwitchesAndTeams This will work whether or not you have a GUI version of Windows Server 2012 or if it’s Hyper-V Server 2012. Features Create [...]

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Hyper-V Replica Explained – Part 4

In Part 3 of this post series, we learned how to install and configure Hyper-V Replica in a production environment. In this part we are going to learn why it is not a replacement for virtual machine backup products. The previous parts of the series: Part 1: Overview and benefits of using Hyper-V Replica Part [...]

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Hyper-V Replica Explained – Part 3

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog post series, we focused on the basics of Hyper-V Replica including overview and benefits it provides for SMBs. In this part of the series, we will learn how to enable and use Hyper-V Replica. We’ll be discussing the following topics: Requirements for enabling Hyper-V Replica Configuring [...]

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What You Must Know About Hyper-V

The good news is that there is now a lot of fantastic information out there on Hyper-V. The bad news is that there’s so much, it can be hard to know where to start. So, we’re going to help you out a bit with a simple list of the things that you must know and [...]

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10 Awesome Hyper-V Cmdlets

While the Hyper-V management console is cozy and can certainly get the job done, I think there are a handful of PowerShell cmdlets that can make your life easier. At least in terms of managing Hyper-V. These are commands that have a graphical counterpart, although sometimes it takes a little work to get to it. [...]

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April 2013 Round-Up

Here’s our monthly commentary and link round-up for April 2013. Commentary: Do What’s Best for Your Situation, Not Someone Else’s Here’s a fun little exercise for you. Go out to any Hyper-V forum and ask a question along the lines of, “I’ve got six hard drives for my VMs. What RAID type should I use [...]

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Hyper-V’s Actual Hardware Requirements

Hyper-V Server 2012 actually doesn’t need much in the way of hardware in order to operate. You’re going to need more than that to make it really work. The published requirements for Hyper-V Server 2012 are actually the same as those for Windows Server 2012 which are pretty much the same as the requirements for [...]

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Teaming and MPIO for Storage in Hyper-V 2012

Teaming and MPIO for connecting to iSCSI storage has been a confusing issue for a very long time. With native operating system support for teaming and the introduction of SMB 3.0 shares in Windows/Hyper-V Server 2012, it all got murkier. In this article, I’ll do what I can to clear it up. Teaming The absolute [...]

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How to: Virtual-to-Physical Conversions (V2P)

So that load you thought would be fine on a hypervisor just didn’t work out, eh? Maybe it was just too intensive, or maybe your software vendor bumped you off support. Whatever the reason, the need for V2P happens. It’s not the easiest thing in the world, but it can be done. This article is [...]

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Create a Virtual Machine from a Template

For IT Pros who run Hyper-V servers, I’d like to think that efficiency is core principal. By nature I’d argue that virtualization is a technology centered on efficiency. I think this principal should extend to provisioning new virtual machines as well. If you are in a larger environment or enjoy a healthy budget, you may [...]

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Working with VHD Files

Hopefully, every single technology professional in the entire Windows world knows that a VHD (or VHDX) file is what Hyper-V uses as a virtual hard drive for Hyper-V guests. But, what else can be done with them? Well, I’m so glad you asked, or else I would have had to find something else to write [...]

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Hyper-V Replica Explained – Part 2

In part 1 of this series I introduced you to Hyper-V Replica and what the benefits are of using it in a production environment as a disaster recovery technology. In part 2, we will be covering the following topics on Hyper-V Replica: Hyper-V Replica Requirements Hyper-V Replica Facts Hyper-V Replica Requirements To take advantage of [...]

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Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines in Hyper-V

The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is tightly integrated with Windows XP and later versions of the Windows Operating Systems. Microsoft developers put together the efforts to design a centralized component which allows Windows applications (Windows Server Backup) and third party applications to initiate backup or restore requests for Hyper-V Virtual Machines with the help [...]

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March Hyper-V Round-Up: Commentary and top posts from around the web

Here’s my monthly round-up and commentary for March 2013. Commentary: Don’t Let Anyone Else Tell You What’s “Too Hard” The big news this month is that I started taking Tae Kwon Do classes. They were actually meant for my daughter. However, back when my wife and I were discussing having children, we agreed to parent by example [...]

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Testing and Validating Hyper-V VHD/VHDX Files

It is probably a safe bet that the VHD and VHDX files in a Hyper-V environment are incredibly important. If the file isn’t where you expect it to be or if there is a problem with it, Hyper-V won’t be very happy. Typically when a virtual machine is running if there is a problem with [...]

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