Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows server come with Client Hyper-V so you can run a supported guest operating system inside a Virtual Machine. Hyper-V is Microsoft’s native hypervisor for Windows. It was originally developed for Windows Server 2008 and then ported to Windows client OS. It has improved over time and is present in […]
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HYPER-V VM CONFIGURATION VERSION SUPPORTED FEATURES
Supported features The following table shows the minimum virtual machine configuration version required to use some Hyper-V features. WINDOWS SERVER WINDOWS 10 VERSION FEATURE Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Windows 10 1507 6.2 Hot Add/Remove Memory Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Windows 10 1507 6.2 Secure Boot for Linux VMs Windows Server 2016 […]
Windows Server 2016: Configuring Hyper-V Replica in a workgroup environment – Part 2
Following on from part 1 of the series this is the next step in testing the failover. The most easy way to check whether the replica vm may be brought online is to right-click the replica vm DC on Host2.TestEnterprise.com and navigate to Failover: In the next step an administrator can choose if he/she will use the latest recovery point… […]
Windows Server 2016: Configuring Hyper-V Replica in a workgroup environment
In a workgroup environment the most common way to create the certificates for Hyper-V hosts was to use the makecert utility but, given that this utility is depricated now and the new cmdlet New-SelfSignedCertificate is available instead in Windows Server 2016, the process of configuring workgroup replicas became a bit easier. In these two articles I’d like to […]
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM Replication
Setting up Hyper-V replication allows you to replicate a virtual machine from one Hyper-V environment over to another. The nice things about replication in the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor world is that there is no appliance to have to setup or other plugin you have to have to make this work. It is included in the box. Let’s […]
How to install Centos 7 on hyper-v windows Server
To install centos 7 on hyper-v windows Server Step-1: in hyper-v manager select the host machine and right click –>new –>virtual machine Step-2: follow the wizard give name to vm Step – 3: choose the generation we will be using the generation 2 to take advantage of some of the features. Step – […]
How to Create and Run Virtual Machines With Hyper-V
Hyper-V is a virtual machine feature built into Windows. It was originally part of Windows Server 2008, but made the leap the to desktop with Windows 8. Hyper-V allows you to create virtual machines without any additional software. This feature isn’t available on Windows 7, and it requires the Professional or Enterprise editions of Windows 8, […]