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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide
Description: Go-to guide for using Microsoft's updated Hyper-V as a virtualization solution
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V offers greater scalability, new components, and more options than ever before for large enterprise systems and small/medium businesses. Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide is the place to start learning about this new cloud operating system. You'll get up to speed on the architecture, basic deployment and upgrading, creating virtual workloads, designing and implementing advanced network architectures, creating multitenant clouds, backup, disaster recovery, and more.
The international team of expert authors offers deep technical detail, as well as hands-on exercises and plenty of real-world scenarios, so you thoroughly understand all features and how best to use them. - Explains how to deploy, use, manage, and maintain the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtualization solutions in large enterprises and small- to medium-businesses
- Provides deep technical detail and plenty of exercises showing you how to work with Hyper-V in real-world settings
- Shows you how to quickly configure Hyper-V from the GUI and use PowerShell to script and automate common tasks
- Covers deploying Hyper-V hosts, managing virtual machines, network fabrics, cloud computing, and using file servers
- Also explores virtual SAN storage, creating guest clusters, backup and disaster recovery, using Hyper-V for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and other topics
Help make your Hyper-V virtualization solution a success with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation and Configuration Guide.
Contents: Introduction xxv Part 1 - The Basics 1
Chapter 1 - Introducing Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 3 Virtualization and Cloud Computing 4
Computing of the Past: Client/Server 4 Computing of the Recent Past: Virtualization 5 Computing of the Present: Cloud Computing 8 Windows Server 2012: Beyond Virtualization 9 Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 11
The Technical Requirements of Hyper-V 11 The Architecture of Hyper-V 12
Maximum Scalability 15
Supported Guest Operating Systems 18
Common Misunderstandings in Licensing 19 Windows Server 2012 Licensing 20
Hyper-V Server 2012 23 Virtualization Scenarios 24 VMware 26
Migrating from VMware 27 Transferring Skills to Hyper-V 27 Other Essential Knowledge 28
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 28 PowerShell 29
Chapter 2 - Deploying Hyper-V 33 Preparing a Hyper-V Deployment 33 Design and Architecture 33
Hardware 36 Operating System 39
Don’t Forget the Documentation 41 Windows PowerShell 42
Building the First Hyper-V Host 43 Preparing Windows Server 43 Installing the Hyper-V Role 47 Configuring the Hyper-V Host 48 Providing Security 54
Managing Hyper-V 56
Hyper-V Management Console 57 Hyper-V PowerShell 57
Server Core 59 Upgrading Hyper-V 61
Performing In-Place Migration 62
Using the Windows Server Migration Tools 62 Exporting and Importing Virtual Machines 62 Upgrading Integration Services 64
Chapter 3 - Managing Virtual Machines 71 Creating Virtual Machines 71
Create a Virtual Machine by Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard 72 Create a Virtual Machine by Using PowerShell 77
Designing Virtual Machines 78 Virtual Machine Maximums 78 Auto-Start and Auto-Stop Actions 81 Dynamic Memory 83
Processors 95 Virtual Storage 100 Network Adapters 111
Performing Virtual Machine Operations 117 Adding and Removing Virtual Hardware 117 Working with Snapshots 118
Using Live Migration 124
Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines 138 Installing Operating Systems and Applications 140 Installing Operating Systems 140
Using Virtual Machine Templates 142
Designing Virtual Machines for Applications 143
Performance Monitoring of Guest Operating Systems 143 Real World Solutions 144
Replacing Virtual Switches 144
Performing Simultaneous Live Migration 144 Rapid Virtual Machine Creation 146
Part 2 - Advanced Networking and Cloud Computing 153 Chapter 4 - Networking 155
Basic Hyper-V Networking 155
Using the Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch 156 Supporting VLANs 166
Networking Hardware Enhancements 183 Single-Root I/O Virtualization 183
Receive-Side Scaling 187
Dynamic Virtual Machine Queuing 190 IPsec Task Offload 191
Advanced Networking 191 Quality of Service 191 Converged Fabrics 201 Real World Solutions 210
Implementing RSS and DVMQ 210
Creating Converged Fabrics with Isolated SMB Storage 213 Creating Converged Fabrics with DCB and SR-IOV 216 Chapter 5 - Cloud Computing 219
Clouds, Tenants, and Segregation 220 The Multi-Tenancy Era 220
Segregation by Isolation 221
Microsoft Network Virtualization 223 Encapsulated Network Virtualization 224 Network Virtualization Abstraction 225 Network Virtualization at Work 232 Network Virtualization Gateways 251 PVLANs 252
Understanding PVLAN Structure 254 Understanding How PVLANs Work 255 Configuring Private VLANs 259 Summary 263
Port Access Control Lists 263 How ACLs Work 263
Extensible Switch Packet Filter 264 DHCP Guard 266
Real World Solutions 270
Part 3 - Storage and High Availibility 273 Chapter 6 - Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 275 Introducing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 275 The Microsoft iSCSI Solution 276
Changes in Windows Server 2012 278 Design and Architecture 280
Building the iSCSI Target 283
Installing a Stand-Alone iSCSI Target 283 Installing a Clustered iSCSI Target 284
Transforming a Stand-Alone to a Clustered iSCSI Target 285 Configuring the iSCSI Target 286
Connecting the Initiator 288
Managing the iSCSI Target Server 289 Storage Providers 289
iSCSI Target SMI-S Provider 289 Best Practice Analyzer 292 PowerShell 293
Migrating 295
Migration to Windows Server 2012 295 VHD Conversion 295
Chapter 7 - Using File Servers 297 Introducing Scale-Out File Servers 298
Limitations in Availability and Performance with Windows Server 2008 R2 299 Technical Overview of the Key Changes 300
Installing and Configuring Scale-Out File Servers 309 Complying with Installation Prerequisites 310 Configuring Failover Clustering 311
Configuring Scale-Out File Services 315
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V over SMB 30 319 Some Real-World Examples 320
Configuring Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to Use Scale-Out File Server Cluster 322 Configuring SQL Server to Use Scale-Out File Server Cluster 325
Troubleshooting Scale-Out File Servers 329 Using Troubleshooting Tools 329
Troubleshooting Client Network Connectivity Issues 332 Troubleshooting Access Denied Issues 333
Troubleshooting Cluster Resource Issues 333 Real World Solutions 333
Chapter 8 - Building Hyper-V Clusters 335 Introduction to Building Hyper-V Clusters 335 Active Directory Integration 337
Failover Clustering Installation 337 Performing Validation 338
Running Cluster Validation 338 Creating a Failover Cluster 342 Adding Disks 344
Configuring Network Prioritization 345 Cluster Shared Volumes 346
Cluster Shared Volumes Compatibility 346 Prerequisites 347
Enabling Cluster Shared Volumes 348 CSV Namespace 348 CSV Resiliency 348 CSV Optimizations 349 CSV Best Practices 350 BitLocker 351 Prerequisites 351 Installing BitLocker 351
Prerequisites 359
Installing and Configuring CAU 360 Highly Available Virtual Machine 370
Implementing a Highly Available Virtual Machine 370 Examining the Virtual Machine Role 371
Virtual Machine Mobility 375 Live-Migrating Virtual Machines 376 Using Live Storage Migration 376 Real World Solutions 378
Chapter 9 - Virtual SAN Storage and Guest Clustering 379 Introduction to Virtual SAN Storage 379
Overview of Virtual Fibre Channel 380 Guest Clustering 388
Guest Clustering on a Single Host 388 Guest Clustering across Physical Hosts 389
Guest Clustering across Physical Hosts and Virtual Machines 390 Creating a Guest-Based Cluster 391
Virtual Machine Preparation 391 Virtual Machine Monitoring 393
Configuring Virtual Machine Monitoring 395 Real World Solutions 399
Part 4 - Advanced Hyper-V 401
Chapter 10 - Backup and Recovery 403 How Backup Works with Hyper-V 403
Volume Shadow Copy Service Framework 403 Virtual Machine Backup Strategies 406 Choosing a Backup Strategy 409
Improvements in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Backup 410 Incremental Backup 410
VSS for SMB File Shares 414 Using Windows Server Backup 418 Installing Windows Server Backup 419 Protecting Nonclustered Hyper-V Hosts 419 Protecting Hyper-V Clusters 425
The Impact of Backup on the Network 426 Real World Solutions 427
Using WSB to Back up a Hyper-V Host and Retain Backup Data 427 Performing Automated WSB Backup of a Hyper-V Cluster 429 Chapter 11 - Disaster Recovery 431
Introducing Disaster Recovery 431 The Evolution of Disaster Recovery 432 Virtualization Simplifies DR 433
DR Architecture for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 434 DR Requirements 435
Synchronous and Asynchronous Replication 436 DR Architectures 438
DR Replication Solutions 440 Virtual Machine Connectivity 446
Implementation of a Hyper-V Multi-site Cluster 456 Replication Link Networking 456
Multi-site Cluster Quorum 457 Tuning Cluster Heartbeat 462 Preferred Owners (Hosts) 463 Summarizing Multi-site Clusters 465 Real World Solutions 465
Designing Hybrid DR 465
Hyper-V Replica Requirements 472 Bandwidth Requirements 472
What Can You Replicate Between? 473
Enabling Hyper-V Replica between Nonclustered Hosts 475 Enabling Virtual Machine Replication 478
Understanding Copy Methods 479
Replicating a Virtual Machine with Network Copy 480 Replicating a Virtual Machine with Removable Media 486 Replicating a Virtual Machine with Offsite Recovery 488 Using Authentication with Certificates 489
Understanding Certificate Requirements 489 Enabling Hyper-V Replica with HTTPS 490 Replicating Virtual Machines via HTTPS 491 Using Advanced Authorization and Storage 491 Using Hyper-V Replica with Clusters 493 Understanding the Hyper-V Replica Broker 493 Creating the Hyper-V Replica Broker 495 Allowing Replication from a Cluster 497 Allowing Replication to a Cluster 498
Exploring Hyper-V Replica in Greater Detail 498 Hyper-V Replica Logging and Swapping 499 Resynchronization 499
The Performance Impact of Hyper-V Replica 500 Managing Hyper-V Replica 501
Monitoring Replication 501 Managing Replication 504
Setting Up Failover Networking 505 Failover TCP/IP 505
Returning to the Production Site 510 Performing a Planned Failover 510 Performing an Unplanned Failover 512 Summarizing Hyper-V Replica 513 Real World Solutions 514
Enabling Replication for Lots of Virtual Machines 514 Running a Planned Failover 515
Scripting an Ordered Unplanned Failover 517
Chapter 13 - Using Hyper-V for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 521 Using Virtual Desktops, the Modern Work Style 521
What Is VDI? 521
The Benefits of Using Hyper-V for VDI 522 Changes in Windows Server 2012 523 Design and Architecture 524
Building a Microsoft VDI Environment 529 Installing Remote Desktop Services 529 Installing RD Virtualization Hosts 534 Deploying Virtual Guests 536
Connecting to the VDI Environment 539 Real World Solutions 541
Index 543
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