MPIO on Hyper-V Server
On the previous version of Windows Server (prior Windows Server 2012) you have to download and install MultiPath I/O (MPIO). Since Windows Server 2012 MPIO...
Month: October 2013
Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer
Sometimes when you deploy an Hyper-V Server you don’t know if you miss any configuration or if you are following the best practices regarding security,...
How to delegate access in Hyper-V
In some medium/large organizations, it is common practice to have different access levels for systems, such as administrator, help desk, support and auditor. When implementing...
Performing daily task with PowerShell to manage Hyper-V Server
As a virtualization administrator, you will come across a lot of scenarios where you will need to create, modify, move, export, and other tasks to...
Managing Hyper-V Server remotely through PowerShell
Working with PowerShell can be very common for daily tasks and Hyper-V Server management. However, as there is more than one server to be managed,...
Restoring Hyper-V and Virtual Machines using Windows Server Backup
Cluster, Hyper-V Replica, Storage Migration, and other features makes for a higher availability for Hyper-V virtual machines, but it is impossible to provide 100 percent...
Backing up Hyper-V and virtual machines using Windows Server Backup
Previous versions of Hyper-V (like 2008, 2008 R2 and 2008 R2 SP1) had complications and incompatibilities with the built-in backup tool, forcing the administrators to...
Enabling and disabling the graphical interface in Hyper-V Server Core
Server Core has many installation benefits, but there are a few situations where the GUI is better and provides more options; for example, when we...
Managing a Hyper-V Server Core installation using sconfig
With all the benefits that Server Core bring such as performance, security and so on. But without the GUI, it’s not easy to do the...
Installing and running Hyper-V 2012 R2 from a USB stick
Hyper-V 2012 R2 Server is the free version of Hyper-V and it offers all the components and features that are available in Windows Server 2012...