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The Windows Server 2019 Install Procedure The following steps walk through Windows Server 2019 Installation from media. Aside from the text fields and the license prompt in step 3, installing Hyper-V Server does not change the screens or process. You begin on the language, locale, and input choice screen: The second screen has the lone Install now button. If you need it, […]
Read moreCreate New Virtual Machine Let’s go to create the new virtual machine. Type new-vm -vmname test -memorystartupbytes 1GB Create Virtual Hard Drive new-vhd -path “C:\users\Public\Documents\Hyper-v\Virtual Hard Disks\test.vhdx” -sizebytes 20GB -fixed Use the -fixed to determine that your Virtual Hard Drive will be fixed. Because by default use Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk Type. After create the Virtual Hard Disk you will see […]
Read moreinstalling the Hyper-V Role is straightforward on a new system, I have seen couple of scenarios where the Hyper-V role will fail on installation. Scenario conditions are outlined below: Fresh install of Windows 2012R2 Server. All Windows Updates applied then rebooted. Post reboot, Hyper-V Role was installed. Rebooted machine to finalize installation of role Machine begins applying, gets to 99%, […]
Read moreDo you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab? Again? I hate it too! So I decided to figure out a way around it, using an work around. Reboot your VM with your Windows OS or Server install disc. Any version will work. Hit Shift+F10 for a command prompt. make a copy […]
Read moreUse the fantastic tools built-in to Hyper-V 2012 to make it easy to migrate your VMs onto new storage or over to a new host. Never mess with copying .vhdx or configuration files again. I rebuilt my storage in my test lab, making use of Storage Tiering in Storage Spaces to pool two 64 GB SSDs and one 1.5 TB […]
Read moreIt’s a common enough scenario: build one template machine and then mirror that to make a testlab, so you’d think this would be a built-in feature of Hyper-V, but its not. Luckily, it’s not too hard to do once you know how, and I’ll guide you through the tough parts Overall process We’ll be following these steps to get clones […]
Read moreIn April 2015, Microsoft announced a new feature available in Windows Server 2016 called Nano Server. It is similar to Windows Server Core mode but remarkably smaller. Apparently there are big plans in store for Nano Server. Jeffery Snover, lead architect for Windows Server, consistently stated throughout the Microsoft Ignite event, “Nano Server is the greatest change to Windows Server […]
Read moreIntroduction Just in case you didn’t get the memo: Microsoft is “all in” when it comes to cloud computing. I’ve written a bit about cloud computing before on this site and will do so more in the future. Most analysts think Microsoft has made the right decision to go “all in” with the cloud, in part because the nature of […]
Read moreWith Hyper-V the world of networking is quite different than it was with Virtual Server. First to set the scene, with Windows Server 2008 installed on a system with one network adapter you will see this under Network Connections: And your system is operating like […]
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