When working with a Hyper-V host or Hyper-V cluster, you may have access to other hypervisors, such as VMware vSphere. Hyper-V can easily be nested inside a VMware vSphere virtual machine, allowing you to play around with Hyper-V and clustered Hyper-V environments. Let's consider installing [...]
One of the powerful features and functionality that virtualization provides to administrators is the ability to move quickly with provisioning resources. Today’s software driven approach to operating enterprise datacenters means that administrators can deploy infrastructure much more rapidly and with precision and control that simply [...]
One of the trends in virtualized technologies is the move to Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). Hyperconverged infrastructure provides a modern approach to hardware and software as a single unit. Everything is included "in the box," allowing admins to concentrate on the more critical part of the [...]
One of the main tasks that IT, server, and virtualization administrators have on a daily basis is monitoring infrastructure. Monitoring becomes increasingly important in virtualized environments as resources for each VM are aggregated on the physical hosts they reside on. If resources become starved on [...]
This post on Hyper-V Live Migration is a two-part series. In our previous post - the first part, we discussed Live Migration, its types and how each migration type works. In this second part of the series, we will look at the following: Best Practices [...]
Hyper-V Storage Management is one of the most important areas in a Hyper-V environment. Regardless of the Storage vendor that we are using, Hyper-V Best Practices configurations should always be followed. Also the Best Practices from Storage vendor. In this article, will not only discuss [...]
Hyper-V Role Windows Server Hyper-V role helps to Create and Manage the Virtual Machines. Hyper-V Role was first introduced in Windows Server 2008. Earlier versions of Hyper-V Virtual Machines were not able to boot from SCSI Virtual Hard Drive and these Virtual Machines did not [...]
The world of IT infrastructure is certainly seeing massive changes and an evolution when compared to previous years. We have seen the transition from physical servers through to virtualized server resources. Additionally, software-defined networking and storage have been all the rage in the past couple [...]
Table of Contents Introduction What is Kali Linux? Requirements: Create a new VM on the Hyper-V Server for Kali Linux Installation Kali Linux Installation Packages and Tools available in Kali Linux: Conclusion Introduction: What is Kali Linux? Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed [...]
Hyper-V Backup and Recovery: Protect your Hyper-V VMs with BDRSuite. Start 30-day Free Trial today! Table of Contents What is Backup? What is Replication? Difference between Backup and Replication What is Hyper-V Replica? Getting Started Setting up Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM Replication Why Hyper-V [...]