Roman Sigaev, 123RF

Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V

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Article from ADMIN 02/2010

By Björn Börstinghaus

In the face of competition from VMware, Microsoft has polished its own Hyper-V virtualization solution and firmly integrated it into Server 2008.

Hyper-V, an element of Windows Server 2008 since the operating system was introduced, provides an integrated virtualization solution that doesn't require third-party software http://1. Hyper-V technology gives administrators a powerful, server-based virtualization platform for host systems with x64 CPUs. The Hyper-V can have a role in Windows Server 2008 (R2) or stand alone as Microsoft Hyper-V Server (R2). In Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V is available in the full installation as well as the lean Windows Core installation option.

The requirements Hyper-V places on the hardware shouldn't faze any modern server system today, including support for Intel's VT or AMD's V technology and the ability to enable Data Executive Prevention (DEP) on the BIOS side http://2.

On a full install, you can manage Hyper-V locally with Hyper-V Manager, part of the Server Manager console (Figure 1). For core installations without a GUI, you can manage Hyper-V across the wire from any Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 (R2) system. Hyper-V Manager contains a full set of features for configuring the Hyper-V Server and the virtual machines (VMs). A single Hyper-V host can run 32- and 64-bit x64 operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) at the same time. The guests that Hyper-V supports include Windows Server 2008 (R2), Windows 7 (Figure 2), Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or newer, Windows Server 2003 SP2, and Windows XP SP3, along with non-Windows systems such as SUSE Linux (Table 1).

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