Logo
programming4us
programming4us
programming4us
programming4us
Home
programming4us
XP
programming4us
Windows Vista
programming4us
Windows 7
programming4us
Windows Azure
programming4us
Windows Server
programming4us
Windows Phone
 
Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 R2 : Creating and Administering Hyper-V Virtual Machines (part 2) - Installing the guest operating system

- Free product key for windows 10
- Free Product Key for Microsoft office 365
- Malwarebytes Premium 3.7.1 Serial Keys (LifeTime) 2019
4/14/2013 6:19:00 PM

4. Installing the guest operating system

If you have selected an installation option when creating a VM, then you can begin the operating system installation process simply by powering on the VM. To start the VM, locate the server within Hyper-V Manager. Right click the VM and select Start (see Figure 7).

Figure 7. Starting a virtual machine.

After starting the VM, you can open the console by double-clicking the VM within Hyper-V Server Manager. This will allow you to see the VM boot. After the VM boots from the installation media, you can begin the operating system installation process just like a physical computer (see Figure 8).

Figure 8. Installing guest operating system.

After installing the guest operating system, you will want to install the Hyper-V integration services. Integration services provide a way for the VM to communicate with this Hyper-V host, allowing the VM to synchronize with the host, providing the host with the ability to interact with VM VSS Services, providing heartbeat capabilities between the Hyper-V host and the VM, and allowing the host to send a clean shutdown command to the VM. Additionally the integration services installation will install enhanced network adapter, display, and mouse drivers on some operating systems. To install integration services, perform the following:

1.
When the guest operating system installation is complete, logon to the VM.

2.
From the Virtual Machine Connection window, select the menu option Action | Insert Integration Services Setup Disk (see Figure 9).

Figure 9. Insert integration services setup disk.

Notes From the Field

Windows Server 2008 R2 and integration services

Windows Server 2008 R2 guest VMs will already have the integration services installed as part of the operating system. You will not need to install the integration services a second time.


3.
Complete the setup wizard to install integration servers and reboot when prompted.

5. Updating virtual machine settings

After creating a VM, you may, at some point, want to modify settings. For example, you may need to add additional memory or processors to support a new application being installed on the VM. VM settings can be accessed by performing the following:

1.
Right click on the VM within Hyper-V Manager and select Settings (see Figure 10).

Figure 10. Opening virtual machine settings.

2.
The VM settings window will open as seen in Figure 11. Here you can modify the various configuration options for the VM.



Figure 11. Virtual machine settings window.

The following options can be configured for a VM.

Add hardware

The Add Hardware option can be used to add new hardware to the VM. Using the Add Hardware option, you can add SCSI controllers for additional disk drives, additional network adapters, or a legacy network adapter to support a network-based installation of operating systems, general network support for older operating systems, and network support for operating systems that do not have integration services installed.

BIOS

The BIOS option can be used to set boot order of VM devices. Typically this setting is used to boot from the correct location when installing a guest operating system. For example, if you are installing the OS from a CD, you should select the CD as the first boot device.

Memory

The memory option can be used to increase the amount of memory allocated to the VM. As mentioned previously, you may need to increase memory to support new applications or increased workloads on the VM.

Processor

The processor option can be used to add or remove processors from the VM as well as manage processor resources. You can configure the following resource options:

  • Virtual machine reserve —This setting reserves the specified percentage of resources to this VM. This will ensure that the specified percentage of resources is always available to the VM. This setting can be useful when you want to guarantee that resources are available for a given VM.

  • Virtual machine limit —You can use this setting to limit the processor resources that can be consumed by this VM. For example, by entering 20%, you will limit the VM to using only 20% of the physical CPU. This setting is very useful to prevent a rogue machine from consuming all of the host’s processing power. This setting can be used to ensure that development and test servers do not interfere with production servers by maxing out the processors on the host.

  • Relative weight —Relative weight is used to determine this VMs importance related to other VMs on the host. In the event of two machines requesting processing, the one with the higher weight is given priority over the other. You can use this setting to ensure that mission critical VMs are given a processor priority higher than that of other VMs.

IDE disk controllers

Each VM is configured with two IDE disk controllers. The operating system must be installed on a disk drive attached to an IDE controller. You can select the IDE controllers to add additional disk drives and DVD drives.

SCSI controllers

SCSI controllers can be used to add disk drives that do not contain the operating system. For best performance, SCSI controllers should be used for secondary storage when the integration services are not installed. However, when the integration services are installed, SCSI or IDE controllers can be used.

Notes From the Field

Hot-add disk drives

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V allows administrators to add or remove disk drives to VMs without turning off the VM. Only SCSI controllers support hot-add and remove features. You cannot hot-add or remove a disk drive to or from an IDE controller.


Network adapters

You can select any listed network adapter to configure the settings for that adapter. These include MAC address, VLAN tagging, and which virtual network the adapter is connected to.

Comm Ports

Each VM includes the option to connect to physical Com Ports via a named pipe connection. This setting can be useful if you need to give the VM access to Com Port options such as modems.

Diskette Drive

The Diskette Drive option can be used to give the VM access to a virtual floppy image. This can be used to install some operating systems or load drivers that might be available on a virtual floppy disk file.

Name

You can use the Name setting to rename the label for the VM. Note that this does not change the computer name within the operating system. This option only changes the label for how the machine is referenced within Hyper-V Manager.

Integration services

The Integration Services setting allows you to disable or enable individual services offered by Integration Services. For example, you can use this setting to disable synchronization between the VM and the Hyper-V host.

Snapshot file location

This setting allows you to change the path to where snapshot files are stored for this VM. You may want to change this if you need additional disk space for snapshots that is not available using the default path.

Automatic start and stop actions

These settings allow you to configure how you want the VM to act when the physical host boots or shuts down. For example, you can use this setting to configure the VM to perform a clean shut down every time a shutdown command is sent to the physical host.

Other -----------------
- Backup and Restore of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 : Backup Processes (part 2) - Backing Up the Central Management Store, Backing Up Lync Server Servers
- Backup and Restore of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 : Backup Processes (part 1) - Backing Up Lync Server Databases
- SQL server 2008 R2 : Creating and Managing Stored Procedures - Using Input Parameters
- SQL server 2008 R2 : Creating and Managing Stored Procedures - Modifying Stored Procedures
- Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2009 : RunBase Framework Extension (part 4) - Adding a Query
- Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2009 : RunBase Framework Extension (part 3) - Adding Property Methods, Adding Constructors
- Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2009 : RunBase Framework Extension (part 2) - Bike-Tuning Service Offers Example
- Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2009 : RunBase Framework Extension (part 1) - Property Method Pattern, Pack-Unpack Pattern
- Nginx HTTP Server : Basic Nginx Configuration - Testing your server
- Nginx HTTP Server : Basic Nginx Configuration - A configuration for your profile
 
 
Top 10
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Adding Structure to Your Diagrams - Finding containers and lists in Visio (part 2) - Wireframes,Legends
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Adding Structure to Your Diagrams - Finding containers and lists in Visio (part 1) - Swimlanes
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Adding Structure to Your Diagrams - Formatting and sizing lists
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Adding Structure to Your Diagrams - Adding shapes to lists
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Adding Structure to Your Diagrams - Sizing containers
- Microsoft Access 2010 : Control Properties and Why to Use Them (part 3) - The Other Properties of a Control
- Microsoft Access 2010 : Control Properties and Why to Use Them (part 2) - The Data Properties of a Control
- Microsoft Access 2010 : Control Properties and Why to Use Them (part 1) - The Format Properties of a Control
- Microsoft Access 2010 : Form Properties and Why Should You Use Them - Working with the Properties Window
- Microsoft Visio 2013 : Using the Organization Chart Wizard with new data
 
programming4us
Windows Vista
programming4us
Windows 7
programming4us
Windows Azure
programming4us
Windows Server