Front Matter

Before you Begin

What is Hyper-V?

Is this book for you?

How to use this book

Creating your lab environment

Our Learning Path

Being Immediately Effective

1. Introduction to Hyper-V

2.1 In This Chapter and Beyond

2.2 What is a Hypervisor?

2.3 Hyper-V Architecture

1. Configuring Host Settings and Connecting to Virtual Machines

3.1 In This Chapter and Beyond

3.2 What is Hyper-V Manager?

3.3 Connecting to Hyper-V Hosts

3.4 Navigating the Hyper-V Manager UI

3.5 Configuring Hyper-V Host Settings

3.6 Connecting to Virtual Machines

3.7 Managing the Virtual Machine Console

1. Creating Your First Hyper-V Virtual Machine

4.1 In This Chapter and Beyond

4.2 What Components Make a Virtual Machine?

4.3 Creating a New Virtual Machine

4.4 Installing the guest OS

1. Configuring Basic Virtual Machine Resources and Settings

5.1 In This Chapter and Beyond

5.2 Configuring Virtual Machine CPU Resources

5.3 Configuring Virtual Machine Memory Resources

5.4 Configuring Virtual Machine Storage Resources

5.5 Other Notable Settings

1. Managing and Maintaining Hyper-V Integration Services

6.1 In This Chapter and Beyond

6.2 What are Integration Services?

6.3 Managing Hyper-V Integration Services

6.4 Conducting File Transfers with Integration Services

6.5 Keeping Integration Services Up to Date

1. Managing and Modifying Virtual Machine Files

6.1. In This Chapter and Beyond - N/A

6.2. File types and their default locations

6.3. Virtual Machine Configuration Files

6.4. Virtual Hard Disks - VHDs and VHDXs

1. Utilizing Checkpoints for Software Upgrades

7.1. In This Chapter and Beyond

7.2. What are Hyper-V Checkpoints?

7.3. Using Hyper-V Checkpoints via Hyper-V Manager

7.4. Using Hyper-V Checkpoints via PowerShell

7.5. What NOT to do with Hyper-V Checkpoints

1. Connecting Virtual Machines to the Physical Network

8.1. In This Chapter and Beyond

8.2. Introduction to the Hyper-V Extensible Switch

8.3. Virtual Switch Types in Hyper-V and Their Uses

8.4. Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Switch

8.5. Management Network Considerations

8.6. NIC Teaming

1. Connecting Hyper-V Hosts to Storage Infrastructure

9.1. In This Chapter and Beyond

9.2. DAS (Direct Attached Storage) in Hyper-V

9.3. Shared Storage in Hyper-V

1. Providing High Availability for Hyper-V Virtual Machines

10.1.Introducing Microsoft Failover Clustering

10.2.Clustering Hyper-V Hosts

10.3.Creating a Hyper-V HA Cluster

10.4.LAB

1. Managing a Hyper-V Failover Cluster with Failover Cluster Manager

11.1.Managing Storage

11.2.Managing Networking

11.3.Managing Virtual Machines

11.4.LAB

1. Clustering Hyper-V Guests

12.1.Hyper-V Guest Clustering Explained

12.2.Creating a Hyper-V Guest Cluster

12.3.LAB

1. Monitoring Hyper-V Hosts and Associated Guest VMs

13.1.In This Chapter and Beyond

13.2.What Monitoring Tools are Available?

13.3.Reviewing the State of Host and Guest Virtual Machine Resources

13.4.Troubleshooting Error Messages

13.5.LAB

1. Migrating Virtual Machines Between Hosts

14.1.Introduction to Virtual Machine Mobility

14.2.Cold VM Migrations

14.3.Quick VM Migrations

14.4.Live VM Migrations

14.5.Shared Nothing Migrations

14.6.VM Storage Migrations

14.7.LAB

1. Moving Existing Servers to Hyper-V

15.1.In This Chapter and Beyond

15.2.What Servers are a Candidate for Migration into Hyper?

15.3.What Tools are Available?

15.4.Using the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)

15.5.LAB

1. Preparing for Disaster with Hyper-V Replica

16.1.In This Chapter and Beyond

16.2.What is Hyper-V Replica?

16.3.Host and Environment Requirements for Hyper-V Replica

16.4.Configuring Hyper-V Replica

16.5.Conducting Failovers with Hyper-V Replica

16.6.LAB

1. Hyper-V Con