Chapter 5Managing Hyper-V

The previous chapters explained the key building blocks of virtualization, and this chapter shows how to begin bringing together those separate blocks through consolidated management. While basic management can be performed using Hyper-V Manager, for most enterprise deployments it will be necessary to use System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and also automation solutions such as PowerShell and System Center Orchestrator.

This chapter looks at installing and securing Hyper-V before looking at details around virtual machine deployments and converting physical servers into a virtual machine.

In this chapter, you will learn to

  • Identify the different ways to deploy Hyper-V
  • Explain why using Server Core is beneficial ...

Get Mastering Hyper-V® 2012 R2 with System Center and Azure™ now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.