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Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

by John Kelbley, Mike Sterling

June 2010

Intermediate to advanced

407 pages

11h 33m

English

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dear Reader,
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
What Is Virtualization?Microsoft’s Approach to VirtualizationWhere Hyper-V FitsWhy We Wrote This BookWho Should Read This BookHow the Book Is OrganizedFinal Thoughts
Chapter 1: Introducing Hyper-V
Scenarios for Hyper-VArchitecture of Hyper-VFeatures of Hyper-VHardware and Software Requirements for Hyper-VSummary
Chapter 2: Installing Hyper-V and Server Core
Performing a Clean Installation of Hyper-VUpdating from the Beta Version to the Final Version of Hyper-VUpgrading Hyper-V from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2Installing Windows Server CoreInstalling Windows Server 2008 as a Core InstallationSummary
Chapter 3: Configuring Hyper-V
Getting Started: The Hyper-V MMCCreating a New Virtual MachineVirtual Machine SettingsNew Virtual Hard Disk WizardVirtual Network ManagerHyper-V SettingsSummary

Chapter 4: Virtualization Best Practices
Host Best PracticesVirtual Machine Best PracticesSummary
Chapter 5: Hyper-V Security
The Hyper-V Security ModelThe Virtual Machine Access Security ModelWorking with the Authorization ManagerSummary
Chapter 6: Virtual Machine Migration
Migration Challenges and DriversMigration ConsiderationsCapturing the ConfigurationPreparing a System for MigrationCapturing and Deploying Disk ImagesUpdating ImagesWalking through a Physical-to-Virtual MigrationExporting and Importing in Hyper-VSummary
Chapter 7: Backing Up and Recovering VMs
Virtual Machine Backup ConsiderationsHost-Based Backup ApproachesChild Backup: Backing Up from WithinManually Backing Up and Recovering a Virtual MachineSummary
Chapter 8: High Availability
Windows Server 2008 Failover ClusteringStorage Considerations for ClusteringBuilding a Failover Cluster for Hyper-VClustered Virtual Machine ManagementSummary
Chapter 9: Understanding WMI, Scripting, and Hyper-V
Common Management TasksWMI OverviewAccessing WMIScripting Technology OverviewPowerShell for NewcomersCommon Elements of WMI ScriptsVirtualization ClassesSummary
Chapter 10: Automating Tasks
Building on the Work of OthersProvisioningConfiguration ManagementManaging AccessMigrationBackup and RecoveryCollecting and Monitoring DataSummary
Chapter 11: Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
System Center Suite OverviewSCVMM 2008 Architecture OverviewInstalling SCVMM 2008Integrating SCOM 2007 and SCVMM 2008Provisioning Virtual Machines from the LibrarySummary
Chapter 12: Protecting Virtualized Environments with System Center Data Protection Manager
Overview of Data Protection ManagerProtecting Your Hyper-V EnvironmentConfiguring Protection of Hyper-V HostsConsiderations When Protecting Virtualized EnvironmentsRestoring Your Virtual Environment with DPMSummary
Chapter 13: Using System Center Operations Manager 2007
Introduction to System Center Operations Manager 2007SCOM Technical OverviewUsing SCOM for Your Virtualization EnvironmentMonitoring and ReportingSummary
Index

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Chapter 7: Backing Up and Recovering VMs

Companies often move to virtualization in order to separate a server-based application from at-risk physical hardware and thus guard against failure. When you migrate “that scary server in the corner that we don’t have the install CDs for anymore” to a virtual machine, you can perpetuate a key business function well into the future.

When you encapsulate virtual machine (VM) information inside one or more virtual hard disks (VHDs), you can easily back up, migrate, and restore server-based services and applications—something you can’t always easily accomplish with a physical server. A coordinated save or shutdown of a VM hosting an application without backup awareness allows an otherwise impossible recovery ...

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