Mastering Hyper-V

The only book to take an in-depth look at deploying Hyper-VNow in its second generation, the popular Hyper-V boasts technical advances that create even more dynamic systems than ever before. This unique resource serves an authoritative guide to deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V comprehensively. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to design a Hyper-V deployment, build a Hyper-V host environment, and design a management system with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.Features real-world examples that show you how to design a Hyper-V deployment, build a Hyper-V host environment, and design a management systemWalks you through incorporating System Center Operations Manager 2008 R2, System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, and Sy...

This book will help you understand the capabilities of Microsoft Hyper-V, architect a Hyper-V solution for your datacenter, plan a deployment/migration, and then manage it all using native tools and System Center. Coverage also includes hybrid cloud scenarios specifically with Windows Azure to complete the full virtualization piece of providing data both on premise and off premise.In addition, you will explore the Windows Azure capabilities for virtual machines and managing a hybrid cloud, including Windows Azure's Internet as a Service (IaaS) and storage capabilities, how seamless management is possible with PowerShell and System Center, plus how Azure Storage can play a part in a company's complete solution.Key topics covered include: virtualizatio...

Building Hyper-V infrastructure with secured multitenancy, flexible infrastructure, scalability, and high availability Overview A complete step-by-step Hyper-V deployment guide, covering all Hyper-V features for configuration and management best practices. Understand multi-tenancy, flexible architecture, scalability, and high availability features of new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. Learn Hyper-V Replica, Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch, Virtual Machine Migration, Hyper-V Storage, Hyper-V Failover Clustering, and also System Center VMM and DPM for management, backup, and recovery. In Detail Over a short span of time, server virtualization has been one of the most rapidly adopted technologies in IT business. Microsoft Hyper-V is a hardware-assist...