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    Hyper-V Management

    Microsoft IT Camps - Virtualization

    Hyper-V Manager

    Numerous Management Options


    SCVMM SCOM Failover Cluster Manager PowerShell RSAT

    Command Line WMI

    Integrated Tool Experience

    Hyper-V Manager

    Overview of Hyper-V Settings


    Hyper-V Servers Listing of Virtual Machines

    Hyper-V Server Actions

    Snapshots Virtual Machine Actions

    Details of Selected VM

    Overview of User Settings


    Default Folder Locations

    Keyboard Actions

    User Settings

    VM Connection Application
    Is used to manage local or remote virtual machines Is installed with Hyper-V or RSAT Uses RDP on port 2179 Uses the mstsc.exe Active X control Requires port 2179 open on Windows Firewall

    Failover Cluster Manager


    Integrated with Hyper-V Deploy, configure, manage and connect to VMs from this interface Launch Hyper-V Wizards Supports 1000 VMs per cluster Note: Hyper-V Manager is not cluster aware you must manage clustered VMs using Failover Cluster Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager

    Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2


    Centralized virtual machine deployment and management for Hyper-V, Virtual Server, Failover Clusters and VMware ESX servers Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates Centralized library of infrastructure components Allow for delegated management and access of VMs

    PowerShell
    Server Core, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 & RSAT Remoting Support Hyper-V Integration
    Find a VM Connect to a VM Discover a VM Change VM State Backup a VM Add / Remove VM Manage VMs on Clusters Change VM Storage Change VM Networks Manipulate VHD Files

    Also supports Failover Clustering and System Center Virtual Machine Manager

    WMI API

    Windows Management Instrumentation

    Native WMI scripting Community PowerShell Library SCVMM 2008/2012 PowerShell Library

    Useful when SCVMM server not available Use WMIC (WMI Command Line) to access Hyper-V Also supports Failover Clustering and System Center Virtual Machine Manager

    Remote Server Admin. Tools


    RSAT allows server management on Client Connect to Hosts Free download: http://www.microsoft.com/ download/en/details.aspx? displaylang=en&id=7887 Must enable feature on Client
    Select Role Administration Tools
    Select Hyper-V Tools

    Remote Desktop Connection Manager


    Remote desktop connection management at scale Connect to hosts or VMs Runs on Server & Client Free download: http://www.microsoft.com/ download/en/details.aspx? displaylang=en&id=21101

    Remote Connections
    Remote Desktop Protocol
    Launch MSTSC(.exe) Connect to Hosts or VMs

    Hyper-V Manager
    Right-click Hyper-V Manager Select Connect to Server Connect to hosts Similar experience with RSAT

    RemoteFX Support
    New in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 3D GPU Host side Rendering Improved Encode/Decode Pipeline USB Redirection
    Enable RemoteFX on a VM Client must support RDP 7.1 USB redirection must be enabled via GP GP update and reboot required

    Dynamic Memory
    Hyper-V memory enhancement in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Higher VM consolidation ratios on same hardware with minimal performance impact Memory is pooled and dynamically distributed across VMs to allow it to easily grow or shrink with no service interruption

    Active Memory addition


    Memory is added immediately when VM needs it Unutilized memory is collected every 5 minutes

    Passive Memory reclamation

    Supports both server and desktop VM Guests are enlightened


    Guest Integration Components installed Must be updated to SP1

    Memory is added and removed via synthetic memory driver (memory VSC) support

    Dynamic Memory Settings


    Startup RAM: Memory needed to boot VM
    Guest OS + Apps Default: 512MB

    Maximum RAM: Memory limit for the VM


    Default: 64GB

    Memory Buffer: Free memory to try to maintain in the VM


    Enables responsiveness for workload bursts Allows use for file cache

    Memory Priority: Order in which VMs are allocated memory


    Range: 1 (highest) - 10,000 Default: 5,000

    Changes to Root Reserve


    Root memory reserve is kept for the parent partition Host Reserve amount is automatically calculated based on SLAT capability, total size of host RAM, NUMA architecture
    New registry key override added
    Allows you to reserve static memory for the parent partition

    May result in less memory being available for VMs

    DM allows VMs to push up against the reserve consistently New behavior better protects parent partition from VMs taking too much memory Host Reserve
    VM Overhead

    Memory utilized by VMs VM Reserve

    Core Parking
    Scheduling VMs on a single server for density as opposed to dispersion Allows parking or sleeping of cores by putting them in deep C states Reduces CPU power consumption Processor is parked

    Takeaways
    There are numerous management for Hyper-V including server tools, Client tools, scripting and remote management Use Failover Cluster Manager when working with clustered VMs Use System Center Virtual Machine Manager when working with a large number of VMs

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