VM /ETC

You didn't power on a guest Rich... that's cheating!

Andrew,

I guess it is anticlimatic not to run a guest, but I have to build
other servers (since I do not have a DC already) and configure. VMM
connectivity just to get to the point of being ready. Config to do
this in a workgroup takes several hours too.

MS really needs a web interface., at least for the free Hyper-V Server
2008 so VMs can be built right away!

Nice Post Rich but I'd also be very curious to know if you can run any VMs. If not, it's not worth the hassle for me. :) Let us know once you've done your testing.

Carlo.

Should be pretty easy to get "some" guest running on Hyper-V...you're so close! Sure would like to hear the result.

Yeah... Any "results???"

My test so far using VMWare workstation 6.5:

1) Created a Windows Server 2008 server, ran dcpromo to create a new domain, added hyper-v remote management tools.

2) Created a Hyper-V standalone server. Did all the configuring and looked good.

3) Every time I tried create a guest, the system fails to create the partition.

Been searching the web, and everyone who installs hyper-v on VMWare never actually installs any guests. Adding the role to server 2008 specifically states hyper-v will not function in a virtualized enviroment.

I think the reason for this are obvious, but I had to confirm it myself (since no one else had the guts to put up a test run with installing a guest).

However, it would have been nice - guess I'll have to scrounge a machine up for making a hyper-v standalone server.

It would seem that it should function, since you can install ESX on workstation in the same fashion, complete with running VM's. So I am a bit clueless as to why creating the partition would fail. I would caution you though that it will take a really powerful system to accomplish all that I said, and you would need to do some tweaking with your virtual network, using RDP [windows] or VNC [Linux] or Putty [CLI via SSH access] in order to connect to the running VM's, so it may not be all that well thought out as far as delivery. Another option may be to try our Veeam Monitor product hear in a month or two. We have a console builtin to that application that allows for a RDP session -- similar to VI client from VMware that can connect to ... It has been working well for a number of our VMware customers. More and more people are getting excited about it to that point where new initiatives are being firmed up. Can't give specifics... but let's just say "It's in the water". This may be a viable alternative for accessing those systems [as well as a great deal more data about the VM's] once the partition issue is dealt with. I will be experimenting with this in my lab and will let you know how it goes.

Donovan,

Thanks for the thoughts on running Hyper-V on VMware Server.

Future version of Veeam Monitor sounds promising! Keep us in the loop.