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From a Microsoft Server 2008 system you can use the Hyper-V Tools MMC to create and manage virtual machines (VM) on Hyper-V hosts. In this post I demonstrate the steps to create a VM on a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta host. The environment used for creating this post consists of:

• Server 2008 64 bit running Hyper-V Tools
  • The server is also a Domain Controller
• Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta
  • Joined to the Domain
• Both servers are VMs running on VMware Server 2.0

I do not want to mislead anyone. The Hyper-V VM inside the VMware Server VM will not run in my environment. I do show the process of loading the virtual CD and starting the VM along with the error message that is generated.

However, you are able to explore all the configuration options of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and the new VM. This may or may not be of value to you, but this post provides a visual how to demonstration that shows the simple process of creating a Hyper-V VM. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve previously posted about being frustrated configuring Hyper-V Server 2008 for remote administration in a Workgroup. This time I am setting up Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta joined to an Active Directory (AD) Domain. The steps in this post begin after the Hyper-V Server has been installed, networking has been configured, and the server has already joined the AD Domain. I am not using System Center Virtual Machine Manager, but instead the Hyper-V Tools that come with a complete install of Server 2008.

Joining an AD Domain definitely makes remote access with the Hyper-V Tools MMC a snap. Granted, John Howard’s HVRemote tool appears to have made the Hyper-V Server in a Workgroup configuration much easier since the last time I tried too.

Some notes about my environment:

• 2008 Active Directory Forest containing the following servers
  • Server 2008 to run Hyper-V Tools is also my Domain Controller.
    • Server 2008 64 bit edition
  • Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta
    
• Both servers are VMs running on VMware Server 2.0
  

The rest of this post is the configuration steps in table format with screen shots Read the rest of this entry »