Hyper-V

Updated: May 18, 2011

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provides software infrastructure and basic management tools that you can use to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment.

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In This Collection

The following table lists the documents within each section of the Hyper-V collection and provides other related resources.

 

Section Documents

Hyper-V Product Evaluation

Hyper-V Getting Started

Hyper-V Planning

Hyper-V Installation

Hyper-V Configuration

Troubleshooting

Hyper-V Migration

Videos and Podcasts
Related Resources



Community Content

eblogin
Setup new virtual machine using hyper-v manager
Setup new virtual machine using hyper-v manager <br /><br /><mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://setup-new-virtualmachine.blogspot.com/" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://setup-new-virtualmachine.blogspot.com/</mtps:InstrumentedLink><br />
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Halvor
PowerShell Library for Hyper-V Management
<p> <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://www.codeplex.com/psHyperV " runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">www.codeplex.com/psHyperV </mtps:InstrumentedLink> </p> <p> <br />Including: </p> <p> <br /> <strong>Finding a VM</strong> <br />Get-VM, Choose-VM , Get-VMHost<br /><br /><strong>Connecting to a VM</strong><br />New-VMConnectSession<br /><br /><strong>Discovering and manipulating Machine states</strong><br />Get-VMState , Set-VMState , Convert-VmState, <br />Ping-VM , Shutdown-VM , Start-VM, Stop-VM, Suspend-VM<br />Get-VMKVP, Get-VMJPEG<br /><br /><strong>Backing up, exporting and snapshotting VMs</strong><br />Export-VM , Get-VMSnapshot, Choose-VMSnapshot , Apply-VMSnapshot , New-VMSnapshot ,Remove-VMSnapshot, Get-VMSnapshotTree, Get-VmBackupScript<br /><br /><strong>Adding and removing VMs, configuring motherboard settings.<br /></strong>New-VM , Remove-VM , Set-VM , Get-VMCPUCount, Set-VMCPUCount, Get-VMMemory, Set-VMMemory<br /><br /><strong>Manipulating Disk controllers, drives and disk images<br /></strong>Get-VMDiskController<br />Add-VMSCSIController , Remove-VMSCSIcontroller<br />Get-VMDriveByController , Add-VMDRIVE , Remove-VMdrive<br />Get-VMDiskByDrive, Add-VMDISK , Set-VMDisk, Get-VMDisk<br />Get-VMFloppyDisk , Add-VMFloppyDisk<br />Add-VMNewHardDisk<br /><br /><strong>Manipluating Network Interface Cards</strong><br />Get-VMNic , List-VMNic , Choose-VMNIC, Add-VMNIC, Remove-VMNIC , Set-VMNICAddress , Set-VMNICConnection , Get-VMNicport , <br />Get-VMnicSwitch, Choose-VMSwitch, New-VMSwitchPort, Get-VMByMACaddress, Choose-VMExternalEthernet,<br />New-VMExternalSwitch, New-VMInternalSwitch,New-VmPrivateSwitch<br /><br /><strong>Working with VHD files</strong><br />Get-VHDDefaultPath, Get-VHDInfo, New-VHD, Compact-VHD, Test-VHD,Convert-VHD,Merge-VHD,Mount-VHD, Unmount-VHD<br /></p>

tonysoper_MSFT
Hyper-V Wiki
You can find Hyper-V content on the new TechNet Wiki (Beta) at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=Hyper-V

tonyso
Hyper-V TV
<strong>Hyper-V videos on MSN:</strong> <br /> <ul> <li>Ben Armstrong on Hyper-V Snapshot Common Issues : <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=c47aee4d-b89a-47b5-8c38-3a1d6e1997cf" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=c47aee4d-b89a-47b5-8c38-3a1d6e1997cf</mtps:InstrumentedLink></li> <li>Hypervisor is not running error: How to fix <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=25d07f2e-b2e0-4c0c-b456-79b08bfe58be" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=25d07f2e-b2e0-4c0c-b456-79b08bfe58be</mtps:InstrumentedLink></li> <li>Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!) <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=7edd630a-2c48-4002-b3b6-41f9ec5671a0" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=7edd630a-2c48-4002-b3b6-41f9ec5671a0</mtps:InstrumentedLink></li> </ul>

The Doctork
Virtualization Feed
There is a new blog and Twitter aggregator (independent bloggers and 14 Microsoft bloggers on either TechNet or MSDN) for virtualization: VirtualizationFeed at http://www.virtualizationfeed.com/.

tonysoper_MSFT
Hyper-V Management Tools update for Windows Vista Service Pack 2
KB 970203 <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/970203" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/970203</mtps:InstrumentedLink>

tonysoper_MSFT
Hyper-V Forum FAQ
<div> <div>Laura Zhang, moderator of the Hyper-V Forum, has compiled a valuable FAQ.</div> <div> <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/6dd0af1b-3be2-492e-96a0-16cfb7aee379" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/6dd0af1b-3be2-492e-96a0-16cfb7aee379</mtps:InstrumentedLink> </div> </div>

tonysoper_MSFT
Lots of good videos on TN Edge
see <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://edge.technet.com/Tags/Hyper-V/" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://edge.technet.com/Tags/Hyper-V/</mtps:InstrumentedLink>

displayed_name
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
<p>Version 2 of the free-as-in-beer <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps"><u>Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool</u></mtps:InstrumentedLink> is online. </p> <p>V2 replaces version 1 gives you new support for Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and Windows Server 2008. In addition, version 2 of the tool supports System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, and Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1. </p> <p>When you install this Solution Accelerator, the installer determines which version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager resides on the target computer, and configures the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0 accordingly. Note: Certain features of the tool are only available when it is installed with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. </p> <p>Download the <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=110333" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps"><u>Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0</u></mtps:InstrumentedLink> now.</p>

tonysoper_MSFT
Hyper-V Help
<mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732493.aspx" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">Hyper-V Help on the Web</mtps:InstrumentedLink> <div> <div>The on-the-box Help files for the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 are also online. </div> <div> <mtps:InstrumentedLink NavigateUrl="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732493.aspx" runat="server" xmlns:mtps="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/mtps">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732493.aspx</mtps:InstrumentedLink> </div> </div>

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