Best Practices for using Project Server 2007 on Hyper-V

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The list below represents a summary of the installation and configuration requirements for deploying Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 in Hyper-V. These items should be used as a quick reference list when installing, configuring, and deploying Office Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V environment.

Prior to installation

Before installing Hyper-V:

  • Ensure that you are using a 64-bit edition of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Hyper-V is available only for the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008.

  • Ensure that your processor supports hardware-assisted virtualization. The processor must be compatible with Intel VT or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V).

  • Use the Server Core installation option of Windows Server°2008 for the root partition. This will minimize server overhead and improve Hyper-V performance.

  • Run only the Hyper-V server role on the root partition.

  • Ensure that hardware-assisted virtualization and Data Execution Prevention (DEP) are present and enabled.

Creating virtual machines

When creating Hyper-V virtual machines:

  • Use a fixed-size virtual hard disk (VHD) to provide improved performance compared to dynamically-resized VHDs for operating system drives.

  • Use pass-through disks for high disk I/O traffic.

  • Set pass-through disks as offline in the Hyper-V root partition.

  • Use the SCSI controller to attach pass-through disks. The SCSI controller can only be installed if Hyper-V integration services are installed. Therefore, use of the SCSI controller to attach pass-through disks will ensure that Hyper-V integration services are installed, which in turn will ensure optimal disk I/O performance.

    Important

    Do not attach a system disk to a SCSI controller. A virtual hard disk that contains an operating system must be attached to an IDE controller.

  • Use the network adapter instead of the legacy network adapter when configuring networking for a virtual machine. The legacy network adapter is designed for operating systems that do not support integration components.

  • Ensure that integration components (“enlightenments”) are installed on the virtual machine.

  • Whenever possible, configure a one-to-one mapping between virtual and logical processors.

Installing and configuring Project Server

Keep the following in mind when installing and configuring Office Project Server 2007:

See Also

Concepts

Virtualizing Project Server 2007
Hyper-V Architecture (Project Server 2007)
Deploying Project Server 2007 on Hyper-V
Installing and configuring Project Server 2007 and Hyper-V
System Resource Costs of Hyper-V (Project Server 2007)