Hyper-VBuilding the Ultimate Test Network

Hyper-VBuilding the Ultimate Test Network

Presented by Brian LewisIT Pro EvangelistMicrosoft CorporationBlog http://MyThoughtsOnIT.com

Agenda

Disk2vhd TechNet Subscriptions Virtual Hard Disks (VHD’s) Virtual Networks Snapshots

Disk2vhd

Free Windows Sysinternals Tool Captures Online operating systems Can run from GUI or Command Line Runs on XPSP2, Server2003 SP1 and

higher. (Including x64 systems)

Demo

Disk2vhd Capture

TechNet Subscriptions

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Full Version Software No Limits No Time bombs 2 Free Support Incidents Built for Testing

Demo

TechNet SubscriptionOS Downloads

Virtual Hard Disks

VHD is the common Virtualization format Supported on Virtual PC, Virtual Server and

Hyper-V, and Boot To VHD. OS/Applications/Data in a single file.

VHD Types

Dynamically Expanding Fixed Size Differencing

VHD Sources

Build them from scratch. Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program Migrate VHD’s from VPC or VS Import them from other Hyper-V Servers Capture a physical machine

Migrate A VHD from Virtual PC or Virtual Server VHD format is portable Remove Virtual Machine Additions first! Create a New Virtual Machine Add an existing Virtual Hard Disk

“DO NOT IMPORT!”

Import/Export VHD’s

Use the Export and Import tools in Hyper-V In order to import an .exp must be present No moving VMs after import

DemoWorking with VHD’s

Migrate a VHD Import a VHD with a

differencing disk.Export a VHD.

Virtual Networks

Internal External Private

Bridging Wireless Adapters

DemoCreating Virtual NetworksBridging Wireless Network Adapters

Snapshots

Point in time snapshot of a VHD Stored as AVHD file type. Can be structured into hierarchical

trees Can be imported and exported

DemoWorking with Snapshots

Summary

Hyper-V is a great base for building a testing environment!

TechNet Plus is a great source for Operating Systems and Applications.

VHD format is very flexible. Disk2vhd makes captures free and easy. Snapshots make moving from point in time

to point in time very easy.

Resources for Hyper-V Building the Ultimate Test Network

TechNet Library

Hyper-V getting Started Guidehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470(WS.10).aspx

The Best Virtualization Toolshttp://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/en /us/resources.aspx

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