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Installing Hyper-V and Deploying Windows Server 2008 as Your First Virtual Machine - Part I

Hyper-V is the next level of virtualization, with Windows Server 2008 you no longer need to deploy an application such as VirtualServer 2005 or Virtual PC or other virtualization technology in order to build your virtual machines.Hyper-V is one of the new roles available with Windows Server 2008 where you can install it and then start creating your virtualmachines, take different snapshots for every virtual machine and much more. You can use a virtualized computing environment toimprove the efficiency of your computing resources by utilizing more of your hardware resources.

In this two parts article , I will show you how to install the Hyper-V role and then in part two I will installWindows Server 2008 as a virtual machine with Hyper-V.

Hyper-V requires specific hardware. You will need the following:

An x64-based processor. Hyper-V will be available only in the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008, the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008Datacenter.

Hardware-assisted virtualization. This is available in processors that include a virtualization option; specifically, Intel VT or AMD Virtualization

Hardware Data Execution Protection (DEP) must be available and be enabled. Specifically, you must enable Intel XD bit(execute disable bit) or AMD NX bit (no execute bit).

Before installing Hyper-V, let me show you a table that will summaries the differences between Hyper-Vand Virtual Server 2005 R2

Hyper-V Virtual Server 2005 R2

Performance / Scalability

32-bit VMs Yes Yes

64-bit VMs Yes No

Multi-Processor VMs Yes No

VM Memory Support 64 GB per VM 3.6 GB per VM

Resource Management Yes Yes

Availability

Guest to Guest Failover Yes Yes

Host to Host Failover Yes Yes

Host Migration Yes Yes

VM Snapshots Yes Yes

Management

Scriptable/Extensible Yes, WMI Yes, COM

User Interface MMC 3.0 Interface Web Interface

Perform the following steps to install Hyper-V

1. Click Start > Server Manager


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2. From the left side panel inside Server Manager, click on Roles

3. The Roles page will open, where it shows you the number of roles you have installed on your machine, Click on AddRoles


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4. The Add Roles Wizard page will open, click on Next

5. From the list of roles available, select Hyper-V > Click Next


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6. The Introduction to Hyper-V page will open, take a few moments to read it , and then click on Next


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7. The Create Virtual Networks page will open, You can create many virtual networks on your virtualization server toprovide a variety of communications channels. For example, you can create networks to provide the following:

Communications between virtual machines only. Communications between the virtualization server and virtual machines. Communications between a virtual machine and a physical network by creating an association to a physical network

adapter on the virtualization server.

You can either select the Network Adapter that will be attached with the Virtual machines now, or you can do this later using theVirtual Network Manager , Click Next

You use the Virtual Network Manager to add, remove, and modify the virtual networks. The Virtual Network Manager is availablefrom Hyper-V Manager.

As a best practice, it is recommended that you have at least two network adapters on your machine, so that one of the Networkadapters is used by the host, and the other network adapter is used by the guest virtual machines


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8. On the Confirm Installation Selection page, click Install

Installation will be initialized and once completed, you will be informed that a restart is required, click Close


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9. You will be asked if you want to restart your server now, click Yes

10. Once you log on again to your machine, the installation will resume, and then on the installation result page, you will getnotified if the installation encountered any errors or it was completed successfully > Click Close


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Summary

In part 1 of this two parts article, I showed you what are the differences between Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005, also what are therequirement for Hyper-V, and then finally installed Hyper-V on our Windows Server 2008. In part 2 of this article, I will installWindows Server 2008 as a virtual machine using Hyper-V


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Installing Hyper-V and Deploying Windows Server 2008 as Your First Virtual Machine - Part II

In part I of this article, I pointed to you the prerequisites to install Hyper-V, the differences between Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005R2, and then installed Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008. In this part of the article, I will use Hyper-V Manager to create my firstVirtual machine and then install on it Windows Server 2008 as a guest operating system.

Once you install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2008, a new console will be installed on your machine, and it is calledthe Hyper-V Manager . Everything related to Hyper-V is done using this MMC console.

1. To open Hyper-V, click on Start > Administrative Tools > Hyper-V Manager
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2. The first time you open Hyper-V , an End User license Agreement (EULA) page will open, take a moment to read it andthen enable the checkbox beside I have read and agree to the terms of this EULA , then click on the Accept button . Ifyou clicked on the Cancel button , then you will not be able to connect to any server running Hyper-V until you accept theEULA, which will keep popping up whenever you open Hyper-V or even try to connect to a server that has the Hyper-V role installed on.

The Hyper-V Manager console will open


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From the right side pane, under Actions , click on Connect to Server . Hyper-V is installed locally on

the machine you are working with, so keep the default selection on Local Computer (the computer this console is runningon) and then click on OK

The server name will be displayed in the left side pane, and now we have more Actions to select from the right side pane


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3. To Create a new virtual machine, From the right side pane, click on New > Virtual Machine


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4. On the Before You Begin page, click Next

5. On the Specify Name and Location page, type a meaningful name for your Virtual Machine, as for the location wherethe virtual machine will be stored, either keep the default location as shown, or change it to another path and thenClick Next . I will name the virtual machines asELMAJ-DC-01 and will store it in the D drive inside the Hyper-V folder.


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6. On the Assign Memory page, specify the amount of memory to allocate to this virtual machine. This depends on howmuch memory is installed on your system. Either keep the default displayed memory, or increase it. As I'm going to installWindows Server 2008, I am going to set the memory to be 2 GB. Click Next


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7. Select a Virtual Network from the drop down list on the Configure Networking page. You can keep the virtual machinedisconnected by not selecting any Virtual Network, Click Next

8. For Every Virtual Machine, you will need to connect it to a Virtual Hard Disk, on the Connect Virtual Hard Disk page, wewill need to create a new virtual hard disk, as we do not have any existing virtual hard disk ( you can use existing virtualhard disk if you already have created virtual hard disk before , or if you have downloaded a virtual hard disk from Microsoftsite )

I will keep the default settings ( name, location, size ) and click Next


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9. On the Installation Options page, you have multiple options to choose from where you are going to install the operatingsystem, or you can even postpone this operation by choosing Install an operating system later . Insert the WindowsServer 2008 DVD inside the DVD Drive, and select to install an operating system from a boot CD/DVD-ROM , if youhave multiple DVD Drives, make sure to select the one which has the Windows Server 2008 DVD into it. Click Next

10. On the Completing the New Virtual Machine Wizard , take a moment to review your selections and then click Finish . Ifyou need the virtual machine to be automatically started after it is created, then select the checkbox Start the VirtualMachine after it is created


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11. Windows Server 2008 files will start to load


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12. Select the language to install, Time and currency format and the keyboard language, and then click Next


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13. Click on Install Now

14. Enter the product key, and keep the checkbox Automatically activate Windows when I'm online to activate yourWindows copy when you are online, if you wish not to activate it, as this might be a test lab on your Hyper-V, then

deselect this option and then click Next


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15. Accept the license terms and click Next

16. Click Custom (advanced) , on the Type of installation page


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17. Select the drive / partition you want to install Windows Server 2008 on it and then click Next .If you want to divide the virtual hard disk into two partitions, you can do this by selecting the drive , and then clicking onthe Drive options (advanced) option

To divide the drive into different partitions, click on the New option, enter the new partition size, then click on the Apply button


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Once you are done with creating the partitions, select the one that you want to install Windows Server 2008 on it, and then clickon Next

18. Installation will start


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19. The machine will reboot several times until the installation is completed.


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To create a password and logon to Windows Server 2008, read my article : How To Log On To Windows Server 2008

20. One last note, in step # 10 , if you did not select to start the virtual machine after it is created, then to start and connect tothe virtual machine, right click on the Virtual machine name inside Hyper-V Manager and click on Start , this will turn onthe Virtual machine

Then right click on the Virtual machine name and click Connect , this will open the Virtual machine window.
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Summary

In part 2 of this two parts article, I showed you how to use Hyper-V Manager to create your first Virtual Machine, and then installedWindows Server 2008 as a guest operating system. Now that you know how to install and use Hyper-V, start building your own testlabs and experience the next l evel of virtualization. Start using a virtualized computing environment to improve the efficiency of yourcomputing resources by utilizing more of your hardware resources. Enjoy Hyper-V !

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