Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft Hyper-V’
Introduction of Hyper visualization technology in Windows 8 with multiple robotic features
September 30th, 2011
Posted in Microsoft Hyper-V, virtualization
Infrastructure of Microsoft Hyper visualization technology is differentiating from the options available in VMware tool. Microsoft has given different automated features in Hyper visualization tool as compared to Microsoft tools available for the intenders. Automation from different aspect is an added feature of hyper visualization tool for the users. Availability of SCVMM is very helpful in accomplishment of different in error free manners. Technology comes with simpler cmdlets which is only workable on server computers. Users can be able to take the facilitation from the use of automated commands available in PowerShell management library and users can be able to take the facilitation free of cost from the use of freeware software.
Automated performance of different options with the help of PowerShell
Use of window task scheduler is helpful in scheduling of automated tasks available with the use of hyper visualization. Users have just the requirement to enter the task in the scheduler and you are in a position to know the automated task status during the use of Hyper-V. Through the use of option, you are easily able to manage the status of error during execution of different programs. It is good technique to convert the physical machines to VMs and it is very helpful in finding the most effective host for accomplishment of your tasks.
Use of Hyper visualization tool is very helpful in accomplishment of different task as people are better in a position to manage their resources in right direction. Use of self service portal introduced by Microsoft Company is very helpful in management of resources through tracking technique and ultimately managed utilization of resources is possible. Hyper visualization tool is performing the multiple functions for the users which were previously performing the administrators’ with the use of other software.
Is the use of hyper visualization tools effective for accomplishment of different tasks?
It is an important question that the use of automated tool available with hyper V tool effective for smooth accomplishment of different tasks. Technology is very helpful in accomplishment of different tasks but it has only one limitation that the availability of required ability to implement the technology. With the use of this new futuristic tool, users are only able to manage their resources in well manners as they have the option to restrict the occurrence of different errors on prompt basis. Availability of hyper V tool in window 8 make it easy for the people to complete their task more accurately by taking facilitation from the use of automated.
Virtualization of Microsoft Operating System with Hyper-V
September 30th, 2011
Posted in Microsoft Hyper-V
What is Virtualization & Its Importance
Virtualization is a technique with the help of which we can operate different kinds of operating system on a same machine. This is a way that helps us in utilizing the maximum human resources to utilize the amount that we invest on the purchase of the hardware of a costly machine. The virtualization may be of any kind i.e. it could be about some hardware of the computer system or it could be in the software too. For example, in the recent past we were unable to operate more than one operating system in a single server but virtualization made it possible with the help of Hyper-V 2008 R2 server to do a lot of things that were not possible in the past. It also maintain the cost that has been incurred on the purchased of different components of machine by using one hardware for different work.
Presently, you can switch from one operating system to another without losing your data and without logging off from earlier operating system and that becomes possible with the Hyper-V technology. This technology has been found in the administrator servers only but Microsoft Windows 8 has now introduced the features of Hyper-V server that enables an individual to do the same. Everything is possible with the help of different computer system. With the help of virtualization we can now able to merge the data / information of two different servers without any kind of interruption. In some recent past virtualization has only been possible for those applications that were meant for small and medium type of usage.
About MS Windows 8 Server with Hyper-V
The developers of Microsoft Windows 8 have done their job marvelously by making arrangements of easy virtual networking through the technology of Hyper-V serve. It has now become a big platform of storing the data and managing the infrastructure of the computer like the administrator server. There are so many things that are yet to be known because it did not come in the market yet. On the other hand its date of release is also unknown; it has just been reviewed by its developers. We do not know whether it will become a successful operating system or not.
However the Hyper-V tool is amazing and has been liked very much by the public. Moreover the windows server 8 by Microsoft is equipped with necessary tools to take any kind of challenge by its competitors. Different kinds of facilities / technologies will definitely made it a successful and popular operating system in the world. The important facilities that could be fetched by the users with the help of hyper-V are fail-over, data merging & migrating and updation of data base control without giving long commands to system.
Window 8 with attractive feature of Hyper- v virtualization for the operators
September 25th, 2011
Posted in Microsoft Hyper-V
Attractive feature for the developers
It is great attraction for the developers in Windows 8 that they have a striking tool option of Hyper-V in the operating system. System is also good for professionals who are willing to implement or support virtual environments. Mathew John has described the tool as a facilitation was only available with the administrative operating systems and not available for every one. Window 8 has given the opportunity for everyone to enjoy the facilitation in their personal computers as it is the first operating system providing the facilitation. Hyper-V is a tool providing the feature to the users to enjoy multiple operating systems as well as multiple environments on the same system. it is good for the developers to complete their process in trouble free manners and other users are also able to enjoy this additional feature. Feature is vastly applicable on administrators who have the requirement of virtualized personal computers.
Easy way of maintenance of multiple environments on single system
With the use of Window 8, users are able to enjoy the multiple environments at the same system with the use of new additional tool of Hyper-V. During the use of tool, people have no complications at the time switching from one environment to another and it can be applicable without any additional hardware cost. During the use of operating system people have also the option to enjoy the facility even with the use of old internet explorers as pre-configured virtual machines are also available for the purpose of supporting old explorers. It is an additional item for the users to enjoy the multiple operating systems such as Windows Server and Windows Client. Large numbers of intenders are willing to take the facilitation from this new tool for doing new things without facing the chances of changes in the current operating system.
Compatible with normal computer hardware
Window 8 is an operating system compatible with the requirements of different users and you can run the system even on normal systems combined with hardware such as 4 gigabytes of RAM and with old 64-bit processor. It is a system available in the systems of running generation. During the use of 64-bit processor users have just the requirement of Second Level Address Translation to run the system smoothly. It is an addition in the computer technology providing the option to switch to different environments without any procedural complications.
What do we mean by ‘live migration’
September 19th, 2011
Posted in virtualization
Microsoft has revealed a solution to one of the vital problem which has crop up in virtualization i.e. movement of an operational VM across WAN (wide area network). This solution is a latest release of Microsoft i.e. Windows Server operating system which shall be available in Microsoft’s Hyper-V version 3 hypervisor. The feature of this new release was made known to people at the Microsoft BUILD conference in Anaheim, California.
Within the virtual machines, there are certain applications which has made working VM move from one computer to another. This has been made possible with live migration and that too without any disruption. There are various software providers which allows you to avail live migration services within your local network but the challenge comes when live VM across different subnets, or separate WAN sub-networks. This concept has become difficult due to the complexities related to network latencies and network addressing.
Its working principle was explained so that it becomes easier for the users to make utilization of the same. Two internet protocol addresses has been provided for each virtual machine out of which one address is used as the home address for the respective virtual machines and it has been considered for communicating with the other net works. And in case it has been accessed publicly then communicate with the internet. Second address is basically allocated for the local data center. However this solution is made more effective with the use of Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) technology because it provides Cisco networking gear which makes the entire concept work for the purpose.
Features:-
- VMs can be saved on thumb drives or optical disks, and directing it to the new location so that the virtual machines can be updated incrementally with the latest changes.
- VM’s virtual hard disk can be migrated live with the help of this solution.
- This software can be scalable.
- In order to create virtual storage disk that too with a dimension of 16 TB in size, you can consider the usage of a new virtual file system called VHDX.
- This software would allow the system to support 32 virtual processors for every individual virtual machine and it also provides an appropriate memory size of 512 GB.
There are certain emergency situations where this release can be proved to be handy such as due to upcoming threat of flood or hurricane, if your data center is at risk then the software allows that the content might be moved to another facility. But as we know the moving of content depends upon the sizes of most data center-run systems as a result we have seen that only a handful of VMs can move at the same time.
Another appropriate situation would be permanent migration of systems. This means that without undergoing any downtime effect, this technology allows one data center to migrate to the next data center that too permanently. This would become most important for us when we would deal with data center consolidation projects.
Importance of Linux Integration Services for Microsoft Hyper-V 3.1
August 21st, 2011
Posted in web hosting
Linux Integration Services for Microsoft Hyper-V 3.1 has been released by the most renowned company called Microsoft. The operating system which supports this release is “Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 and 6.1 x86 and x64 (Up to 4 vCPU) CentOS 6.0 x86 and x64 (Up to 4 vCPU)”. Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (64-bit versions only) and many more supported Host operating systems are included. The 3.1 version of the Linux Integration Services comprise of many unique features such as Driver support, Fastpath Boot Support for Hyper-V, Timesync, Integrated Shutdown, Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) Support, Heartbeat, Key value pair exchange. Let us discuss each of the features in brief.
- The network controller is supported by the Linux Integration Services. But specifically for Hyper-V, IDE and SCSI storage controllers were developed.
- In order to provide enhanced performance, the advantage of the block
Virtualization Service Client is utilized by the boot devices. - With the help of time source device which is pluggable, the clock within the virtual machine remains synchronized with the clock which is within the virtualization server.
- With the use of shut down command you can easily shut down the virtual machine which is running Linux either from Hyper-V Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
- With regards to 32-bit Linux guest operating systems running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, SMP support is not provided but it do supports the Linux distribution. For every virtual machine it can use up to 4 virtual processors.
- Heartbeat is something very crucial because it allows your virtualization server to detect the responsiveness of the virtual machine.
- With the help of Key Value Pair exchange functionality on the Windows Server 2008
virtualization server you are able to obtain information regarding the virtual machine running Linux.
You can get hold of this service that too without bearing any charge with the use of Microsoft Download Center. The new integration components can be easily installed by using rpm as it makes the installation easier. Its resources are nothing but a collection of drivers in the Linux supported virtual machines under Hyper-V. With this article you can have a brief idea about this new release and what features it possesses.