Front Matter Before you Begin What is Hyper-V? Is this book for you? How to use this book Creating your lab environment Our Learning Path Being Immediately Effective 1. Introduction to Hyper-V 2.1 In This Chapter and Beyond 2.2 What is a Hypervisor? 2.3 Hyper-V Architecture 2. Configuring Host Settings and Connecting to Virtual Machines 3.1 In This Chapter and Beyond 3.2 What is Hyper-V Manager? 3.3 Connecting to Hyper-V Hosts 3.4 Navigating the Hyper-V Manager UI 3.5 Configuring Hyper-V Host Settings 3.6 Connecting to Virtual Machines 3.7 Managing the Virtual Machine Console 3. Creating Your First Hyper-V Virtual Machine 4.1 In This Chapter and Beyond 4.2 What Components Make a Virtual Machine? 4.3 Creating a New Virtual Machine 4.4 Installing the guest OS 4. Configuring Basic Virtual Machine Resources and Settings 5.1 In This Chapter and Beyond 5.2 Configuring Virtual Machine CPU Resources 5.3 Configuring Virtual Machine Memory Resources 5.4 Configuring Virtual Machine Storage Resources 5.5 Other Notable Settings 5. Managing and Maintaining Hyper-V Integration Services 6.1 In This Chapter and Beyond 6.2 What are Integration Services? 6.3 Managing Hyper-V Integration Services 6.4 Conducting File Transfers with Integration Services 6.5 Keeping Integration Services Up to Date 6. Managing and Modifying Virtual Machine Files 6.1. In This Chapter and Beyond - N/A 6.2. File types and their default locations 6.3. Virtual Machine Configuration Files 6.4. Virtual Hard Disks - VHDs and VHDXs 7. Utilizing Checkpoints for Software Upgrades 7.1. In This Chapter and Beyond 7.2. What are Hyper-V Checkpoints? 7.3. Using Hyper-V Checkpoints via Hyper-V Manager 7.4. Using Hyper-V Checkpoints via PowerShell 7.5. What NOT to do with Hyper-V Checkpoints 8. Connecting Virtual Machines to the Physical Network 8.1. In This Chapter and Beyond 8.2. Introduction to the Hyper-V Extensible Switch 8.3. Virtual Switch Types in Hyper-V and Their Uses 8.4. Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Switch 8.5. Management Network Considerations 8.6. NIC Teaming 9. Connecting Hyper-V Hosts to Storage Infrastructure 9.1. In This Chapter and Beyond 9.2. DAS (Direct Attached Storage) in Hyper-V 9.3. Shared Storage in Hyper-V 10. Providing High Availability for Hyper-V Virtual Machines 10.1.Introducing Microsoft Failover Clustering 10.2.Clustering Hyper-V Hosts 10.3.Creating a Hyper-V HA Cluster 10.4.LAB 11. Managing a Hyper-V Failover Cluster with Failover Cluster Manager 11.1.Managing Storage 11.2.Managing Networking 11.3.Managing Virtual Machines 11.4.LAB 12. Clustering Hyper-V Guests 12.1.Hyper-V Guest Clustering Explained 12.2.Creating a Hyper-V Guest Cluster 12.3.LAB 13. Monitoring Hyper-V Hosts and Associated Guest VMs 13.1.In This Chapter and Beyond 13.2.What Monitoring Tools are Available? 13.3.Reviewing the State of Host and Guest Virtual Machine Resources 13.4.Troubleshooting Error Messages 13.5.LAB 14. Migrating Virtual Machines Between Hosts 14.1.Introduction to Virtual Machine Mobility 14.2.Cold VM Migrations 14.3.Quick VM Migrations 14.4.Live VM Migrations 14.5.Shared Nothing Migrations 14.6.VM Storage Migrations 14.7.LAB 15. Moving Existing Servers to Hyper-V 15.1.In This Chapter and Beyond 15.2.What Servers are a Candidate for Migration into Hyper? 15.3.What Tools are Available? 15.4.Using the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) 15.5.LAB 16. Preparing for Disaster with Hyper-V Replica 16.1.In This Chapter and Beyond 16.2.What is Hyper-V Replica? 16.3.Host and Environment Requirements for Hyper-V Replica 16.4.Configuring Hyper-V Replica 16.5.Conducting Failovers with Hyper-V Replica 16.6.LAB 17. Hyper-V Con sakriti opis