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Hyper-V Questions and answers ! VIRTUAL MACHINE TECHNOLOGY Q.   What is virtual machine technology? A.    Virtual machine technology applies to both server and client hardware. Virtual machine technology enables multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single machine. In particular, Hyper-V, a key feature of Windows Server 2008 R2, enables one or more operating systems to run simultaneously on the same physical system. Today, many operating  systems are supported by Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Server 2005, and Hyper-V. Q.   What is virtual machine technology used for? A.    Virtual machine technology serves a variety of purposes. It enables hardware consolidation, because multiple operating systems can run on one computer. Key applications for virtual machine technology include cross-platform integration as well as the following: Server consolidation. If several servers run applications that consume only a fraction of the           avail

Technical Interview Questions - Windows Server 2008/R2 Hyper-V and Virtualization What is virtualization (in general)? What are the 4 major virtualization areas? Describe the major benefits of Server Virtualization. What is the difference between hosted virtualization and hypervisor-based virtualization? What's the idea behind Type 1 and Type 2 methods of virtualization? Talk briefly about the history of Microsoft-based virtualization products. What is Hyper-V? Name a few competitive products that can be compared (even roughly) with Hyper-V. What are the major differences between Hyper-V RTM and Hyper-V R2? Name some of the major differences. What are the hardware requirements for Hyper-V? How many logical CPUs does Hyper-V R2 support? How much RAM can be assigned to VMs in Hyper-V R2? What's Microsoft Hyper-V Server? Describe the process of installing Hyper-V from scratch on a brand new Dell R710 machine. ... What types of network connections does Hyper-V a

Getting Started with Hyper-V Server   Microsoft Hyper-V (formerly codenamed Viridian) is hypervisor-based visualization for Windows Server based  x86-64 systems. The beta  of Hyper-V  shipped some x64 editions of Windows Server 2008 , and the finalized version  was released via Windows Update in June 2008 and has since been released as a free stand-alone  version (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2). Hyper-V currently exists in two  distinct versions:  a stand-alone product called   Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and as an integral part of  Windows Server 2008 R2. Getting Started The first requirement is for a  machine which can support a 64-bit operating system. You will need a clean installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition  (64-bit version) , as Hyper-V will not run within a virtual machine due to the need for hardware-assisted virtualization. Prior to installing Hyper-V you should take some precautions, namely: Back up all data on the system. Take an inventory of all virt

The following is a table of supported guest operating systems. [18]  Other guest operating systems such as  Ubuntu Linux  6.06/6.10/7.10 or  Fedora  8/9 are unsupported; however, they have been reported to run. [18] [19] [20]   [21] Guest OS Virtual processors Edition(s) Windows 7 1,2,3 or 4 Both  x86-32  and  x86-64 , all  editions  except home editions (the home editions are Home Premium, Home Basic, and Starter) Windows Server 2008 R2 1,2,3 or 4 x64, Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter Windows Server 2008 1,2,3 or 4 Both x86 and x64, Web, HPC, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, with or without Hyper-V Linux  (only including  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server  10 with SP3 or version 11,  Red Hat Enterprise Linux  versions 5.2-6.1 and CentOS  5.2-6.2) 1,2 or 4 Both x86 and x64 Windows Server 2003 1 or 2 Both x86 and x64, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, SP2 required Windows Server 2003 R2 1 or 2 Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, both x86 and x64 except for Web whose 64-bi

Hi All, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, allows you to make the best use of your server hardware investments by consolidating multiple server worklaods as separate virtual machines (VMs) running on a single physical machine. With Hyper-V, you can also efficiently run multiple different operating systems concurrently, on a single server, and fully leverage the power of x64 computing. When you’re planning a virtualization infrastructure with Hyper-V, please be sure to stay within the supported limits below. In addition, the limits discussed in this document are highly dependent on the underlying hardware server configuration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating System Requirements Windows Server 2008 includes Hyper-V as an available role. Hyper-V is included with: · Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x64) · Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x64) ·

There are many vendors providing virtualization technology such as Microsoft, Xen, Parallels, VMWare, Sun Microsystems and Virtual Iron to name a few. Each technology is unique and has its own benefits and disadvantages. Although virtualization technologies are similar and the terms VPS and VDS are commonly interchanged, we need to distinguish between these two offerings as there are significant differences between them. VPS technology was pioneered by Parallels Virtuozzo and utilizes one Operating system and carves it up to support multiple customers – this is referred to as OS Virtualization. This virtualization is referred to as container based virtualization. The major drawback of this technology is that all guests share one operating system. So if you want a Service pack or a hot-fix installed for your specific machine then you are at the mercy of all other guests who are sharing your Operating System. If you are unable to deploy a critical hot-fix because it breaks another