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In the earlier versions of Hyper-V host, after you have upgraded your Hyper-V host to a new operating system, VMs configuration version will be upgraded automatically as the Hyper-V host as soon as you moved the virtual machine. With Windows Server 2016, Hyper-V host will not automatically upgrade VMs configuration version. Instead, upgrading is now a manual process. With rolling […]
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This is one of the most common discussions on the Internet (blogs and communities) about whether a Hyper-V Host really needs to have antivirus software installed. According to the book “Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform” by Zahir Hussain Shah, the author highly recommends installing antivirus software with exclusions on Hyper-V Host.
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The Windows Server Backup (WSB) is the built-in feature in Windows Server 2012 and is not an enterprise –wise backup solution. The WSB supports backing up virtual machines on stand-alone hosts and clustered hosts with CSVs. With the improvements in the Windows Server 2012, administrators can select backup and restore virtual machines (VMs) on the same Hyper-V Server. For medium […]
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In the previous article, we have completed connecting App Controller to SCVMM server. In this article, we will configure creating a private cloud and deploying virtual machines with App Controller. A private cloud is a cloud, where an organization manages their own infrastructure, resources and assets in the organization’s data center. So, private cloud has complete control over the cloud […]
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In the previous article, we have completed App Controller Installation. In this article, we will configure App Controller to connect to System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Server and begin managing private clouds via App Controller.
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System Center 2012 R2 App Controller is one of the easiest to implement and light component in System Center 2012 R2, which is an extension of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). App Controller is a web-based self-service tool for end users that allow them to manage, deploy, and view both private and public cloud resources. App Controller can connect to private […]
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Cloning a virtual machine is an alternative way to deploy a new virtual machine (VM) with an exactly same copy of identity and associated configuration files and installed software as the original VM. Cloning a VM can be useful for the purpose of creating backups of existing VMs, testing and creating VMs templates. During the cloning process, no modifications occur […]
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In the previous article, we have created virtual machine template from an existing VMs. Here, we will create a new virtual machine from a template to enable the standardized and accelerated deployment of VMs from a known configuration source and speeds up the deployment process, as compared to specifying each configuration item individually.
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A virtual machine template is a master copy of a virtual machine used to create new virtual machines that have a consistent set of configuration settings. Virtual machine templates can be created from existing VMs, virtual disks and other templates. A virtual machine template is a library resource that contains following components associated with them:
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In System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), a profile is a library resource that contains specifications that can be applied to a new virtual machine or a virtual machine template. A guest operating system profile is a collection of operating system settings that we use during a virtual machine deployment. We can create guest operating system profile to ensure standard […]
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