Extending the Hyper-V Extensible Switch
Before Windows Server 2012
Hyper-V
A collection of 72 posts
Enabling the Firewall rules in the Hyper-V Replica Server
On a standalone Replica server, if Kerberos based authentication is used, follow these steps to make the required exception in the Windows Firewall: Open Windows Firewall with Advance Security and click on Inbound Rules Right-click on Hyper-V Replica HTTP Listener...
Implementing Self-signed Certificates in Hyper-V Replica
On the Primary Server Copy the makecert.exe utility locally. Run the following elevated command to Create a self-signed root authority certificate makecert _**_-pe -n "CN=PrimaryTestRootCA" -ss root -sr LocalMachine -sky signature -r "PrimaryTestRootCA.cer" The command installs a test certificate in...
“Share nothing” Live Migration with Hyper-V 2012
When you perform a live migration of a virtual machine between two computers that do not share an infrastructure, Hyper‑V first performs a partial migration of the virtual machine’s storage, as shown in the figure below.
Free, simple, standalone tool to migrate vms from a VMware environment to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
With Windows Server 2012 RTM version available for all customers around the world, there is great news for organizations that are looking for a way to migrate virtual machines hosted on VMware vSphere to the Hyper-V host in Windows Server...
Hyper-V Replica
Before Windows Server 2012
Enabling Hyper-V Replica
Installation Considerations
Technical Overview of Hyper-V Replica
Prerequisites
What Is Hyper-V Replica?
Hyper-V Replica is new functionality added to the Hyper-V Role in Windows Server 2012. Hyper-V Replica enables organizations to implement an affordable Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) solution for virtualized workloads. This allows virtual machines running at a primary...
How does a storage migration of a running virtual machine in Windows Server 2012 (both through Hyper-V manager and through PowerShell) actually work?
The process followed by Hyper-V internally to perform a storage migration is actually quite simple to explain and is as follows:
What is the ‘Replication State’ and what are the values?
Replication state shows the current state of the replicating VM. It indicates whether the VM is being replicated, whether initial replication is pending etc.
Why is the "Hyper-V Replica Broker" required?
Hyper-V Replica requires the Failover Clustering role Hyper-V Replica Broker to be configured if either the primary or replica Hyper-V server is part of a cluster. This post builds on top of the guide and explains why the broker is...