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Mission turn an 8Gig RAM, quadcore desktop with Vista into a Hyper-V Host
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My 8 year old laptop finally died,
so I bought a new 8Gig RAM, quadcore deskdop & 23 inch monitor for under $750 including tax
and will replace/partition Vista Home with Windows Server 2008 + Hyper V
Goal:
1) VM#1 - Sharepoint / VS 2008 / SQL 2008 Development Server
2) VM#2 - Home PC with MS Office
3) On a "pristene" Host
VM Instances are
- easier to backup, screw up and recover that host OS Instances
- and they can run concurrently (I need to verify in Hyper-V)
It will take a while.
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Installing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
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1) Install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise from DVD
2) Change Time Zone
3) Change Computer name and reboot
4) Enable Internet - Control Panel -> Device Manager
- - a) Under Network Adapters, left click "RealTek - and reinstall driver from Driver_Vista_6225_0720/64
5) Start -> All Programs -> Windows Update
....Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
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Installing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
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Robert J. Shimonski wrote a very useful article at this link.
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/microsoft-hyper-v-articles/installation-and-deployment/installing-windows-server-2008-
hyper-v.html
In order to utilize virtualization you must
1) have a clean install of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (not Standard)
2) then "Add a Hyper-v role " which will install Hyper-V onto the host machine
Before I read this article, I got confused and downloaded "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 - English"
from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6067CB24-06CC-483A-AF92-B919F699C3A0&displaylang=en.
But in a nutshell, just install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise/Standatrd,
and then add the Hyper-V roles, which will run an installer
Click Start and click to open Server Manager.
Locate the Roles Summary area of the main Server Manager window.
Click Add Roles.
On the Specific Server Roles page click, Add Hyper-V.
Follow the prompts to finish installing the Role and click OK when finished.
then you will be prompted to reboot.
After reboot. Installation continues, then you get a message:
...."additionsal steps are required to run VMs
...."run the Virtual Machine Wizard by opening the Hyper-V role homepage
....in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Server manager."
So now you have your VM manager!
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Step 2: Create and set up a virtual machine
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_step3
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Step 3: getting guest the network connection up and running
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thanks to Guy Ellis Rocks
http://guyellisrocks.com/hardware/hyper-v-with-vista-x64-and-ubuntu-linux-desktop-x64/
1) shut down Guest OS
2) close guest vm
3) On Hyper-V, under settings for Guest OS,
add a Legacy Network Adapter and set that to my point to your Virtual Network.
Leave MAC address at Dynamic
and uncheck the "Enable virtual Lan identification" check box.
4) power up Guest OS
5) test internet