Hyper-V

There are times when you may need to manipulate a virtual machine and it could be valuable to know the VM’s process ID. If, for example, the VM has become unresponsive, knowing the process ID could help in closing the VM without interrupting another VM on the same host machine. This brief article will show you how to obtain a VM’s process ID and GUID.

A well documented error exists when you try to use the Hyper-V management tools from a Windows Vista or Windows 7 machine and try to connect to a remote Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. Fortunately there is a workaround to this issue but it does involve several steps. This article walks you through the required steps that will allow you to connect from your Vista or Windows 7 machine.

Why did you choose Hyper-V? How do you use it? These are the questions Hyper-V MVPs are trying to get at in their Great Big Hyper-V Survey of 2011. The survey’s goals are to learn how you use virtualization and to share this knowledge with everyone. So take 5 minutes of your time and fill out the survey to help the community.

Explanation of RemoteFX by Daniel Petri. Now, with Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, RemoteFX introduces a set of end-user experience enhancements for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that enable a rich desktop environment within the corporate network. Article includes hardware and software requirements, functionality overview, and a rundown of required editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1.

Daniel Petri covers some of the basic configuration options for RemoteFX – a set of RDP technologies, most prominently graphics virtualization and the use of advanced codes, that are being added to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.

Daniel outlines 3 possible solutions for migrating a virtual machine between Hyper-V hosts. He discusses minimizing downtime of the VM and limiting the effect of other VMs on the virtualization host.

Daniel discusses using Windows Server Hyper-V, or Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, and the quick migration capability to rapidly migrate a running virtual machine from one physical host system to another with minimal downtime.

In this article, Daniel explains how to manually move a virtual machine between Hyper-V hosts, including what considerations need to be made for a manual migration.

Taking the time now to upgrade patches and security fixes for Hyper-V Host will help maintain a stable and secure virtual host environment. Daniel provides some valuable insight on how this should be done.

Daniel outlines the 3 methods of installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2: through the GUI, using command prompt and using PowerShell.