10 Tips for Hyper-V Virtualization Technolgies

Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform has turned out to be a reasonable competitor to VMware's ESX Server. This tips and tricks guide on Windows IT Pro will help you make the most of your Hyper-V installations.

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These tips will help you to better manage your Hyper-V installations.

"6. Manage Hyper-V with PowerShell—Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) has a PowerShell provider you can use to manage Hyper-V. However, most organizations don't use either System Center or VMM. That doesn't mean you need to miss out on PowerShell management. There's a free PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V available on CodePlex.

"5. Take advantage of improved dynamic disk performance in Hyper-V R2—With the original version of Hyper-V that was released with Windows Server 2008, many administrators chose to avoid using dynamic disks because of the performance overhead associated with them. Hyper-V R2, which was released with Server 2008 R2, overhauled the performance of dynamic disks, making them nearly as fast as fixed virtual disks."

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