How to add an extra Hard drive to Linux VM in Microsoft Hyper-V CHUONG K. NGUYEN – BSc., MCSEx2, MCSAx2, MCP, MCTS, MCITP, CCNA In Hyper-V, suppose that there is a Linux machine called MYVM. Our task is to add a hard drive (a virtual hard disk to be exact) to this machine (MYVM). Step… Read more How to Add an Extra Hard Drive to a Linux VM in Microsoft Hyper-V
I/ Introduction In this blog post I will go through the steps to create a portable Hyper-V server. We will prepare a USB drive to store the Server Operating System so that we can boot this USB up from a random server hardware should we need a Hypervisor urgently. As you know, Hyper-V Server 2012… Read more How To Deploy a Portable Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 on USB
Click the I accept the license terms for using Windows and click the Accept button. Type the VM name and click Next. Click Customize. Turn on device sharing. Click Next. Click Next. Turn off share info with apps and click Next. Choose your region and keyboard settings then click Next. Click Sign in without a… Read more VM Templates – [PART 5] – Configure the New VM
Now that we have the VHD as a template. Every time we need a new Windows 8 VM, all we have to do is copy this VHD file to a new directory and create a new VM based on that VHD file. Here as an example, I am going to use this template to create… Read more VM Templates – [PART 4] – Deploy a New VM Based on the Template
Now I am going to install a few applications on it such as: Teamviewer 10 Putty VLC Player Firefox All of these can be downloaded from ninite.com. Select the apps listed and click the Get Installer button. Click Run Click Yes to allow Ninie to install the apps. Ninite will take care of the download… Read more VM Templates – [PART 3] – Install Apps and Sysprep the System
Choose your language and click Next. Click Install Now. Enter the License Key and click Next. Checkmark on I accept the license terms and click Next. Choose Custom Installation and choose the Drive to be installed in, click Next. Wait for the installation to be completed. Fill in the PC name and click Next. Click… Read more VM Templates – [PART 2] – Install Windows 8 on the New VM
In this blog post series, I will show you how to create a new Virtual Machine template so that we can use it to deploy new Virtual Machines quickly when we need them. The template will have all the needed apps installed in it; when we create new VMs based on this template, all the… Read more VM Templates – [PART 1] – Create a New Windows 8 VM in Hyper-V
There are many ways to virtualize a Linux server. In this blog post, I will show you how to convert a Linux hard drive with many partitions to a VHD file in order to virtualize it in Microsoft Hyper-V. I have a Linux system with RAID-1 configuration (Hardware RAID). I would like to virtualize it… Read more How to Virtualize a Linux Server using Only Microsoft Hyper-V