Comments on: 7 Awesome Things You Can Do With Hyper-V

By: Sener Akyol

Sener Akyol — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:48:25 +0000

Well, some of us left comments asking what is in Hyper-V “Different” that we can’t to with any other virtualization platforms??

- Hyper-V is part of your Server OS from Windows Server 2008 on (64 Bit Host Only – Guest could be 32 or 64)

- It’s not an enterprise only feature. It’s there with standard, enterprise and datacenter editions. (as a server role)

- Could be enabled anytime after the OS installation! You can start your virtualization journey anytime you wish as long as your hardware supports it. (hypervisor level)

- Windows Server Licenses come with additional Virtual Server licenses for you to run on that particular hardware (+1 Lic for Standard +4 Lic for Enterprise Unlimited for Datacenter).

- You can run *nix on it. SuSE is listed as supported but this doesn’t mean that others can’t run. It’s just and agreement in between SuSE (Novell actually is the real player here) and Microsoft. Microsoft and Novell introduced a hand to hand approach to virtualization market some time ago. Most of the *nix OS will run on Hyper-V it’s just when you call a support line in a complex environment you will not be supported. In the Linux market most of the time there is no support line to call to anyway what Microsoft does with Novell is great because they come togetger and say “we will handle your case even if we need to involve the other party”. It’s simply, “If we can’t deliver we partner”!! These two companies recently are trying to be more solution oriented, not product! They accept today’s hybrid environments and work on easing the customer pain points. Way to go guys!!

Cheers!
Sener

By: 7 Awesome Things You Can Do With Hyper-V | Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:27:44 +0000

[...] Few days ago I found interesting article published on Windows Server Blog by Train Signal, about 7 awesome things you can do with Hyper-V. Here is the short list, for full descriptions visit Windows Server [...]

By: Max

Max — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:46:01 +0000

Can OpenSolaris run under Microsoft Hyper-V?

By: Gosia Grabowska

Gosia Grabowska — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:57:39 +0000

Vickie,

Yes, you can use RedHat or Fedora Core on Hyper-V. Isn’t that awesome!?

Simon,

I haven’t tested it but I would give my right arm saying that you can I know for sure you can run Vista so since Windows 7 is “better Vista” then it should be even easier.
Good luck and let me know how you like it!

By: simon

simon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:41:12 +0000

Can I use windows 7 rc 32 bit as guest OS for hyper V?

By: Windows Server HQ by Train Signal.com » Installing Hyper-V Server Role in 7 Easy Steps!

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:29 +0000

[...] Hyper-V & WDS [...]

By: Bibo

Bibo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:29 +0000

+ somehow I missed point – what I’m getting from Hyper-V that I can’t accomplish with other virtualization technologies?

By: Bibo

Bibo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:58:24 +0000

I understand if you run virtual win servers on nix platforms, or win on win is still ok, but to run nix on win… that’s pron…

By: Chris Slee

Chris Slee — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:55:18 +0000

From the title of the post, I expected to see aan article about special features of Hyper-V. There is nothing here that one can’t do with ANY virtualisation product.

By: Vaseem

Vaseem — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:52:13 +0000

Hi Gosia,

Great Extraction and Understanding of the Topic. perfectly outlined and presented in simplest words anyone would expect. great lines, even a dummie can understand the concept very well.
Amazing..Remarkable..
Good Job
expecting some more on different technologies
Vaseem Ali