Hyper-V

Understanding the differences between KVM and Hyper-V is essential when building a virtualized environment to optimize hardware resource utilization for an organization. In this blog article, we briefly explain what KVM and Hyper-V are, and then compare the two hypervisors. The key points of this comparative evaluation are as follows: Scalability and performance Management tools Memory provisioning options Security features Live migration capabilities What is KVM Hypervisor? The KVM acronym stands for Kernel-based Virtual Machine. It is an open-source full…

Troubleshooting is a common task for system administrators working with networks. Professional network equipment usually has features for monitoring and troubleshooting, such as port mirroring. Port mirroring can be also useful for analyzing network traffic in virtual environments, including virtual networks on Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and network communications between VMs. This blog post explains how to configure Microsoft Hyper-V port mirroring for analyzing network communications in a virtual environment. Port Mirroring Key Concepts Before explaining how to configure port mirroring,…

System administrators have a variety of tools at their disposal to manage Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructures, including Hyper-V Manager, Failover Cluster Manager, Windows Admin Center, and Microsoft SCVMM. SCVMM or System Center Virtual Machine Manager is part of Microsoft System Center, which is a suite of applications to manage and monitor heterogeneous virtual environments that deploy different hypervisors, such as Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESXi. But what exactly is SCVMM and why would you choose it over the other tools available…

What if you need to a recover physical server from backup, but a source physical server is damaged and there is no free physical machine that can be used for recovery? In this case, you can recover physical server to virtual environment and work with the recovered virtual machine (VM) until hardware of the physical machine is repaired. This blog post explains how to recover physical Linux server to a virtual machine from backup by using NAKIVO Backup & Replication.…

When it comes to recovery from backups, one of the core functionalities needed is recovering a file or files that may have been accidentally or intentionally deleted, corrupted by a system failure, or a possible ransomware infection. When it comes to file recovery, we want to be able to quickly and easily recover from a backup and have the flexibility to choose the restore points we need. This blog post explains how to recover particular files directly from a backup…

If you work in a virtual environment, you know that managing multiple host servers and virtual machines (VMs) can be a quite challenging task. However, the Hyper-V virtualization platform includes a set of special utilities designed for improving management, performance, and connectivity between Hyper-V hosts and VMs. This set of services is known as Hyper-V Integration Services. About Hyper-V Integration Services Hyper-V Integration Services represent a software suite of services which, when enabled, improves the integration between a host server…

Microsoft Hyper-V is one of the leading hypervisors used to deploy a virtual infrastructure and create virtual machines (VMs). In an environment with multiple VMs, IT administrators use Hyper-V virtual switches to enable these machines to communicate with each other, the host and external networks. Types of Hyper-V Virtual Switches Using Virtual Switch Manager, you can create three types of Hyper-V virtual switches: External switches are bound to the physical network cards located in the host. They provide VMs located…

Managing Hyper-V environments can be a challenging task. Thus, you need a powerful management tool to configure and control your virtual infrastructure from a central console. In addition to the graphical user interface, Hyper-V provides a command line interface using PowerShell for Hyper-V management. In this blog post, we describe how PowerShell works, which Hyper-V PowerShell commands can improve virtual machine (VM) performance, and how this CLI tool can considerably simplify the process of Hyper-V management. What Is PowerShell? PowerShell…

Virtualization provides an expansive list of advantages including easy migration, rational consumption of resources, scalability, etc. For this reason, companies that have physical servers often want to convert at least some of them to virtual machines. Hyper-V is a hardware virtualization platform provided by Microsoft. Today’s blog post explains which servers should be converted and tools that can be used for converting physical machines to Hyper-V virtual machines. Read to decide which tool best suits your needs. General P2V Conversion…