But before you leap for joy at the cool, new features, you should know there are limitations with the OSes supported for Gen 2: It supports only guest OSes running Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit Windows 8, or 64-bit Windows 8.1. Gen 2 brings with it the ability to have secure boot, to boot from a SCSI virtual hard disk or DVD, and to PXE-boot using a standard network adapter, as well as UEFI firmware support. Gen 1 is the same as what you've known in previous Hyper-V versions.
Virtual machine check points can be used when you are going to do a risky change to the Virtual machine, such as registry change, service pack upgrade or AD schema update. Apply OK, this will create an external network which can be used for VM’s.It will increase the performance but also you will not be able to connect to the server using this network. Note- if you un-tick the Allow management operating system to share this network adapter, then Host server OS will not use this network adapter to its communications or other VM’s.
Type the Switch name, and select the Physical network adapter which is connected to the external network.Select External and create virtual switch.
Private – allow to communicate the with the virtual machines which share the Private switchįollow the steps to create an external virtual network.Internal – allow to communicate with the Hyper-V hosts and other VM’s in the host.External – Connect VM’s virtual adapter to the external network, it allow VM to communicate through the physical adapter of the Host.There are 3 types of Virtual networks, External, Internal and Private. Following are key areas.Ĭreating Virtual Networks (Virtual Switches)īefore creating the virtual machines, Virtual Network should be configured.
From this article I’m going to describe how to do some basic operations using Hyper-V console. From one of my previous post’s I have discussed the Overview of Hyper-V 2012R2 and how to install the Hyper-V role on a windows server 2012 R2 Host.