Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

re: Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

Eduardo Godfrey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:02:21 GMT

Hi Amila,

Windows Server 2008 SP2 is the OS of choice at my organization and unfortunately we haven't had time to play around with the R2 version. Virtualization is the way to go nowadays and is a strong player when it comes down to matters of TCO and ROI. We only use Hyper-V and run it on Failover Clustering configurations with very powerful hardware. I'm not really that impressed with hyper-v, it does most of the stuff that VmWare does but does it doesn't really bring anything new to the table? What i do like is SCVMM. The virtual machine manager console is briliant, easy to use and very, very intuitive. Do you have this? What irritates me is having to shutdown a vm to add hardware. On the fly changes would make this product much, much better.

Regards,

Eduardo Godfrey

re: Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

Hi Eduardo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:55:33 GMT

Hi Eduardo,

specially I've stuck with the downtime and looked a alternate, and play with this new product. I think with good hardware and specially if you concern with the office space as well as remotely manage all thing in one place this is good for you. Where is your location ? I'm in sri lanka. But no issue @ all. Let me know what kind of help you are looking. Then I will try my best to give you a advice. Any time you can contact me through amila.kumanayake@gmail.com or else my mobile is 094772441188. Before you better drop me a mail with your requirements.

amila

re: Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

Eduardo Godfrey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:29:12 GMT

Hi Amila,

I'm in Portugal. I have no issues with hyper-v, it works fine!!!

Regarding adding hardware, i was refering to adding resources to the VM: RAM, NIC's, etc... It irritates me having to shutdown the VM to do so. And as all my hyper-V technology is clustered, i also have to enter Failover Cluster management console to make sure the other node doesn't take over the VM and boot it back in to life... It's a bit time consuming....

You can contact me via eduardogodfrey@netcabo.pt

Eduardo

re: Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

Amila Kumanayake — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:49:05 GMT

Hi Eduardo,

Yes. True. But when I have lot of issues with virtualisation. Specially when I trying with vmware esx also, their specific hardware requirements and also and with the t & C with company budget. I stuck. When compared with OS and virtual environment I can confidently say I'm fine.

re: Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 turned out as the most cost effective solution for Amila

Amila Kumanayake — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:42 GMT

Hi Eduardo,

I would like to share this with you as well as all interested ppl in hyper-v.

Microsoft is offering some free Hyper-V training. You will need to enter a specific access code 9350-Y2W6-3676 and sign in with your Live ID. The course “Collection 6319 - Configuring Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008” includes the following modules:

1. An overview of the Hyper-V technology

2. Creating a virtual environment

3. Deploying systems in a virtual environment

4. Configuring high availability in a virtual environment

5. Administering a virtual environment with SCVMM

To sign up go to https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/enterCode.aspx