Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

re: Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

jhsrennie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:18:28 GMT

18:00 GMT - the download link on the Hyper-V Server page doesn't work!

John Rennie

re: Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

jhsrennie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:24:09 GMT

Ah, OK, 18:20 GMT and it works now :-)

John Rennie

Microsoft: Hyper-V Server 2008 RTM « ICT-Freak

Microsoft: Hyper-V Server 2008 RTM « ICT-Freak — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:11:00 GMT

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re: Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

jkoppe — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:36:06 GMT

I took some screenshots of my Hyper-V Server installation & initialization process... I'm glad it ships with less available components!

re: Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

rrdharan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:14:06 GMT

[Disclaimer: I work for VMware, but comments made here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.]

> Think ESXi, but with Windows and not Linux.

This statement seems to imply that ESXi is based on or uses "Linux". That's not the case. Unlike the regular ESX server, there is no Linux service console in ESXi. Similarly, it's my understanding that the "bare metal" Hyper V is distinctly different from regular Windows Server 2008, or even Server 2008 core.

In other words, I think this statement of comparison is flawed on both sides ;-).

How to install Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

The things that are better left unspoken — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:47:33 GMT

Microsoft released a new server hardware virtualization product yesterday: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.

http://dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8761

TrackBack — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:21:08 GMT

Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server 2008

Virtualization Report | David Marshall — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:30:15 GMT

Microsoft brings its bare-metal hypervisor platform, Hyper-V Server 2008, to market and makes it a freely downloadable virtualization product

Bare Metal H-V still requires Vista

edwaleni5 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:55:16 GMT

Naked Hyper-V requires (at a minimum) an MMC on Vista SP1 to remotely manage. This is bogus. I can manage Xen on XP, so what is up with Microsoft?

Even the HV manager MSU file requires Vista to unpack the MMC.

XP may be retired, but its still the defacto desktop in Corp USA. If you want to make corp inroads with H-V, make a XP MMC Manager.

re: Bare metal hypervisor is here, along with new training, services

markwilson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:07:58 GMT

Hi guys - it's great to see Hyper-V Server but why is it so big? If this is really just a bare metal hypervisor and the "bits" that are needed to manage it, why does it need a 1GB image which installs to a 2.7GB footprint, uses just over 300MB of RAM and runs 30-odd processes, just shy of 50 services and has another 30-or-so services that are stopped. Hyper-V Server doesn't seem to be the Hyper-V hypervisor without Windows…

On another note @edwaleni5 - it seems perfectly reasonable to me that Vista SP1 (i.e. the current version of the Windows client OS) is needed to run the MMC Snap-In for Hyper-V but other options are:

1. For free, try the PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V (PowerShell is available for XP).

2. For large enterprises, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 - and that has a web portal for management from non-supported clients.

Mark

Hyper-v Server , what is it exactly ?

James O'Neill's blog — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:07:59 GMT

I’ve got multiple blog posts on the go in Windows Live Writer at the moment, one talking of the relative

Live Migration and Host Clustering available at no charge in Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Windows Virtualization Team Blog — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:26:23 GMT

I’m Zane Adam, senior director of virtualization and System Center. It’s been a while since my last post, and wanted to update you on our standalone hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Last Fall we released Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a standalone

Live Migration and Host Clustering available at no charge in Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

VMblog.com - Virtualization Technology News and Information for Everyone — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:45:50 GMT

Last Fall we released Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a standalone hypervisor-based virtualization product that is available for free. We continue to add more features and value to this product in the upcoming release, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.