| |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Published
|
: |
May 19, 2008 |
|
Last Updated |
: |
May 19, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
Introduction |
In
part I of this article,
I pointed to you the prerequisites to install Hyper-V,
the differences between Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005
R2, and then installed Hyper-V on
Windows Server 2008. In this part of the article, I will
use Hyper-V Manager to create my first Virtual machine
and then install on it Windows Server 2008 as a guest
operating system.
|
|
|
Once
you install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2008, a
new console will be installed on your machine, and it is
called the Hyper-V Manager. Everything
related to Hyper-V is done using this MMC console.
-
To
open Hyper-V, click on Start >
Administrative Tools >
Hyper-V Manager
-
The
first time
you open
Hyper-V, an End User license
Agreement (EULA) page will open, take a
moment to read it and then enable the checkbox
beside I have read and agree to the terms of this
EULA, then click on the Accept
button. If you clicked on the
Cancel button,
then you will not be able to connect to any server
running Hyper-V until you accept the EULA, which
will keep popping up whenever you open Hyper-V or
even try to connect to a server that has the Hyper-V
role installed on.
The Hyper-V Manager console will open
From the right side pane, under Actions,
click on Connect to Server
 .
Hyper-V is installed locally on the machine you are
working with, so keep the default selection on
Local Computer (the computer this console is
running on) and then click on OK
The server name will be displayed in the left side
pane, and now we have more Actions to select from
the right side pane
-
To
Create a new virtual machine, From the right side
pane, click on New > Virtual Machine
-
On
the Before You Begin page,
click Next
-
On
the Specify Name and Location page,
type a meaningful name for your Virtual Machine, as
for the location where the virtual machine will be
stored, either keep the default location as shown,
or change it to another path and then
Click Next. I will name the virtual
machines as
ELMAJ-DC-01 and will store it in the D drive inside
the Hyper-V folder.
-
On
the Assign Memory page, specify the
amount of memory to allocate to this virtual
machine. This depends on how much memory is installed
on your system. Either keep the default displayed
memory, or increase it. As I'm going to install
Windows Server 2008, I am going to set the memory to
be 2 GB. Click Next
-
Select a Virtual Network from the drop down list on
the Configure Networking page. You
can keep the virtual machine disconnected by not
selecting any Virtual Network, Click Next
-
For
Every Virtual Machine, you will need to connect it
to a Virtual Hard Disk, on the Connect
Virtual Hard Disk page, we will need to
create a new virtual hard disk, as we do not have
any existing virtual hard disk ( you can use
existing virtual hard disk if you already have
created virtual hard disk before , or if you have
downloaded a virtual hard disk from Microsoft site )
I will keep the default settings ( name, location,
size ) and click Next
-
On
the Installation Options page,
you have multiple options to choose from where you
are going to install the operating system, or you
can even postpone this operation by choosing Install
an operating system later. Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD inside the
DVD Drive, and select to install an
operating system from a boot CD/DVD-ROM, if
you have multiple DVD Drives, make sure to select
the one which has the Windows Server
2008 DVD into it. Click Next
-
On
the Completing the New Virtual Machine
Wizard, take a moment to review your
selections and then click Finish.
If you need the virtual machine to be automatically
started after it is created, then select the
checkbox Start the Virtual Machine after it
is created
-
Windows Server 2008 files will start to load
-
Select the language to install, Time and currency
format and the keyboard language, and then click
Next
-
Click
on Install Now
-
Enter
the product key, and keep the checkbox
Automatically activate Windows when I'm online
to activate your Windows copy when you are online,
if you wish not to activate it, as this might be a
test lab on your Hyper-V, then deselect this option
and then click Next
-
Accept the license terms and click Next
-
Click
Custom (advanced), on the Type of installation
page
-
Select the drive / partition you want to install
Windows Server 2008 on it and then click
Next.
If you want to divide the virtual hard disk into two partitions, you can do this by
selecting the drive , and then clicking on the
Drive options (advanced)
option
To divide the drive into different
partitions, click on the New
option, enter the new partition size, then
click on the Apply button
Once you are done with creating the
partitions, select the one that you want to install
Windows Server 2008 on it, and then click on
Next
-
Installation will start
-
The
machine will reboot several times until the
installation is completed.
To create a password and logon to Windows Server
2008, read my article :
-
One
last note, in step # 10 , if you did not select to
start the virtual machine after it is created, then
to start and connect to the virtual machine, right
click on the Virtual machine name inside
Hyper-V Manager and click on Start,
this will turn on the Virtual machine
Then right click on the Virtual machine name and
click Connect, this will open the
Virtual machine window.
Summary
In part 2 of this two parts article, I showed
you how to use Hyper-V Manager to create your first Virtual
Machine, and then installed Windows Server 2008 as a
guest operating system.
Now that you know how to install and use Hyper-V, start
building your own test labs and experience the
next
level of virtualization.
Start
using a virtualized computing environment to improve the
efficiency of your computing resources by utilizing more
of your hardware resources. Enjoy Hyper-V !
Related Articles
Back to top
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
