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Time Synchronization for Virtual Domain Controllers running on either Hyper-V or VMware Virtualization Platforms should be managed by Active Directory.
There are several reasons as to why we should let Active Directory manage Time Sync for Virtual Domain Controllers, but first we need to look at the applications running inside a Virtual Machine.
Please read here: https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/2013/03/12/let-active-directory-manage-it-please/
Sometimes when you open an Active Directory tool, you might get hit with the “Active Directory Naming Information Could Not Be Located” error message. The error does not provide more information as to what “Naming Information” the tool is referring to. And also, there’s nothing in the event logs to let you know more about the error so you can troubleshoot the issue. What you may not know is, there is a process which active directory tools or utility have to follow to contact a domain controller to get the naming information for an active directory domain. I’ll explain this process in this blog post.
Please read here : https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/2013/04/29/active-directory-naming-information-could-not-be-located-because/
It is difficult for an architect or an organization to select the right Hyper-V high-availability or migration technology to deploy in the production environment. There are so many choices. In addition to the Hyper-V high-availability & migration technologies that were introduced in Windows Server 2008 RTM and R2, the new Hyper-V Version 3.0 running on Windows Server 2012 Operating System comes with a bunch of new migration technologies. These technologies not only provide the high-availability of virtual machines running on a Hyper-V environment but also help reduce the IT cost. An example of one of these new technologies is the ‘Shared-Nothing Live Migration’ technology, introduced in Windows Server 2012. Not only can you migrate live virtual machines without downtime but without the additional cost of shared storage devices since they aren’t required for this. Similarly, using ‘Hyper-V Replica’ of Windows Server 2012 allows you to configure a disaster recovery scenario without having to configure the ‘Windows Failover Clustering’ service!
Read more here : https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/virtualization/hyper-v-migration-technologies/
A configuration of Hyper-V networking across two or more Hyper-V Hosts is the most complex type. It needs to be configured according to the business rules and communication between Virtual Machines and the Hyper-V Parent Partition is best configured with VMBUS and VSP/VSC components. Nirmal explains how best to do it
The article goes live here:
Enojy reading!
Windows Server 2012 provides NIC Teaming support for Host and Virtual Machines running on Hyper-V.
The Part 2 of Hyper-V Networking and Configuration article has been updated here:
Thanks!
Nirmal
I have written the 2nd part of the Hyper-V Networking and Configuration.
The big difference that we see between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2 is the communication to the External LAN (e.g. VM1 through VM3 talking to Server1 through Server3 on LAN). The moment you see the requirement for External communication you’ll think of using an External Virtual Switch.
To achieve the requirements of this second scenario, you can use any of the configuration methods as discussed earlier but the most suitable methods to use are:
And the scenario looks like below:
More explained at http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/virtualization/microsoft-hyper-v-networking-and-configuration—part-2/
Nirmal.
Over the past two years, Simple-Talk has published articles on a variety of SysAdmin topics, from Exchange to Virtualization, and including everything from Powershell to Unified Messaging. They have brought the best of these articles together to form The SysAdmin Handbook. With over fifty articles packed into this book, it will be an essential reference for any Systems Administrator, whether you have years of experience or are just starting out.
http://www.red-gate.com/community/books/sysadmin-handbook
Nirmal.
I have recently written 2nd part of Hyper-V Networking article.
Hyper-V Networking can be configured to meet a wide range of requirements, but it isn’t always obvious which choices are appropriate when configuring the virtual network, and in particular the best ways to implement Virtual Network Switches.
Continue reading here…
Most of the article talks about Hyper-V Networking. It doesn’t really elaborate on basics of Networking. Instead the article focuses more on the Hyper-V Networking and VLAN Tagging with examples.
The first article in this series explains the following topics:
Continue reading here.
The 2nd part of this article series will be posted soon.
Best, N
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