Thanks Bob. Steve hit upon my problem. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Bob Fronk <b...@btrfronk.com> wrote: > Jim, > > A few things I do. (Running many HyperV hosts, each with two VMs. - A couple > have more, but they are all very low resource) > > I like to have a dedicated NIC per each VM. You set this in the Virtual > Network Manager. I do not share them with the OS. Remote management of the > Host is done via a separate NIC. > > I like to have dedicated disk for each VM to keep the IO limited to that VM. > I use servers that allow me to create a RAID1 with dedicated volume and place > each VM on its own volume. > > All my hosts have at least 48GB Ram, and I share this fairly equally between > OS and VMs. Some of the Hosts have more CPU available, but I try to judge > the number of CPUs per VM based off the hardware available. Most of mine are > at least dual CPU, dual core. Some have more due to the host having greater > CPU numbers and cores. > > Is this the kind of information you are asking? > > BF > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 11:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Configuring Hyper-V Server R2 > > I'm starting my trip into the world of hyper-visors, and because of my > company status as a Microsoft partner and costs involve I chose Microsoft > Hyper-V Server R2 as my hyper-visor platform of choice. > I've got to say the documentation on the software leaves a bit it be desired. > I realize I'm getting what I paid for it here, but I can't actually find > squat about how to actually configure the base hardware beyond the basic > install. > > I've downloaded, read and used "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Getting > Started Guide", "Hyper-V Server 2008 Setup and Configuration Tool Guide" and > made great use of John Howard's "Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration > Utility" and the blogs surrounding it, but I can't find squat about how to > work with hardware after the software is installed. > > Do I really have to use DISKPART to setup and configure additional drive > volumes? How would I address iSCSI and/or SAS volumes? > > I thought when I first set this up I'd be able to use a Remote Management > GUI, which I admit, I am really kinda used to, but unfortunately I get the > "RPC server is unavailable" message. Is this because I'm using the server in > Workgroup mode? > > I'd rather not use Hyper-V on top of Windows 2008 R2 if I don't have too. I > don't think that layer is necessary anymore, but I can't seem to find > documentation that is helping me do what I want here. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >
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