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Microsoft: Get Virtual Now

by rastix on Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:03 PM CEST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

I just finished watching Microsoft's virtualization launch event keynote. A couple of things to note from the event and announcements:

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) will be released within 30 days.
Hyper-V Server will be available as a free download within 30 days.
Windows Server 2008 R2 with the next version of Hyper-V wlll contain a live migration feature.

I am quite interested in the Hyper-V Server product. It is a stripped down version of Windows with just the Hyper-V role, meant to compete with VMware's ESXi product. It's like Server Core except even more stripped down with some extra commands to configure the server. To manage Hyper-V server, you will have to connect to it from a remote machine with the Hyper-V management console or the SCVMM Administration Console. Be aware of the fact that there is no clustering for this version of Hyper-V. In contrast, ESXi can be clustered but then you will have to pay for the appropriate licenses.

The keynote in itself was not very interesting because most of these things were known or could be expected.

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Re: Microsoft: Get Virtual Now

by anonymuos on Sat 20 Sep 2008 08:05 AM CEST | Profile | Permanent Link

I don't understand..why can't they include/build enough of the OS to have the management GUI running locally? At least snapshotting and basic operations?

Re: Re: Microsoft: Get Virtual Now

by rastix on Mon 22 Sep 2008 09:41 AM CEST | Profile | Permanent Link

That would indeed be easier but the fact that it is so stripped down is something many people want. In fact, this is also how VMware approaches it with ESXi. It means easy install, less patching, more stability, and so on...

Re: Microsoft: Get Virtual Now

by Vladan on Wed 01 Oct 2008 01:18 PM CEST | Profile | Permanent Link

Hi,
Tomorrow they'll release the Hyper-V server. The free edition. Thursday 2. Octobre. I had the info from my local Microsoft Dealer. One good think I guess. Microsoft pushes VMware to be even more creative. ESX 4 is in developement already..... and the benefit is going to the end user. The admin guy, like you and me.... I think that it is their next target - Small businesses.
Vladan
www.vladan.fr

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