Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

John Kelbley, Senior Technical Product Manager at Microsoft, is involved in high-performance computing and virtualization. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and a TechNet Magazine contributor. Mike Sterling is a program manager in the Windows Server and Solutions Division at Microsoft, where he focuses on Hyper-V functionality in Windows Server 2008. Mike promotes Hyper-V through his blog and speaking engagements. Allen Stewart is a principal program manager at Microsoft, focusing on Microsoft virtualization technologies. He also leads the Microsoft Virtualization Customer Advisory Council, which has a core set of customers who help drive next-generation virtualization scenarios.

Foreword xvii Introduction xix Chapter 1 Introduction to Hyper-V 1 Chapter 2 Installing Hyper-V and Server Core 17 Chapter 3 Configuring Hyper-V 33 Chapter 4 Virtualization Best Practices 59 Chapter 5 Hyper-V Security 81 Chapter 6 Virtual Machine Migration 95 Chapter 7 Backup and Recovery 121 Chapter 8 High Availability 151 Chapter 9 Understanding WMI, Scripting, and Hyper-V 171 Chapter 10 Automating Tasks 211 Chapter 11 Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 251 Chapter 12 Protecting Virtualized Environments with System Center Data Protection Manager 289 Chapter 13 System Center Operations Manager 2007 321 Summary 347 Index 349