Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook
Leandro Carvalho
Packt Publishing
<p>Over 50 simple but incredibly effective recipes for mastering the administration of Windows Server Hyper-V</p> <p><b>Overview</b></p> <ul> <li>Take advantage of numerous Hyper-V best practices for administrators</li> <li>Get to grips with migrating virtual machines between servers and old Hyper-V versions, automating tasks with PowerShell, providing a High Availability and Disaster Recovery environment, and much more</li> <li>A practical Cookbook bursting with essential recipes</li> </ul> <p><b>In Detail</b></p> <p>Virtualization has proved that it can help organizations to reduce costs, and the Private Cloud has created a revolution in the way we manage and control our servers with centralization and elasticity. The new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V release from Microsoft comes with a myriad of improvements in areas such as mobility, high availability and elasticity, bringing everything you need to create, manage and build the core components of a Microsoft Private Cloud for virtualized workloads.</p> <p>"Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is the perfect accompaniment for Hyper-V administrators looking to take advantage of all the exciting new features the release has to offer. Through practical recipes, you’ll master Hyper-V deployment, migration and management.</p> <p>"Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is an essential resource for any Hyper-V administrator looking to migrate, install and manage their virtual machine efficiently.</p> <p>With all the features of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V covered, you will learn everything from installation to disaster recovery, security, high availability, configuration, automation, architecture and monitoring, all in a practical recipe format. The book also includes new features such as Storage and Shared Nothing Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica and Network Virtualization and much more.</p> <p>With "Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" in hand, you'll be equipped to manage your Private Cloud with ease.</p> <p><b>What you will learn from this book</b></p> <ul> <li>Learn to deploy, migrate and upgrade Hyper-V and virtual machines </li> <li>Configure disks, network, memory, security and auditing settings for virtual machines</li> <li>Take a deep dive into high availability and disaster recovery</li> <li>Save time and money by getting to grips with PowerShell automation</li> <li>Understand the new features around network virtualization, Shared Nothing Live Migration, Hyper-V Replica and much more</li> <li>Gain a full view of your virtual machines and host servers with monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting tips</li> <li>Take advantage of bonus appendice explaining Hyper-V architecture and the difference between versions</li> </ul> <p><b>Approach</b></p> <p>"Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook" is a practical cookbook packed with recipes showing and explaining all the features and components of Hyper-V. You’ll learn from best practices, tips and tricks and examples of how to automate daily and common tasks.</p> <p><b>Who this book is written for</b></p> <p>If you are an administrator who wants to master Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, then this book is for you.</p> <p>You should be comfortable with virtualization concepts and practices, and knowledge of previous versions of Windows Server would be an advantage.