The drives will mount under Virtual server but they will not load under Virtual Server. You can do the opposite as well take .VHD's from Virtual server and mount them under Hyper-V.
You would still have the requirements of the needed hardware to run Hyper-V but it was my impression that you can purchase Server 2008 either with or without Hyper-V. Not the other way around I will look for the documents and send them later. Taking a Virtual Server machine and making it run on Hyper-V is much easier than taking a Hyper-V and making it run on Virtual Server. Jon On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting conflicting information trying to find out more about > Hyper-V. Some talk suggests that it is or will be purchasable as a > standalone product. I.e. you can buy, install, and use it without any > Windows 2008 server license required. True/False? Supporting URLs if > True? > > > > Secondly, I'm wondering if a Hyper-V virtual server can be taken as a .VHD > and run as a guest under Virtual Server on a machine that doesn't have the > hardware required for Hyper-V. I see talk about migrating .vhd's into > Hyper-V, but nothing talking about migrating the other way. > > > > The goal is to take a bunch of non-vritual servers, buy one server that > runs them all virtually, and then the former servers become standby hardware > to run a .vhd in the event of the untimely demise of the > single-point-of-failure. I know that may be more trouble than it's worth, > probably easier and possibly cheaper to buy a second server identical to the > first, but just wondering if the idea is even workable. > > > > thanks, > > Carl > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
