Hi Mark I think it depends on which version of HyperV you are talking about. The way I've implemented is run a host instance of Windows 2K8, installed the HyperV role, and installed the VMs. The host has no other roles but HV. My VM's include W2K3 as well as 2K8. You can also add linux or any other flavour of Windows from what I understand. If you just run HyperV Windows version of 2k8 then you are running windows core as the parent or host. This is how Microsoft explained it to us at the recent TechDays. Steve
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Reimer, Mark <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi folks, > > > > Quick question that my googling hasn't answered for me. > > > > I understand the theory of Hyper-V, and that the first VM is the "parent". > > > > My question is: Can/Should the parent be used as a regular VM (file server, > web server or whatever I want to do with it), or should it just be the OS? > > > > I'm assuming it can/should be a VM (file server, web server whatever), but > being the first VM, will also help control the hardware/VM setup etc. As > such, the first VM should run Windows Server 2008. Other VM's can run W2K8, > but can run other OS's (in my case, I would only use W2K3) as well. Correct? > > > > Am I way off base, or is this basically it? > > > > Thanks for any advice, and have a great Christmas. > > > > Mark > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
