I'm starting my trip into the world of hyper-visors, and because of my company status as a Microsoft partner and costs involve I chose Microsoft Hyper-V Server R2 as my hyper-visor platform of choice. I've got to say the documentation on the software leaves a bit it be desired. I realize I'm getting what I paid for it here, but I can't actually find squat about how to actually configure the base hardware beyond the basic install.
I've downloaded, read and used "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Getting Started Guide", "Hyper-V Server 2008 Setup and Configuration Tool Guide" and made great use of John Howard's "Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility" and the blogs surrounding it, but I can't find squat about how to work with hardware after the software is installed. Do I really have to use DISKPART to setup and configure additional drive volumes? How would I address iSCSI and/or SAS volumes? I thought when I first set this up I'd be able to use a Remote Management GUI, which I admit, I am really kinda used to, but unfortunately I get the "RPC server is unavailable" message. Is this because I'm using the server in Workgroup mode? I'd rather not use Hyper-V on top of Windows 2008 R2 if I don't have too. I don't think that layer is necessary anymore, but I can't seem to find documentation that is helping me do what I want here. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
