Category Archives: Microsoft
Exam 70–659 Revision Notes — Module 4
Time for a review of Module 4 — Ensuring High Availability and Recoverability This module mainly concentrates on Backup and Restore, Failover Clustering and VM Migration.
VM Migration in SCVMM
SCVMM support four types of virtual machine migration from one host to another. The migration types are: Quick Migration Enables a Hyper-V virtual machine to be relocated from one virtual host to another with minimum downtime. The downtime is directly related … Continue reading
Failover Clustering & Hyper-V
The Failover Clustering feature enables you to create and manage failover clusters. A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by … Continue reading
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Hyper-V uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to backup and restore virtual machines (VMs). If the backup (volume snapshot) integration services are installed in the guest operating system, a VSS requester is installed that will allow VSS writers in … Continue reading
VM — Backup & Restore: Overview
Managing VM Backup and Restore — Overview VMs contain a single file (VHD) for the OS Easier to backup Cannot restore individual files Consider Online backups Install Integration Services (and backup integration service) Must use NTFS Enable VSS on all volumes that … Continue reading
Exam 70–659 Revision Notes — Module 3
Time for a review of Module 3 — Managing and Monitoring Virtual Environments This module mainly concentrates on System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and its features.
VMM — VM Templates
A virtual machine template is a library resource that consists of a hardware profile, a virtual hard disk, and an optional guest operating system profile. Templates provide a standardised group of hardware and software settings that you can use to … Continue reading
VMM Library
The Virtual Machine Manager library is a catalog of resources that allows users to store objects that are not running or associated with a host. The library contains files stored on library shares, as well as templates, operating system profiles, and … Continue reading
VMM Self-Service Portal
SCVMM includes an optional component called the “VMM Self Service Portal” that allows you to manage and access virtual machines using a web interface.
Authorization Manager (AzMan)
Hyper-V security is based on Authorization Manager API (known as AZMan). AzMan allows Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and the delegation of access to Hyper-V. As well as delegating access, AzMan also enables auditing for any actions performed.
