Step by Step How to Configuring Hyper-V Replication in Windows Server 2016

Introduction The replication process involves a primary host and a secondary host. A mechanism for creating application-consistent backups called a VSS writer creates a snapshot of the virtual machine (VM) on the primary host. The Replica function then copies the snapshot to the secondary host. This allows a data center administrator to have a standby …

Step by Step How to Enabling Nested Virtualization Feature in Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10, are bringing a new Hyper-V feature which is very welcome for those who love and need, do clustering tests, like me, and does not have access to a physical infrastructure (servers, storage, etc.) that makes it possible. Why nested virtualization, which is the new Hyper-V feature, can help a …

Step by Step How to Configuring Advanced Hyper-V Networking DHCP Guard in Windows Server 2016

What is DHCP Guard in Hyper-V? Enable DHCP Guard Network adapters configured with the DHCP Guard option will have any DHCP reply packets from the VM dropped by the Hyper-V switch. This means that if the VM is pretending to be a DHCP server when it shouldn't be, although the server still sees the DHCP …

Step by Step How to Add Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2016

The Windows Server 2016 product family has been released, and with it, the free Hyper-V Server 2016 product. Now that we’ve had some time for the dust to settle and many thousands and thousands of words written about the new features, I’d like to take you through a more direct introduction to Microsoft’s free standalone …